2000 AD #2387
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x42 A Hole in the Plan [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x42 A Hole in the Plan [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x42 A Hole in the Plan [2nd hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x42 A Hole in the Plan [2nd hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Monday, 22 July 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x42 A Hole in the Plan [1st hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x42 A Hole in the Plan [1st hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Sunday, 21 July 2024
Saturday, 20 July 2024
TV
Doctor Who
10x20 Planet of the Daleks Episode Six [2nd watch]
I watched this whole serial with the updated special effects turned on, because I often enjoy that feature. It was barely noticeable in previous episodes (aside from a CGI shot of the TARDIS in flight from Episode One), but this instalment is where they're put to most use... and, sadly, they’re a bit of a failure. The low-budget CGI just looks dated in a different way to the original effects, which are at least dated in a way in-keeping with the rest of the production. Oh well.
10x20 Planet of the Daleks Episode Six [2nd watch]
I watched this whole serial with the updated special effects turned on, because I often enjoy that feature. It was barely noticeable in previous episodes (aside from a CGI shot of the TARDIS in flight from Episode One), but this instalment is where they're put to most use... and, sadly, they’re a bit of a failure. The low-budget CGI just looks dated in a different way to the original effects, which are at least dated in a way in-keeping with the rest of the production. Oh well.
Films
Gone Fishing (2017)
A "mini-movie" on the Moana Blu-ray, which just feels like a deleted scene they'd already fully animated.
Inner Workings 3D (2016)
Short film included in 3D on the Moana Blu-ray.
Moana 3D (2016)
[2nd watch]
[#54 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
A "mini-movie" on the Moana Blu-ray, which just feels like a deleted scene they'd already fully animated.
Inner Workings 3D (2016)
Short film included in 3D on the Moana Blu-ray.
Moana 3D (2016)
[2nd watch]
[#54 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
A mass of new additions this week, thanks to a big order from the US prompted by the Criterion sale — though only three of them are Criterion titles, the rest being other things I just wanted and bundled in to spread the postage cost. Plus one new UK release too, for a total of nine additions (one an upgrade from DVD) — and over three-quarters of them in 4K!
Number of titles in collection: 3,327 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 1,002 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,325 [up 9]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 373 [up 7]
Number of discs in collection: 8,039 [up 13]
Number of films: 4,101 [up 11]
Number of additional cuts: 391 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,742 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,148 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
A mass of new additions this week, thanks to a big order from the US prompted by the Criterion sale — though only three of them are Criterion titles, the rest being other things I just wanted and bundled in to spread the postage cost. Plus one new UK release too, for a total of nine additions (one an upgrade from DVD) — and over three-quarters of them in 4K!
Number of titles in collection: 3,327 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 1,002 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,325 [up 9]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 373 [up 7]
Number of discs in collection: 8,039 [up 13]
Number of films: 4,101 [up 11]
Number of additional cuts: 391 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,742 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,148 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 19 July 2024
Thursday, 18 July 2024
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x41 A Pirate's Life for Me [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x41 A Pirate's Life for Me [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Monday, 15 July 2024
TV
Doctor Who
10x14 Frontier in Space Episode Six
10x15 Planet of the Daleks Episode One [2nd watch]
Although I was watching Frontier in Space because it's retroactively been dubbed part of a "trilogy" (along with Season 8's Colony in Space, which I watched earlier this month, and Big Finish audio drama Revolution in Space, which I'm going to listen to soon), Frontier actually leads directly into the following serial, Planet of the Daleks. I have seen that one before (I was less fussy about such continuity matters when I was a kid), but it seems sort of weird to skip it now (because I'm more fussy about such continuity matters as an adult). Kind of breaks up the "trilogy" vibe (especially as other commitments mean I'll have to take some time off between finishing Planet and starting Revolution), but I'm sure I'll live.
10x14 Frontier in Space Episode Six
10x15 Planet of the Daleks Episode One [2nd watch]
Although I was watching Frontier in Space because it's retroactively been dubbed part of a "trilogy" (along with Season 8's Colony in Space, which I watched earlier this month, and Big Finish audio drama Revolution in Space, which I'm going to listen to soon), Frontier actually leads directly into the following serial, Planet of the Daleks. I have seen that one before (I was less fussy about such continuity matters when I was a kid), but it seems sort of weird to skip it now (because I'm more fussy about such continuity matters as an adult). Kind of breaks up the "trilogy" vibe (especially as other commitments mean I'll have to take some time off between finishing Planet and starting Revolution), but I'm sure I'll live.
