Mystery Science Theater 3000
13x03 Beyond Atlantis
Scouting for Toys
1x03 Toy Theatres
[Watch the series (again) on UKTV Play.]
Saturday 30 April 2022
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Two new titles this week, both new-ish releases, and, coincidentally, both containing three films — one is Eureka's set of three classic Universal monster movies; the other is Kino's 4K UHD release of In the Heat of the Night, which comes bundled with its two sequels on regular Blu-ray.
Also, this week it's time for the monthly running time update, so that's always fun.
Number of titles in collection: 2,820 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,765 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 168 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 7,037 [up 4]
Number of films: 3,365 [up 6]
Number of additional cuts: 258 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,268 [no change]
Number of short films: 957 [no change]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
505 days, 5 hours, and 12 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 21 hours, and 26 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Two new titles this week, both new-ish releases, and, coincidentally, both containing three films — one is Eureka's set of three classic Universal monster movies; the other is Kino's 4K UHD release of In the Heat of the Night, which comes bundled with its two sequels on regular Blu-ray.
Also, this week it's time for the monthly running time update, so that's always fun.
Number of titles in collection: 2,820 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,765 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 168 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 7,037 [up 4]
Number of films: 3,365 [up 6]
Number of additional cuts: 258 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,268 [no change]
Number of short films: 957 [no change]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
505 days, 5 hours, and 12 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 21 hours, and 26 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday 29 April 2022
Audio Drama / Podcasts
Doctor Who: Redacted
1x02 Hysteria
This is released on Sundays but it's taking me 'til Fridays to get round to listening to them because... well, I'm not particularly enjoying it. Maybe it'll improve... but as I find most of the main characters quite irritating, that seems unlikely.
[Listen (again) on BBC Sounds.]
1x02 Hysteria
This is released on Sundays but it's taking me 'til Fridays to get round to listening to them because... well, I'm not particularly enjoying it. Maybe it'll improve... but as I find most of the main characters quite irritating, that seems unlikely.
[Listen (again) on BBC Sounds.]
Thursday 28 April 2022
Games
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Completed Part One, on Mêlée Island. This section of the game dominates my memory of it, so it's kinda surprising to learn I'm only 35% of the way through. I've found it easy, too, because I remember all of the puzzles and their solutions. It'll be interesting to see if I find the rest harder, or if it all comes back to me as and when I get there.
Edit: After writing the above, I continued on a bit further, and soon had reached 57% complete. So, that's 22% done in 1/7th the time it took me to do the first 35%. However these percentages are calculated, it's clearly not time-based!
Completed Part One, on Mêlée Island. This section of the game dominates my memory of it, so it's kinda surprising to learn I'm only 35% of the way through. I've found it easy, too, because I remember all of the puzzles and their solutions. It'll be interesting to see if I find the rest harder, or if it all comes back to me as and when I get there.
Edit: After writing the above, I continued on a bit further, and soon had reached 57% complete. So, that's 22% done in 1/7th the time it took me to do the first 35%. However these percentages are calculated, it's clearly not time-based!
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Games
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Another hour-and-a-half’s play and I’m at 22%. I’ve gotta be honest, I’m not so much solving the puzzles as remembering them. But the Melee Island portion of the game is the bit I remember the most clearly by far, so it’ll be interesting to see if I still remember what to do later on — I could’ve told you a bunch of the Melee Island puzzles and their solutions before even starting to play the game, but I can remember very little of what comes later with such clarity.
Another hour-and-a-half’s play and I’m at 22%. I’ve gotta be honest, I’m not so much solving the puzzles as remembering them. But the Melee Island portion of the game is the bit I remember the most clearly by far, so it’ll be interesting to see if I still remember what to do later on — I could’ve told you a bunch of the Melee Island puzzles and their solutions before even starting to play the game, but I can remember very little of what comes later with such clarity.
Articles
Ron Gilbert’s Monkey Island Announcement Was a Joke ‘18 Years in the Making’
by Jay Peters (from The Verge)
In rare interview, Monkey Island designers tell Ars about long-awaited Return
by Kyle Orland (from Ars Technica)
Two more pieces about the forthcoming sixth Monkey Island game. The basic content is the same across all three interviews, because it's still early in the promotion cycle (they all share the same handful of screenshots, for example), but there are differing titbits in each if you're after all the information you can get.
