24
8x13 4:00AM - 5:00AM
...aaaaand there it is.
Elementary
2x20 No Lack of Void
Friends
10x16 The One with Rachel's Going Away Party [5th or so watch]
Game of Thrones
4x02 The Lion and the Rose
The whole point of starting this now was that I wouldn't be behind and wouldn't get spoiled -- watching one per week on a four week delay isn't going to solve that, is it? Time to start catching up, then. This is The Big One so far this season, which I won't discuss for fear of spoiling someone else. Still, I understand there'll be plenty more surprises to come...
Saturday, 3 May 2014
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
A couple of Doctor Who DVD upgrades last week and this mean... my Who collection is finally completely complete! Well, except for the last couple of Matt Smith episodes that have yet to see a box set / Special Edition re-release, and the one classic story they're taking forever to get round to. But that's not my fault, is it.
Of course, because they're upgrades, the only footprint last week was an extra disc, and this week not even that. (I also got a few new Blu-rays, hence the increases.)
Number of titles in collection: 1,668 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,199 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 469 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 4,161 [up 3]
Number of films in collection: 1,794 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,126 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 409 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
A couple of Doctor Who DVD upgrades last week and this mean... my Who collection is finally completely complete! Well, except for the last couple of Matt Smith episodes that have yet to see a box set / Special Edition re-release, and the one classic story they're taking forever to get round to. But that's not my fault, is it.
Of course, because they're upgrades, the only footprint last week was an extra disc, and this week not even that. (I also got a few new Blu-rays, hence the increases.)
Number of titles in collection: 1,668 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,199 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 469 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 4,161 [up 3]
Number of films in collection: 1,794 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,126 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 409 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 2 May 2014
TV
24
8x12 3:00AM - 4:00AM
Halfway and... boom, there goes CTU! Mark it off your "Things That Always Happen in a Season of 24" bingo card, people. How long before we find out there's a mole?
Friends
10x15 The One Where Estelle Dies [5th or so watch]
Have I Got News For You
47x04 (25/4/2014 edition; extended repeat)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
8x12 3:00AM - 4:00AM
Halfway and... boom, there goes CTU! Mark it off your "Things That Always Happen in a Season of 24" bingo card, people. How long before we find out there's a mole?
Friends
10x15 The One Where Estelle Dies [5th or so watch]
Have I Got News For You
47x04 (25/4/2014 edition; extended repeat)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 1 May 2014
TV
24
8x11 2:00AM - 3:00AM
Arrow
2x18 Deathstroke
There's still five episodes left this season! Either they've got a lot of plans, or it's going to get really strung out...
Friends
10x14 The One with Princess Consuela [5th or so watch]
8x11 2:00AM - 3:00AM
Arrow
2x18 Deathstroke
There's still five episodes left this season! Either they've got a lot of plans, or it's going to get really strung out...
Friends
10x14 The One with Princess Consuela [5th or so watch]
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
TV
24
8x10 1:00AM - 2:00AM
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
1x15 Operation: Broken Feather
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Friends
10x13 The One Where Joey Speaks French [5th or so watch]
8x10 1:00AM - 2:00AM
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
1x15 Operation: Broken Feather
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Friends
10x13 The One Where Joey Speaks French [5th or so watch]
Films
Solomon Kane (2009)
[#34 in 100 Films in a Year 2014]
The UK TV premiere of this is on Film4 at 9pm on Thursday. Consequently, look for a review here from about 1pm.
[#34 in 100 Films in a Year 2014]
The UK TV premiere of this is on Film4 at 9pm on Thursday. Consequently, look for a review here from about 1pm.
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
TV
24
8x09 12:00AM - 1:00AM
Castle
3x18 One Life to Lose
[Watch it (again) on Demand 5.]
Friends
10x12 The One with Phoebe's Wedding [5th or so watch]
8x09 12:00AM - 1:00AM
Castle
3x18 One Life to Lose
[Watch it (again) on Demand 5.]
Friends
10x12 The One with Phoebe's Wedding [5th or so watch]
Monday, 28 April 2014
TV
24
8x08 11:00PM - 12:00AM
I thought they'd reached the end of another plot already... but no, not quite yet. Though they are burning through sub-villains with great speed -- I mean, Jack and co have already taken down not one but two supposedly-major Russian crime operations!