Videos
Critical Role
2x41 A Pirate's Life for Me [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x41 A Pirate's Life for Me [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Sunday, 14 July 2024
Videos
Between the Sheets
1x01 Taliesin Jaffe
They've been pushing this interview series for weeks on Crit Role and Talks (probably not weeks my time... although it's a seven-episode first season, so maybe), and I eventually gave in and watched it, and it is rather good. I get why they removed all BWF-starring content from their official channels, but it is a shame when stuff like this was so insightful. Anyway, definitely going to watch the rest of the episodes about the Crit Role cast, but not sure I care enough about any of the people interviewed in seasons two and three to bother with those.
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Critical Role
2x40 Dubious Pursuits
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#89 'Dubious Pursuits'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
1x01 Taliesin Jaffe
They've been pushing this interview series for weeks on Crit Role and Talks (probably not weeks my time... although it's a seven-episode first season, so maybe), and I eventually gave in and watched it, and it is rather good. I get why they removed all BWF-starring content from their official channels, but it is a shame when stuff like this was so insightful. Anyway, definitely going to watch the rest of the episodes about the Crit Role cast, but not sure I care enough about any of the people interviewed in seasons two and three to bother with those.
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Critical Role
2x40 Dubious Pursuits
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#89 'Dubious Pursuits'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Saturday, 13 July 2024
TV
The 1% Club
3x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on ITVX.]
Doctor Who
10x12 Frontier in Space Episode Four
3x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on ITVX.]
Doctor Who
10x12 Frontier in Space Episode Four
Videos
Critical Role
2x39 Temple of the False Serpent [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#87 'Temple of the False Serpent'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x39 Temple of the False Serpent [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#87 'Temple of the False Serpent'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
This week: those Australian titles finally turn up; all being Blu-ray upgrades that don't replace their existing copies, for one reason or another. Then there were two new releases — one from this week, one from next week, both preordered via HMV. Are HMV inconsistent, or are Royal Mail? Who knows! Finally, DVDs go up by one, thanks to a CD box set with a DVD of behind-the-scenes extras. Fun times.
Number of titles in collection: 3,319 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,003 [up 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,316 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 366 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,026 [up 15]
Number of films: 4,090 [up 6]
Number of additional cuts: 391 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,742 [up 22]
Number of short films: 1,148 [no change]
Speaking of "fun times", it's also time for the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
564 days, 2 hours, and 28 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 4 hours, and 47 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
This week: those Australian titles finally turn up; all being Blu-ray upgrades that don't replace their existing copies, for one reason or another. Then there were two new releases — one from this week, one from next week, both preordered via HMV. Are HMV inconsistent, or are Royal Mail? Who knows! Finally, DVDs go up by one, thanks to a CD box set with a DVD of behind-the-scenes extras. Fun times.
Number of titles in collection: 3,319 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,003 [up 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,316 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 366 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,026 [up 15]
Number of films: 4,090 [up 6]
Number of additional cuts: 391 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,742 [up 22]
Number of short films: 1,148 [no change]
Speaking of "fun times", it's also time for the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
564 days, 2 hours, and 28 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 4 hours, and 47 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 12 July 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x39 Temple of the False Serpent [1st half]
"I can certainly say this is, uh, the most entertaining bunch I've travelled with in some time."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x39 Temple of the False Serpent [1st half]
"I can certainly say this is, uh, the most entertaining bunch I've travelled with in some time."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
TV
Doctor Who
10x09 Frontier in Space Episode One
On to the second serial in the newly-christened Pertwee space trilogy.
10x09 Frontier in Space Episode One
On to the second serial in the newly-christened Pertwee space trilogy.
Videos
Critical Role
2x38 Welcome to the Jungle [3rd hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x38 Welcome to the Jungle [3rd hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Tuesday, 9 July 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x38 Welcome to the Jungle [2nd hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x38 Welcome to the Jungle [2nd hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Monday, 8 July 2024
TV
Behind the Sofa
8x04 Colony in Space
Doctor Who
8x20 Colony in Space Episode Six
For All Mankind
2x03 Rules of Engagement
8x04 Colony in Space
Doctor Who
8x20 Colony in Space Episode Six
For All Mankind
2x03 Rules of Engagement
Videos
Critical Role
2x38 Welcome to the Jungle [1st hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x38 Welcome to the Jungle [1st hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Sunday, 7 July 2024
Films
Like Stars on Earth (2007)
[#51 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2024 #6
I often end up leaving Blindspot and WDYMYHS films until the end of the month, but I'm currently slightly behind on both, so I'm trying to get ahead of myself and hopefully catch up.