Possibly the best quote from any of them comes at the end of the Verge piece, when Gilbert says:
by Jay Peters (from The Verge)
In rare interview, Monkey Island designers tell Ars about long-awaited Return
by Kyle Orland (from Ars Technica)
Two more pieces about the forthcoming sixth Monkey Island game. The basic content is the same across all three interviews, because it's still early in the promotion cycle (they all share the same handful of screenshots, for example), but there are differing titbits in each if you're after all the information you can get.
Possibly the best quote from any of them comes at the end of the Verge piece, when Gilbert says:
when we were bringing people on, and we’d talk to them, the minute I mentioned, “I’m making a new Monkey Island…,” one person literally started crying. They were so happy that this was happening.
Tuesday 26 April 2022
Music
Loud Like Love
by Placebo
Being that one I mentioned I'd missed. I enjoyed this one a little more. Would probably benefit to listen to them both a couple more times.
by Placebo
Being that one I mentioned I'd missed. I enjoyed this one a little more. Would probably benefit to listen to them both a couple more times.
Monday 25 April 2022
Games
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
I've been meaning to re-play this for years — decades, even — and the news of the new one has finally spurred me to do it. Well, there are up to five games to (re)play before it comes out! (The new one is going to pick up where #2 left off though, so 3 to 5 are hardly essentially; but I'd like to revisit them all — or visit for the first time, in the case of most of #5, as I only played the first of its five chapters.)
Anyway, according to the save game file I played for just under an hour and have completed 12% of the game so far.
I've been meaning to re-play this for years — decades, even — and the news of the new one has finally spurred me to do it. Well, there are up to five games to (re)play before it comes out! (The new one is going to pick up where #2 left off though, so 3 to 5 are hardly essentially; but I'd like to revisit them all — or visit for the first time, in the case of most of #5, as I only played the first of its five chapters.)
Anyway, according to the save game file I played for just under an hour and have completed 12% of the game so far.
Articles
Interview: Ron Gilbert, Dave Grossman – Return to Monkey Island
by Emily Morganti (from Adventure Gamers)
This piece has been out for over a week now, but I've only just found the time to dedicate to reading it. I wanted to make sure I took it in fully, because it's the first details — and screenshots! — about the new Monkey Island game (outside of what was revealed in its announcement trailer). Exciting stuff.
by Emily Morganti (from Adventure Gamers)
This piece has been out for over a week now, but I've only just found the time to dedicate to reading it. I wanted to make sure I took it in fully, because it's the first details — and screenshots! — about the new Monkey Island game (outside of what was revealed in its announcement trailer). Exciting stuff.
Sunday 24 April 2022
TV
The RKO Story: Tales from Hollywood
Part 1 Birth of a Titan
A six-part series from 1987, currently being repeated on BBC Four, detailing the history of the film studio. I've seen a lot of RKO movies, and of course their ident is famous, but I know next to nothing about the studio itself, so hopefully this is going to fill in the blanks.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
15x04 Episode 4
15x05 Episode 5
Here's the fun thing with stuff being on iPlayer for months/years now: these episodes aired back in January and February, but I can still easily catch up with them now, when I'm in the mood.
[Watch these episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Part 1 Birth of a Titan
A six-part series from 1987, currently being repeated on BBC Four, detailing the history of the film studio. I've seen a lot of RKO movies, and of course their ident is famous, but I know next to nothing about the studio itself, so hopefully this is going to fill in the blanks.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
15x04 Episode 4
15x05 Episode 5
Here's the fun thing with stuff being on iPlayer for months/years now: these episodes aired back in January and February, but I can still easily catch up with them now, when I'm in the mood.
[Watch these episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Theatre
Hamlet
Starring Maxine Peake. I've been wanting to see this version for years, which possibly did it no favours; or maybe I just wasn't in the right mood today (I watched it because my Digital Theatre free trial was expiring rather than through any burning desire to spend 3 hours on Shakespeare this afternoon). Whatever the reason, I found this a bit of a slog; and though Peake is a great actress, to be sure, I found her interpretation a bit… shouty.
[Watch it (again) on Digital Theatre.]
Starring Maxine Peake. I've been wanting to see this version for years, which possibly did it no favours; or maybe I just wasn't in the right mood today (I watched it because my Digital Theatre free trial was expiring rather than through any burning desire to spend 3 hours on Shakespeare this afternoon). Whatever the reason, I found this a bit of a slog; and though Peake is a great actress, to be sure, I found her interpretation a bit… shouty.
[Watch it (again) on Digital Theatre.]
Saturday 23 April 2022
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
A solid week this time, made up entirely of new releases — although one was delayed by shipping from the US so isn't really 'new' anymore, and two are actually out next week. What does it matter, eh?
