Polt's Palace: March 2020

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

I would not sell my collection, for if I did, I would cry (Part 51)...

Today In The History Of Polt's Comic Book Collection

Today we go back to March 2005, fifteen years ago, and Marvel comics The Ultimates volume 2, #2.

The Ultimates were a new, modern take on the Avengers, kinda like laying the groundwork for the movies and not like the comics. I really enjoyed the first Ultimates series. Didn't really enjoy the second one that this issue is from. But I still have the issues from the second series anyway.

POLT

The truth is I never left you (Part 1095)....

TRUTH In The Time Of tRump (impeached)

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1179)...

Superhero Anydays

Today we have, by the always amazing Alex Ross, the founding members of the Justice League, in purple.

Batman, Superman, The Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Martian Manhunter
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And today we have a cosplayer of the Earth-2 Flash.

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1199)...

MAPS!

Today's map shows the largest non-Christian denomination in each state.

Purple is Judism
Yellow is Baha'i
Orange is Hindism
Red is Islam
Blue is Buddism

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2193)....

Check This Out!

POLT

Rita Hayworth, gave good face (Part 375)....

Fetching Faces

POLT

Keeping it together, all in the family (Part 425)....

Gemini Guys

POLT

I need to be dazzling, I need to be rainbow high (Part 312)...

Pride Prisms

Today we have some Crayola markers in a rainbow pattern.

POLT

It's so cool to be uncool (Part 272)...

What's Cool?

You think you're cool? Well you'll never be as cool as this Southwest flight attendant's outfit, from 1972.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2192)...

Check This Out!

Story of my life.....

POLT

The back of your hand, somewhere on my behind (Part 517)....

Tooshie Tuesdays

Today we have Tooshies And Sweatpants!

POLT

Monday, March 30, 2020

I've got books lining my shelves, day and night.....

Books 2020

So.....since I can't seem to find a Books 2020 post, this is possibly the first time this year I've purchased any books....although I find it hard to believe I've gone three entire months without buying a book.

I saw yesterday online that Barnes & Noble is closing like 400 stores. I have two gift cards from them, and I didn't want to lose the money on them if the entire chain goes tits up. So today, I got online and ordered five books from them.

The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai
Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
The Plot To Seize The White House, by Jules Archer
Gettysburg, by Stephen Sears
Classical Mythology, by several different authors

With the two gift cards, I only had to pay $3.75. I wasn't sure if I should list that one amount, or the actual total amount. But since I'm listing only what I spent on books, I'm just gonna list the $3.75. It'll skew my year end totals, but it is what it is.

So, the stats so far this year:

March 30: 5 books for $3.75, average of $.75 each

POLT

The truth is I never left you (Part 1094)....

TRUTH In The Time Of tRump (impeached)

We are truly in a post-irony world.....

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2191)....

Check This Out!

Seems to be a better thing to do than waste all that time and money....and all that breath whining about a non-existent war on men....

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1178)...

Superhero Anydays

Today we have, by someone named Sean Chen, Earth-2's JSA founding member: Hourman.

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And today we also have some cosplay by my online friend HITCosplay, he's doing Aqualad....and looking damn hot while doing so.....

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1198)...

MAPS!

Today's map shows the official types of the 'states'.

Blue is a state.
Red is a commonwealth
Green is a district (you can't really see it, but honestly, DC is there and colored green)

POLT

I used to live in a tiny bubble (Part 298)....

SUDS

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A people, a tongue, and a nation (Part 603).....

Luscious Licks

POLT

You abandoned me, love don't live here anymore (Part 212)...

Abandoned Places

Such a shame this place was allowed to fall into disrepair and just....fall down.

POLT

It;s so cool to be uncool (Part 271)...

What's Cool?

You think you're cool? Well you'll NEVER be as cool as Charlie's Angels in 1976!

Kate "Sabrina Ducan" Jackson, Farrah "Jill Monroe" Fawcett, Jacqueling "Kelly Garrett" Smith.

...and how sad is it that more than 40 years later, I not only remember the actresses names, but their character's names as well....without looking any of them up?

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2190)...

Check This Out!

Today we have, as a matter of perspective, North America compares to Jupiter.

POLT

You're wantin' my body, I don't mind (Part 735)...

MONDAY'S HOT SHIRTLESS GUY PHOTOS

This week we have Hot Shirtless Guys In Sweatpants!

