Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
I thought this was going to be a big ol' week, but a couple of packages taking longer than expected means that's deferred 'til next week (they should arrive on Monday, unless something goes terribly wrong). Instead, just two additions this week, and one of those a BD-to-4K upgrade.
Number of titles in collection: 3,557 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 986 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,571 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 476 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,568 [up 2]
Number of films: 4,513 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 446 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,154 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,240 [up 1]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Saturday, 21 June 2025
Friday, 20 June 2025
Comics
2000 AD
Prog 2400
First half of a multiverse-spanning crossover event, finishing up in that month's issue of Judge Dredd Megazine. It's a good thing they make a big fuss of these whenever they happen, otherwise I'd now be faced with sourcing a back issue — whereas instead, I can just go right on...
Judge Dredd Megazine
#472
The first 50-ish pages of this are the second half of the aforementioned crossover, and that's what I read. The rest is unrelated other stuff: a trio of interviews and several additional comic stories. Honestly, most of those don't interest me, so I don't intend to go back to them — not even the other Judge Dredd strip that's included, because it's a Part One and I don't have the following issues to finish it.
Prog 2400
First half of a multiverse-spanning crossover event, finishing up in that month's issue of Judge Dredd Megazine. It's a good thing they make a big fuss of these whenever they happen, otherwise I'd now be faced with sourcing a back issue — whereas instead, I can just go right on...
Judge Dredd Megazine
#472
The first 50-ish pages of this are the second half of the aforementioned crossover, and that's what I read. The rest is unrelated other stuff: a trio of interviews and several additional comic stories. Honestly, most of those don't interest me, so I don't intend to go back to them — not even the other Judge Dredd strip that's included, because it's a Part One and I don't have the following issues to finish it.
Thursday, 19 June 2025
TV
Age of Umbra
1x01 Desperloch [remainder]
It's been fairly widely commented upon, but combat really does flow so much more smoothly in Daggerheart than D&D. The latter makes it feel like a minigame: you stop, roll initiative, then everyone takes it in turn to do their combo of action / bonus action / movement. In Daggerheart, it just... starts. Okay, here Matt goes off to get a map, so it is still demarked in that sense, but it's only a slight pause. I can see how a less respectful or controlled table could turn it into chaos and/or one or two people dominating, but when played as intended, there's an ebb and flow that keeps it more engaging. Coupled with the different damage system in Daggerheart, which makes every strike more impactful, and I think overall it works much better, certainly as a viewer.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]
Critical Role
Tag Team at the Teeth: Prologue
A nine-minute setup for their two Australian live shows. Watching this now feels a bit like taunting myself, because who knows how long it’s going to be before I can actually watch the shows proper? (I’m not in Australia, so can’t see them live. I’m not in the US or Canada, so can’t see them in a cinema later this week / next week. Presumably they'll be on Beacon shortly afte Age of Umbra, but they’re set after Campaign 3, so really I’m a couple of hundred episodes off getting to them.)
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]
Critical Role Cooldown
Age of Umbra Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]
Critical Role Live Show: Sydney || LIVE Beacon Backstage Pass
So, while it's going to be a while before the show itself is on Beacon, they did do this backstage livestream beforehand. It's just hanging out with the cast, doing things like improv warmup and eating Vegemite for the first time, but that's fun in its own way (for some us, at least).
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]
1x01 Desperloch [remainder]
It's been fairly widely commented upon, but combat really does flow so much more smoothly in Daggerheart than D&D. The latter makes it feel like a minigame: you stop, roll initiative, then everyone takes it in turn to do their combo of action / bonus action / movement. In Daggerheart, it just... starts. Okay, here Matt goes off to get a map, so it is still demarked in that sense, but it's only a slight pause. I can see how a less respectful or controlled table could turn it into chaos and/or one or two people dominating, but when played as intended, there's an ebb and flow that keeps it more engaging. Coupled with the different damage system in Daggerheart, which makes every strike more impactful, and I think overall it works much better, certainly as a viewer.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]
Critical Role
Tag Team at the Teeth: Prologue
A nine-minute setup for their two Australian live shows. Watching this now feels a bit like taunting myself, because who knows how long it’s going to be before I can actually watch the shows proper? (I’m not in Australia, so can’t see them live. I’m not in the US or Canada, so can’t see them in a cinema later this week / next week. Presumably they'll be on Beacon shortly afte Age of Umbra, but they’re set after Campaign 3, so really I’m a couple of hundred episodes off getting to them.)
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]
Critical Role Cooldown
Age of Umbra Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]
Critical Role Live Show: Sydney || LIVE Beacon Backstage Pass
So, while it's going to be a while before the show itself is on Beacon, they did do this backstage livestream beforehand. It's just hanging out with the cast, doing things like improv warmup and eating Vegemite for the first time, but that's fun in its own way (for some us, at least).
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]
Games
Garfield Kart: Furious Racing
Not the kind of thing I normally play, obviously, but I've seen so much stuff online going on and on about the Switch 2, it's making me want one; but the main (some might say "only", but let's not get into that) game currently is Mario Kart, and I've never been a huge kart racing game fan. Nonetheless, it put the idea in my head so much that I decided to try to scratch the itch by seeing what was free to play on Luna — and this was the only option.
Is it a good game? Probably not. I'm sure gamers would say it's not even close to Mario Kart (which it's clearly designed to emulate). But did it scratch that itch, as a free version of something I only really want to play because there's so much chatter about it? Yes, it did.
Not the kind of thing I normally play, obviously, but I've seen so much stuff online going on and on about the Switch 2, it's making me want one; but the main (some might say "only", but let's not get into that) game currently is Mario Kart, and I've never been a huge kart racing game fan. Nonetheless, it put the idea in my head so much that I decided to try to scratch the itch by seeing what was free to play on Luna — and this was the only option.
Is it a good game? Probably not. I'm sure gamers would say it's not even close to Mario Kart (which it's clearly designed to emulate). But did it scratch that itch, as a free version of something I only really want to play because there's so much chatter about it? Yes, it did.
