Kizumonogatari Part 2: Nekketsu (2016)
[#36 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Videos
Critical Role
Ménagerie a Trois [2nd half]
The end of the last Menagerie adventure so far, with at least one major plot thread left hanging. You'd think they might pick it back up for the actual release of Daggerheart (coming May 20th), but (as far as I'm aware) they've announced nothing of the sort. Instead, they'll be marking the release with an unconnected Daggerheart miniseries, which sounds fun in its own way, but it would be nice to close this one off.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Ménagerie a Trois [2nd half]
The end of the last Menagerie adventure so far, with at least one major plot thread left hanging. You'd think they might pick it back up for the actual release of Daggerheart (coming May 20th), but (as far as I'm aware) they've announced nothing of the sort. Instead, they'll be marking the release with an unconnected Daggerheart miniseries, which sounds fun in its own way, but it would be nice to close this one off.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Monday, 21 April 2025
Films
The King of Kings (1927)
Streamed free by Flicker Alley for Easter Sunday (I actually started it last night and finished it this morning). Seasonally appropriate, but the first feature I've watched this year that doesn't count towards my challenge.
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016)
And another that doesn't count! But this sets up two more that will.
Streamed free by Flicker Alley for Easter Sunday (I actually started it last night and finished it this morning). Seasonally appropriate, but the first feature I've watched this year that doesn't count towards my challenge.
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu (2016)
And another that doesn't count! But this sets up two more that will.
Videos
Critical Role
Ménagerie a Trois [1st hour]
Watch the Menagerie level up to L6 on YouTube or Beacon, which is where they start this third (and, so far, final) adventure, playing the Daggerheart open beta.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Ménagerie a Trois [1st hour]
Watch the Menagerie level up to L6 on YouTube or Beacon, which is where they start this third (and, so far, final) adventure, playing the Daggerheart open beta.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Saturday, 19 April 2025
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Another selection of new releases drop in, just in time for the monthly running time update.
Number of titles in collection: 3,521 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 985 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,536 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 464 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,503 [up 6]
Number of films: 4,471 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 442 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,101 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,227 [no change]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
597 days, 16 hours, and 53 minutes.
(Up 8 days, 11 hours, and 48 minutes from last month.)
That's a pretty insane increase for just one month. I wondered if I'd done the maths wrong at first. But, thinking back, it includes things like The Saint complete DVD set, which runs well over four days by itself. Just an exceptional month, is all
See you next week, faithful reader.
Another selection of new releases drop in, just in time for the monthly running time update.
Number of titles in collection: 3,521 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 985 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,536 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 464 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,503 [up 6]
Number of films: 4,471 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 442 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,101 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,227 [no change]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
597 days, 16 hours, and 53 minutes.
(Up 8 days, 11 hours, and 48 minutes from last month.)
That's a pretty insane increase for just one month. I wondered if I'd done the maths wrong at first. But, thinking back, it includes things like The Saint complete DVD set, which runs well over four days by itself. Just an exceptional month, is all
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 18 April 2025
TV
Daredevil: Born Again
1x08 Isle of Joy
1x09 Straight to Hell [season finale]
Glad I had the ending spoiled, otherwise I too might've been expecting a bigger reveal. In the end, this season did feel like what it was: something salvaged from an aborted version, plus the intial act / setup for what's coming next. It'll be worth it if season two pays off.
[Watch the whole series (again) on Disney+.]
1x08 Isle of Joy
1x09 Straight to Hell [season finale]
Glad I had the ending spoiled, otherwise I too might've been expecting a bigger reveal. In the end, this season did feel like what it was: something salvaged from an aborted version, plus the intial act / setup for what's coming next. It'll be worth it if season two pays off.
[Watch the whole series (again) on Disney+.]
Comics
Absolute Batman
#3 The Zoo Part Three by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta
Didn't mean to leave it four months between issues, but time seems to be flying this year.
X-Men
#10 Brinkmanship by Jed MacKay & Netho Diaz
#3 The Zoo Part Three by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta
Didn't mean to leave it four months between issues, but time seems to be flying this year.