Friends
10x11 The One Where the Stripper Cries [5th or so watch]
I've said before that the occasionally-reviled late-era Friends actually contains some of its all-time-classic episodes, and this is a case in point.
The Guess List
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
8x08 11:00PM - 12:00AM
I thought they'd reached the end of another plot already... but no, not quite yet. Though they are burning through sub-villains with great speed -- I mean, Jack and co have already taken down not one but two supposedly-major Russian crime operations!
Friends
10x11 The One Where the Stripper Cries [5th or so watch]
I've said before that the occasionally-reviled late-era Friends actually contains some of its all-time-classic episodes, and this is a case in point.
The Guess List
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 27 April 2014
TV
24
8x06 9:00PM - 10:00PM
8x07 10:00PM - 11:00PM
All About TWO
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Friends
10x09 The One with the Birth Mother [5th or so watch]
10x10 The One Where Chandler Gets Caught [5th or so watch]
How I Met Your Mother
9x12 The Rehearsal Dinner
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
8x06 9:00PM - 10:00PM
8x07 10:00PM - 11:00PM
All About TWO
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Friends
10x09 The One with the Birth Mother [5th or so watch]
10x10 The One Where Chandler Gets Caught [5th or so watch]
How I Met Your Mother
9x12 The Rehearsal Dinner
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Saturday, 26 April 2014
TV
24
8x05 8:00PM - 9:00PM
Friends
10x08 The One with the Late Thanksgiving [5th or so watch]
Game of Thrones
4x01 Two Swords
Wait, what's this -- more GoT already? Yes, well, with one major event already having happened -- and been widely discussed all over the internet & everywhere else -- and with many more promised by Those In The Know for later in the season, I decided that, for my own sake, I should forgo my normal year-long wait for the Blu-ray release and just enjoy the series at the same time as everyone else. I'll only have the whole damned thing spoiled if I don't.
The Mentalist
6x17 Silver Wings of Time
Well that was disappointingly obvious.
[Watch it (again) on Demand 5.]
8x05 8:00PM - 9:00PM
Friends
10x08 The One with the Late Thanksgiving [5th or so watch]
Game of Thrones
4x01 Two Swords
Wait, what's this -- more GoT already? Yes, well, with one major event already having happened -- and been widely discussed all over the internet & everywhere else -- and with many more promised by Those In The Know for later in the season, I decided that, for my own sake, I should forgo my normal year-long wait for the Blu-ray release and just enjoy the series at the same time as everyone else. I'll only have the whole damned thing spoiled if I don't.
The Mentalist
6x17 Silver Wings of Time
Well that was disappointingly obvious.
[Watch it (again) on Demand 5.]
Comics
Nemo: Heart of Ice by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill
A spin-off from / aside to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, starring Captain Nemo's daughter as introduced to us in Century Vol.1. Moore's taken a break from ongoing League storytelling for a trilogy of these more-or-less-standalone tales: the second was released last month, the third is due... sometime. Considering Moore and O'Neill have managed one a year of late, hopefully in March 2015, and we can have League Vol.IV in 2016.
Heart of Ice is a slighter, more straightforward story than we're used to from League books (especially the last two), which makes it kind of refreshing: it's a clean adventure yarn, not an intricate and disturbing puzzle (though it's disturbing in places, naturally). Nonetheless, it's still packed with obscure allusions, making this guide not essential but worthwhile.
A spin-off from / aside to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, starring Captain Nemo's daughter as introduced to us in Century Vol.1. Moore's taken a break from ongoing League storytelling for a trilogy of these more-or-less-standalone tales: the second was released last month, the third is due... sometime. Considering Moore and O'Neill have managed one a year of late, hopefully in March 2015, and we can have League Vol.IV in 2016.
