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.
Friday, 30 May 2025
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.]
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