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
TV
Age of Umbra
1x01 Desperloch [1st hour]
As I've reached a very convenient end-of-story-arc point in my Campaign 2 viewing, I'm making a start on their currently-running Daggerheart-based miniseries. It's still the same players and GM playing a story-focused TTRPG, and yet the system switchup somehow makes it feel fresh and exciting. Interesting.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]
Ever since I started watching Critical Role, I’ve debated where to categorise it. Some would just say it’s TV, but I started watching it on YouTube — that’s not really TV, that’s just online video slop, right? (I get that this is a generational thing, and I’m definitely of a generation that doesn’t respect “YouTubers”.) I don’t even watch CR on my TV, but on my computer or tablet, something I would never dream of doing with real TV (this is less generational, more just being a purist — or, if you prefer, snob). But it sits uncomfortably under the “Video” heading too — that was created more for short-form disposable stuff.
Anyway, after (too) much reflection, I’ve decided to ‘upgrade’ CR and its associated content, and the start of their newest miniseries seemed as good a changeover point as any. Funnily enough, tomorrow this will include their backstage pre-show livestream from Sydney, which immediately threw me into a conundrum: a livestream is definitely more “Video” than “TV”. But I don’t want to split their stuff up like that, so I guess it’s all TV now!
Maybe I should just call it “Content”. My Content Experience. Ugh.
1x01 Desperloch [1st hour]
As I've reached a very convenient end-of-story-arc point in my Campaign 2 viewing, I'm making a start on their currently-running Daggerheart-based miniseries. It's still the same players and GM playing a story-focused TTRPG, and yet the system switchup somehow makes it feel fresh and exciting. Interesting.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]
Ever since I started watching Critical Role, I’ve debated where to categorise it. Some would just say it’s TV, but I started watching it on YouTube — that’s not really TV, that’s just online video slop, right? (I get that this is a generational thing, and I’m definitely of a generation that doesn’t respect “YouTubers”.) I don’t even watch CR on my TV, but on my computer or tablet, something I would never dream of doing with real TV (this is less generational, more just being a purist — or, if you prefer, snob). But it sits uncomfortably under the “Video” heading too — that was created more for short-form disposable stuff.
Anyway, after (too) much reflection, I’ve decided to ‘upgrade’ CR and its associated content, and the start of their newest miniseries seemed as good a changeover point as any. Funnily enough, tomorrow this will include their backstage pre-show livestream from Sydney, which immediately threw me into a conundrum: a livestream is definitely more “Video” than “TV”. But I don’t want to split their stuff up like that, so I guess it’s all TV now!
Maybe I should just call it “Content”. My Content Experience. Ugh.
Monday, 16 June 2025
Sunday, 15 June 2025
Podcasts
The Empire Spoiler Special Film Podcast
Christopher McQuarrie on Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Part One
Christopher McQuarrie on Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning Part One
Videos
Critical Role
2x108 Traveler Con [1st half]
Just 77 episodes (that's over half the campaign) after it was first mentioned (even at my accelerated pace, it's been a whole year since I watched that episode; in real life, it was over two years) — and after many, many episodes of steadily increasing mentions and preparations as it got closer and closer — Traveler Con is finally here!
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x108 Traveler Con [1st half]
Just 77 episodes (that's over half the campaign) after it was first mentioned (even at my accelerated pace, it's been a whole year since I watched that episode; in real life, it was over two years) — and after many, many episodes of steadily increasing mentions and preparations as it got closer and closer — Traveler Con is finally here!
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Saturday, 14 June 2025
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Three new purchases this week, all new releases — two from this week, one ahead of next week — with two of them being splashy UHD Collector's Editions, and one of those an upgrade to an existing Blu-ray.
Number of titles in collection: 3,556 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 986 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,570 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 475 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,566 [up 7]
Number of films: 4,512 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 446 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 10,154 [up 2]
Number of short films: 1,239 [up 1]
It's also time for the monthly running time update, which passes a milestone...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
601 days, 17 hours, and 21 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 20 hours, and 37 minutes from last month.)
Yes, I've now passed 600 days! I passed 500 days back in March 2022 (with no fanfare). That's 3 years and 3 months ago, fact fans. I'd passed 400 days in July 2018, which was 3 years and 8 months before 500 — so the speed at which my collection increases is increasing. That doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
Purely in running time terms, my collection has doubled in size in just under 11 years. The number of titles has more than doubled in that time (makes sense, as the amount of TV thats gets released/bought by me has steadily decreased, and that has much higher running times per title). My DVD colleciton has shrunk by 17.9% in that time, while my Blu-rays have increased five-fold. I now own almost as many UHDs as I did Blu-rays back then. Considering I described 300 days as "madness" and I now have doubled that, I do have to wonder when (if) it will ever stop... Well, if I continue as I have been, logically I'll reach 700 hours around March 2028 — so let's see!
On a more immediate scale: I'll see you next week, faithful reader.
Three new purchases this week, all new releases — two from this week, one ahead of next week — with two of them being splashy UHD Collector's Editions, and one of those an upgrade to an existing Blu-ray.
Number of titles in collection: 3,556 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 986 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,570 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 475 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,566 [up 7]
Number of films: 4,512 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 446 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 10,154 [up 2]
Number of short films: 1,239 [up 1]
It's also time for the monthly running time update, which passes a milestone...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
601 days, 17 hours, and 21 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 20 hours, and 37 minutes from last month.)