POLT

Sunday, March 29, 2020

The truth is I never left you (Part 1093)....

TRUTH In The Time Of tRump (impeached)

Funny how that was the case, eh?

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1197)....

MAPS!

So, how big is the Amazon, you ask? Where here's a map, showing it in red, with the USA in black over it.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2189)....

Check This Out!

Yep. Absolutely. There's something on the floor in the kitchen right now because I decided to "just get it later".......

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1177)....

Superhero Anydays

I don't know the artist, but I very much like his work here! Anyway, this is three Legionnaires (counter-clockwise from upper right): Princess Projectra, Ultra Boy and Chemical King fighting the villain Starfinger.

This is interesting because these three never were really shown working together much at all, and Starfinger is not a major villian. I just wonder why the artist chose these particular characters. Still, very nice work.
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And today we also have a very, VERY cute Spider-Man cosplayer, mask-less and squatting.

POLT

Movies I Have Seen In 2024...

What If...?, Season 2: Jan 1 (B+)
Saltburn: Jan 3 (B-)
Fall of '55: Jan 3 (C)
Lost Cities Reveals, With Albert Lim: Jan 5 - 6 (C)
Incredible Dr. Pol, Season 21: Jan 6 - 9 (B)
Incredible Dr. Pol, Season 22: Jan 10-12 ) B
Incredible Dr. Pol, Season 23: Jan 12- 14 (B)
Echo, Season 1: Jan 16
Lost Treasures of Egypt, Season 1: Jan 22-26 (B-)
Percy Jackson & Olympians, Season 1: Jan 25 - 30 (B-)
Lost Treasures Of Egype, Season 2: Jan 26 - 29 (B-)
Murder On The Orient Express (1974): Jan 27 (A-)
A Real Bug's Life: Jan 30 - 31 (B-)
Alexander, The Making Of A God (N): Feb 3 - 4 (B+)
Adonis (tubi): Feb 4 (C+)
Marvels: Feb 9 (C-)
Dr. Who: Genesis Of The Daleks (tubi): Feb 12 (C+)
Life On Our Planet (N): Feb 13 - 14 (A)
My Feet Are Killing Me, Season 1 (max): Feb 14 - 18 (B+)
My Feet Are Killing Me, Season 2 (max): feb 18 - 19 (B+)
My Feet Are Killing Me, Season 3 (max): Feb 19 - 20 (B)
My Feet Are Killing Me, Season 4 (max): Feb 20 - 23 (B)
Last Airbender (2024) (N): Feb 23 - 25 (A+)
Einstein And The Bomb (N): Feb 25 (B-)
Doctor Who, City Of Death: Feb 26 (B+)
Doctor Who, Planet Of Fire (tubi): Feb 26 (C-)
Caligula, with Mary Beard (tubi): Feb 26 (A)
MASH, The Comedy That Changed TV (tubi): Feb 26 (A)
Doctor Who, The Ark In Space(tubi): Feb 27 (A-)
Doctor Who, Revenge Of The Cybermen (tubi): Feb 28 (B-)
Doctor Who, The Sontaran Experiment(tubi): Feb 28 (C)
Doctor Who, Terror Of The Zygons (tubi): Feb 29 (C)
Doctor Who, Planet Of Evil (tubi): Mar 1 (D+)
Doctor Who, Inferno (tubi): Mar 1 - 2 (B)
Doctor Who, Terror Of The Autons (tubi) : Mar 2 (C)
Doctor Who, Mark Of The Rani (tubi): Mar 3 (D)
Doctor Who, Time And The Rani (Tubi): Mar 3 (C-)
Dune, Part 1 (Hulu): Mar 4 (B+)
A Haunting In Venice (hulu): Mar 4 (B-)
Doctor Who, Delta And The Bannermen (tubi): Mar 4 (F)
Doctor Who, Dragonfire (tubi): Mar 4 (C)
Doctor Who, Tomb Of The Cybermen (tubi): Mar 5 (B)
