Friends
5x22 The One with Joey's Big Break [5th or so watch]
5x23 The One in Vegas Part 1 [5th or so watch]
5x24 The One in Vegas Part 2 [season finale; 5th or so watch]
Friday, 28 February 2025
Thursday, 27 February 2025
Videos
Daggerheart First Look: Worldbuilding with Critical Role - Live from PAX Unplugged
Funny to call this a "first look" when it came after the massive open beta and multiple CR Daggerheart streams, but there you go — it's kind of an introduction, though kind of assume viewers already have some knowledge of the basics of the system. Anyway, it's quite a fun mini-adventure (the panel lasts about 90 minutes, including some intro to the game and character building).
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Funny to call this a "first look" when it came after the massive open beta and multiple CR Daggerheart streams, but there you go — it's kind of an introduction, though kind of assume viewers already have some knowledge of the basics of the system. Anyway, it's quite a fun mini-adventure (the panel lasts about 90 minutes, including some intro to the game and character building).
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x89 Lingering Wounds [2nd half]
The final episode of 2019 — which is noteworthy because it more-or-less coincides with the end of my first year of watching Critical Role! I started out 6 years & 2 months behind, and have now caught up to 5 years & 2 months behind. Catching up one year in one year sounds like nothing, but it means I've actually caught up on two years (because if I'd only watched one year in one year, I'd still be the same amount behind). If I carry on at that rate, I'll be caught up fully in... 2030. Yeesh. Or I could just jump on to Campaign 4 when it starts (or as soon as I finish C2, whatever). I can always start on Campaign 1 and/or 3 when brand-new content isn't coming out often enough to satiate me.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x89 Lingering Wounds [2nd half]
The final episode of 2019 — which is noteworthy because it more-or-less coincides with the end of my first year of watching Critical Role! I started out 6 years & 2 months behind, and have now caught up to 5 years & 2 months behind. Catching up one year in one year sounds like nothing, but it means I've actually caught up on two years (because if I'd only watched one year in one year, I'd still be the same amount behind). If I carry on at that rate, I'll be caught up fully in... 2030. Yeesh. Or I could just jump on to Campaign 4 when it starts (or as soon as I finish C2, whatever). I can always start on Campaign 1 and/or 3 when brand-new content isn't coming out often enough to satiate me.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Monday, 24 February 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x88 Unwanted Reunions
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#136 'Unwanted Reunions'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x88 Unwanted Reunions
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#136 'Unwanted Reunions'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Sunday, 23 February 2025
Films
Freaks (1932)
[#20 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Blindspot 2025 #2
Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)
[#21 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
[#20 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Blindspot 2025 #2
Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)
[#21 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Videos
Critical Role
2x87 Punishment and Politics [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#135 'Punishment and Politics'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x87 Punishment and Politics [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#135 'Punishment and Politics'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Saturday, 22 February 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x87 Punishment and Politics [1st half]
This is the first time Matt has a "how do I want to do this?" Not actually the first time he's sort of said it to himself (that was 28 episodes ago; clip here), but back then the others sort of just treated it as comical that an NPC had dealt the killing blow, whereas this time they make a big deal of Matt achieving it and saying the catchphrase to himself (clip here).
[Watch the whole episode (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x87 Punishment and Politics [1st half]
This is the first time Matt has a "how do I want to do this?" Not actually the first time he's sort of said it to himself (that was 28 episodes ago; clip here), but back then the others sort of just treated it as comical that an NPC had dealt the killing blow, whereas this time they make a big deal of Matt achieving it and saying the catchphrase to himself (clip here).
[Watch the whole episode (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Seven additions this week (including two upgrades from BD to 4K, one of which doesn't replace my existing copy). Last week I said there should be seven, as a remainder from the 12 I mentioned the week before (after five of them arrived last time) — and, clearly, there are... but there shouldn't be! I'd confused myself with my own maths: an additional title turned up last week, and two due this week were delayed, so that would make 13 total with two still outstanding; but then something else turned up this week, and it's back up to seven, with two outstanding, for that 12 to now be a 14.
Not that it really matters or anyone cares.
