House of the Dragon
1x05 We Light the Way
Friday, 7 October 2022
Thursday, 6 October 2022
Monday, 3 October 2022
Sunday, 2 October 2022
this week on 100Films.co.uk
No new reviews to share from 100Films.co.uk this week, but as a new month began there was the usual monthly review...
Plus the roundup of films I failed to watch...
More next Sunday.
Plus the roundup of films I failed to watch...
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 1 October 2022
TV
How I Met Your Father
1x04 Dirrty Thirty
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
30x02 Episode 2
Richard Osman's House of Games
6x02 Week 1: Tuesday
6x03 Week 1: Wednesday
6x04 Week 1: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Shetland
7x02 Episode 2
7x03 Episode 3
7x04 Episode 4
[Watch series 7 (again) on iPlayer.]
1x04 Dirrty Thirty
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
30x02 Episode 2
Richard Osman's House of Games
6x02 Week 1: Tuesday
6x03 Week 1: Wednesday
6x04 Week 1: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Shetland
7x02 Episode 2
7x03 Episode 3
7x04 Episode 4
[Watch series 7 (again) on iPlayer.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Considering my collection grew by 240 titles last year, I guess five titles in one week is more-or-less average (the actual average is 4.6, so it does round up to five, but only just).
Two of them were new releases this week, because there's always stuff I want coming out nowadays; and to underline that point, another one is a new release from next week; while the other two were... well, not new. Although, one of them only came out a couple of weeks ago; but, in my mind, if I don't preorder it or get it in release week, it's no longer a "new release". (And the fourth title came out three years and one month ago, so that's not new by anyone's standards.)
Number of titles in collection: 2,929 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 1,046 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,883 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 203 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 7,258 [up 8]
Number of films: 3,507 [up 7]
Number of additional cuts: 284 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 9,422 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,007 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Considering my collection grew by 240 titles last year, I guess five titles in one week is more-or-less average (the actual average is 4.6, so it does round up to five, but only just).
Two of them were new releases this week, because there's always stuff I want coming out nowadays; and to underline that point, another one is a new release from next week; while the other two were... well, not new. Although, one of them only came out a couple of weeks ago; but, in my mind, if I don't preorder it or get it in release week, it's no longer a "new release". (And the fourth title came out three years and one month ago, so that's not new by anyone's standards.)
Number of titles in collection: 2,929 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 1,046 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,883 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 203 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 7,258 [up 8]
Number of films: 3,507 [up 7]
Number of additional cuts: 284 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 9,422 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,007 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 30 September 2022
TV
How I Met Your Father
1x03 The Fixer
Richard Osman's House of Games
4x25 Episode 25
6x01 Week 1: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
4x04 Red Hot
Shetland
7x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
1x03 The Fixer
Richard Osman's House of Games
4x25 Episode 25
6x01 Week 1: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
4x04 Red Hot
Shetland
7x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 29 September 2022
TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
30x01 Episode 1
Richard Osman's House of Games
4x24 Episode 24
[Watch various (other) episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
30x01 Episode 1
Richard Osman's House of Games
4x24 Episode 24
[Watch various (other) episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 25 September 2022
Saturday, 24 September 2022
Games
Return to Monkey Island
And that's the end! A good ending too, I thought. I can immediately see it'll be controversial with some people, but I don't think we should really have expected anything too different (not that I'm saying we should've guessed this, exactly, but it seems in-keeping). Plus, when put alongside The Matrix Resurrections, I feel like there are finally some legacy sequels giving me the kind of things I've long wanted a legacy sequel to attempt. Love that.
Wish I knew exactly how long the game had taken me. It's my own fault for going back and replaying segments before I'd finished it through once! I got to the end in just under 15 hours, per Steam, but that includes replaying the very end three times, not to mention all the earlier replaying.