Number of titles in collection: 2,818 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,763 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 167 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 7,033 [up 5]
Number of films: 3,359 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 257 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,268 [no change]
Number of short films: 957 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
A solid week this time, made up entirely of new releases — although one was delayed by shipping from the US so isn't really 'new' anymore, and two are actually out next week. What does it matter, eh?
Number of titles in collection: 2,818 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,763 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 167 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 7,033 [up 5]
Number of films: 3,359 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 257 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,268 [no change]
Number of short films: 957 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday 22 April 2022
Audio Drama / Podcasts
Doctor Who: Redacted
1x01 SOS
This is an audio drama released as a podcast, which seemed to confuse some people initially. Well, that's people for you.
[Listen (again) on BBC Sounds.]
1x01 SOS
This is an audio drama released as a podcast, which seemed to confuse some people initially. Well, that's people for you.
[Listen (again) on BBC Sounds.]
Music
Never Let Me Go
by Placebo
Placebo's first album for eight years... not that I have the last one (I listened to them a lot when I was a teen in the '00s, but obviously wasn't paying attention by 2013). Anyway, this was... fine. Like, I didn't dislike listening to it, but nor did any track really stand out to me.
by Placebo
Placebo's first album for eight years... not that I have the last one (I listened to them a lot when I was a teen in the '00s, but obviously wasn't paying attention by 2013). Anyway, this was... fine. Like, I didn't dislike listening to it, but nor did any track really stand out to me.
Thursday 21 April 2022
TV
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x123 Week 21: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
5x123 Week 21: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday 20 April 2022
TV
The Crown
3x09 Imbroglio
3x10 Cri de Coeur [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x121 Week 21: Monday
5x122 Week 21: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x09 Imbroglio
3x10 Cri de Coeur [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x121 Week 21: Monday
5x122 Week 21: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Tuesday 19 April 2022
TV
The Crown
3x07 Moondust
3x08 Dangling Man
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x119 Week 20: Thursday
5x120 Week 20: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x07 Moondust
3x08 Dangling Man
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x119 Week 20: Thursday
5x120 Week 20: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Monday 18 April 2022
Theatre
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Enthusiastic performances and a breathless pace can’t disguise the fact that there simply aren’t enough gags in this comedic adaptation of Sherlock Holmes’ most famous adventure — although they do mean that, when one does land, it’s momentarily delightful.
[Watch it (again) on Original Theatre Online.]
Enthusiastic performances and a breathless pace can’t disguise the fact that there simply aren’t enough gags in this comedic adaptation of Sherlock Holmes’ most famous adventure — although they do mean that, when one does land, it’s momentarily delightful.
[Watch it (again) on Original Theatre Online.]
Sunday 17 April 2022
TV
The Crown
3x05 Coup
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Doctor Who
39x08 Legend of the Sea Devils [Easter special]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x116 Week 20: Monday
5x117 Week 20: Tuesday
5x118 Week 20: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x05 Coup
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Doctor Who
39x08 Legend of the Sea Devils [Easter special]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x116 Week 20: Monday
5x117 Week 20: Tuesday
5x118 Week 20: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing
The version starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate. I've wanted to see this since it was announced (over a decade ago, apparently!), so it's great to finally have had the chance.
[Watch it (again) on Digital Theatre.]
The version starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate. I've wanted to see this since it was announced (over a decade ago, apparently!), so it's great to finally have had the chance.
[Watch it (again) on Digital Theatre.]
Saturday 16 April 2022
TV
The Crown
3x03 Aberfan
3x04 Bubbikins
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Is It Cake?
1x03 Fake by the Ocean
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
3x03 Aberfan
3x04 Bubbikins
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Is It Cake?
1x03 Fake by the Ocean
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
With some stuff randomly stuck in the post, there's just one new addition this week. Technically it's an upgrade from DVD straight to 4K, but there are some special features on the DVD I might want to keep, so that stays counted for now.
Number of titles in collection: 2,814 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,759 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 166 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 7,028 [up 2]
Number of films: 3,354 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 256 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,268 [no change]
Number of short films: 957 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
With some stuff randomly stuck in the post, there's just one new addition this week. Technically it's an upgrade from DVD straight to 4K, but there are some special features on the DVD I might want to keep, so that stays counted for now.
Number of titles in collection: 2,814 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,759 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 166 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 7,028 [up 2]
Number of films: 3,354 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 256 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,268 [no change]
Number of short films: 957 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday 15 April 2022
TV
The Crown
3x01 Olding
3x02 Margaretology
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Is It Cake?