[#51 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2024 #6
I often end up leaving Blindspot and WDYMYHS films until the end of the month, but I'm currently slightly behind on both, so I'm trying to get ahead of myself and hopefully catch up.
this week on 100Films.co.uk
It's easy to forget because so much has gone on since, but the new month only began at the start of this week, which means there were the usual monthly columns at 100Films.co.uk.
First up, the general monthly review...
Then, my "failures" from June...
More next Sunday, hopefully.
First up, the general monthly review...
Then, my "failures" from June...
More next Sunday, hopefully.
Saturday, 6 July 2024
Articles
Doctor Who boss opens up about that surprising Richard E. Grant cameo that made an obscure Doctor canon
by Emily Murray & Darren Scott (from SFX)
Interesting to get some more info on this, considering it was a pretty monumental thing to just chuck in there, which I don't think has been discussed by anyone involved before now.
by Emily Murray & Darren Scott (from SFX)
Interesting to get some more info on this, considering it was a pretty monumental thing to just chuck in there, which I don't think has been discussed by anyone involved before now.
Videos
Critical Role
2x37 Dangerous Liaisons
Can't believe I've, almost voluntarily, waited a week between Crit Role episodes! It's a combination of factors: after-work work events; watching live election coverage; and knowing this episode had a poor recording, so I'd need to give it 100% attention throughout to read the subtitles (which aren't present on the Twitch version, unfortunately, so I've switched back to YouTube and endured its adverts just for this episode). Plus, as a live show, it feels Special (based on how much I enjoyed the last one), so I kind of viewed it as a treat to be saved rather than just another episode to burn through (otherwise I might've watched it in bits and pieces over the last week).
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x37 Dangerous Liaisons
Can't believe I've, almost voluntarily, waited a week between Crit Role episodes! It's a combination of factors: after-work work events; watching live election coverage; and knowing this episode had a poor recording, so I'd need to give it 100% attention throughout to read the subtitles (which aren't present on the Twitch version, unfortunately, so I've switched back to YouTube and endured its adverts just for this episode). Plus, as a live show, it feels Special (based on how much I enjoyed the last one), so I kind of viewed it as a treat to be saved rather than just another episode to burn through (otherwise I might've watched it in bits and pieces over the last week).
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
I thought there was going to be a bit more to report this week, but the Australian titles I mentioned last time have spent most of the week sat at an airport waiting to be loaded. Still, some newer domestic purchases managed to make their way through the postal network, giving me three new additions this week. They're actually all BD-to-4K upgrades, though two aren't directly replacing anything (one because my BD copy is in a box set, the other because the BD has more special features).
Number of titles in collection: 3,313 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,002 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,311 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 364 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 8,011 [up 3]
Number of films: 4,084 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 389 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,720 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,148 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader, when those Aussie titles should definitely be here — just in time for the monthly running time update.
I thought there was going to be a bit more to report this week, but the Australian titles I mentioned last time have spent most of the week sat at an airport waiting to be loaded. Still, some newer domestic purchases managed to make their way through the postal network, giving me three new additions this week. They're actually all BD-to-4K upgrades, though two aren't directly replacing anything (one because my BD copy is in a box set, the other because the BD has more special features).
Number of titles in collection: 3,313 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,002 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,311 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 364 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 8,011 [up 3]
Number of films: 4,084 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 389 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,720 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,148 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader, when those Aussie titles should definitely be here — just in time for the monthly running time update.
Friday, 5 July 2024
TV
Doctor Who
8x17 Colony in Space Episode Three
The Last Leg
31x00 Election Special
[Watch it (again) on Channel 4.]
8x17 Colony in Space Episode Three
The Last Leg
31x00 Election Special
[Watch it (again) on Channel 4.]
Thursday, 4 July 2024
TV
Doctor Who
8x16 Colony in Space Episode Two
The Season 8 Blu-ray comes with a choice of restorations for this serial: the one done for DVD back in 2011, or a new one for the Blu-ray release, completed in 2021. I remember them explaining why both were included back when the set came out, but I forget now and they don't bother to explain in the booklet (maybe there's an explanation attached to the older restoration, but I haven't looked). Anyway, I've plumped for the newer restoration, because I remember thinking at the time that it sounded preferable and the previous one was included for completion's sake. Also, surely if the team hadn't thought the new one was better in some way, they wouldn't have undertaken or included it.