Great Expectations (2024) (hulu): Mar 5 - 7 (B-)
Doctor Who, The Daleks (tubi): Mar 6 (B)
Doctor Who, The Brain Of Morbius (tubi): Mar 8 (C+)
Jerry Brown, The Disrupter (PBS): Mar 9 (B)
Serpent Queen (Starz): Mar 9 - 11 (A-)
Oppenheimer (peacock): Mar 12 (B-)
Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion Of Earth (tubi): Mar 13 - 14 (B-)
Doctor Who: The Keeper Of Traken (tubi): Mar 16 (B+)
Turning Point, The Bomb & The Cold War (N): Mar 16 - 18 (A+)
Damsel (N): Mar 20 (D)
Quiet On The Set, The Dark Side of Kids TV (max): Mar 21 -
Rome: Empire Without Limit With Mary Beard (freevee): Mar 23 (B+)
The Great Fire Of London In Real Time (Prime): Mar 24 (C+)
Who Done It: The Clue Documentary (Prime): Mar 24 -25 (B-)
Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes (Max): Mar 25 (B+)
American Dynasties, The Kennedys (Max): Mar 25 - 26 (A-)
The Harvest, Integrating Mississippi's Schools (PBS): Mar 27 (B+)
Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials (Disney+): Mar 28 (A)
Madu (Disney+): Mar 29 (A)
Doctor Who, Greatest Show In The Galaxy (tubi): Mar 30 (C)
Escape From New York (WBoro Theater); Mar 30 (B)
Hercules (Disney+): Mar 31 (B+)
Testament The Story Of Moses (N): Mar 31-Apr1 (C)
Minions: The Rise Of Gru (Prime): Apr 1 (B-)
Homicide New York (N): Apr 2 - 3 (A)
Rustin (N): Apr 5 (B+)
Invincible, Season 2 (prime): Apr 6 -7 (A)
Brother Outsider: The Life Of Bayard Rustin (N): Apr 8 (B)
Amadeus (N): Apr 8 (A+)
Crime Scene Berlin, Nightlife KIller (N): Apr 8 (B)
Midnight Movies, From The Margin To The Mainstream (Starz): Apr 10 (B-)
Medici The Magnificent, Season 3 (N): Apr 11 - 13 (B-)
X-Men, Days Of Future Past (Disney+): Apr 13 (A-)
Am. Exp,, The Busing Battleground (PBS): Apr 14 (A)
Am. Exp. Citizen Hearst (PBS): Apr 14 (B-)
Am. Masters: Moynihan (PBS): Apr 15 (B)
Titanic's Final Mystery (Paramount+): Apr 15 (C)
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) (Paramount+): Apr 15 (A-)
Feud, Season 2 (Truman v Swans)(Hulu): Apr 15-16 (B-)
Feud, Season 1 (Bette v Joan) (Hulu): Apr 16-18 (A)
California Suite (Tubi): Apr 20 (B-)
Greek Island Odyssey (Paramount+): Apr 21 - 22 (C)
Secrets Of The Octopus (Disney+): Apr 22 (C+)
House Of Cards Trilogy (Roku Channel): Apr 23 -
The Princess And The Frog (Disney+): Apr 27 (B+)
Doomed: The Untold Story Of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four (tubi): Apr 27 (C+)
Our Living World (N): Apr 29 (C+)
Dead Boy Detectives (N): Apr 29 - May 1 (A)
Doctor Who, Season 4 (max): May 2-4 (A+)
The Ballad of Greenwich Village (tubi): May 5 (C)
Geek And You Shall Find (tubi): May 6 (A-)
Missing, Dead Of Aive (N): May 7 (B)
The Texas Killing Fields (N): May 8 (B+)
Fallout (Amazon): May 9 - 11 (A)
Doctor Who, Season 14: May 10 - Jun 22 (B+)
Till Murder Do Us Part, Soering vs Haysom (N): May 12 (A)
Dr. Pol, Season 24 (Disney+): May 12 - 15 (B)
Spacey Unmasked (Max): May 14 (B)
30 For 30, Broke (N): May 15 (C)
X-Men 97 (Disney+): May 15 - 17 (C)
Shogun (Disney+): May 17 - 20 (B+)
Becket (Roku): May 20 (C+)
Bob's Burgers, Season 14 (Hulu) : May 20 - 24 (C+)
Dune, Part 2 (Max): May 21 (B-)