Yes, I've now passed 600 days! I passed 500 days back in March 2022 (with no fanfare). That's 3 years and 3 months ago, fact fans. I'd passed 400 days in July 2018, which was 3 years and 8 months before 500 — so the speed at which my collection increases is increasing. That doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
Purely in running time terms, my collection has doubled in size in just under 11 years. The number of titles has more than doubled in that time (makes sense, as the amount of TV thats gets released/bought by me has steadily decreased, and that has much higher running times per title). My DVD colleciton has shrunk by 17.9% in that time, while my Blu-rays have increased five-fold. I now own almost as many UHDs as I did Blu-rays back then. Considering I described 300 days as "madness" and I now have doubled that, I do have to wonder when (if) it will ever stop... Well, if I continue as I have been, logically I'll reach 700 hours around March 2028 — so let's see!
On a more immediate scale: I'll see you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 13 June 2025
Thursday, 12 June 2025
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Games
Batman: Arkham Knight
It's over six months since I got my Luna controller — crikey, so long? Yeah, I've barely used it. To be honest, I didn't have the greatest experience with A Plague Tale — it was ok, but I've never really felt like going back to it. Things went better with Everything or Nothing, but I think my iffiness with the analogue sticks prevented me from revisiting it beyond the tutorial stages (I do still want to, though). And then I tried Final Fantasy VII, which... I sort of didn't get on with? The lack of free saving annoyed me, especially as I ended up having to play for hours when I didn't actually want to just to get to another save point. Maybe that's because I was still early in tutorial-esque bits and it gets better? It is a revered classic, after all.
Anyway, I finally whipped the controller out again today, to have a go at this Batman game that's currently available through Luna to regular Amazon Prime members (there's also an additional Luna+ sub that gets you even more, but I don't use it enough for that — evidently). This was the fourth in the series of 'Arkham' Batman games. I don't normally like I starting with the last, but this is the one that's free, so...
I ended up playing for about two hours — not because a lack of save points forced me to, but because I was actually enjoying it. I can certainly feel I'm out of practice at this type of gaming (aside from the aforementioned tests at the end of last year, I guess the last time I properly picked up a controller was pushing 20 years ago? Jesus, time flies...), but the game wasn't so punishing that I couldn't get somewhere (I did put it on 'easy' mode, but I feel no shame about that — like I said, I'm terribly out of practice. And, frankly, dying over and over and getting nowhere has never been part of the fun of gaming for me). Also, it looked pretty great. It's 10 years old, but when I haven't really played games since the GameCube / original Xbox (I did dabble with the Wii, but not enough give the amount of stuff I bought for it), I guess I feel the jump more! Imagine what I'd think of a new game...
Anyway, I can't promise I'll stick at this too much, because there are plenty of other demands on my free time (films, books, comics, podcasts, audio dramas, self-learning, card games, board games... eesh!), but I'm definitely more inclined to return now. The only possible downside is, the game is due to expire on Luna on the 1st of July — there's no way I'm going to play it enough to finish it by then. It's listed as being about 17 hours just for the main story, but I'm so out of practice that I suspect it will take me longer; and I'm always a completist, so the 31-hour-plus higher estimates seem more like it.
It's over six months since I got my Luna controller — crikey, so long? Yeah, I've barely used it. To be honest, I didn't have the greatest experience with A Plague Tale — it was ok, but I've never really felt like going back to it. Things went better with Everything or Nothing, but I think my iffiness with the analogue sticks prevented me from revisiting it beyond the tutorial stages (I do still want to, though). And then I tried Final Fantasy VII, which... I sort of didn't get on with? The lack of free saving annoyed me, especially as I ended up having to play for hours when I didn't actually want to just to get to another save point. Maybe that's because I was still early in tutorial-esque bits and it gets better? It is a revered classic, after all.
Anyway, I finally whipped the controller out again today, to have a go at this Batman game that's currently available through Luna to regular Amazon Prime members (there's also an additional Luna+ sub that gets you even more, but I don't use it enough for that — evidently). This was the fourth in the series of 'Arkham' Batman games. I don't normally like I starting with the last, but this is the one that's free, so...
I ended up playing for about two hours — not because a lack of save points forced me to, but because I was actually enjoying it. I can certainly feel I'm out of practice at this type of gaming (aside from the aforementioned tests at the end of last year, I guess the last time I properly picked up a controller was pushing 20 years ago? Jesus, time flies...), but the game wasn't so punishing that I couldn't get somewhere (I did put it on 'easy' mode, but I feel no shame about that — like I said, I'm terribly out of practice. And, frankly, dying over and over and getting nowhere has never been part of the fun of gaming for me). Also, it looked pretty great. It's 10 years old, but when I haven't really played games since the GameCube / original Xbox (I did dabble with the Wii, but not enough give the amount of stuff I bought for it), I guess I feel the jump more! Imagine what I'd think of a new game...
Anyway, I can't promise I'll stick at this too much, because there are plenty of other demands on my free time (films, books, comics, podcasts, audio dramas, self-learning, card games, board games... eesh!), but I'm definitely more inclined to return now. The only possible downside is, the game is due to expire on Luna on the 1st of July — there's no way I'm going to play it enough to finish it by then. It's listed as being about 17 hours just for the main story, but I'm so out of practice that I suspect it will take me longer; and I'm always a completist, so the 31-hour-plus higher estimates seem more like it.
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x107 Devoutness and Dicks [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x107 Devoutness and Dicks [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Monday, 9 June 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x107 Devoutness and Dicks [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x107 Devoutness and Dicks [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Sunday, 8 June 2025
Films
The Untouchables (1987)
[#52 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2025 #6
[#52 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2025 #6
Podcasts
The Empire Spoiler Special Film Podcast
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One — The Live Spoiler Interview with Christopher McQuarrie
I didn't listen to this fifth and final part of Empire's epic deep dive into M:I-7 back when it came out because it took so bloody long to be released: it was recorded in July, Part Four came out in September, and this last instalment wasn't released until Christmas Day — that's almost four months later. The Empire spoiler podcast costs money — I would've wasted three or four months of sub fees just waiting for this to turn up. Anyway, I've just re-subbed to listen to the new Final Reckoning episode(s), so before that I've gone back for this one.
More importantly: what McQ has to say is fascinating and insightful, so this is as brilliant as usual.