8x16 Colony in Space Episode Two
The Season 8 Blu-ray comes with a choice of restorations for this serial: the one done for DVD back in 2011, or a new one for the Blu-ray release, completed in 2021. I remember them explaining why both were included back when the set came out, but I forget now and they don't bother to explain in the booklet (maybe there's an explanation attached to the older restoration, but I haven't looked). Anyway, I've plumped for the newer restoration, because I remember thinking at the time that it sounded preferable and the previous one was included for completion's sake. Also, surely if the team hadn't thought the new one was better in some way, they wouldn't have undertaken or included it.
Wednesday, 3 July 2024
TV
Doctor Who
8x15 Colony in Space Episode One
I recently bought one of Big Finish's Third Doctor adventures, Revolution in Space, which its writer, Jonathan Morris, describes thus: “If you think of Colony in Space and Frontier in Space as the first two thirds of a trilogy... then here's the final third.” So, as I've never seen either of those serials, I thought I ought to watch them first. (If I do my usual daily thing, which I'm intending to, that's the next three weeks or so of Who viewing/listening sorted.)
8x15 Colony in Space Episode One
I recently bought one of Big Finish's Third Doctor adventures, Revolution in Space, which its writer, Jonathan Morris, describes thus: “If you think of Colony in Space and Frontier in Space as the first two thirds of a trilogy... then here's the final third.” So, as I've never seen either of those serials, I thought I ought to watch them first. (If I do my usual daily thing, which I'm intending to, that's the next three weeks or so of Who viewing/listening sorted.)
Sunday, 30 June 2024
Saturday, 29 June 2024
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Three new additions this week. I really thought it was going to be zero — only one is a new release, and that was coming from HMV, who usually get things to me for Monday these days. The other two were a bit of an impulse buy from an Amazon offer ending tomorrow (which I only learnt about because I happened to browse the Blu-ray.com forums for something else). One of those is the extras-less 4K of The Fifth Element, which I've avoided in the hopes of a proper edition with special features. I finally caved for a reasonable price... so I bet they finally announce a proper edition now.
Number of titles in collection: 3,311 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,002 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,309 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 361 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,008 [up 5]
Number of films: 4,082 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 388 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,720 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,146 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader, when hopefully there'll be three more additions — all the way from Australia!
Three new additions this week. I really thought it was going to be zero — only one is a new release, and that was coming from HMV, who usually get things to me for Monday these days. The other two were a bit of an impulse buy from an Amazon offer ending tomorrow (which I only learnt about because I happened to browse the Blu-ray.com forums for something else). One of those is the extras-less 4K of The Fifth Element, which I've avoided in the hopes of a proper edition with special features. I finally caved for a reasonable price... so I bet they finally announce a proper edition now.
Number of titles in collection: 3,311 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,002 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,309 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 361 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,008 [up 5]
Number of films: 4,082 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 388 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,720 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,146 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader, when hopefully there'll be three more additions — all the way from Australia!
Friday, 28 June 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x36 O Captain, Who's Captain? [2nd half]
"Even though we've made some mistakes, and will probably continue to, feels like we're a little bit better when we're together. This other fellow in the group, Mollymauk, he sort of showed us that... by dying."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#84 'O Captain, Who's Captain?'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x36 O Captain, Who's Captain? [2nd half]
"Even though we've made some mistakes, and will probably continue to, feels like we're a little bit better when we're together. This other fellow in the group, Mollymauk, he sort of showed us that... by dying."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#84 'O Captain, Who's Captain?'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Films
A Separation (2011)
[#48 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2024 #5
[#48 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2024 #5
Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x36 O Captain, Who's Captain? [1st half]
"I am an actor in real life, you should probably ask Matt."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x36 O Captain, Who's Captain? [1st half]
"I am an actor in real life, you should probably ask Matt."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Monday, 24 June 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x35 Dockside Diplomacy [2nd half]
"The guards are going, 'hey! Hey! Halt!' And they're drawing and loading crossbows. You are not stopping, you are not hailing, you are not listening to anything they're saying. They assume you are stealing a ship... which you are." 🤣
"This is the stupidest thing."
"This is great. This is D&D, motherfuckers."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#83 'Dockside Diplomacy'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x35 Dockside Diplomacy [2nd half]
"The guards are going, 'hey! Hey! Halt!' And they're drawing and loading crossbows. You are not stopping, you are not hailing, you are not listening to anything they're saying. They assume you are stealing a ship... which you are." 🤣
"This is the stupidest thing."