And after that, I played for another two hours to hit the final few achievements I missed. A big chunk of that was hunting around for the last few trivia cards; another was that I had to replay a whole swathe of the game because I didn't have any appropriately-placed savegames to quickly pull off something. One of the downsides to the game only allowing 8 save points (plus that, for this particular accomplishment, you need to do something in Part 2 or 3 that doesn't pay off until Part 5, meaning I had to replay the end of Part 3 and all of Part 4; but I initially realised that a little way into Part 4, so if I'd had more savegames I could've just repeated a little bit then instead of a whole part later. Hey ho).
So, I've got 38 out of the 39 achievements. The only one I'm missing is a speed run (completed in under 2 hours). I've never seen the point in speed running point-and-click adventures — story and humour are the goal of the genre, not racing through the puzzles as fast as possible. But as it's the only one I'm missing... and you can do it on Casual Mode, which I haven't played... Maybe...
And that's the end! A good ending too, I thought. I can immediately see it'll be controversial with some people, but I don't think we should really have expected anything too different (not that I'm saying we should've guessed this, exactly, but it seems in-keeping). Plus, when put alongside The Matrix Resurrections, I feel like there are finally some legacy sequels giving me the kind of things I've long wanted a legacy sequel to attempt. Love that.
Wish I knew exactly how long the game had taken me. It's my own fault for going back and replaying segments before I'd finished it through once! I got to the end in just under 15 hours, per Steam, but that includes replaying the very end three times, not to mention all the earlier replaying.
And after that, I played for another two hours to hit the final few achievements I missed. A big chunk of that was hunting around for the last few trivia cards; another was that I had to replay a whole swathe of the game because I didn't have any appropriately-placed savegames to quickly pull off something. One of the downsides to the game only allowing 8 save points (plus that, for this particular accomplishment, you need to do something in Part 2 or 3 that doesn't pay off until Part 5, meaning I had to replay the end of Part 3 and all of Part 4; but I initially realised that a little way into Part 4, so if I'd had more savegames I could've just repeated a little bit then instead of a whole part later. Hey ho).
So, I've got 38 out of the 39 achievements. The only one I'm missing is a speed run (completed in under 2 hours). I've never seen the point in speed running point-and-click adventures — story and humour are the goal of the genre, not racing through the puzzles as fast as possible. But as it's the only one I'm missing... and you can do it on Casual Mode, which I haven't played... Maybe...
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
It is a quieter one this week, with only two new additions — both new releases, though not sharing a date: one is from this week; the other has arrived early from the week after next. Fun times.
Number of titles in collection: 2,924 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,046 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,878 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 201 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 7,250 [up 2]
Number of films: 3,500 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 281 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,422 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,007 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
It is a quieter one this week, with only two new additions — both new releases, though not sharing a date: one is from this week; the other has arrived early from the week after next. Fun times.
Number of titles in collection: 2,924 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,046 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,878 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 201 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 7,250 [up 2]
Number of films: 3,500 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 281 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,422 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,007 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 23 September 2022
Games
Return to Monkey Island
Apparently I somehow managed to play 4 hours today. It didn't feel like it! I'm sure that's testament to the quality of the game. Also that I did it across three or four bursts, rather than one or two big chunks (like on Tuesday).
Also also, this isn't the amount of time I've spent playing through the story: as a record of that the time is 'off' because I've repeated a few bits in order to hit some achievements. So, it's certainly an accurate count of how long I've spent playing the game, but not of how long it will have taken me to get through the main narrative.
For today, I leave it at the start of Part V — the final part! I guess it'll all be over tomorrow. Exciting, but also sad.
Apparently I somehow managed to play 4 hours today. It didn't feel like it! I'm sure that's testament to the quality of the game. Also that I did it across three or four bursts, rather than one or two big chunks (like on Tuesday).
Also also, this isn't the amount of time I've spent playing through the story: as a record of that the time is 'off' because I've repeated a few bits in order to hit some achievements. So, it's certainly an accurate count of how long I've spent playing the game, but not of how long it will have taken me to get through the main narrative.
For today, I leave it at the start of Part V — the final part! I guess it'll all be over tomorrow. Exciting, but also sad.
