Netflix February 2026 – The Epilogue

_I only now realized, last year I think I called this post a “Prologue” when I meant “Epilogue”? I think I did…

… yeah, I just checked, I totally did. I was just in my head being like “Ah, Prelude comes before, so… Prologue is a different word, that comes after,” not thinking about how it’s actually a synonym instead of just thinking “These are both terms for things before and after a story weeeeeee.” Well, no worries, it’s only the 13th year I’ve done Netflix February, and this is only the 2nd times I’ve done a prologue epilogue post, so… we got there eventually!

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Netflix February 2026_day.28 – Vertical Limit (2000)

_I often think about how spoiled I am. I live in a desert with air conditioning. Air conditioning is awesome. But there are times when I’m sitting at home, going “God, 78 degrees? What a load of horseshit, I really need 76 right now…” And I’l just sitting there, in slightly-warmer-than-I’d-really-prefer temperatures, feeling like there couldn’t possibly be anybody on the planet suffering more than I am in that moment. I have these moments, and I laugh at myself, while also thinking about just how soft I am. I think about how I’m sure if I was actually born in the 1300’s, I would be able to live and survive as many people did, but I think to myself that if I was transported back in time and just had to exist in whatever temperature it was outside, I’d probably just fall over on the ground and cry for a day before I bothered to pick myself up and try to soldier on.

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“When disaster strikes an expedition atop K2, a retired climber rushes to rescue his sister. But among the stranded is a selfish and reckless millionaire.“

He’s had it just about up to here with this. Vertical Limit.

Netflix February 2026_day.27 – Paddington in Peru (2024)

_Sometimes I look at my video game collection and think about those salad days of the game industry. I’m not here to say that creativity was better or worse 20 years ago, or anything about quality or anything… I actually just look at the physical games that I have, and lament. I see these big boxes that came with fun extras like a plushie that at the time cost the same as any other game on the market. A music CD. An artbook. Just… neat stuff. It was exciting to see an oversized case at the store. Or to make a purchase, and the cashier would go “And here’s a bonus that comes with your purchase.” Even before video game sales went digital, that stuff was drying up. Those little extras were fun, and when they started disappearing… it was like our fun was getting less fun, y’know?

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“Paddington and the Brown family travel to Peru to find his beloved Aunt Lucy, whose mysterious disappearance may be linked to a legendary lost city.”

“A marmalade-loving bear embarks on an adventure to his homeland on a quest to find his Aunt Lucy – and a mysterious secret city.“

Marmalade or hunny, your choice is telling~ Paddington in Peru.

Netflix February 2026_day.26 – Frankenstein (2025)

_When I woke up yesterday, it was what I describe as “Sleeping like a rock.” I don’t mean it in the usual way people use the term, like “Oh, I slept like a log” meaning really deep, sound sleep. It’s when I wake up and all of my limbs are just… sore. It feels as if I fell asleep, and then my body just got heavier, as if there were chains pulling my body into the mattress, with some kind of pressure exerted on everything. Then you wake up, and all of that pressure has just… made you sore. I’ve always associated that kind of sleep as “sleeping like a rock” just because using the word “rock” just instills the proper kind of heaviness and weight. But I just use the phrase like that in my own head, cause I know it’s not the way anybody else would use it. But that’s how I felt waking up. It suuuucks.

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“Brilliant. Arrogant. Hellbent. Monstrous consequences await Dr. Victor Frankenstein in his obsessive quest to defy death by bringing a creature to life.“

Victor’s too bold… just like his father. Frankenstein.

Netflix February 2026_day.25 – Stalker (1979)

_This post went up a bit late, as I had some commitments I had to get done. I had a test yesterday. A CompTIA Security+ Certification exam, to be exact. And good news: we passed! I’m Certified as knowing cybersecurity like the back of my hand, which… I wonder if I could pick the back of my hand out of a lineup?

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“Stalker is a professional guide through the Zone, a foreboding realm that contains a mystical room in which its occupants’ secret dreams come true.”