"This is great. This is D&D, motherfuckers."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#83 'Dockside Diplomacy'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Sunday, 23 June 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x35 Dockside Diplomacy [1st half]
With this episode, I'm a quarter of the way through Campaign 2. It feels like I've kept up a steady pace, sometimes fast (i.e. I've watched Critical Role to the detriment of watching other films and TV), and it's still taken me almost four months to get this far. If I don't let up, I still won't finish Campaign 2 until around about this time next year! And then there's Campaign 3, which by then should be almost as long as Campaign 2... Crikey.
This might sound like a negative way to look at it, but, I mean, while it is nice that there's lots to go because I really enjoy it, it would also be nice to be caught up, y'know?
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x35 Dockside Diplomacy [1st half]
With this episode, I'm a quarter of the way through Campaign 2. It feels like I've kept up a steady pace, sometimes fast (i.e. I've watched Critical Role to the detriment of watching other films and TV), and it's still taken me almost four months to get this far. If I don't let up, I still won't finish Campaign 2 until around about this time next year! And then there's Campaign 3, which by then should be almost as long as Campaign 2... Crikey.
This might sound like a negative way to look at it, but, I mean, while it is nice that there's lots to go because I really enjoy it, it would also be nice to be caught up, y'know?
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Saturday, 22 June 2024
TV
Doctor Who
40x07 The Legend of Ruby Sunday [2nd watch]
40x08 Empire of Death [season finale]
[Watch Empire of Death (again) on iPlayer.]
Friends
2x08 The One with the List [5th or so watch]
2x09 The One with Phoebe's Dad [5th or so watch]
40x07 The Legend of Ruby Sunday [2nd watch]
40x08 Empire of Death [season finale]
[Watch Empire of Death (again) on iPlayer.]
Friends
2x08 The One with the List [5th or so watch]
2x09 The One with Phoebe's Dad [5th or so watch]
Films
The Great Escaper (2023)
Kidnapping by Indians (1899)
The first ever Western film... and it was a British production! It's also rubbish; literally only of interest for its historical significance. But if you want, you can watch it (free) at the BFI.
Kidnapping by Indians (1899)
The first ever Western film... and it was a British production! It's also rubbish; literally only of interest for its historical significance. But if you want, you can watch it (free) at the BFI.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
It's an all new release special this week... special only because they're all new releases, not for any other particular reason. A mix of stuff out last Monday and next Monday that arrived early, which feels like an increasingly uncommon occurrence, so is nice... not that I have time to watch any of them this weekend, so it's a moot point really. Anyway, five new titles, including one BD-to-4K upgrade.
Somewhat of note: this little lot sees me pass 8,000 discs in my collection. Crikey. Just how many of them are redundant DVD copies in Blu-rays / Blu-ray copies in 4Ks / etc? I dread to think...
Number of titles in collection: 3,308 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,002 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,306 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 359 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 8,003 [up 7]
Number of films: 4,079 [up 6]
Number of additional cuts: 387 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,720 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,146 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
It's an all new release special this week... special only because they're all new releases, not for any other particular reason. A mix of stuff out last Monday and next Monday that arrived early, which feels like an increasingly uncommon occurrence, so is nice... not that I have time to watch any of them this weekend, so it's a moot point really. Anyway, five new titles, including one BD-to-4K upgrade.
Somewhat of note: this little lot sees me pass 8,000 discs in my collection. Crikey. Just how many of them are redundant DVD copies in Blu-rays / Blu-ray copies in 4Ks / etc? I dread to think...
Number of titles in collection: 3,308 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,002 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,306 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 359 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 8,003 [up 7]
Number of films: 4,079 [up 6]
Number of additional cuts: 387 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,720 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,146 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 21 June 2024
TV
Death in Paradise
12x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Doctor Who
40x06 Rogue [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Friends
2x06 The One with the Baby on the Bus [5th or so watch]
2x07 The One Where Ross Finds Out [5th or so watch]
12x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Doctor Who
40x06 Rogue [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Friends
2x06 The One with the Baby on the Bus [5th or so watch]
2x07 The One Where Ross Finds Out [5th or so watch]
Thursday, 20 June 2024
TV
Death in Paradise
12x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
7x50 Week 10: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
12x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
7x50 Week 10: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Tuesday, 18 June 2024
TV
X-Men
2x09 A Rogue's Tale [2nd watch]
2x10 Beauty & the Beast [2nd watch]
2x11 Mojovision [2nd watch]
Two pretty great episodes, giving specific focus to two members of the team (the episode titles make it clear which), and one absolute travesty. (IMDb ratings say there's a season five episode that's even worse, so that'll be interesting.)
