tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42677356618106744142024-03-19T00:07:32.749+00:00My Cultural ExperienceAll the stuff I've watched, read, listened to, etc.badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.comBlogger11277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-29655365113107403462024-03-18T23:54:00.001+00:002024-03-19T00:01:25.600+00:00GamesBroken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Another hour down.badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-59455004709071355492024-03-17T23:58:00.004+00:002024-03-17T23:58:00.137+00:00FilmsThe Inspector Wears Skirts (1988)
[#19 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-63988906629341807182024-03-17T13:00:00.015+00:002024-03-17T23:52:04.241+00:00this week on 100Films.co.uk5 new reviews were published to 100Films.co.uk this week...
Archive 5, Vol.9
Featuring...
- Evil Under the Sun (1982)
- Sneakers (1992)
- Us (2019)
- Crooked House (2017)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)Read more here.
More next Sunday.badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-17574679269860552532024-03-16T23:59:00.009+00:002024-03-17T00:45:36.115+00:00TVThe Wheel
4x09 Episode 9
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-53448244517377142162024-03-16T23:58:00.003+00:002024-03-17T00:47:20.504+00:00FilmsTriangle of Sadness (2022)badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-76863640720652246422024-03-16T23:57:00.001+00:002024-03-16T23:57:00.156+00:00Audio DramaHell Cats 2
2x06 The Trap Tightens
[Listen to it (again) on Audible.]badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-61873970612068463032024-03-16T23:56:00.048+00:002024-03-16T23:56:00.127+00:00Comics2000 AD #2363–2364badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-63090232307093894672024-03-16T23:54:00.007+00:002024-03-16T23:54:00.142+00:00GamesBroken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
About 45 minutes today.
The Leaf Riders of Wrenwood
5–11 March 2024
I've fallen so far behind on this that it became tricky to find the time to catch up fully, which just continued to exacerbate the problem. So I've finally bitten the bullet and played about half of what I had to catch up, with the intention of doing the rest tomorrow. And then, hopefullybadblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-29290551911595337332024-03-16T15:00:00.022+00:002024-03-16T15:00:00.134+00:00Collection CountCollection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
As I mentioned previously, this is a fairly quiet month for the most part — until the next two weeks, anyway, when a glut of titles are on their way. I already have four in the post, plus six on preorder for the week after, and more I'd like to order but haven't yet. Money, money, money! We'll see how many badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-690709788471046222024-03-15T23:59:00.016+00:002024-03-16T00:31:40.041+00:00TVComic Relief 2024
Funny for Money
More Funny for Money
A Whole Lotta Lenny
What's Comic Relief doing on this year?! Normally it's only odd-numbered years! When did that change? (I'm assuming this year, but last year was the first time I'd watched it in almost a decade, so I dunno.) Maybe it was just because long-time lead host Lenny Henry has decided to hang up his microphone, so this was a big badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-1146554315150728222024-03-14T23:59:00.009+00:002024-03-14T23:59:00.127+00:00TVX-Men
1x03 Enter Magneto [2nd watch]
1x04 Deadly Reunions [2nd watch]
Returning as an adult to a show you loved as a kid is a risky proposition: what seemed entertaining when you were seven or eight might not work as well when you're well into your 30s. Heck, it's kind of silly to expect it to at all. But X-Men is actually pretty brilliant. The ongoing storylines are kinda unexpected for a kids' badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-25971589926102317672024-03-14T23:56:00.003+00:002024-03-14T23:56:00.125+00:00Non-FictionThe Art of Brevity by Grant Faulkner
Chapters 4–5badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-8871874437090021102024-03-14T23:54:00.002+00:002024-03-14T23:54:00.246+00:00GamesBroken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Another hour, this time encompassing an entire trip to the hospital.badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-25185475079387828102024-03-13T23:59:00.018+00:002024-03-13T23:59:00.134+00:00TVBlackadder II
2x02 Head [2nd watch]
I didn’t remember this episode at all. Ok, it’s been a quarter of a century or so since I last watched this series, but the first was pretty memorable. And it’s not for lack of quality, because there are plenty of hilarious bits. I suppose it’s possible I didn’t actually start the series until a few episodes in, and saw Bells (or bits of it) later. Hard to badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-17377875839811347102024-03-13T23:54:00.002+00:002024-03-13T23:58:38.172+00:00GamesBroken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
About another hour, including the infamous goat puzzle.badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-73356467937543750062024-03-13T23:51:00.001+00:002024-03-13T23:51:00.136+00:00VideosCritical Role
2x03 The Midnight Chase [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-10584095672165536672024-03-12T23:53:00.012+00:002024-03-12T23:53:00.142+00:00ArticlesITV Oscars coverage secures viewers – and criticism
by Catherine Shoard (from the Guardian)
Whether or not you agree with the criticsm (I didn't dislike all of the panel, but there's a definite argument for having more informed proper film critics/journalists), the viewing stats are interesting: this year's Oscars saw a 1700% increase in average UK viewership, from 35,000 last year on Sky to badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-60379160032586756512024-03-12T23:51:00.001+00:002024-03-12T23:51:00.143+00:00VideosCritical Role
2x03 The Midnight Chase [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-44787601980480945562024-03-11T23:59:00.010+00:002024-03-11T23:59:00.132+00:00TVThe 96th Annual Academy Awards
aka the Oscars. I didn't watch it twice, it just started yesterday and finished today for those of us in the UK. I thought it was a solid ceremony overall — Kimmel is a reliably safe pair of hands as host, there were no timewasting skits, and most of the awards went to who was expected to win. Little exciting (the possible exception being the performance of I'm Justbadblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-84393044123754033562024-03-11T23:55:00.002+00:002024-03-11T23:55:31.445+00:00GamesBroken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
Another hour-and-a-half or so, although it crashed at one point and I had to speed re-play a bunch of conversations.badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-57012015958702536392024-03-10T23:59:00.017+00:002024-03-11T03:25:47.125+00:00TVThe 96th Annual Academy Awards
aka the Oscars. Actually starting on Sunday this year here in the UK for once, because of the US just switching to summer time, while we don't change for a few more weeks. Wow. More significantly, for the first time in about 20 years, it's airing on a free channel! Why Sky gave up the rights I don't know, but it's nice not having to pay for it. And, as a new badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-53850927787341403552024-03-10T23:58:00.003+00:002024-03-11T03:26:19.435+00:00FilmsThe Steal (1995)badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-88992288539501305182024-03-09T23:59:00.007+00:002024-03-10T01:18:28.642+00:00TVFriends
1x22 The One with the Ick Factor [many-th watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
7x28 Week 6: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-1245244786181375912024-03-09T23:58:00.008+00:002024-03-10T01:17:42.169+00:00FilmsThe Birdcage (1996)
Maestro (2023)
[#18 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4267735661810674414.post-29128271245830823812024-03-09T15:00:00.018+00:002024-03-09T15:00:00.137+00:00Collection CountCollection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
March is looking like a fairly quiet month... until the end, when a massive pile of titles flood out for the 25th. I haven't preordered most of them, mainly because it's going to total well over £200 and that causes even me to pause. But it seems inevitable that I will...
In the meantime, I am still badblokebobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13967113421151794368noreply@blogger.com0