Here's our big August in Action theme show on What's New to Netflix, where it's all about explosions, car chases, shoot-outs, and the destruction of public property, but not before we talk about all the new stuff heading to Netflix this month as well.
Then we watch Tom Hanks deal with a group of ruthless pirates in Captain Phillips from 2013. Next, Eddie Murphy is back in the long-awaited Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F from 2024. And finally, the film that made Will Smith and Martin Lawrence stars, as well as kickstarting Michael Bay's movie career, Bad Boys from 1995.
All of this plus a whole lot of Chucky, unnecessary director's cuts, annoying influencers, movies people love to hate on, AMC's Netflix takeover, and just way too much content in general.
Notes: I may have forgotten to add some characters, because for most of the shows it has been some time since I last watched them. Please let me know if you want me to add a character or even show:)
Continuation of my attempt to create a tierlist for every color scheme, here is the Orange/Black tierlist, which also includes Orange/Purple and Orange/Blue pairings due to the amount of overlap I was seeing in the color schemes. I was a lot more lenient here than the Red/Blue one on what counts as I figured there would be less, though I ended up with a lot more than I thought.
I don't know all the pairings here personally and just tried to include all I could find - If I left any of your favorites out let me know and I can retroactively add them (This goes for the other lists too).
Ships featured (In order of appearance):
-Sunati\Austen from Always Human
-Aki Hayakawa\Angel Devil from Chainsaw Man
-Allison Argent \Lydia Martin from Teen Wolf
-Aang\Katara from Avatar the Last Airbender
-Wanderer (Scaramouche)\Tartaglia (Childe) from Genshin Impact
-Hermes\Charon from Hades (Supergiant)
-Zhongli\Tartaglia (Childe) from Genshin Impact
-Giyu Tomioka\Sabito from Demon Slayer
-Subaru Akehoshi\Hokuto Hidaka from Ensemble Stars
-Rue Kuroha\Ahiru Arima (Duck) from Princess Tutu
-Fakir\Ahiru Arima (Duck) from Princess Tutu
-Hubert von Vestra\Ferdinand von Aieger from Fire Emblem: Three Houses
-Felix Hugo Fraldarius\Annette Fantine Dominic from Fire Emblem: Three Houses
-Lorenz Hellman Gloucester\Leonie Pinelli from Fire Emblem: Three Houses
-Papika\Cocona Cocomine from Flip Flappers
-Philip J. Fry\Turanga Leela from Futurama
-Son Goku\Chi-Chi from Dragon Ball
-Kamisato Ayaka\Naganohara Yoimiya from Genshin Impact
-Sansa Stark\Margaery Tyrell from Game of Thrones
-Harrowhark Nonagesimus\Gideon Nav from The Locked Tomb Series
-Kyouko Hori\Izumi Miyamura from Horimiya
-Hercules\Megara from Disney's Hercules
-Benery\Gordon Freeman from Half Life VR but the AI is Self-Aware*
-Retsuko\Haida from Aggretsuko
-Vriska Serket\Tavros Nitram from Homestuck
-Rukia Kuchiki\Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach
-Jade Harley\Davesprite from Homestuck
-Jotaro Kujo\Noriaki Kakyoin from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
-James "Logan" Howlett (Wolverine)\Jean Elaine Grey (Phoenix) from X-Men
-Shoyo Hinata\Tobio Kageyama from Haikyu!!
-Katarina Claes\Mary Hunt from My Next Life as a Villainess
-Calvin "Freckle" Mcmurry\Ivy Pepper from Lackadaisy
-Honoka Kosaka\Umi Sonoda from Love Live!
-Thorin Oakenshield\Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit
-Heath Burns\Abbey Bominable from Monster High
-Zelda\Midna from The Legend of Zelda Franchise
-Twilight Sparkle\Sunset Shimmer from My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
-Rainbow Dash\Applejack from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic
-Rarity\Applejack from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic
-Mondo Owada\Kiyotaka Ishimaru from Danganronpa
-Sho Suzuki\Ritsu Kageyama from Mob Psycho 100
-Jack Skellington\Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas
-Umetarou Nozaki\Chiyo Sakura from Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun
-Nobara Kugisaki\Maki Zenin from Jujutsu Kaisen
-Nozomi Tojo\Rin Hoshizora from Love Live!
-Nami\Nico Robin from One Piece
-Yoo Sangah\Han Sooyoung from Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint
-Phineas Flynn\Isabella Garcia-Shapiro from Phineas and Ferb
-Puss in Boots\Kitty Softpaws from Puss in Boots
-Ray\Emma from The Promised Neverland
-Leon\Raihan from Pokemon
-Sonia\Nessa from Pokemon
-Professor Sada\Professor Turo from Pokemon
-Chloe Beale\Beca Mitchell from Pitch Perfect
-Popuko\Pipimi from Pop Team Epic
-Raeliana McMillan\Noah Volstaire Wynknight from Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion
-Alfredo Linguini\Colette Tatou from Ratatouille
-Kanaya Maryam\Rose Lalonde from Homestuck
-Kazuto Kirigaya (Kirito)\Asuna Yuuki from Sword Art Online
-Naruto Uzumaki\Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto
-Kyoko Mogami\Ren Tsuruga from Skip Beat!