1x02 Phony Fashion
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x115 Week 19: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x01 Olding
3x02 Margaretology
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Is It Cake?
1x02 Phony Fashion
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x115 Week 19: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday 14 April 2022
TV
Is It Cake?
1x01 Fast Food Fakeout
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x114 Week 19: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
1x01 Fast Food Fakeout
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x114 Week 19: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday 13 April 2022
TV
Doctor Who
21x04 Warriors of the Deep Part Four
Leverage
4x07 The Grave Danger Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x112 Week 19: Tuesday
5x113 Week 19: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
21x04 Warriors of the Deep Part Four
Leverage
4x07 The Grave Danger Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x112 Week 19: Tuesday
5x113 Week 19: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Tuesday 12 April 2022
TV
Doctor Who
21x02 Warriors of the Deep Part Two
21x03 Warriors of the Deep Part Three
Trivia Quest
1x01 Reel Talk
1x02 Tune In
Is this really a TV show? It's a trivia game... but it's on Netflix, presented as an interactive series, with a new episode each day. So it's kind of a hybrid, I guess... but, really, it's more of a game — you can even replay episodes in "Hard Mode" — just presented using Netflix's interactivity tech. (FWIW, on the first, movies-themed episode, I scored full points on both standard and hard modes first time through.)
[Watch every episode (again) on Netflix.]
21x02 Warriors of the Deep Part Two
21x03 Warriors of the Deep Part Three
Trivia Quest
1x01 Reel Talk
1x02 Tune In
Is this really a TV show? It's a trivia game... but it's on Netflix, presented as an interactive series, with a new episode each day. So it's kind of a hybrid, I guess... but, really, it's more of a game — you can even replay episodes in "Hard Mode" — just presented using Netflix's interactivity tech. (FWIW, on the first, movies-themed episode, I scored full points on both standard and hard modes first time through.)
[Watch every episode (again) on Netflix.]
Monday 11 April 2022
Sunday 10 April 2022
TV
Doctor Who
9x14 The Sea Devils Episode Six
An all-action climax, with gunfights and speedboat chases galore — not the kind of thing you typically expect from classic Who. While it’s all suitably thrilling, it seems to mainly be there to provide cover for the rather thin plot, which rehashes The Silurians to diminishing effect. Fun in places, but hardly one of Who’s greatest narratives.
9x14 The Sea Devils Episode Six
An all-action climax, with gunfights and speedboat chases galore — not the kind of thing you typically expect from classic Who. While it’s all suitably thrilling, it seems to mainly be there to provide cover for the rather thin plot, which rehashes The Silurians to diminishing effect. Fun in places, but hardly one of Who’s greatest narratives.
Films
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
I'm a bit behind and out of sync with the MCU at this point. But this movie was so widely acclaimed, it seems worth skipping a couple of other films and TV series to see what all the fuss is about. Their continuity isn't that intertwined, after all.
I'm a bit behind and out of sync with the MCU at this point. But this movie was so widely acclaimed, it seems worth skipping a couple of other films and TV series to see what all the fuss is about. Their continuity isn't that intertwined, after all.
this week on 100Films.co.uk
6 new reviews were published to 100Films.co.uk this week...
2022 | Weeks 9–11
More next Sunday.
2022 | Weeks 9–11
Featuring...Read more here.
- Tintin and the Temple of the Sun (1969)
- Los Olvidados (1950)
- The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee (2020)
- The King's Man (2021)
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
- Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
More next Sunday.
Saturday 9 April 2022
TV
Doctor Who
9x12 The Sea Devils Episode Four
9x13 The Sea Devils Episode Five
Pros: oh look, it’s most of the plot!
Cons: it’s just the same as The Silurians.
The Wheel
2x15 Episode 15
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
9x12 The Sea Devils Episode Four
9x13 The Sea Devils Episode Five
Pros: oh look, it’s most of the plot!
Cons: it’s just the same as The Silurians.
The Wheel
2x15 Episode 15
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
And lo, as was foretold, this week is indeed "a fairly large one". I said it would be thanks to both new releases and sales orders, and I was correct: three new releases from last week, an early arrival from next week, catching up on two other fairly-recent releases, plus four titles and from sales. And not an upgrade among 'em!