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One — The Live Spoiler Interview with Christopher McQuarrie
I didn't listen to this fifth and final part of Empire's epic deep dive into M:I-7 back when it came out because it took so bloody long to be released: it was recorded in July, Part Four came out in September, and this last instalment wasn't released until Christmas Day — that's almost four months later. The Empire spoiler podcast costs money — I would've wasted three or four months of sub fees just waiting for this to turn up. Anyway, I've just re-subbed to listen to the new Final Reckoning episode(s), so before that I've gone back for this one.
More importantly: what McQ has to say is fascinating and insightful, so this is as brilliant as usual.
Videos
Age of Umbra
Session Zero Creating Characters Matt Wants to Kill
You feel like a Session Zero should be a great tool for players, but probably not much fun to actually watch. Not so here — it's a delightful mix of learning about the background to the world of the miniseries (whether or not, and how much, that will also be covered in the series proper, who knows) and just getting to hang out with these guys. Yeah, I'm one of those people who enjoys that.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]
Fireside Chat LIVE With Matthew Mercer and Elise Rezendes!
Answering questions about Daggerheart — or, quite often, not being able to answer them while clearly being excited for what they can't reveal yet.
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]
Session Zero Creating Characters Matt Wants to Kill
You feel like a Session Zero should be a great tool for players, but probably not much fun to actually watch. Not so here — it's a delightful mix of learning about the background to the world of the miniseries (whether or not, and how much, that will also be covered in the series proper, who knows) and just getting to hang out with these guys. Yeah, I'm one of those people who enjoys that.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]
Fireside Chat LIVE With Matthew Mercer and Elise Rezendes!
Answering questions about Daggerheart — or, quite often, not being able to answer them while clearly being excited for what they can't reveal yet.
[Watch it (again) on Beacon.]
this week on 100Films.co.uk
Continuing where last week left off, I completed my look back at May on 100Films.co.uk by listing my "failures"...
More next Sunday? One day it'll happen.
More next Sunday? One day it'll happen.
Saturday, 7 June 2025
TV
Doctor Who: Unleashed
3x09 20 Years of New Who in Wales [special]
A nice hour-long tribute to 20 years of nuWho.
(I'm numbering this as being in "Season 3" because I numbered the 60th anniversary specials episodes as Season 1 of Unleashed, which would mean Season 2 covered Season 1, and Season 3 covered Season 2, and this comes at the end of that season. Right?)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
3x09 20 Years of New Who in Wales [special]
A nice hour-long tribute to 20 years of nuWho.
(I'm numbering this as being in "Season 3" because I numbered the 60th anniversary specials episodes as Season 1 of Unleashed, which would mean Season 2 covered Season 1, and Season 3 covered Season 2, and this comes at the end of that season. Right?)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Comics
2000 AD
Prog 2393
Prog 2394
I fell out of the habit of reading 2000 AD regularly and now I haven't read an issue since September. Oops. That's a lot of catching-up to do (44 Progs, to be precise, including the bumper Christmas one; plus an issue of Judge Dredd Megazine thanks to a crossover). Well, I've done big catchups before, so I'm sure I'll achieve it again, eventually.
Prog 2393
Prog 2394
I fell out of the habit of reading 2000 AD regularly and now I haven't read an issue since September. Oops. That's a lot of catching-up to do (44 Progs, to be precise, including the bumper Christmas one; plus an issue of Judge Dredd Megazine thanks to a crossover). Well, I've done big catchups before, so I'm sure I'll achieve it again, eventually.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
There are increases for every stat this week — yes, even DVDs(!) — as a handful of brand-new releases are accompanied by sale pickups. That DVD, incidentally, is one I've had my eye on purchasing (with no urgency, obviously) for 12 years. That's insane! Where does time go?!
Number of titles in collection: 3,554 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 986 [up 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,568 [up 7]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 473 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,559 [up 15]
Number of films: 4,510 [up 12]
Number of additional cuts: 444 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,152 [up 6]
Number of short films: 1,238 [up 1]
See you next week, faithful reader.
There are increases for every stat this week — yes, even DVDs(!) — as a handful of brand-new releases are accompanied by sale pickups. That DVD, incidentally, is one I've had my eye on purchasing (with no urgency, obviously) for 12 years. That's insane! Where does time go?!
Number of titles in collection: 3,554 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 986 [up 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,568 [up 7]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 473 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,559 [up 15]
Number of films: 4,510 [up 12]
Number of additional cuts: 444 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,152 [up 6]
Number of short films: 1,238 [up 1]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 6 June 2025
Thursday, 5 June 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x106 A Fog Lifted [1st half]
With this episode, I’m three-quarters through Campaign 2 — the kind of milestone that has me thinking where I'll go next (not because I'm especially near the end — there's still 169 hours to go — but because, well, that end will come eventually).
CR recently started their Daggerheart-based Age of Umbra miniseries, which runs until the end of July; and by then they’ll have a backlog of live shows to share, which could well fill their August streaming calendar; so Campaign 4 almost certainly won’t start until September at the earliest; some believe it won't begin until 2026 now. Will I have finished Campaign 2 by then? September: probably not; especially as I plan to watch Age of Umbra (I would've started it already, but my free time was unexpectedly upended the past few weeks). The end of 2025: I really should have.
Either way, I’m increasingly certain my plan is to go straight from C2 to C4 (either when I finish C2 or overlapping with the end of it), and then possibly go back to C1 and/or C3 if (when?) once-a-week new episodes are not enough for my CR fix.
[Watch A Fog Lifted (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x106 A Fog Lifted [1st half]
With this episode, I’m three-quarters through Campaign 2 — the kind of milestone that has me thinking where I'll go next (not because I'm especially near the end — there's still 169 hours to go — but because, well, that end will come eventually).