2x09 A Rogue's Tale [2nd watch]
2x10 Beauty & the Beast [2nd watch]
2x11 Mojovision [2nd watch]
Two pretty great episodes, giving specific focus to two members of the team (the episode titles make it clear which), and one absolute travesty. (IMDb ratings say there's a season five episode that's even worse, so that'll be interesting.)
Monday, 17 June 2024
Sunday, 16 June 2024
Saturday, 15 June 2024
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
This week, two titles from 88 Films (one an early arrival for a new release) and two titles from Radiance (both sale pickups — I ought to resist buying their stuff until sales, it's a good saving... but other stuff they've released has sold out long before reaching the sale point, so it's a risk).
Number of titles in collection: 3,304 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,002 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,302 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 356 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 7,996 [up 5]
Number of films: 4,073 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 387 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,720 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,146 [up 1]
It's also time once again for the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
561 days, 21 hours, and 41 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 11 hours, and 39 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
This week, two titles from 88 Films (one an early arrival for a new release) and two titles from Radiance (both sale pickups — I ought to resist buying their stuff until sales, it's a good saving... but other stuff they've released has sold out long before reaching the sale point, so it's a risk).
Number of titles in collection: 3,304 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,002 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,302 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 356 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 7,996 [up 5]
Number of films: 4,073 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 387 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,720 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,146 [up 1]
It's also time once again for the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
561 days, 21 hours, and 41 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 11 hours, and 39 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 14 June 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x31 Commerce & Chaos [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#79 'Commerce & Chaos'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x31 Commerce & Chaos [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#79 'Commerce & Chaos'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Thursday, 13 June 2024
TV
Doctor Who
Real Time Episode Five
Real Time Episode Six [finale]
Abandoned my previous pace just to get it over with a double-bill. I did enjoy the second half of the serial more than the first — there are some neat concepts, even if I felt they were poorly utilised — but, overall, it wasn't worth the two-decade wait. And it ends on a cliffhanger that will never be resolved! (Because the actress died. Obviously they could continue it in a novel or something, but, well, they haven't in the past 22 years, so I doubt they will now.)
Oh well, at least I've ticked off another piece of Doctor Who apocrypha (the fact it has some form of visuals makes it sort of a proper story, right? But it didn't occur in chronological order (jumping back to the Sixth Doctor) and was only a webcast, so it's also sort of... not 'real' Who, right? Hence "apocrypha". Maybe not quite the correct word, but it's the closest I can think of right now).
X-Men
2x07 Time Fugitives Part One [2nd watch]
2x08 Time Fugitives Part Two [2nd watch]
Real Time Episode Five
Real Time Episode Six [finale]
Abandoned my previous pace just to get it over with a double-bill. I did enjoy the second half of the serial more than the first — there are some neat concepts, even if I felt they were poorly utilised — but, overall, it wasn't worth the two-decade wait. And it ends on a cliffhanger that will never be resolved! (Because the actress died. Obviously they could continue it in a novel or something, but, well, they haven't in the past 22 years, so I doubt they will now.)
Oh well, at least I've ticked off another piece of Doctor Who apocrypha (the fact it has some form of visuals makes it sort of a proper story, right? But it didn't occur in chronological order (jumping back to the Sixth Doctor) and was only a webcast, so it's also sort of... not 'real' Who, right? Hence "apocrypha". Maybe not quite the correct word, but it's the closest I can think of right now).
X-Men
2x07 Time Fugitives Part One [2nd watch]
2x08 Time Fugitives Part Two [2nd watch]
Films
The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder (1901)
Possibly the first British Western. It's also a comedy short — read the accompanying notes on the BFI's (free) streaming copy otherwise you probably won't get the 120-year-old topical humour. Other than that... it's still not very good.
Possibly the first British Western. It's also a comedy short — read the accompanying notes on the BFI's (free) streaming copy otherwise you probably won't get the 120-year-old topical humour. Other than that... it's still not very good.
Articles
Doctor Who: Real Time (Review)
by Darren Mooney (from The m0vie blog)
For a different, more positive take on Real Time (which still acknowledges all the flaws that overwhelmed it for me), you could do worse than this piece.
by Darren Mooney (from The m0vie blog)
For a different, more positive take on Real Time (which still acknowledges all the flaws that overwhelmed it for me), you could do worse than this piece.