Thursday, 22 September 2022
Games
Return to Monkey Island
Another hour-and-a-half today brings me to almost 10 hours of playtime. Truly, it's flown by — based on my other recent gaming experiences, this doesn't feel like I've been playing for that long (even compared to solid-gold classics like the original couple of Monkey Islands). It really is superb.
Not sure how much is left, though. Feels like there must be a fair bit to go, but also like I'm getting towards the end (I'm in Part IV and I'm pretty sure Part V is the climax). I'll be sad when it's over...
Another hour-and-a-half today brings me to almost 10 hours of playtime. Truly, it's flown by — based on my other recent gaming experiences, this doesn't feel like I've been playing for that long (even compared to solid-gold classics like the original couple of Monkey Islands). It really is superb.
Not sure how much is left, though. Feels like there must be a fair bit to go, but also like I'm getting towards the end (I'm in Part IV and I'm pretty sure Part V is the climax). I'll be sad when it's over...
Video
Radiance: An Interview with Fran Simeoni
by Man v Film on YouTube
This is a fantastic interview with the founder of Radiance, the new boutique Blu-ray label, about their opening slate of ten films. Of those titles, there were quite a few (okay, most) that I'd never even heard of, so this is a superb introduction — now I want almost all of 'em (my poor wallet!)
Plus, some discussion about the label's birth and plans for its future. All really interesting stuff.
by Man v Film on YouTube
This is a fantastic interview with the founder of Radiance, the new boutique Blu-ray label, about their opening slate of ten films. Of those titles, there were quite a few (okay, most) that I'd never even heard of, so this is a superb introduction — now I want almost all of 'em (my poor wallet!)
Plus, some discussion about the label's birth and plans for its future. All really interesting stuff.
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Games
Return to Monkey Island
Almost another 3 hours of playtime today. I was going to try to limit myself to something like 1 hour a day, so as not to rush through it too fast, but I find it hard to resist... So good.
Almost another 3 hours of playtime today. I was going to try to limit myself to something like 1 hour a day, so as not to rush through it too fast, but I find it hard to resist... So good.
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Films
Broken Blossoms (1919)
[#59 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
And that finally completes the Decades portion of my New 100 Films Challenge. It started off as the easiest category to do (almost any film I watched counted — I completed 58% of it in January alone), but as it went on it became a bit harder. Turns out I don't watch many films from the 1950s (that took until May), and even fewer from the 1910s — which I knew, and is the kind of reason the category exists.
On the bright side, the very next film I watch that doesn't fit into another category can be a Wildcard for this one, because any film released in "a decade" counts!
[#59 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
And that finally completes the Decades portion of my New 100 Films Challenge. It started off as the easiest category to do (almost any film I watched counted — I completed 58% of it in January alone), but as it went on it became a bit harder. Turns out I don't watch many films from the 1950s (that took until May), and even fewer from the 1910s — which I knew, and is the kind of reason the category exists.
On the bright side, the very next film I watch that doesn't fit into another category can be a Wildcard for this one, because any film released in "a decade" counts!
Games
Return to Monkey Island
Regular readers (are there any?) will know how much I've been anticipating this. It came out yesterday, but I was too busy with statey funes to play it. But I'd booked today off work in preparation, and so I spent about 5½ hours on it today — plus a bit more time reading some stuff on Twitter and forums to help mop up a couple of achievements I'd missed (I've got 13 out of 39 on my first day!)
I would've played even more, but I don't want to rush it too much — Monkey Island games hardly come along often; this is one to savour. But it's so good, so much fun, that I don't know how much I'll be able to draw it out. I already want to go play it some more...
Regular readers (are there any?) will know how much I've been anticipating this. It came out yesterday, but I was too busy with statey funes to play it. But I'd booked today off work in preparation, and so I spent about 5½ hours on it today — plus a bit more time reading some stuff on Twitter and forums to help mop up a couple of achievements I'd missed (I've got 13 out of 39 on my first day!)
I would've played even more, but I don't want to rush it too much — Monkey Island games hardly come along often; this is one to savour. But it's so good, so much fun, that I don't know how much I'll be able to draw it out. I already want to go play it some more...
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