Number of titles in collection: 3,480 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 989 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,491 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 436 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,382 [up 10]
Number of films: 4,414 [up 9]
Number of additional cuts: 439 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,858 [up 2]
Number of short films: 1,224 [up 4]
Combined with the 18 titles that arrived before the 12/13/14 fiasco, it's been a fairly hefty month — and it's time to look at that in totality, courtesy of the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
587 days, 14 hours, and 47 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 20 hours, and 36 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Seven additions this week (including two upgrades from BD to 4K, one of which doesn't replace my existing copy). Last week I said there should be seven, as a remainder from the 12 I mentioned the week before (after five of them arrived last time) — and, clearly, there are... but there shouldn't be! I'd confused myself with my own maths: an additional title turned up last week, and two due this week were delayed, so that would make 13 total with two still outstanding; but then something else turned up this week, and it's back up to seven, with two outstanding, for that 12 to now be a 14.
Not that it really matters or anyone cares.
Number of titles in collection: 3,480 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 989 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,491 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 436 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,382 [up 10]
Number of films: 4,414 [up 9]
Number of additional cuts: 439 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,858 [up 2]
Number of short films: 1,224 [up 4]
Combined with the 18 titles that arrived before the 12/13/14 fiasco, it's been a fairly hefty month — and it's time to look at that in totality, courtesy of the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
587 days, 14 hours, and 47 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 20 hours, and 36 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 21 February 2025
Thursday, 20 February 2025
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x86 The Cathedral [1st half]
For what it's worth, with this episode I've switched to watching on Beacon. They've cut the ad break out there, as well as the fan art galleries, so the episodes are shorter than their usually-listed running time (which is based on YouTube), whereas on Twitch they were longer (because that also includes the pre-stream, which was cut from the YouTube version). All of which is immaterial to most people, but somewhat interesting to stat-nerd types like me.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x86 The Cathedral [1st half]
For what it's worth, with this episode I've switched to watching on Beacon. They've cut the ad break out there, as well as the fan art galleries, so the episodes are shorter than their usually-listed running time (which is based on YouTube), whereas on Twitch they were longer (because that also includes the pre-stream, which was cut from the YouTube version). All of which is immaterial to most people, but somewhat interesting to stat-nerd types like me.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Articles
‘A New Age Begins’ for Critical Role. Let’s hope it’s one for actual play and TTRPGs, too
by Em Friedman (from Polygon)
An interesting analysis of the Critical Role Campaign 3 finale, and what it might signify not only for the future of CR, but for the actual-play genre as a whole.
by Em Friedman (from Polygon)
An interesting analysis of the Critical Role Campaign 3 finale, and what it might signify not only for the future of CR, but for the actual-play genre as a whole.
Videos
Talks Machina
#133 'The Threads Converge'
The three-year anniversary of Talks is about the 200th episode of Critical Role, and no one noticed? Tsk.
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
#133 'The Threads Converge'
The three-year anniversary of Talks is about the 200th episode of Critical Role, and no one noticed? Tsk.
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Sunday, 16 February 2025
TV
The BAFTA Film Awards 2025
Well, they listened to me and brought David Tennant back. Good thing too, because he was very good again.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Well, they listened to me and brought David Tennant back. Good thing too, because he was very good again.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Videos
Critical Role
2x85 The Threads Converge
The 200th episode of Critical Role! Not that they mention it, I just read it on the wiki. It's my... 85th, obviously. Apart from one-shots. So... yeah, whatever.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x85 The Threads Converge
The 200th episode of Critical Role! Not that they mention it, I just read it on the wiki. It's my... 85th, obviously. Apart from one-shots. So... yeah, whatever.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Saturday, 15 February 2025
Films
Snake Eyes (1998)
[2nd watch]
[#18 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
When I first watched this (link above) it was an "old film", because it was from the '90s and I watched it in 2010. Well, the time between my first and second viewings is longer than that gap between original release and my first viewing, and I've been meaning to rewatch it for most of that time, so... I don't really know what that says, other than that I'm getting old and time is slipping by.
Anyway, I got to watch it in 4K, and it's good.