Videos
Critical Role
2x30 The Journey Home [2nd half]
2x31 Commerce & Chaos [1st half]
[Watch Campaign 2 (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#78 'The Journey Home'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x30 The Journey Home [2nd half]
2x31 Commerce & Chaos [1st half]
[Watch Campaign 2 (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#78 'The Journey Home'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Wednesday, 12 June 2024
TV
Doctor Who
Real Time Episode Four
Credit where it's due, this episode has a decent twist/cliffhanger, which I didn't see coming and is also quite a neat concept. Unfortunately, I have no faith it'll do anything interesting with that in the remaining two episodes, considering the rest of the writing continues to be lacklustre. For example: this episode contains two scenes clearly designed to give the Doctor and Evelyn big grandstanding speeches that define them as characters and/or the Cybermen — similar to the Fifth Doctor's famous speech in Earthshock, for example — but neither really lands, meandering on and around the point rather than succinctly nailing it.
For All Mankind
2x01 Every Little Thing
Finally got another free month of Apple TV+ from somewhere, so trying to make sure I get some use out of it — picking back up this excellent series (which I'm now three whole seasons behind on) seemed a good idea for that. It begins with a timejump, and I also watched the 20-or-so minutes of news featurettes they produced to help bridge the in-world gap since the season one finale.
X-Men
2x06 X-Ternally Yours [2nd watch]
Having another crack at continuing this, too. Hopefully it'll be more successful than my last attempt...
Real Time Episode Four
Credit where it's due, this episode has a decent twist/cliffhanger, which I didn't see coming and is also quite a neat concept. Unfortunately, I have no faith it'll do anything interesting with that in the remaining two episodes, considering the rest of the writing continues to be lacklustre. For example: this episode contains two scenes clearly designed to give the Doctor and Evelyn big grandstanding speeches that define them as characters and/or the Cybermen — similar to the Fifth Doctor's famous speech in Earthshock, for example — but neither really lands, meandering on and around the point rather than succinctly nailing it.
For All Mankind
2x01 Every Little Thing
Finally got another free month of Apple TV+ from somewhere, so trying to make sure I get some use out of it — picking back up this excellent series (which I'm now three whole seasons behind on) seemed a good idea for that. It begins with a timejump, and I also watched the 20-or-so minutes of news featurettes they produced to help bridge the in-world gap since the season one finale.
X-Men
2x06 X-Ternally Yours [2nd watch]
Having another crack at continuing this, too. Hopefully it'll be more successful than my last attempt...
Videos
Critical Role
2x30 The Journey Home [1st half]
Laura and Travis return after a break of seven weeks... or six days, at my current pace. (Also, random bit of maths: crazy to think that if Critical Role were a regular hour-long US network show, I'd be about 156 episodes in now. That's longer than the entirety of Buffy, for example.)
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x30 The Journey Home [1st half]
Laura and Travis return after a break of seven weeks... or six days, at my current pace. (Also, random bit of maths: crazy to think that if Critical Role were a regular hour-long US network show, I'd be about 156 episodes in now. That's longer than the entirety of Buffy, for example.)
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Tuesday, 11 June 2024
TV
Doctor Who
Real Time Episode Three
"I've never known Cybermen to look so badly-made before." You said it, mate.
Real Time Episode Three
"I've never known Cybermen to look so badly-made before." You said it, mate.
Monday, 10 June 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x28 Within the Nest [2nd half]
2x29 The Stalking Nightmare
I was somewhat trepidatious heading into this run of episodes — with three of the (excellent) regular cast gone and a parade of guest stars in the offing, would it be below-par filler, treading water until the 'real' heroes returned? As things turned out, quite the opposite — not just major, game-changing plot turns (thanks, rolls of the dice!), but interesting locales, exciting combats, memorable NPCs, and some brilliant guest stars (Sumalee Montano clearly received a lot of love from the fanbase, and rightly so, but Ashly Burch is fantastic too).
I'd probably still say Midnight Espionage is the best individual episode of Critical Role I've seen so far (as a game, there's an element of luck about what events occur and plot points appear within one episode, and that one landed so many great bits), but the six-episode run from The Hour of Honor to The Stalking Nightmare is probably my favourite extended arc (or two, really) so far. Phenomenal.
