Doctor Who
2x32 Flight Through Eternity
2x33 Journey Into Terror
aka The Chase Parts Three and Four. Plenty of six-parters are known for padding out their middle section, but I’m not sure any other ever did it so obviously as this.
Tuesday, 4 April 2023
Sunday, 2 April 2023
TV
Doctor Who
2x31 The Death of Time
aka The Chase Part Two. In which time does not die, but a Dalek does say, "well, see to it!" Funny old show.
2x31 The Death of Time
aka The Chase Part Two. In which time does not die, but a Dalek does say, "well, see to it!" Funny old show.
Audio Drama
Hell Cats
1x04 The Price of Freedom
1x05 Three is a Crowd
Now that this has settled into being a drama about pirates (as opposed to the first couple of episodes, which were setup and backstory), it's more or less exactly what I wanted it to be (i.e. piratical adventures) and pretty darn enjoyable. No offence to audio drama as a medium, but I imagine it would make a fun TV show (I probably ought to get round to Black Sails, eh?)
[Listen to it (again) on Audible.]
1x04 The Price of Freedom
1x05 Three is a Crowd
Now that this has settled into being a drama about pirates (as opposed to the first couple of episodes, which were setup and backstory), it's more or less exactly what I wanted it to be (i.e. piratical adventures) and pretty darn enjoyable. No offence to audio drama as a medium, but I imagine it would make a fun TV show (I probably ought to get round to Black Sails, eh?)
[Listen to it (again) on Audible.]
this week on 100Films.co.uk
No film reviews on 100Films.co.uk again this week, but it is the start of a new month, meaning a look back at the one just passed...
...including all the things I failed to watch during it...
More next Sunday, maybe.
...including all the things I failed to watch during it...
More next Sunday, maybe.
Saturday, 1 April 2023
TV
Doctor Who
2x30 The Executioners
aka The Chase Part One. Only the third-ever Dalek story, and the oldest one I've not seen. A few thoughts about the episode itself on Letterboxd.
The Wheel
3x11 Episode 11
3x12 Episode 12 [season finale]
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
2x30 The Executioners
aka The Chase Part One. Only the third-ever Dalek story, and the oldest one I've not seen. A few thoughts about the episode itself on Letterboxd.
The Wheel
3x11 Episode 11
3x12 Episode 12 [season finale]
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Six new additions this week, although four of them were upgrades. Second Sight's long-awaited 4K release of George A. Romero's Martin doesn't usurp the old Arrow DVD from my collection because that has unique special features, but elsewise, I switched out 88 Films' BD of Dragons Forever for their 4K release, and their older BD of Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin for a remastered one (I've never seen either film, but I got a good discount); plus StudioCanal's 4K reissue of The City of Lost Children turned up a few days early. That's a title I've owned on DVD and Blu-ray, and now 4K, but never actually seen. More fool me.
Number of titles in collection: 3,048 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,032 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,016 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 245 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 7,522 [up 8]
Number of films: 3,733 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 308 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,589 [up 14]
Number of short films: 1,045 [up 1]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Six new additions this week, although four of them were upgrades. Second Sight's long-awaited 4K release of George A. Romero's Martin doesn't usurp the old Arrow DVD from my collection because that has unique special features, but elsewise, I switched out 88 Films' BD of Dragons Forever for their 4K release, and their older BD of Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin for a remastered one (I've never seen either film, but I got a good discount); plus StudioCanal's 4K reissue of The City of Lost Children turned up a few days early. That's a title I've owned on DVD and Blu-ray, and now 4K, but never actually seen. More fool me.
Number of titles in collection: 3,048 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,032 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,016 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 245 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 7,522 [up 8]
Number of films: 3,733 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 308 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,589 [up 14]
Number of short films: 1,045 [up 1]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 31 March 2023
Thursday, 30 March 2023
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Films
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
[2nd watch]
[#22 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
Posted some extended thoughts on Letterboxd.
[2nd watch]
[#22 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
Posted some extended thoughts on Letterboxd.
Sunday, 26 March 2023
Films
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
[3rd watch]
[#21 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
Posted some extended thoughts on Letterboxd.
[3rd watch]
[#21 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
Posted some extended thoughts on Letterboxd.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Eight new additions this week, but a mix of upgrades keeps the final tally lower. The big one was Doctor Who season 9, which (for the time being) removes two DVDs (it'll be more once some special features turn up on future releases). I also upgraded John Wick 1 and 2 to 4K, so that's two BDs replaced by a 4K set. And I upgraded Red Eye right from DVD (which I only bought, cheap, a decade ago, because a Blu-ray wasn't forthcoming and I wanted to rewatch it. That disc has never entered a player) to its new 4K release (I will rewatch it this time! I will!)
Anyway, that means that, despite this veritable pile of new stuff sat next to me ony my desk, the net change to titles is only +3.
Number of titles in collection: 3,045 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,032 [down 3]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,013 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 242 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 7,514 [up 11]
Number of films: 3,730 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 307 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,575 [up 16]
Number of short films: 1,044 [up 1]
All of which has happened just in time for the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
535 days, 8 hours, and 49 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 12 hours, and 37 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Eight new additions this week, but a mix of upgrades keeps the final tally lower. The big one was Doctor Who season 9, which (for the time being) removes two DVDs (it'll be more once some special features turn up on future releases). I also upgraded John Wick 1 and 2 to 4K, so that's two BDs replaced by a 4K set. And I upgraded Red Eye right from DVD (which I only bought, cheap, a decade ago, because a Blu-ray wasn't forthcoming and I wanted to rewatch it. That disc has never entered a player) to its new 4K release (I will rewatch it this time! I will!)