[2nd watch]
[#18 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
When I first watched this (link above) it was an "old film", because it was from the '90s and I watched it in 2010. Well, the time between my first and second viewings is longer than that gap between original release and my first viewing, and I've been meaning to rewatch it for most of that time, so... I don't really know what that says, other than that I'm getting old and time is slipping by.
Anyway, I got to watch it in 4K, and it's good.
Fiction
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
Prologue
Chapters 1–6
Not my normal kind of thing, but I recently learnt this author is a friend of a work colleague; and apparently this (her debut novel) has an incredible twist, and I do love a great twist.
Prologue
Chapters 1–6
Not my normal kind of thing, but I recently learnt this author is a friend of a work colleague; and apparently this (her debut novel) has an incredible twist, and I do love a great twist.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
When I mentioned last week that I had 12 titles on the way, you kind of envision them arriving all at once. But I did say it was over "the next couple of weeks", and so here we have the first volley of five.
Number of titles in collection: 3,474 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 989 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,485 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 434 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,372 [up 6]
Number of films: 4,405 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 439 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,856 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,220 [no change]
The remaining seven might turn up next week, but some are preorders for the week after, so we'll see. Whenever they arrive, I guess they're mostly (possibly all) destined to end up on my never-ending pile of "future watches", because I certainly don't watch as many films each week as I buy.
Not gonna stop, though. See you next week, faithful reader.
When I mentioned last week that I had 12 titles on the way, you kind of envision them arriving all at once. But I did say it was over "the next couple of weeks", and so here we have the first volley of five.
Number of titles in collection: 3,474 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 989 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,485 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 434 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,372 [up 6]
Number of films: 4,405 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 439 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,856 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,220 [no change]
The remaining seven might turn up next week, but some are preorders for the week after, so we'll see. Whenever they arrive, I guess they're mostly (possibly all) destined to end up on my never-ending pile of "future watches", because I certainly don't watch as many films each week as I buy.
Not gonna stop, though. See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 14 February 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x84 Titles and Tattoos [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#132 'Titles and Tattoos'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x84 Titles and Tattoos [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#132 'Titles and Tattoos'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Thursday, 13 February 2025
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Monday, 10 February 2025
Sunday, 9 February 2025
Films
Long Story Short (2021)
[#16 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Silver Blaze (1937)
[#15 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
aka Murder at the Baskervilles in the US, to cash in on the success of the Rathbone Hound. The original UK title is more accurate.
[#16 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Silver Blaze (1937)
[#15 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
aka Murder at the Baskervilles in the US, to cash in on the success of the Rathbone Hound. The original UK title is more accurate.
Saturday, 8 February 2025
TV
Friends
5x14 The One Where Everybody Finds Out [5th or so watch]
5x15 The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey [5th or so watch]
5x16 The One with the Cop [5th or so watch]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
32x09 Episode 9
Strike
5x03 The Ink Black Heart Part 3
5x04 The Ink Black Heart Part 4 [season finale]
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
5x14 The One Where Everybody Finds Out [5th or so watch]
5x15 The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey [5th or so watch]
5x16 The One with the Cop [5th or so watch]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
32x09 Episode 9
Strike
5x03 The Ink Black Heart Part 3
5x04 The Ink Black Heart Part 4 [season finale]
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
After last week's deluge, the pendulum swings to just one little title this week. However, I've already got 12 titles on order that will arrive across the next couple of weeks, so it's looking like a substantial month overall.
Number of titles in collection: 3,469 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 989 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,480 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 433 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,366 [up 1]
Number of films: 4,400 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 437 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,856 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,220 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
After last week's deluge, the pendulum swings to just one little title this week. However, I've already got 12 titles on order that will arrive across the next couple of weeks, so it's looking like a substantial month overall.