X-Men
#10 Brinkmanship by Jed MacKay & Netho Diaz
Games
The Case of the Golden Idol
Chapter 4, Scenes 1–2
Epilogue
Finished the whole thing in under four hours of playtime. I did perhaps rush it slightly at the end, but I wasn't invested enough to take my time over it.
Chapter 4, Scenes 1–2
Epilogue
Finished the whole thing in under four hours of playtime. I did perhaps rush it slightly at the end, but I wasn't invested enough to take my time over it.
Thursday, 17 April 2025
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Games
The Case of the Golden Idol
Chapter 1, Scenes 1–3
Chapter 2, Scenes 1–2
I've wanted to play this for a while, but even when it's on sale it's never that cheap (and I've got such a backlog of games to get through, paying a high price seems daft) and I'm aware it's free with a Netflix subscription (but I don't normally have a Netflix subscription). Also, the Netflix version is only on mobile, and I feel like this would be better played on a desktop. But I do currently have a Netflix sub, and it's free, so I thought I may as well give it a go — if it's really good, I can always pay for the desktop version.
Well, so far, it's... fine. It's not that hard to play on a mobile, despite what some people say (I can see why desktop would be even easier, because clicking around with a mouse is quicker than tapping around with a finger, at least for me, but it works just fine). As for the game itself, it feels more like a puzzle game with graphics than a true point-and-click adventure, which it was sort of sold to me as. I mean, fundamentally, it's Murdle but with pictures instead of just words, and a more complicated elimination grid (masked by putting it into sentences).
I'll keep playing it. I'll aim to finish it (possibly very quickly: I've played for about an hour and a half and I'm almost halfway through. Unless it gets a lot harder (which, in fairness, it might), it looks like I could get through it much quicker than the average playtime reports suggest). Unless I get sick of it, I'll probably even go on to the sequel (also free with Netflix). But it's no Monkey Island or Grim Fandango or Broken Sword or whatever.
Chapter 1, Scenes 1–3
Chapter 2, Scenes 1–2
I've wanted to play this for a while, but even when it's on sale it's never that cheap (and I've got such a backlog of games to get through, paying a high price seems daft) and I'm aware it's free with a Netflix subscription (but I don't normally have a Netflix subscription). Also, the Netflix version is only on mobile, and I feel like this would be better played on a desktop. But I do currently have a Netflix sub, and it's free, so I thought I may as well give it a go — if it's really good, I can always pay for the desktop version.
Well, so far, it's... fine. It's not that hard to play on a mobile, despite what some people say (I can see why desktop would be even easier, because clicking around with a mouse is quicker than tapping around with a finger, at least for me, but it works just fine). As for the game itself, it feels more like a puzzle game with graphics than a true point-and-click adventure, which it was sort of sold to me as. I mean, fundamentally, it's Murdle but with pictures instead of just words, and a more complicated elimination grid (masked by putting it into sentences).
I'll keep playing it. I'll aim to finish it (possibly very quickly: I've played for about an hour and a half and I'm almost halfway through. Unless it gets a lot harder (which, in fairness, it might), it looks like I could get through it much quicker than the average playtime reports suggest). Unless I get sick of it, I'll probably even go on to the sequel (also free with Netflix). But it's no Monkey Island or Grim Fandango or Broken Sword or whatever.
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Monday, 14 April 2025
TV
Friends
6x20 The One with Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. [6th or so watch]
Leverage: Redemption
1x01 The Too Many Rembrandts Job
1x02 The Panamanian Monkey Job
Finally (as in: 16 months after I finished the original series) made a start on this Leverage sequel series. So far it's... admirably like good ol' fashioned TV. Y'know, kinda low-budget-looking and driven by stories of the week, rather than slick and over-budgeted and trying to be "a long movie". We need more TV that just behaves like TV.