The Innocent Man (N): May 26 (A-)
England's Forgotten Queen: The Life And Death of Lady Jane Gray (Prime): May 26-27 (B-)
She-Wolves: England's Early Queens (Prime): May 27-28 (B-)
The Boys In The Board (Prime): May 29 (C)
The Riot Report (PBS): May 30 (A-)
Star Trek: Discovery, Season 5 (Paramount): May 31 - Jun 4 (B-)
ST Short Treks (paramount): Jun 4 - 5 (A-)
Apollo's Moon Shot (paramount): Jun 5 (A)
Hello Dolly! (disney+): Jun 6 (D+)
Saving Private Ryan (peacock): Jun 8 (A+)
30 for 30: OJ, Made In America (N): Jun 7-9 (A)
I Killed My Father (N): Jun 9-10 (B+)
Sins Of Our Mother (N): Jun 10 (B+)
Shirley (N): Jun 10 (B)
All Of Us Strangers (Hulu): Jun 13 (B-)
Walking Britain's Roman Roads (Prime): Jun 14 - 15 (B+)
House Of The Dragon, Season 2 (MAX): Jun 17 -
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy At Love Canal (PBS): Jun 17 (B+)
The Insufferable Mr. Buckley (PBS): Jun 17 (C-)
Disco: Soundtrack Of A Revolution (PBS): Jun 18 (A)
Chinatown (Paramount+): Jun 20 (C)
Mary And George (Starz): Jun 21 - 23 (B)
Grantchester, Season 9 (PBS): Jun 25 - 27 (B)
The Walking Dead, Season 1 (Netflix): Jun 30 - Jul 1 (A)
Outstanding, A Comedy Revolution (Netflix): Jul 4 (A+)
Magna Carta: Unlocked (prime): Jul 4 - 5 (B-)
The West Wing, Season 1 (MAX): Jul 15 - 19 (A-)
The West Wing, Season 2 (MAX): Jul 19 - 22 (A+)
The West Wing, Season 3 (MAX): Jul 22 - 27 (A+)
The West Wing, Season 4 (MAX): Jul 27 - 29 (A+)
The West Wing, Season 5 (MAX): Jul 30 - Aug 4 (B-)
Deadpool Wolverine (Leitersburg): Aug 3 (C-)
The West Wing, Season 6 (MAX): Aug 4 - 8 (B)
The West Wing, Season 7 (MAX): Aug 8 - 10 (A)
Dirty Pop, A Boy Band Scandal (N): Aug 10 (B)
The Boys, Season 4 (Prime): Aug 11-12 (C-)
Umbrella Academy, Season 4 (N): Aug 13 (B+)
Acolyte (Disney+): Aug 16 - 17 (C)
Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime): Aug 18 - 19 (B+)
Evil, Season 1 (N): Aug 18 -
Seprent Queen, Season 2 (Starz): Aug 27 - 30 (B+)
Kaos (N): Sep 1 (A+)
Joanna Lumley's Britain (Prime): Sept 2 (B)
Remembering Gene Wilder (N): Sept 3 (B+)
Six Schizophrenic Brothers (Max): Sept 4 (B)
Upstairs Inferno (Roku): Sept 9 (B)
Interview With The Vampire, Minisereis (N): Spet 13 (A-)
Apollo 13 Survival (N): Sept 14 (B+)
Muscles & Mayham (N): Sept 17-18 (B)
Monsters, The Lyle And Erick Menendez Story (N): Sept 19 - 21 (B)
Agatha All Along (Disney+): Sept 24 - Oct 30 (B)
Inside Out 2 (Disney+): Sept 25 (B-)
5B (Peacock): Sept 27 (A+)
Commitment To Life (Peacock): Sept 27 (A-)
Invitation To A Murder (Roku): Sept 28 (B+)
LOTR, Rings Of Power, Season 2 (Prime): Oct 4 - 7 (C+)
Heartstopper, Season 3 (N):Oct 7 - 8 (A+)
Charles 1: The Kill A King (Prime): Oct 13 (A-)
Am. Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez (Disney+): Oct 17 - Nov 13 (B-)
The Girl In The Picture (N): Oct 21 (B-)
Mayfair Witches (N): Oct 21 - 22 (C)
Legends Of Vox Machina, Season 3 (Prime): Oct 24-25 (C+)
Legends Of the Superheroes (Tubi): Nov 11 (F)
Batman: The Brave And The Bold (Max): Nov 22 - 25 (B)
Nutcracker, NY Ballet (Disney+): Dec 7 (C)
Dream Productions (insideout) (Disney+): Dec 11 (B+)