CR recently started their Daggerheart-based Age of Umbra miniseries, which runs until the end of July; and by then they’ll have a backlog of live shows to share, which could well fill their August streaming calendar; so Campaign 4 almost certainly won’t start until September at the earliest; some believe it won't begin until 2026 now. Will I have finished Campaign 2 by then? September: probably not; especially as I plan to watch Age of Umbra (I would've started it already, but my free time was unexpectedly upended the past few weeks). The end of 2025: I really should have.
Either way, I’m increasingly certain my plan is to go straight from C2 to C4 (either when I finish C2 or overlapping with the end of it), and then possibly go back to C1 and/or C3 if (when?) once-a-week new episodes are not enough for my CR fix.
[Watch A Fog Lifted (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Sunday, 1 June 2025
TV
Friends
7x20 The One with Rachel's Big Kiss [6th or so watch]
7x21 The One with the Vows [6th or so watch]
7x22 The One with Chandler's Dad [5th or so watch]
7x23 The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding Part 1 [5th or so watch]
7x24 The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding Part 2 [season finale; 5th or so watch]
7x20 The One with Rachel's Big Kiss [6th or so watch]
7x21 The One with the Vows [6th or so watch]
7x22 The One with Chandler's Dad [5th or so watch]
7x23 The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding Part 1 [5th or so watch]
7x24 The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding Part 2 [season finale; 5th or so watch]
this week on 100Films.co.uk
Most months nowadays I only post a single update about what's been happening at 100Films.co.uk, but this month the dates and days fall in such a way that there'll be (at least) two. Wow!
This week, it's time for the regular monthly review...
...but it's not until next week that I'll be posting its companion list of "failures".
So, for once I can actually promise: more next Sunday.
This week, it's time for the regular monthly review...
...but it's not until next week that I'll be posting its companion list of "failures".
So, for once I can actually promise: more next Sunday.
Saturday, 31 May 2025
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Nothing new to report this week. There are a couple of new releases I had my eye on, but the ol' HMV 20% discount isn't working on them yet. Will it ever? Who knows! Maybe they'll be here next week instead. Maybe not.
Number of titles in collection: 3,546 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 985 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,561 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 471 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 8,544 [no change]
Number of films: 4,498 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 443 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,146 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,237 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Nothing new to report this week. There are a couple of new releases I had my eye on, but the ol' HMV 20% discount isn't working on them yet. Will it ever? Who knows! Maybe they'll be here next week instead. Maybe not.
Number of titles in collection: 3,546 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 985 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,561 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 471 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 8,544 [no change]
Number of films: 4,498 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 443 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,146 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,237 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 30 May 2025
Articles
Second Chances: twenty underrated sequels that deserve another look
by Dan Mecca (from Letterboxd Journal)
I've not seen all of the films on this list, but the ones I have, I agree about; which encourages me to see the rest.
by Dan Mecca (from Letterboxd Journal)
I've not seen all of the films on this list, but the ones I have, I agree about; which encourages me to see the rest.
Thursday, 29 May 2025
TV
Friends
7x15 The One with Joey's New Brain [6th or so watch]
7x16 The One with the Truth About London [6th or so watch]
7x17 The One with the Cheap Wedding Dress [5th or so watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x09 Week 2: Thursday
8x10 Week 2: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
7x15 The One with Joey's New Brain [6th or so watch]
7x16 The One with the Truth About London [6th or so watch]
7x17 The One with the Cheap Wedding Dress [5th or so watch]
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x09 Week 2: Thursday
8x10 Week 2: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
TV
Friends
7x13 The One Where Rosita Dies [6th or so watch]
7x14 The One Where They All Turn Thirty [5th or so watch]
Last time I watched these episodes, I went for the 'Super-Sized' original broadcast versions that are included on the series' Blu-ray in SD as a special feature. This time, I just went for the shorter HD versions. It's been so long that nothing in particular stood out as missing, though it's clear in places that the episodes have been cut.
Leverage: Redemption
1x07 The Double-Edged Sword Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x08 Week 2: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
7x13 The One Where Rosita Dies [6th or so watch]
7x14 The One Where They All Turn Thirty [5th or so watch]
Last time I watched these episodes, I went for the 'Super-Sized' original broadcast versions that are included on the series' Blu-ray in SD as a special feature. This time, I just went for the shorter HD versions. It's been so long that nothing in particular stood out as missing, though it's clear in places that the episodes have been cut.
Leverage: Redemption
1x07 The Double-Edged Sword Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x08 Week 2: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
TV
Friends
7x11 The One with All the Cheesecakes [5th or so watch]
7x12 The One Where They're Up All Night [5th or so watch]
Leverage: Redemption
1x06 The Card Game Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x07 Week 2: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
7x11 The One with All the Cheesecakes [5th or so watch]
7x12 The One Where They're Up All Night [5th or so watch]
Leverage: Redemption
1x06 The Card Game Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x07 Week 2: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Monday, 26 May 2025
Films
The Graduate (1967)
[#48 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Blindspot 2025 #5
Ten Little Indians (1989)
[#48 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Blindspot 2025 #5
Ten Little Indians (1989)
Games
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game
Chapters 4–5
Is this the kind of game I should be logging every time I play it? I dunno, I don't have great rules about this kinda thing.
Chapters 4–5
Is this the kind of game I should be logging every time I play it? I dunno, I don't have great rules about this kinda thing.
Sunday, 25 May 2025
TV
Doctor Who
41x07 Wish World
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Friends
7x07 The One with Ross's Library Book [6th or so watch]
7x08 The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs [6th or so watch]
7x09 The One with All the Candy [6th or so watch]
Leverage: Redemption
1x05 The Paranormal Hacktivity Job
41x07 Wish World
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Friends
7x07 The One with Ross's Library Book [6th or so watch]
7x08 The One Where Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs [6th or so watch]
7x09 The One with All the Candy [6th or so watch]
Leverage: Redemption
1x05 The Paranormal Hacktivity Job
Games
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game
Chapter 4
Twice. When I said it was "simpler", I didn't necessarily mean "easier to complete".
