Star Trek: The Next Generation
6x26 Descent [season finale]
7x01 Descent, Part II
More episodes I'm watching as background for Picard. Unlike the last one, however, I don’t think these can be amongst the best of TNG. The first part has some interesting stuff with Data struggling to understand if he’s started to experience emotions, but the second half is an underwhelming bit of something-and-nothing, only really noteworthy for the relish with which Brent Spiner plays Data’s evil twin brother. (I do intend to watch all of TNG in full someday, not just random episodes now and then like I've been doing for the past few years.)
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Monday, 27 January 2020
TV
The Twilight Zone
1x34 The After Hours
5x25 The Masks
It's been a few months (alright, six), but I'm finally getting back on to watching more classic Twilight Zone.
1x34 The After Hours
5x25 The Masks
It's been a few months (alright, six), but I'm finally getting back on to watching more classic Twilight Zone.
Sunday, 26 January 2020
TV
Doctor Who
38x05 Fugitive of the Judoon
Well, that was certainly a lot of unexpected stuff! I feel like Chibnall's playing at being Moffat now (with wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey mysteries that threaten to rewrite the show's long-standing continuity), but we'll see. At least it's interesting.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Star Trek: The Next Generation
5x23 I Borg
Widely regarded as one of the very best TNG episodes (it is, indeed, excellent), and likely to be of importance to the events of Picard (hence why I'm watching it now).
38x05 Fugitive of the Judoon
Well, that was certainly a lot of unexpected stuff! I feel like Chibnall's playing at being Moffat now (with wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey mysteries that threaten to rewrite the show's long-standing continuity), but we'll see. At least it's interesting.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Star Trek: The Next Generation
5x23 I Borg
Widely regarded as one of the very best TNG episodes (it is, indeed, excellent), and likely to be of importance to the events of Picard (hence why I'm watching it now).
this week on 100 Films
1 new review was published to 100 Films in a Year this week...
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
More next Sunday.
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
I don’t know how thoroughly the film adapts the novel's 768 pages, but it feels like it’s trying to cram in as much as possible. It rattles by at a whipcrack pace, which is both one of its greatest assets, because it moves like the clappers, and its biggest drawbacks, because it winds up feeling a bit too long... This is a minor complaint, though, because while those 119 minutes may be a few more than seems strictly necessary, what’s within them is frequently riotously funny.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 25 January 2020
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Two new releases this week, one an acclaimed British film from last year (Bait), the other not actually out until Monday (the latest Doctor Who Collection Blu-ray, which upgrades three DVDs (but leaves one behind, for now)).
Similarly, a Blu-ray upgrade for the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series. It's been available for years in other countries (the US, Germany, Italy, etc), but BD-adverse ITV simply won't release it here, so I've finally given in and imported it (for a very nice price).
And the net result of all that is "no change" to the title total!
Number of titles in collection: 2,279 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,119 [down 4]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,160 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 40 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 5,962 [up 4]
Number of films: 2,672 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,744 [up 3]
Number of short films: 681 [up 5]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Two new releases this week, one an acclaimed British film from last year (Bait), the other not actually out until Monday (the latest Doctor Who Collection Blu-ray, which upgrades three DVDs (but leaves one behind, for now)).
Similarly, a Blu-ray upgrade for the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series. It's been available for years in other countries (the US, Germany, Italy, etc), but BD-adverse ITV simply won't release it here, so I've finally given in and imported it (for a very nice price).
And the net result of all that is "no change" to the title total!
Number of titles in collection: 2,279 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,119 [down 4]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,160 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 40 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 5,962 [up 4]
Number of films: 2,672 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,744 [up 3]
Number of short films: 681 [up 5]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 24 January 2020
TV
The Ready Room
2x01 "Remembrance" Recap
After-show for Picard, only available in the US -- except, of course, where there's a will there's a way... Whether it's worth finding that way depends on your tolerance for these kinds of things. The bit about the making of the theme music was interesting, though.
[Watch it on YouTube.]
Star Trek: Picard
1x01 Remembrance
[Watch it (again) on Prime Video.]
2x01 "Remembrance" Recap
After-show for Picard, only available in the US -- except, of course, where there's a will there's a way... Whether it's worth finding that way depends on your tolerance for these kinds of things. The bit about the making of the theme music was interesting, though.
[Watch it on YouTube.]
Star Trek: Picard
1x01 Remembrance
[Watch it (again) on Prime Video.]
Thursday, 23 January 2020
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Tuesday, 21 January 2020
TV
Friday Night Dinner
5x02 The Tin of Meat
Coming up to two years since I last watched this, but here we are. Hurrah for the wonders of on-demand viewing.
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
5x02 The Tin of Meat
Coming up to two years since I last watched this, but here we are. Hurrah for the wonders of on-demand viewing.
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Monday, 20 January 2020
TV
Death in Paradise
9x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
His Dark Materials
1x07 The Fight to the Death
1x08 Betrayal [season finale]
[Watch series 1 (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
3x25 Boo Normal [bonus episode]
Skipping ahead a little here, but it's recommended. At the end of season 3 they made two episodes for inclusion in season 4; when the show was cancelled (before being picked back up by Netflix), they released those two as "bonus episodes". According to co-showrunner Joe Henderson, this one fits best between episodes 15 and 16, so that's where I've watched it.
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]
9x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
His Dark Materials
1x07 The Fight to the Death
1x08 Betrayal [season finale]
[Watch series 1 (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
3x25 Boo Normal [bonus episode]
Skipping ahead a little here, but it's recommended. At the end of season 3 they made two episodes for inclusion in season 4; when the show was cancelled (before being picked back up by Netflix), they released those two as "bonus episodes". According to co-showrunner Joe Henderson, this one fits best between episodes 15 and 16, so that's where I've watched it.