Like grown men of the corn. Stalker.

Netflix February 2026_day.24 – Even If This Love Disappears Tonight (2026)

_So today I had to drive down to the college campus for some bookkeeping. All of my classes are online this semester, so this was something that required its own trip instead of just doing it while I was otherwise already going there. While I was there, the advisor handled my request, told me it would be taken care of and we were all done, easy-peasy. As I was getting up to leave, though, she mentioned that looking at my grades and my coursework, I was doing a great job, and that lots of people have issues with these courses and that I should feel good about doing well in them. I’ll be honest, I don’t know if those comments were genuine or not. It felt genuine. It just feels weird to get that kind of positive feedback from someone you haven’t met, and I think that’s why some part of my brain feels like it couldn’t have been real. But to be honest? I don’t really care if it was genuine or not. Hearing it made me feel good. It felt really good to hear an affirmation like that from someone I’d never met.

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“A boy with a devastating secret. A girl whose memory resets every day. When they begin an unlikely relationship, can their love overcome the odds?“

2026 represent. Even If This Love Disappears Tonight.

Netflix February 2026_day.23 – 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007)

_Last year, I started going through old boxes at home and in storage with the ultimate goal of getting rid of shit we don’t need. It was also emotional, finding things I hadn’t seen or thought about in ages, things I didn’t know we had, and some funny things that made me chuckle before getting rid of them. It felt good. But I progress on it stalled around summertime, and… I haven’t gotten back to it. Sometimes things just get away from you. I’ll get back to it… eventually.

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“Inseparable fourth-graders Takaki Tonoo and Akari Shinohara – bonded by a love of books – begin to slowly drift apart when their families relocate.“

Look at them, using the metric system like they were Starfleet. 5 Centimeters Per Second.

Netflix February 2026_day.22 – Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994)

_So the classes I’m taking in school are all IT related. And honestly? It’s kind of depressing. Not the information specifically, but more just… you learn about how common it is for modern tech to be misused. That we should really just… be distrustful of everything. When you see a phone call from an unrecognized number, do you trust it? A message on social media from someone you don’t know? This is not to say that the world was actively safer when I was younger, I don’t actually know that. But I do feel like there’s a greater sense of deceit that permeate so much of our everything in the digital age that… I won’t say “wasn’t there” before, but wasn’t quite as prevalent on the scale. Or maybe I’m just really cynical?

Why not both?

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“Tough guy Ryu, rich kid Ken, bad boy Guile and boy toy Chun Li take center stage to bring down the evil Bison, who has plans to destroy the world.“

I do not think “boy toy” means what you think it means. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.

Netflix February 2026_day.21 – Don’t Look Up (2021)

_I’ve been back in school for going on two years now, and I can tell you exactly how many times I’ve used AI for my schoolwork – Once, in class, on instruction from our professor. That’s it. I haven’t found it necessary for anything. I’m not even the most anti-AI guy you’ll meet. The best I’ve heard it described is that AI isn’t a replacement for people, it’s a tool in the toolbox for people to use. I personally haven’t felt a need for that tool in my classwork so far. As far as the world at large? … kinda feels that one saying, “When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

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“Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.“

Duck and cover. Don’t Look Up.

Netflix February 2026_day.20 – Sicario (2015)

_I love music videos. Maybe (Probably) it’s because I’m a child of the 90’s that grew up on MTV, but I just love how… unique they are. Sometimes they tell a story, sometimes they don’t at all. It can be just footage of a pantomimed performance. They can just be rapid cuts. A full 4 minute visual concept. Front to back weird color filters. But because of the short form, this stuff doesn’t wear out its welcome. It’s a medium that lent itself to things that a movie or TV shows just don’t. Bring ’em back, music artists, you have at least one huge fan right here~

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“An FBI agent takes part in an undercover operation targeting a Mexican drug lord, but she finds her ethics challenged when the sting crosses the line.“

I am not yet used to associating “2015” with “Over a decade ago”. Sicario.