Chapter 4
Twice. When I said it was "simpler", I didn't necessarily mean "easier to complete".
Saturday, 24 May 2025
TV
Doctor Who
41x04 Lucky Day [2nd watch]
41x05 The Story & the Engine [2nd watch]
41x06 The Interstellar Song Contest [2nd watch]
[Watch this season (again) on iPlayer.]
Friends
7x03 The One with Phoebe's Cookies [5th or so watch]
7x04 The One with Rachel's Assistant [5th or so watch]
7x05 The One with the Engagement Picture [5th or so watch]
7x06 The One with the Nap Partners [6th or so watch]
41x04 Lucky Day [2nd watch]
41x05 The Story & the Engine [2nd watch]
41x06 The Interstellar Song Contest [2nd watch]
[Watch this season (again) on iPlayer.]
Friends
7x03 The One with Phoebe's Cookies [5th or so watch]
7x04 The One with Rachel's Assistant [5th or so watch]
7x05 The One with the Engagement Picture [5th or so watch]
7x06 The One with the Nap Partners [6th or so watch]
Games
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game
Chapters 1–3
Another game based around the storyline of LotR, although this one is somewhat simpler as it's a trick-taking card game, with gorgeous stained-glass-window-esque art. It's quite fun, and having the gameplay based entirely around one mechanic (trick-taking) means it doesn't feel like you're learning a brand-new game every chapter.
Chapters 1–3
Another game based around the storyline of LotR, although this one is somewhat simpler as it's a trick-taking card game, with gorgeous stained-glass-window-esque art. It's quite fun, and having the gameplay based entirely around one mechanic (trick-taking) means it doesn't feel like you're learning a brand-new game every chapter.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Six additions this week, all brand-new releases (five from last week, one an early arrival for Monday). The two UHDs are both upgrades from Blu-ray (which, in both cases, were upgrades from DVD), but neither BD is removed yet. One I thought wouldn't be but, on closer comparison, I think probably should (it's the BFI UHD of Throne of Blood — with previous BFI Kurosawa UHDs, I've kept the Criterion BD for differing extras, but all their Throne of Blood offers is different subtitle options); and the other has to wait a little bit (my For a Few Dollars More BD is in a trilogy set with The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; once the latter arrives on 4K I'll take the BD set out of the count). Fun times!
Number of titles in collection: 3,546 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 985 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,561 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 471 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,544 [up 9]
Number of films: 4,498 [up 9]
Number of additional cuts: 443 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,146 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,237 [up 4]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Six additions this week, all brand-new releases (five from last week, one an early arrival for Monday). The two UHDs are both upgrades from Blu-ray (which, in both cases, were upgrades from DVD), but neither BD is removed yet. One I thought wouldn't be but, on closer comparison, I think probably should (it's the BFI UHD of Throne of Blood — with previous BFI Kurosawa UHDs, I've kept the Criterion BD for differing extras, but all their Throne of Blood offers is different subtitle options); and the other has to wait a little bit (my For a Few Dollars More BD is in a trilogy set with The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; once the latter arrives on 4K I'll take the BD set out of the count). Fun times!
Number of titles in collection: 3,546 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 985 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,561 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 471 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,544 [up 9]
Number of films: 4,498 [up 9]
Number of additional cuts: 443 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,146 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,237 [up 4]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 23 May 2025
TV
Doctor Who
41x02 Lux [2nd watch]
41x03 The Well [2nd watch]
[Watch this season (again) on iPlayer.]
Friends
7x01 The One with Monica's Thunder [5th or so watch]
7x02 The One with Rachel's Book [5th or so watch]
Leverage: Redemption
1x04 The Tower Job
41x02 Lux [2nd watch]
41x03 The Well [2nd watch]
[Watch this season (again) on iPlayer.]
Friends
7x01 The One with Monica's Thunder [5th or so watch]
7x02 The One with Rachel's Book [5th or so watch]
Leverage: Redemption
1x04 The Tower Job
Thursday, 22 May 2025
TV
Friends
6x23 The One with the Ring [5th or so watch]
6x24 The One with the Proposal Part 1 [6th or so watch]
6x25 The One with the Proposal Part 2 [season finale; 6th or so watch]
6x23 The One with the Ring [5th or so watch]
6x24 The One with the Proposal Part 1 [6th or so watch]
6x25 The One with the Proposal Part 2 [season finale; 6th or so watch]
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Films
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)
[#47 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
aka Dead Reckoning Part 2
[#47 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
aka Dead Reckoning Part 2
Videos
Critical Role
2x105 Rumble at Rumblecusp [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x105 Rumble at Rumblecusp [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Videos
Daggerheart Launch Day LIVE!
An hour(-and-a-bit) livestream to mark the launch of Daggerheart.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]
An hour(-and-a-bit) livestream to mark the launch of Daggerheart.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube or Beacon.]
Sunday, 18 May 2025
TV
The 1% Club
3x15 Episode 15
4x06 Episode 6
Got a whole load of episodes of this saved up, having not watched it since September, and they're not always clear which they are (3x15 had been billed as 3x03), hence this series-hopping randomness.
[Watch all episodes (again) on ITVX.]
3x15 Episode 15
4x06 Episode 6
Got a whole load of episodes of this saved up, having not watched it since September, and they're not always clear which they are (3x15 had been billed as 3x03), hence this series-hopping randomness.
[Watch all episodes (again) on ITVX.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
A bit later than usual this week (not that anyone cares), not because of a huge influx of new titles (more on that in a sec) but because it's time for a monthly running time update, and I hadn't factored in titles received earlier in the month (might not sound like much effort, but I just didn't find myself with the time yesterday).
Anyway, six new additions this week — and I feel like I've not ordered anything recently! Well, those six came in two groups of three, both of which I actually ordered a while back. The first batch were from Australia, yet arrived about a week from when they were shipped. The wonders of the modern world! They included a BD-to-4K upgrade, while the second parcel included a BD-to-BD upgrade, so the net rise is just four...