Anyway, that means that, despite this veritable pile of new stuff sat next to me ony my desk, the net change to titles is only +3.
Number of titles in collection: 3,045 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,032 [down 3]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,013 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 242 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 7,514 [up 11]
Number of films: 3,730 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 307 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,575 [up 16]
Number of short films: 1,044 [up 1]
All of which has happened just in time for the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
535 days, 8 hours, and 49 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 12 hours, and 37 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Saturday, 25 March 2023
Films
John Wick (2014)
[3rd watch]
[#20 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
+ the first hour of the audio commentary by directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch (before I got tired because it was late).
[3rd watch]
[#20 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
+ the first hour of the audio commentary by directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch (before I got tired because it was late).
Thursday, 23 March 2023
TV
Doctor Who
2x29 The Final Phase
aka The Space Museum Part Four, the finale. On the whole, this serial certainly lives down to its reputation. Potentially interesting concepts are tossed away after being barely discussed, never mind explored, paired with a half-arsed rote revolution plotline and dull, poorly-performed villains. Yawn.
+ Defending the Museum, a nine-minute extra in which Dalek and Big Finish writer Robert Shearman explains his love for the serial, though even he admits it has good bits that are drowned out by poor execution.
2x29 The Final Phase
aka The Space Museum Part Four, the finale. On the whole, this serial certainly lives down to its reputation. Potentially interesting concepts are tossed away after being barely discussed, never mind explored, paired with a half-arsed rote revolution plotline and dull, poorly-performed villains. Yawn.
+ Defending the Museum, a nine-minute extra in which Dalek and Big Finish writer Robert Shearman explains his love for the serial, though even he admits it has good bits that are drowned out by poor execution.
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
TV
Doctor Who
2x28 The Search
aka The Space Museum Part Three. The only group more ineffective than the museum-running Moroks are the native Xeron rebels who would seek to overthrow them, if only they... could be bothered trying? There’s the material here for some kind of satire, or at least a spoof, but nobody’s playing it that way.
2x28 The Search
aka The Space Museum Part Three. The only group more ineffective than the museum-running Moroks are the native Xeron rebels who would seek to overthrow them, if only they... could be bothered trying? There’s the material here for some kind of satire, or at least a spoof, but nobody’s playing it that way.
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
TV
Doctor Who
2x27 The Dimensions of Time
aka The Space Museum Part Two — not to be confused with Dimensions in Time. Neither are Doctor Who at its best, and here the title doesn't even mean anything (it has more to do with the previous episode). The serial's reputation is for a nosedive in quality after the first instalment, so I'm not surprised and only expecting it to get worse...
Would I Lie To You?
15x11 The Best Bits [season finale]
Funny: I don't watch any episodes of this for ages, then get so caught up I've had to jump back to a previously-missed "best of" compilation because there are no new episodes yet. On the bright side, while I remembered most of the stories, I couldn't remember whether they were true or not.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
2x27 The Dimensions of Time
aka The Space Museum Part Two — not to be confused with Dimensions in Time. Neither are Doctor Who at its best, and here the title doesn't even mean anything (it has more to do with the previous episode). The serial's reputation is for a nosedive in quality after the first instalment, so I'm not surprised and only expecting it to get worse...
Would I Lie To You?
15x11 The Best Bits [season finale]
Funny: I don't watch any episodes of this for ages, then get so caught up I've had to jump back to a previously-missed "best of" compilation because there are no new episodes yet. On the bright side, while I remembered most of the stories, I couldn't remember whether they were true or not.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Monday, 20 March 2023
TV
Doctor Who
2x26 The Space Museum [2nd watch]
Being the first part of The Space Museum, obviously. Also, the only episode of the serial I've seen before: back in the day, I watched this first part on VHS, but for reason(s) forgotten by time, never finished it. I don't intend for that to happen again!
2x26 The Space Museum [2nd watch]
Being the first part of The Space Museum, obviously. Also, the only episode of the serial I've seen before: back in the day, I watched this first part on VHS, but for reason(s) forgotten by time, never finished it. I don't intend for that to happen again!
Sunday, 19 March 2023
TV
Doctor Who
2x25 The Warlords
aka The Crusade Part Four — both the serial's finale and the second of its two missing episodes.
As a whole, there's a lot I like about The Crusade, and I enjoy each episode individually. Unfortunately, it doesn’t add up as a whole; primarily, the pace across all four parts is off, and some of the storylines are ultimately too slight or told in a rush. It’s literally less than the sum of its parts.
2x25 The Warlords
aka The Crusade Part Four — both the serial's finale and the second of its two missing episodes.
As a whole, there's a lot I like about The Crusade, and I enjoy each episode individually. Unfortunately, it doesn’t add up as a whole; primarily, the pace across all four parts is off, and some of the storylines are ultimately too slight or told in a rush. It’s literally less than the sum of its parts.
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