Heart of Ice is a slighter, more straightforward story than we're used to from League books (especially the last two), which makes it kind of refreshing: it's a clean adventure yarn, not an intricate and disturbing puzzle (though it's disturbing in places, naturally). Nonetheless, it's still packed with obscure allusions, making this guide not essential but worthwhile.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Number of titles in collection: 1,665 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,199 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 466 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 4,158 [up 2]
Number of films in collection: 1,791 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,126 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 409 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Number of titles in collection: 1,665 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,199 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 466 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 4,158 [up 2]
Number of films in collection: 1,791 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,126 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 409 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 25 April 2014
TV
24
8x04 7:00PM - 8:00PM [extended version]
It's time to play Count The 24 Story Arcs, because, 3½ episodes in, Story Arc 1 is already at an end, with Story Arc 2 -- which at least spins out of it -- already underway. The rules of the game are: seasons one, two and three did it best, when there were two or three major arcs across an entire season; season four and on mucked it up by having a frankly ludicrous number of arcs/threats every year. Getting through the first so quickly isn't promising, but we'll see -- maybe this new one will run and run...
Also, the "extended" element of this episode is one c.2-minute scene forcibly inserted between the climax and credits. Rather ruins the effect, that. The scene isn't bad in itself, and if they'd inserted it five minutes earlier all would've been fine, but put where it is... I shan't bother with the set's six other elongated episodes (I can just jump to three minutes before the end and watch the extensions in isolation!)
Friends
10x07 The One with the Home Study [5th or so watch]
aka The One Where Phoebe and Mike Give Their Wedding Money to Charity But Then Don't But Then Do But Then Don't.
Have I Got News For You
47x03 (18/4/2014 edition; extended repeat)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
8x04 7:00PM - 8:00PM [extended version]
It's time to play Count The 24 Story Arcs, because, 3½ episodes in, Story Arc 1 is already at an end, with Story Arc 2 -- which at least spins out of it -- already underway. The rules of the game are: seasons one, two and three did it best, when there were two or three major arcs across an entire season; season four and on mucked it up by having a frankly ludicrous number of arcs/threats every year. Getting through the first so quickly isn't promising, but we'll see -- maybe this new one will run and run...
Also, the "extended" element of this episode is one c.2-minute scene forcibly inserted between the climax and credits. Rather ruins the effect, that. The scene isn't bad in itself, and if they'd inserted it five minutes earlier all would've been fine, but put where it is... I shan't bother with the set's six other elongated episodes (I can just jump to three minutes before the end and watch the extensions in isolation!)
Friends
10x07 The One with the Home Study [5th or so watch]
aka The One Where Phoebe and Mike Give Their Wedding Money to Charity But Then Don't But Then Do But Then Don't.
Have I Got News For You
47x03 (18/4/2014 edition; extended repeat)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 24 April 2014
TV
24
8x02 5:00PM - 6:00PM
8x03 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Friends
10x06 The One with Ross's Grant [5th or so watch]
8x02 5:00PM - 6:00PM
8x03 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Friends
10x06 The One with Ross's Grant [5th or so watch]
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
TV
24
8x01 4:00PM - 5:00PM
It's been three years and 11 months since the finale of this final season aired, so it's really about time I got round to it -- especially with the revival miniseries imminent (its US premiere is under two weeks away now). I've read recently that it's not a particularly great season (very different to what I heard at the time, it would seem), but this is an OK start... and it's been so long since I last watched any 24 (over four years since season seven, and it was a couple of years before that that I watched season six) that I'm not sure I'll be able to make many comparisons anyway.
Arrow
2x17 Birds of Prey
Which (unlike with last episode's titular team) doesn't really feature the Birds of Prey. I bet some fans were pissed.
Friends
10x05 The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits [5th or so watch]
8x01 4:00PM - 5:00PM
It's been three years and 11 months since the finale of this final season aired, so it's really about time I got round to it -- especially with the revival miniseries imminent (its US premiere is under two weeks away now). I've read recently that it's not a particularly great season (very different to what I heard at the time, it would seem), but this is an OK start... and it's been so long since I last watched any 24 (over four years since season seven, and it was a couple of years before that that I watched season six) that I'm not sure I'll be able to make many comparisons anyway.
Arrow
2x17 Birds of Prey
Which (unlike with last episode's titular team) doesn't really feature the Birds of Prey. I bet some fans were pissed.
Friends
10x05 The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits [5th or so watch]
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
TV
Elementary
2x19 The Many Mouths of Aaron Colville
Friends
10x03 The One with Ross's Tan [5th or so watch]
10x04 The One with the Cake [5th or so watch]
The Guess List
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
2x19 The Many Mouths of Aaron Colville
Friends
10x03 The One with Ross's Tan [5th or so watch]
10x04 The One with the Cake [5th or so watch]
The Guess List
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
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