Number of titles in collection: 3,540 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 985 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,555 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 469 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,535 [up 5]
Number of films: 4,489 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 443 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,146 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,233 [up 3]
Also, as I mentioned, it's time for the latest monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
599 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 3 hours, and 51 minutes from last month.)
Looks like next month I'll be crossing the 600-day mark — that's equivalent to almost 1 year and 10 months of continuous viewing! Yeesh.
See you next week, faithful reader.
A bit later than usual this week (not that anyone cares), not because of a huge influx of new titles (more on that in a sec) but because it's time for a monthly running time update, and I hadn't factored in titles received earlier in the month (might not sound like much effort, but I just didn't find myself with the time yesterday).
Anyway, six new additions this week — and I feel like I've not ordered anything recently! Well, those six came in two groups of three, both of which I actually ordered a while back. The first batch were from Australia, yet arrived about a week from when they were shipped. The wonders of the modern world! They included a BD-to-4K upgrade, while the second parcel included a BD-to-BD upgrade, so the net rise is just four...
Number of titles in collection: 3,540 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 985 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,555 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 469 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,535 [up 5]
Number of films: 4,489 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 443 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,146 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,233 [up 3]
Also, as I mentioned, it's time for the latest monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
599 days, 20 hours, and 44 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 3 hours, and 51 minutes from last month.)
Looks like next month I'll be crossing the 600-day mark — that's equivalent to almost 1 year and 10 months of continuous viewing! Yeesh.
See you next week, faithful reader.
Saturday, 17 May 2025
TV
Doctor Who
41x06 The Interstellar Song Contest
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Eurovision Song Contest: Basel 2025
Grand Final
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
41x06 The Interstellar Song Contest
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Eurovision Song Contest: Basel 2025
Grand Final
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Friday, 16 May 2025
Films
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
[2nd watch]
[#46 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Part Two on Wednesday!
[2nd watch]
[#46 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Part Two on Wednesday!
Videos
Critical Role
2x105 Rumble at Rumblecusp [2nd hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x105 Rumble at Rumblecusp [2nd hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Thursday, 15 May 2025
Comics
X-Manhunt Omega
X-Manhunt, Finale: Dreams End by Murewa Ayodele, Gail Simone, Gleb Melnikov, Federica Mancin & Enid Balám
Ooh, a Major Change™! Things Will Never Be The Same Again™! Until some other writer/editor in a couple of years wants them to be, of course. Ah, comics.
In other news: yay, I caught up on the crossover! Now I just have, er, five regular issues of X-comics in my unread pile — not counting the couple of series I've been buying but haven't started yet. (I don't mean to talk about this as if it's some kind of challenge or chore, but my own shortcomings at just keeping up with stuff mean it does sound like that sometimes.)
X-Manhunt, Finale: Dreams End by Murewa Ayodele, Gail Simone, Gleb Melnikov, Federica Mancin & Enid Balám
Ooh, a Major Change™! Things Will Never Be The Same Again™! Until some other writer/editor in a couple of years wants them to be, of course. Ah, comics.
In other news: yay, I caught up on the crossover! Now I just have, er, five regular issues of X-comics in my unread pile — not counting the couple of series I've been buying but haven't started yet. (I don't mean to talk about this as if it's some kind of challenge or chore, but my own shortcomings at just keeping up with stuff mean it does sound like that sometimes.)
Videos
Critical Role
2x105 Rumble at Rumblecusp [1st hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x105 Rumble at Rumblecusp [1st hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Monday, 12 May 2025
TV
Cobra Kai
3x03 Now You're Gonna Pay
3x04 The Right Path
[Watch the entire series (again) on Netflix.]
3x03 Now You're Gonna Pay
3x04 The Right Path
[Watch the entire series (again) on Netflix.]
Fiction
Doctor Who: The New Adventures
Timewyrm: Revelation by Paul Cornell
Prologues
Chapter 1
Finally cracking on with the fourth book in the Timewyrm quartet. (Somehow, it's almost eight months since I finished the last one — time is flying these days! On the bright side, it's not yet two years since I started the first. Yet.)
Timewyrm: Revelation by Paul Cornell
Prologues
Chapter 1
Finally cracking on with the fourth book in the Timewyrm quartet. (Somehow, it's almost eight months since I finished the last one — time is flying these days! On the bright side, it's not yet two years since I started the first. Yet.)
Comics
Exceptional X-Men
#7 X-Manhunt: Collateral Damage by Eve L. Ewing & Carmen Carnero
This is advertised as a “tie-in” issue, rather than a full-blown part of the X-Manhunt crossover. I read somewhere that the connection was literally one panel, but that’s unfair. For starters, it’s two pages. Secondly, it’s used as a jumping off point to illuminate the characters a little bit. Thirdly, it ties into broader themes of the issue and the current X-Men line. So, essential to the crossover’s story? No, of course not — that’s why it’s a tie-in. But a pointless one-panel reference? No, it’s more than that (thank goodness, because I’d’ve had a whole rant if that's all it had been).
X-Factor
#8 X-Manhunt, Chapter 5: The Summers of Days Past by Mark Russell & Bob Quinn
#7 X-Manhunt: Collateral Damage by Eve L. Ewing & Carmen Carnero
This is advertised as a “tie-in” issue, rather than a full-blown part of the X-Manhunt crossover. I read somewhere that the connection was literally one panel, but that’s unfair. For starters, it’s two pages. Secondly, it’s used as a jumping off point to illuminate the characters a little bit. Thirdly, it ties into broader themes of the issue and the current X-Men line. So, essential to the crossover’s story? No, of course not — that’s why it’s a tie-in. But a pointless one-panel reference? No, it’s more than that (thank goodness, because I’d’ve had a whole rant if that's all it had been).
