Polt's Palace: July 2020

Friday, July 31, 2020

The truth is I never left you (Part 1216)...

TRUTH In The Time Of tRump (impeached)

And you look just as idiotic NOT wearing as mask as you did wearing a MAGA hat.

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1301)....

Superhero Anydays

Today we have, by Colleen Cooper, the original X-Men in their 'graduation' uniforms.

Clockwise from top: Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, and Iceman.
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And today we have some some Watchmen cosplay: Ozymandias.

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1320)....

MAPS!

Today's map shows the 5 boroughs of NYC with cities of similar population for each borough.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2130)......

Check This Out!

This is from June, of course, but it applies still nonetheless.

POLT

Latex thongs, licorice whips, strap it on (Part 198)....

Mankini Men

POLT

I need to be dazzling, I need to be rainbow high (Part 364)....

Pride Prisms

POLT

You're the devil in disguise, that's why I'm dancing (Part 271)...

Cats Are Evil

Even the kittens, even the little one...ALL evil!

POLT

Rita Hayworth, gave good face (Part 406)...

Fetching Faces

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Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2129)...

Check This Out!

In case an end of this gets cut off, "It is the nightmare stuff of our waking days: Watching the death toll rise and being terrified of those around us who refuse to respect science, insist on rejecting data, continue to ignore restrictions, and stay determined no to social distance: The Walking Dumb. Killing everyone to own the libs, not that's MAGA.

POLT

Thursday, July 30, 2020

The truth is I never left you (Part 1215)...

TRUTH In The Time Of tRump (impeached)

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2128)...

Check This Out!

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1300)...

Superhero Anydays

Today we have, from the early 80's Saturday morning cartoon: Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends!

Firestar, Spider-Man and Iceman
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And today we also have by Joe Stanton (who while somewhat cartoony, remains one of my favorite Legion artists, and my FAV artist for the Justice Society), the female members of the Legion of Super-Heroes, right around the time I started collecting them.

Roughly clockwise from the upper right: Dream Girl, Princess Projectra, Duo Damsel, Dawnstar, Shrinking Violet, Phantom Girl, Light Lass, Supergirl, Shadow Lass and Saturn Girl in the front and center.

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1319)...

MAPS!

Today's map shows Ancient Rome, in white, surrounded by the current Rome.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2127)...

Check This Out!

POLT

You'll have to pay, which legs do you want (Part 311)....

Thursday Thighs

POLT

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

The truth is I never left you (Part 1213)...

TRUTH In The Time Of tRump (impeached)

Just a subtle reminder.....

POLT

I took the road less traveled by (Part 1317)...

MAPS!

Today's map shows the maritime claims by Greece.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2124)...

Check This Out!

Um....I, um.......I have no idea how this would work.....but I'm unfortunately oddly interested to see it happen....

POLT

If I were a hero, I'd be Martin Luther (Part 1298)....

Superhero Anydays

I may have posted this before, but it's so amazing, it deserves to be posted again. This by the Master George Perez, and it's the women of both DC's Justice League and Marvel's Avengers....with them being symmetrical.

Scarlet Witch & Zatanna
Black Canary & Black Widow
She-Hulk & Big Barda
Dr. Light & Captain Marvel
Ms. Marvel & Wonder Woman
Firestar & Fire
With the Wasp in the middle and Hawkgirl at the top

A simply gorgeous piece of work.
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And today we also have some John Stewart, Green Lantern cosplay!

POLT

When you open your mouth to speak (Part 157)...

Bros With Braces

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Out of control, cause this dog ain't new (Part 214)...

Heavenly Hounds

Most days, when the UPS guy drives up, this beauty of a grinning dog runs up to great him. This particular day, he brought a friend with him.

POLT

It's so cool to be uncool (Part 448)...

What's Cool?

You think you're cool? Well you'll never be as cool as a laughing David Bowie with a smiling Mick Jagger in London in 1987.

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I'm a sex pistol, my love should be illegal (Part 152)...

Second Amendment Sanity

No doubt.

POLT

Check this out, real quick, don't know if everybody know (Part 2123)...

Check This Out!

Darth Vader gets it, Charlie Brown gets it....if fictional characters can understand why can't so many real live people?

POLT

The back of your hand somewhere on my behind (Part 534)...

Tooshie Tuesdays

This week, we have Over The Shoulder Tooshies!

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+)