-Akira Okudaira\Fumi Manjōme from Sweet Blue Flowers
-Daphne Blake\Velma Dinkley from Scooby Doo
-Clary Fray\Isabelle Lightwood from Shadowhunters
-Sun Wukong (The Monkey King)\Liu Er Mihou (Six-eared Macaque)
-Juri Arisugawa\Shiori Takatsuki from Revolutionary Girl Utena
-Osamu Dazai\Chūya Nakahara from Bungo Stray Dogs
-Jasper\Lapis Lazuli from Steven Universe
-He Tian\Mo Guanshan from 19 Days
-Sonic the Hedgehog\Miles Prower (Tails) from the Sonic Franchise
-Hijirikawa Masato\Jinguji Ren from Uta no Prince-sama
-Nanami Haruka\Ichinose Tokiya from Uta no Prince-sama
-Nanami Haruka\Hijirikawa Masato from Uta no Prince-sama
-Ash Ketchum\Misty from Pokemon
-Akira Takizawa\Saki Morimi from Eden of the East
-Fox Mulder\Dana Scully from X-Files
-Futaba Sakura\Yusuke Kitagawa from Persona 5
-Angel\Gaige from Borderlands
-Judy Hopps\Nick Wilde from Zootopia
-Riko Kurahashi\Natsuo Maki from Love Lab
*As a rule I use official art or personal edits for these but since that was not possible for Benrey/Gordon Freeman I used a fanart found here: X by Giaru-Orihidero - They are very talented so please check them out!
The Candidate-- WHY is this American politics and can I get off at the next station (and also: absolutely hilarious. Lost my mind at the alien reveal.) Adventures in Paradise-- of course; but yay, more Lilith (though I still bear a mild grudge the thing she did that to Frasier in the past.) Martin made up with Artie! Roz actually succeeding with Bulldog... until it fell apart, inevitably. The Dr. Honeys of this world, I swear. Tea Leoni?????????? (Jurassic Park 3 doesn't count as the first time I've watched her because I didn't know who she was.) Maris and her thousand and one hoops she puts Niles through; but also she turned down the fencing instructor, awwwww (that entire episode was amazing and had me laughing out loud so many times.) Seat of Power, absolutely hilarious. THE CASE WAS FINALLY SOLVED!! Poor Daphne and her room, she deserves the Mercedes she didn't get. The Club was a roller coaster-- and Daphne was Audrey Hepburn's Tiffany's lookalike~. Breaking the Ice is exquisitely hilarious and touching, my word. Bebe: I'm obsessed with her in that "I admire your cunning but I don't want you in my personal circle" way. The restaurant-- it was ALMOST working so well. And Dark Victory!
I'm loving it so, so much. The laughs just keep coming. Niles and his misadventures with falls, tumbles, and knock downs (and the reveal of him in the depravation chamber) get me every time, as do Martin's wisecracks, Eddie's sneaky little ways, Daphne's upper hand (she GOT Bebe, wonderful), Roz (everything), how they work with Maris always off-screen; and even the smallest details-- mentions and comebacks and referring to other episodes, etc. It makes it feel like a real world (though, tbf, the only long-term tv series I've watched-- not much of a movie/tv person ;))-- were always very loose in terms of plot and plotlines; so to see anything a modicum differently is opening my mind to extreme possibilities.)
To be honest, while I have a little knowledge of US politics, I don't know too much. The episode, however, is funny. Yes, Tea Leoni! Pay attention to the callers Frasier gets too. It's not always easy to recognize the celebrity voices but David AND Gillian called in. Among many, many others, of course.
I love "An Affair to Forget" (the one with the fencing instructor) - even though the German in it is awful. It's still super funny. I'm really glad you're loving it so much - and I agree with everything you say. a friend of mine said one of the reasons the show works so well is that they all come from a theater background and I think that's true. And they do have many comebacks and refer back to previous episodes. I always enjoy that. I mean not everything is mentioned again, obviously. Especially sitcoms are, like you said, very loose in terms of plot and plotlines. That happens less on Frasier, I feel.
So you're up to season 3 now? That has one of my favorite episodes (Moon Dance). There are so many great episodes on this show! And you still have so much to discover 😁
Leonardo da Vinci: The Anatomy of Man - Drawings from the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Martin Clayton and Ron Philo
Bulfinch Press 1992
So, let’s get the fact that this book is an excellent collection of Leonardo’s anatomical drawings out of the way up front. That said—this next bit is quoted from the foreword—“Her Majesty the Queen possesses, in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, more than six hundred drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, the finest such collection in the world.”
But how? Well, it’s a very convoluted story. According to the foreword, upon Leonardo’s death, they were passed to his favorite pupil, Francesco Melzi. After Melzi’s death, the collection was purchased by sculptor Pompeo Leoni, who had them bound into books. Upon Leoni’s death in 1609, one volume was “acquired” and brought to England by Thomas Howard, advisor to King Charles I. Ultimately, they were “recorded for certain as being in the possession of Queen Mary II in 1690.”
So, were they stolen? I don’t know. But I know this: Italy’s never going to see them again.
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