[Watch Campaign 2 (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#76 'Converging Fury' and 'Within the Nest'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x28 Within the Nest [2nd half]
2x29 The Stalking Nightmare
I was somewhat trepidatious heading into this run of episodes — with three of the (excellent) regular cast gone and a parade of guest stars in the offing, would it be below-par filler, treading water until the 'real' heroes returned? As things turned out, quite the opposite — not just major, game-changing plot turns (thanks, rolls of the dice!), but interesting locales, exciting combats, memorable NPCs, and some brilliant guest stars (Sumalee Montano clearly received a lot of love from the fanbase, and rightly so, but Ashly Burch is fantastic too).
I'd probably still say Midnight Espionage is the best individual episode of Critical Role I've seen so far (as a game, there's an element of luck about what events occur and plot points appear within one episode, and that one landed so many great bits), but the six-episode run from The Hour of Honor to The Stalking Nightmare is probably my favourite extended arc (or two, really) so far. Phenomenal.
[Watch Campaign 2 (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#76 'Converging Fury' and 'Within the Nest'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Sunday, 9 June 2024
TV
Doctor Who
Real Time Episode One
Back in the early '00s — after Big Finish had taken off but before the TV revival was announced — BBCi (as it then was) produced several Doctor Who webcasts, which started out as “audio dramas with accompanying illustrations” and gradually progressed to “fully animated” (before the revival was announced and put a stop to all that). This was the second, following Death Comes to Time earlier in 2002 and preceding the 8th Doctor Shada and Scream of the Shalka in 2003 — crazy, with hindsight, that all of that took place in just two years. Even crazier that it’s taken me over 20 years to get round to listening to it. (These were 20 years ago! Time really does fly.) The original official webcast links are dead, but you can buy it on CD from Big Finish (audio only, obv), or do as I'm doing and watch it on YouTube.
Also, for what it's worth, although originally released in six parts, each one only runs 11–17 minutes, with the average being 15, meaning the whole story has the same running time as a Season 22 two-parter. Watching it in two halves would truly emulate that, then, but I've stuck with the original broadcast length because... well, it's like most of Season 22 in another way: it's not very good. I'm not even talking about the basic Flash animation, but the frequently clunky dialogue, line readings that consistently sound off (despite the writer and director being the same person), and a general insipid pace and structure. Maybe it will pick up. Maybe only having to experience it in short bursts will be a blessing.
Real Time Episode One
Back in the early '00s — after Big Finish had taken off but before the TV revival was announced — BBCi (as it then was) produced several Doctor Who webcasts, which started out as “audio dramas with accompanying illustrations” and gradually progressed to “fully animated” (before the revival was announced and put a stop to all that). This was the second, following Death Comes to Time earlier in 2002 and preceding the 8th Doctor Shada and Scream of the Shalka in 2003 — crazy, with hindsight, that all of that took place in just two years. Even crazier that it’s taken me over 20 years to get round to listening to it. (These were 20 years ago! Time really does fly.) The original official webcast links are dead, but you can buy it on CD from Big Finish (audio only, obv), or do as I'm doing and watch it on YouTube.
Also, for what it's worth, although originally released in six parts, each one only runs 11–17 minutes, with the average being 15, meaning the whole story has the same running time as a Season 22 two-parter. Watching it in two halves would truly emulate that, then, but I've stuck with the original broadcast length because... well, it's like most of Season 22 in another way: it's not very good. I'm not even talking about the basic Flash animation, but the frequently clunky dialogue, line readings that consistently sound off (despite the writer and director being the same person), and a general insipid pace and structure. Maybe it will pick up. Maybe only having to experience it in short bursts will be a blessing.
Videos
Critical Role
2x27 Converging Fury
2x28 Within the Nest [1st half]
I'm trying to cut back a bit... but even after watching a whole episode, I still just wanted to carry on, so eventually caved in the evening (hence the extra half episode — there literally wasn't time for another whole one today). The heart wants what the heart wants — whatcha gonna do?
[Watch Converging Fury (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#75 Live from San Diego Comic-Con 2018!
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x27 Converging Fury
2x28 Within the Nest [1st half]
I'm trying to cut back a bit... but even after watching a whole episode, I still just wanted to carry on, so eventually caved in the evening (hence the extra half episode — there literally wasn't time for another whole one today). The heart wants what the heart wants — whatcha gonna do?
[Watch Converging Fury (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#75 Live from San Diego Comic-Con 2018!
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
this week on 100Films.co.uk
Only one post at 100Films.co.uk this week: delayed from the start of the month, the films I failed to watch in May...
More next Sunday, perhaps.
More next Sunday, perhaps.
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