Number of titles in collection: 2,813 [up 10]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,758 [up 10]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 165 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 7,026 [up 15]
Number of films: 3,353 [up 16]
Number of additional cuts: 256 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,268 [up 2]
Number of short films: 957 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
And lo, as was foretold, this week is indeed "a fairly large one". I said it would be thanks to both new releases and sales orders, and I was correct: three new releases from last week, an early arrival from next week, catching up on two other fairly-recent releases, plus four titles and from sales. And not an upgrade among 'em!
Number of titles in collection: 2,813 [up 10]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,758 [up 10]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 165 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 7,026 [up 15]
Number of films: 3,353 [up 16]
Number of additional cuts: 256 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,268 [up 2]
Number of short films: 957 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday 8 April 2022
TV
Doctor Who
9x11 The Sea Devils Episode Three
I guess this episode must’ve been running short: it begins by recapping the entire sword fight from the end of the last one, taking up almost 10% of the running time.
9x11 The Sea Devils Episode Three
I guess this episode must’ve been running short: it begins by recapping the entire sword fight from the end of the last one, taking up almost 10% of the running time.
Thursday 7 April 2022
TV
Doctor Who
9x10 The Sea Devils Episode Two
Scouting for Toys
1x01 Declan's Star Wars
1x02 Graham Hamilton Matchbox Sale
[Watch these episodes (again) on UKTV Play.]
9x10 The Sea Devils Episode Two
Scouting for Toys
1x01 Declan's Star Wars
1x02 Graham Hamilton Matchbox Sale
[Watch these episodes (again) on UKTV Play.]
Wednesday 6 April 2022
TV
Doctor Who
9x09 The Sea Devils Episode One
It’s been almost two years since I last watched any Classic Who (when I caught up on all the animations released to that point, and semi-randomly watched The Time Meddler too). Well, time has felt ever so distorted these past few years...
That said, considering I’ve been an affirmed Doctor Who fan for over a quarter of a century now, it’s ridiculous how many classic-era stories I still haven’t seen (heck, at this point it’s ridiculous there are any classic-era stories I haven’t seen, especially after I diligently bought them all on DVD). The Sea Devils is one of them, obviously, and my viewing has been provoked by, naturally, the eponymous villains’ imminent return in the forthcoming Easter special.
Not that you see a great deal of them in this first episode, which is almost all set-up. Well, there were six episodes to fill, I suppose.
9x09 The Sea Devils Episode One
It’s been almost two years since I last watched any Classic Who (when I caught up on all the animations released to that point, and semi-randomly watched The Time Meddler too). Well, time has felt ever so distorted these past few years...
That said, considering I’ve been an affirmed Doctor Who fan for over a quarter of a century now, it’s ridiculous how many classic-era stories I still haven’t seen (heck, at this point it’s ridiculous there are any classic-era stories I haven’t seen, especially after I diligently bought them all on DVD). The Sea Devils is one of them, obviously, and my viewing has been provoked by, naturally, the eponymous villains’ imminent return in the forthcoming Easter special.
Not that you see a great deal of them in this first episode, which is almost all set-up. Well, there were six episodes to fill, I suppose.
Sunday 3 April 2022
this week on 100Films.co.uk
It's been all quiet recently at 100Films.co.uk, but a new month began this week, and that means a review of the previous one...
And with it, March's failures...
More next Sunday.
And with it, March's failures...
More next Sunday.
Saturday 2 April 2022
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Another moderate week this time, with three new additions, all imports from the US. It's also time for the monthly running time udpate, where all those 'moderate' weeks can sometimes add up to something bigger... though, with all the "surprisingly big" weeks I've had in the past couple of years, I guess a gradual build-up isn't what it once was.
Number of titles in collection: 2,803 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,748 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 163 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 7,011 [up 5]
Number of films: 3,337 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 254 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,266 [no change]
Number of short films: 957 [up 2]
Plus this week it's time for a running time update, so...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
503 days, 7 hours, and 46 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 21 hours, and 42 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader, when the confluence of new releases and sales orders should make it a fairly large one.
Another moderate week this time, with three new additions, all imports from the US. It's also time for the monthly running time udpate, where all those 'moderate' weeks can sometimes add up to something bigger... though, with all the "surprisingly big" weeks I've had in the past couple of years, I guess a gradual build-up isn't what it once was.
Number of titles in collection: 2,803 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,748 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 163 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 7,011 [up 5]
Number of films: 3,337 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 254 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,266 [no change]
Number of short films: 957 [up 2]
Plus this week it's time for a running time update, so...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
503 days, 7 hours, and 46 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 21 hours, and 42 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader, when the confluence of new releases and sales orders should make it a fairly large one.
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