X-Factor
#8 X-Manhunt, Chapter 5: The Summers of Days Past by Mark Russell & Bob Quinn
Sunday, 11 May 2025
Films
Spartacus (1960)
[#45 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2025 #5
[#45 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2025 #5
Saturday, 10 May 2025
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Amongst this week's additions, Arrow's 4K release of the first film in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy, A Fistful of Dollars. That will eventually replace my Blu-ray box set of the trilogy, but only once films 2 and 3 are also out. In the meantime, numbers just go up...
Number of titles in collection: 3,536 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 985 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,551 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 467 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,530 [up 12]
Number of films: 4,485 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 443 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,146 [up 35]
Number of short films: 1,230 [up 1]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Amongst this week's additions, Arrow's 4K release of the first film in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy, A Fistful of Dollars. That will eventually replace my Blu-ray box set of the trilogy, but only once films 2 and 3 are also out. In the meantime, numbers just go up...
Number of titles in collection: 3,536 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 985 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,551 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 467 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,530 [up 12]
Number of films: 4,485 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 443 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,146 [up 35]
Number of short films: 1,230 [up 1]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 9 May 2025
Comics
NYX
#9 X-Manhunt, Chapter 2: Charles by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing & Francesco Mortarino
Here's the problem with many-title crossover events like this: having to drop into books you don't normally read, where those books are torn between continuing the crossover's storyline and continuing their own storylines. Too much of the latter, readers like me feel confused and frustrated; but I can understand why they want to keep the latter in hand for regular readers. This issue seemed to strike a reasonable balance. We'll see how the three other "titles I don't normally read" fare as I progress.
#9 X-Manhunt, Chapter 2: Charles by Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing & Francesco Mortarino
Here's the problem with many-title crossover events like this: having to drop into books you don't normally read, where those books are torn between continuing the crossover's storyline and continuing their own storylines. Too much of the latter, readers like me feel confused and frustrated; but I can understand why they want to keep the latter in hand for regular readers. This issue seemed to strike a reasonable balance. We'll see how the three other "titles I don't normally read" fare as I progress.
Thursday, 8 May 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x102 Ghosts, Dinosaurs, and Stuff
The final 5 minutes of this session… I haven’t even seen Campaign 1, but the cast’s reactions — especially as they don’t all get it right away — are amazing.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x102 Ghosts, Dinosaurs, and Stuff
The final 5 minutes of this session… I haven’t even seen Campaign 1, but the cast’s reactions — especially as they don’t all get it right away — are amazing.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
Fiction
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
3 The Adventure of the Yellow Face
This is, generally, a poorly-regarded case, but I thought it was quite good. Accusations of racism feel misplaced given how it concludes, even if some of the language is unfortunately dated — but I think that sometimes, when the intention is right, we have to be mindful and forgiving of the time when something was written.
3 The Adventure of the Yellow Face
This is, generally, a poorly-regarded case, but I thought it was quite good. Accusations of racism feel misplaced given how it concludes, even if some of the language is unfortunately dated — but I think that sometimes, when the intention is right, we have to be mindful and forgiving of the time when something was written.
Comics
The Uncanny X-Men
#11 X-Manhunt, Chapter 1: Echoes of Madness by Gail Simone & Javier Garrón
Feels like there was only just an X-Men crossover (partly because I only caught up with it a month ago, but they were pretty close IRL too), but here we go again. This is a bigger affair though, jumping across seven different X-titles. I've got all the issues, so intending to progress through it at a reasonable pace (for once).
#11 X-Manhunt, Chapter 1: Echoes of Madness by Gail Simone & Javier Garrón
Feels like there was only just an X-Men crossover (partly because I only caught up with it a month ago, but they were pretty close IRL too), but here we go again. This is a bigger affair though, jumping across seven different X-titles. I've got all the issues, so intending to progress through it at a reasonable pace (for once).
Videos
Critical Role
2x101 Mysteries, Memories, and Music [3rd hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x101 Mysteries, Memories, and Music [3rd hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x101 Mysteries, Memories, and Music [2nd hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x101 Mysteries, Memories, and Music [2nd hour]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Monday, 5 May 2025
TV
Cobra Kai
3x01 Aftermath
I ended season two of this with the comment that “now I have the internal debate of whether to rush on to season 3 or save it for a bit.” I opted for the latter, because I had taken a five-month pause between seasons 1 and 2, and season 3 was brand new at the time, so it seemed fitting to take a break there before I'd have an enforced one while waiting for season 4. With hindsight, maybe I should’ve just plowed on, because “a bit” has somehow turned into four-and-a-quarter years. Eesh. In that time, they’ve released three further seasons, ending the show — so now I can binge all the rest of it… or I could still take breaks after each season. Maybe I shouldn’t risk that, though, eh? I don’t really want to be watching the final episodes in 2038…
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]
3x01 Aftermath
I ended season two of this with the comment that “now I have the internal debate of whether to rush on to season 3 or save it for a bit.” I opted for the latter, because I had taken a five-month pause between seasons 1 and 2, and season 3 was brand new at the time, so it seemed fitting to take a break there before I'd have an enforced one while waiting for season 4. With hindsight, maybe I should’ve just plowed on, because “a bit” has somehow turned into four-and-a-quarter years. Eesh. In that time, they’ve released three further seasons, ending the show — so now I can binge all the rest of it… or I could still take breaks after each season. Maybe I shouldn’t risk that, though, eh? I don’t really want to be watching the final episodes in 2038…
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Videos
Critical Role
2x101 Mysteries, Memories, and Music [1st hour]
I've just had almost a week off work (holiday, not illness), and I didn't want to accidentally spend the whole time watching Critical Role, so I... accidentally spent the whole time not watching it instead. Oops. Well, here I go again.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x101 Mysteries, Memories, and Music [1st hour]
I've just had almost a week off work (holiday, not illness), and I didn't want to accidentally spend the whole time watching Critical Role, so I... accidentally spent the whole time not watching it instead. Oops. Well, here I go again.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
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