Number of titles in collection: 3,469 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 989 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,480 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 433 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,366 [up 1]
Number of films: 4,400 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 437 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,856 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,220 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 7 February 2025
TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
32x08 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Does the 00s
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x57 Week 12: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
6x05 The Vow
Strike
5x01 The Ink Black Heart Part 1
5x02 The Ink Black Heart Part 2
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
32x08 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Does the 00s
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x57 Week 12: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
6x05 The Vow
Strike
5x01 The Ink Black Heart Part 1
5x02 The Ink Black Heart Part 2
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 6 February 2025
TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
32x07 Episode 7
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x56 Week 12: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
32x07 Episode 7
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x56 Week 12: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Films
Macbeth (2025)
[#13 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
The filmed stage production starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo. Counting it as a film because, well, I saw it in a cinema, so...
[#13 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
The filmed stage production starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo. Counting it as a film because, well, I saw it in a cinema, so...
Videos
Critical Role
2x83 Dark Bargains [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#130 'The Beat of the Permaheart'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x83 Dark Bargains [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#130 'The Beat of the Permaheart'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Tuesday, 4 February 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x82 The Beat of the Permaheart [2nd half]
In game: We better not stay here too long, we might miss TravelerCon!
External knowledge from watching years later: There are 25 episodes before TravelerCon. In the players' real lives, it won't be for another 10 months.
Makes their worrying about it kind of comical, really.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x82 The Beat of the Permaheart [2nd half]
In game: We better not stay here too long, we might miss TravelerCon!
External knowledge from watching years later: There are 25 episodes before TravelerCon. In the players' real lives, it won't be for another 10 months.
Makes their worrying about it kind of comical, really.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Monday, 3 February 2025
TV
X-Men
3x18 Orphan's End
3x19 The Juggernaut Returns
Right, after a four-and-a-half-month break, it's more than overdue that I have another crack at this. (It's not that I don't enjoy it anymore or something, it's just I'm terrible at sticking at anything 'long' without concerted effort.)
(Also: I seem to have stopped putting "2nd watch" on these by accident; but as I was never sure how many of them I actually saw on their original broadcast, I've decided to just leave those and carry on without it.)
3x18 Orphan's End
3x19 The Juggernaut Returns
Right, after a four-and-a-half-month break, it's more than overdue that I have another crack at this. (It's not that I don't enjoy it anymore or something, it's just I'm terrible at sticking at anything 'long' without concerted effort.)
(Also: I seem to have stopped putting "2nd watch" on these by accident; but as I was never sure how many of them I actually saw on their original broadcast, I've decided to just leave those and carry on without it.)
Videos
Critical Role
2x82 The Beat of the Permaheart [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x82 The Beat of the Permaheart [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Sunday, 2 February 2025
Comics
Exceptional X-Men
#2 by Eve L. Ewing & Carmen Carnero
The Uncanny X-Men
#6 The Change in Ourselves by Gail Simone & Javier Garrón
Caught up for the crossover, hence why I've restarted Exceptional too.
#2 by Eve L. Ewing & Carmen Carnero
The Uncanny X-Men
#6 The Change in Ourselves by Gail Simone & Javier Garrón
Caught up for the crossover, hence why I've restarted Exceptional too.
Videos
Critical Role
2x81 From Door to Door
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#129 'From Door to Door'
They keep telling me to watch Undeadwood, which is no longer available on YouTube but I have acquired another way because I was already interested... so I guess I will watch it, probably soon. Only question is: how much do I interrupt my regular CR viewing for it?
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x81 From Door to Door
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#129 'From Door to Door'
They keep telling me to watch Undeadwood, which is no longer available on YouTube but I have acquired another way because I was already interested... so I guess I will watch it, probably soon. Only question is: how much do I interrupt my regular CR viewing for it?
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
this week on 100Films.co.uk
2025 has started like most months at 100Films.co.uk: with no new film reviews posted. Oh dear.
But, this week, there was something else: the first two regular monthly posts of the year. Hurrah! It began, as ever, with the review of last month...
...and continued, as ever, with my list of last month's failures...
More, perhaps, next Sunday.
But, this week, there was something else: the first two regular monthly posts of the year. Hurrah! It began, as ever, with the review of last month...
...and continued, as ever, with my list of last month's failures...
More, perhaps, next Sunday.
Saturday, 1 February 2025
Films
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
[#12 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Skipping over 7 films, 12 TV seasons, and 2 TV specials to get to an MCU entry that interests me more than any of them, mainly because it's also a legacy 'FoX-Men' film.
