The Wheel
4x10 Episode 10 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Saturday 23 March 2024
Videos
Talks Machina
#52 'Disparate Pieces'
So, this is the talk show that used to follow every episode of Critical Role. After it came out that the host had done some Bad Shit, most content featuring him was removed from official Critical Role channels; but, the internet being the internet, it is still out there, so I thought I'd give it a go.
Of course, as enjoyable as Crit Role is, catching up already involves literally hundreds of four-hour-long episodes — which is, y'know, a lot — without adding an extra hour-and-change to each with Talks Machina too. Indeed, to be precise, it adds an extra 136½ hours to the already-565-hour commitment. (Can you imagine a 'normal' TV show that ran for over 700 hours? That's the equivalent of 42 seasons of a 22-eps-a-year US network TV drama!)
That said, I love behind-the-scenes stuff of things I love; and these guys do have interesting stuff to say about why they made the decisions they made, where the story is going, and so on. It's a lot of extra time to add to an already long thing, but it might be worth it. (Step one: go back to the four hours of Talks Machina that cover Campaign Two Episodes 1–3...)
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
#52 'Disparate Pieces'
So, this is the talk show that used to follow every episode of Critical Role. After it came out that the host had done some Bad Shit, most content featuring him was removed from official Critical Role channels; but, the internet being the internet, it is still out there, so I thought I'd give it a go.
Of course, as enjoyable as Crit Role is, catching up already involves literally hundreds of four-hour-long episodes — which is, y'know, a lot — without adding an extra hour-and-change to each with Talks Machina too. Indeed, to be precise, it adds an extra 136½ hours to the already-565-hour commitment. (Can you imagine a 'normal' TV show that ran for over 700 hours? That's the equivalent of 42 seasons of a 22-eps-a-year US network TV drama!)
That said, I love behind-the-scenes stuff of things I love; and these guys do have interesting stuff to say about why they made the decisions they made, where the story is going, and so on. It's a lot of extra time to add to an already long thing, but it might be worth it. (Step one: go back to the four hours of Talks Machina that cover Campaign Two Episodes 1–3...)
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
As promised, the 'flood' of releases is beginning to come through — though, thanks to the postal system and other delays, it's going to wind up spread over a couple of weeks after all. Nonetheless, this is one of those rare weeks where every single stat changes. Here's what's turned up in time for March's running time update...
The first thing you'll notice: it looks like my collection has shrunk. Not so! It's time for another classic Doctor Who Blu-ray set, which this time kicks five DVDs out of my collection — including one story that isn't even in this set. The DVD had a special feature that wasn't included on the Blu-ray release, because they've moved it here. It balances out, though, because there's a different story in this set that's lost a special feature to a future box set, so I'm hanging on to that for now. One day, though, these season Blu-ray sets will finally replace all my individual story DVDs... hopefully.
Number of titles in collection: 3,247 [down 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,010 [down 6]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,237 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 333 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 7,896 [down 4]
Number of films: 3,996 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 359 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,673 [down 5]
Number of short films: 1,129 [up 1]
You may also notice I said "kicks out five DVDs" earlier, but my DVD count has dropped by six. That's because my copy of The Abyss on 4K UHD also turned up this week, meaning the ancient DVD edition can finally leave my collection... although it's kind of a nice edition, so I'm tempted to keep it (it's not like DVDs are worth anything anymore, especially not when there's a Blu-ray in print). Well, I've factored it out now, so I guess that's that.
Oh, and I didn't reach 4,000 films, which I'd thought I might. Sadly, I won't land exaclty on it — I've got a package definitely arriving on Monday (per Royal Mail tracking) that contains enough films to see me right past that figure. Ah well.
Total running time of collection (approx.):
555 days, 14 hours, and 7 minutes.
(Up 12 hours and 4 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
As promised, the 'flood' of releases is beginning to come through — though, thanks to the postal system and other delays, it's going to wind up spread over a couple of weeks after all. Nonetheless, this is one of those rare weeks where every single stat changes. Here's what's turned up in time for March's running time update...
The first thing you'll notice: it looks like my collection has shrunk. Not so! It's time for another classic Doctor Who Blu-ray set, which this time kicks five DVDs out of my collection — including one story that isn't even in this set. The DVD had a special feature that wasn't included on the Blu-ray release, because they've moved it here. It balances out, though, because there's a different story in this set that's lost a special feature to a future box set, so I'm hanging on to that for now. One day, though, these season Blu-ray sets will finally replace all my individual story DVDs... hopefully.
Number of titles in collection: 3,247 [down 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,010 [down 6]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,237 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 333 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 7,896 [down 4]
Number of films: 3,996 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 359 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,673 [down 5]
Number of short films: 1,129 [up 1]
You may also notice I said "kicks out five DVDs" earlier, but my DVD count has dropped by six. That's because my copy of The Abyss on 4K UHD also turned up this week, meaning the ancient DVD edition can finally leave my collection... although it's kind of a nice edition, so I'm tempted to keep it (it's not like DVDs are worth anything anymore, especially not when there's a Blu-ray in print). Well, I've factored it out now, so I guess that's that.
Oh, and I didn't reach 4,000 films, which I'd thought I might. Sadly, I won't land exaclty on it — I've got a package definitely arriving on Monday (per Royal Mail tracking) that contains enough films to see me right past that figure. Ah well.
Total running time of collection (approx.):
555 days, 14 hours, and 7 minutes.
(Up 12 hours and 4 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
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