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x06 Week 2: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
6x20 The One with Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. [6th or so watch]
Leverage: Redemption
1x01 The Too Many Rembrandts Job
1x02 The Panamanian Monkey Job
Finally (as in: 16 months after I finished the original series) made a start on this Leverage sequel series. So far it's... admirably like good ol' fashioned TV. Y'know, kinda low-budget-looking and driven by stories of the week, rather than slick and over-budgeted and trying to be "a long movie". We need more TV that just behaves like TV.
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x06 Week 2: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 13 April 2025
TV
The Diplomat
2x05 Our Lady of Immaculate Deception
2x06 Dreadnought [season finale]
Friends
6x18 The One Where Ross Dates a Student [6th or so watch]
6x19 The One with Joey's Fridge [5th or so watch]
The Rookie
6x08 Punch Card
6x09 The Squeeze
6x10 Escape Plan [season finale]
2x05 Our Lady of Immaculate Deception
2x06 Dreadnought [season finale]
Friends
6x18 The One Where Ross Dates a Student [6th or so watch]
6x19 The One with Joey's Fridge [5th or so watch]
The Rookie
6x08 Punch Card
6x09 The Squeeze
6x10 Escape Plan [season finale]
Saturday, 12 April 2025
TV
The Diplomat
2x03 The Ides of March
2x04 The Other Army
Doctor Who
41x01 The Robot Revolution
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Friends
6x17 The One with Unagi [6th or so watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x03 Week 1: Wednesday
8x04 Week 1: Thursday
8x05 Week 1: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
6x06 Secrets and Lies
6x07 Crushed
2x03 The Ides of March
2x04 The Other Army
Doctor Who
41x01 The Robot Revolution
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Friends
6x17 The One with Unagi [6th or so watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x03 Week 1: Wednesday
8x04 Week 1: Thursday
8x05 Week 1: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
6x06 Secrets and Lies
6x07 Crushed
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
A pretty low-key, straightforward update this week: just five new titles, mostly 4K, no upgrades or sidegrades or whatever. It should be like this more often.
Number of titles in collection: 3,517 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 985 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,532 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 462 [up 4]
Number of discs in collection: 8,497 [up 8]
Number of films: 4,467 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 442 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 10,101 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,227 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
A pretty low-key, straightforward update this week: just five new titles, mostly 4K, no upgrades or sidegrades or whatever. It should be like this more often.
Number of titles in collection: 3,517 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 985 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,532 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 462 [up 4]
Number of discs in collection: 8,497 [up 8]
Number of films: 4,467 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 442 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 10,101 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,227 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 11 April 2025
TV
The Diplomat
2x01 When a Stranger Calls
2x02 St. Paul's
Friends
6x16 The One That Could Have Been Part 2 [5th or so watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x01 Week 1: Monday
8x02 Week 1: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
2x01 When a Stranger Calls
2x02 St. Paul's
Friends
6x16 The One That Could Have Been Part 2 [5th or so watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x01 Week 1: Monday
8x02 Week 1: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Videos
Critical Role
2x99 High Seas, High Stakes [3rd hour]
When I started this episode, I mentioned it was their last regular live one. It was also the last appearance of this set, because when the show returned from hiatus it was in a new socially-distanced format that lasted until the end of Campaign 2, and they got a shiny new set for Campaign 3. Said hiatus, due to Covid, was announced the Tuesday after this episode aired. There's a Wiki article about it here, but in short: the show eventually returned almost four months later. I don't intend to emulate that with a lengthy pause of my own, although this does feel like it would be an appropriate juncture to go check out some other one-shots and/or miniseries...
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x99 High Seas, High Stakes [3rd hour]
When I started this episode, I mentioned it was their last regular live one. It was also the last appearance of this set, because when the show returned from hiatus it was in a new socially-distanced format that lasted until the end of Campaign 2, and they got a shiny new set for Campaign 3. Said hiatus, due to Covid, was announced the Tuesday after this episode aired. There's a Wiki article about it here, but in short: the show eventually returned almost four months later. I don't intend to emulate that with a lengthy pause of my own, although this does feel like it would be an appropriate juncture to go check out some other one-shots and/or miniseries...
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
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