[#12 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Skipping over 7 films, 12 TV seasons, and 2 TV specials to get to an MCU entry that interests me more than any of them, mainly because it's also a legacy 'FoX-Men' film.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
17 new titles made their way into my collection this month, with 29 films across them — a pretty hefty week by anyone's standards. "Ludicrously hefty", some might say. Not a record-breaker, though — that still stands at 21; although, as there are often upgrades, the largest title increase (to date) is +17. Even though this week didn't set any records, it's clearly a big'un.
Among those 17 were two DVD-to-4K upgrades and a few BD-to-4K upgrades, with the latter including a real rarity: a formerly-single title now split in two. It's not something that never happens, but upgrades are more likely to condense into fewer sets than expand into more. That said, with the way the market is nowadays, things that were bundled into box sets in the DVD era seem more likely to be spread across multiple releases to claw back money invested. Indeed, just this week Arrow announced they'll be releasing the Man with No Name trilogy (aka the Dollars trilogy) in three lavish editions across three months later this year, rather than a single set like they received in the DVD and early Blu-ray eras. This strikes me as a trend that's only likely to become more common in the futureemen.
Number of titles in collection: 3,468 [up 13]
Of which DVDs: 989 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,479 [up 15]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 432 [up 7]
Number of discs in collection: 8,364 [up 35]
Number of films: 4,399 [up 24]
Number of additional cuts: 436 [up 6]
Number of TV episodes: 9,856 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,220 [up 11]
So, every category changed except TV. One of my acquisitions this week was Masters of Cinema's release of Cloak and Dagger, which includes as a special feature the complete radio series — that's 22 half-hour episodes! If that had been a TV series, it surely would've been a release of its own — and would have counted, as I almost feel it should when it's so significant. I actually have quite a lot of audio drama on DVD and Blu-ray thanks to special features — innumerable radio adaptations of Hollywood classics, plus various inclusions on classic Doctor Who sets. In fact, there are so many, maybe I should count them; but going back over almost 3,500 titles (most of which won't actually have any) is a daunting prospect. But now that I've thought of it...
See you next week, faithful reader.
17 new titles made their way into my collection this month, with 29 films across them — a pretty hefty week by anyone's standards. "Ludicrously hefty", some might say. Not a record-breaker, though — that still stands at 21; although, as there are often upgrades, the largest title increase (to date) is +17. Even though this week didn't set any records, it's clearly a big'un.
Among those 17 were two DVD-to-4K upgrades and a few BD-to-4K upgrades, with the latter including a real rarity: a formerly-single title now split in two. It's not something that never happens, but upgrades are more likely to condense into fewer sets than expand into more. That said, with the way the market is nowadays, things that were bundled into box sets in the DVD era seem more likely to be spread across multiple releases to claw back money invested. Indeed, just this week Arrow announced they'll be releasing the Man with No Name trilogy (aka the Dollars trilogy) in three lavish editions across three months later this year, rather than a single set like they received in the DVD and early Blu-ray eras. This strikes me as a trend that's only likely to become more common in the futureemen.
Number of titles in collection: 3,468 [up 13]
Of which DVDs: 989 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,479 [up 15]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 432 [up 7]
Number of discs in collection: 8,364 [up 35]
Number of films: 4,399 [up 24]
Number of additional cuts: 436 [up 6]
Number of TV episodes: 9,856 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,220 [up 11]
So, every category changed except TV. One of my acquisitions this week was Masters of Cinema's release of Cloak and Dagger, which includes as a special feature the complete radio series — that's 22 half-hour episodes! If that had been a TV series, it surely would've been a release of its own — and would have counted, as I almost feel it should when it's so significant. I actually have quite a lot of audio drama on DVD and Blu-ray thanks to special features — innumerable radio adaptations of Hollywood classics, plus various inclusions on classic Doctor Who sets. In fact, there are so many, maybe I should count them; but going back over almost 3,500 titles (most of which won't actually have any) is a daunting prospect. But now that I've thought of it...
See you next week, faithful reader.
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