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]
Sunday, 19 January 2020
TV
Doctor Who
38x04 Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Great British Bake Off
1x03 Bread
[Watch series 1 (again) on Netflix.]
His Dark Materials
1x05 The Lost Boy
1x06 The Daemon-Cages
[Watch series 1 (again) on iPlayer.]
38x04 Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Great British Bake Off
1x03 Bread
[Watch series 1 (again) on Netflix.]
His Dark Materials
1x05 The Lost Boy
1x06 The Daemon-Cages
[Watch series 1 (again) on iPlayer.]
Films
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2020 #3
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2020 #2
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2020 #3
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2020 #2
this week on 100 Films
Just one new post on 100 Films in a Year this week: my 12 picks for 2020's Blindspot challenge...
More next Sunday.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 18 January 2020
TV
Doctor Who
38x03 Orphan 55 [2nd watch]
I didn't think much of this the first time, but its flaws only become more obvious on a rewatch.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Goes Wrong Show
1x04 The Lodge
[Watch it (again and again) on iPlayer.]
The Great British Bake Off
1x02 Biscuits
[Watch series 1 (again) on Netflix.]
His Dark Materials
1x03 The Spies [2nd watch]
1x04 Armour
[Watch series 1 (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
3x15 High School Poppycock
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]
38x03 Orphan 55 [2nd watch]
I didn't think much of this the first time, but its flaws only become more obvious on a rewatch.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Goes Wrong Show
1x04 The Lodge
[Watch it (again and again) on iPlayer.]
The Great British Bake Off
1x02 Biscuits
[Watch series 1 (again) on Netflix.]
His Dark Materials
1x03 The Spies [2nd watch]
1x04 Armour
[Watch series 1 (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
3x15 High School Poppycock
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
From one extreme to the other: after the absolute quite of last week, there's something new for every category this week -- although for DVD it's just a further reduction. (It's not an unrelenting downward slide nowadays, but the last year my DVD tally actually increased was 2015, and then it was only by 7 across the entire year.)
This week's big addition is the Twin Peaks: From Z to A box set (out in the UK on Monday). Theoretically it should upgrade the previous Blu-ray box sets... but then they should've upgraded the previous DVDs and I hung on to them, so for the time being I'm keeping the lot. In some cases that's never likely to change (the season one DVD has audio commentaries that David Lynch won't allow to be included on future releases, so I'll hang on to those), but in others I really ought to just give in and sell (the only thing stopping me in most cases is the nice packaging, which is daft really). So, really From Z to A should've barely changed the numbers at all, but instead it adds piles of stuff. Most notably, though: it includes the original pilot and season three's Part 8 in UHD, so counts to that tally.
As you can see, it's one of three UHD additions this week. I haven't had anything to report there in over two months, and now three at once! The others were Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Don't Look Now (which is the upgrade responsible for dropping a DVD). Finally, anime movie Time of Eve adds some short films to round out every category.
And all of that looks like this:
Number of titles in collection: 2,279 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,123 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,156 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 40 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 5,958 [up 26]
Number of films: 2,670 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 8,741 [up 48]
Number of short films: 676 [up 2]
Not counted: soundtrack CDs. There are two this month (in Don't Look Now and Time of Eve). Back when I first started tallying my DVD collection, I decided CDs "didn't count" -- because they were CDs and this was a list of DVDs (duh). But now I've got so many releases with soundtrack CDs bundled in, I wish I had kept a record. Maybe I should go back and count them in somehow? Maybe their own count; or I could just straight-up add them to my disc count -- it might not skyrocket exactly (it's already at nearly 6,000 and I doubt there's more than a few dozen CDs, max), but it would give it a notable bump (as I said, possibly a few dozen).
Or maybe I just can't be bothered.
See you next week, faithful reader.
From one extreme to the other: after the absolute quite of last week, there's something new for every category this week -- although for DVD it's just a further reduction. (It's not an unrelenting downward slide nowadays, but the last year my DVD tally actually increased was 2015, and then it was only by 7 across the entire year.)
This week's big addition is the Twin Peaks: From Z to A box set (out in the UK on Monday). Theoretically it should upgrade the previous Blu-ray box sets... but then they should've upgraded the previous DVDs and I hung on to them, so for the time being I'm keeping the lot. In some cases that's never likely to change (the season one DVD has audio commentaries that David Lynch won't allow to be included on future releases, so I'll hang on to those), but in others I really ought to just give in and sell (the only thing stopping me in most cases is the nice packaging, which is daft really). So, really From Z to A should've barely changed the numbers at all, but instead it adds piles of stuff. Most notably, though: it includes the original pilot and season three's Part 8 in UHD, so counts to that tally.
As you can see, it's one of three UHD additions this week. I haven't had anything to report there in over two months, and now three at once! The others were Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Don't Look Now (which is the upgrade responsible for dropping a DVD). Finally, anime movie Time of Eve adds some short films to round out every category.
And all of that looks like this:
Number of titles in collection: 2,279 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,123 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,156 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 40 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 5,958 [up 26]
Number of films: 2,670 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 8,741 [up 48]
Number of short films: 676 [up 2]
Not counted: soundtrack CDs. There are two this month (in Don't Look Now and Time of Eve). Back when I first started tallying my DVD collection, I decided CDs "didn't count" -- because they were CDs and this was a list of DVDs (duh). But now I've got so many releases with soundtrack CDs bundled in, I wish I had kept a record. Maybe I should go back and count them in somehow? Maybe their own count; or I could just straight-up add them to my disc count -- it might not skyrocket exactly (it's already at nearly 6,000 and I doubt there's more than a few dozen CDs, max), but it would give it a notable bump (as I said, possibly a few dozen).
Or maybe I just can't be bothered.
See you next week, faithful reader.
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