Doctor Who
6x37 The War Games Episode Three
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 21 April 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x12 Midnight Espionage [1st half]
"He took an hour to cosplay his dick!"
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
2x12 Midnight Espionage [1st half]
"He took an hour to cosplay his dick!"
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Saturday, 20 April 2024
Comics
2000 AD #2370–2371
I don't like to — indeed, I don't think I actually have before — but I've just given up on one of the current strips. I read through its last (half-)run and didn't enjoy it, it's just a pointless chore, so I'm just not gonna read the rest of it. Not ideal — it makes a fifth of each issue a waste of space and money — but at least I'm not also wasting my time on it.
I don't like to — indeed, I don't think I actually have before — but I've just given up on one of the current strips. I read through its last (half-)run and didn't enjoy it, it's just a pointless chore, so I'm just not gonna read the rest of it. Not ideal — it makes a fifth of each issue a waste of space and money — but at least I'm not also wasting my time on it.
Videos
Critical Role
2x11 Zemnian Nights [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Talks Machina
#59 Live from WonderCon 2018
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x11 Zemnian Nights [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Talks Machina
#59 Live from WonderCon 2018
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
After last week's epic, this week is almost the polar opposite: just one new addition. But it is time for the monthly running time update!
Number of titles in collection: 3,272 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,005 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,267 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 344 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 7,945 [up 1]
Number of films: 4,032 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 375 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,691 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,129 [no change]
Now, here's a funny one: despite the mass of new additions, the running time has gone down. What?! To be honest, I don't understand either. Did I do some maths wrong? Possibly. There were some upgrades this past month, so maybe that's fucked with things too. But to lose over two whole days... Yeah, worried this has gone wrong somewhere down the line. (Of course, it could've been wrong before and this is the course-correct. Let's hope it's that.)
Total running time of collection (approx.):
553 days, 6 hours, and 39 minutes.
(Down 2 days, 9 hours, and 32 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
After last week's epic, this week is almost the polar opposite: just one new addition. But it is time for the monthly running time update!
Number of titles in collection: 3,272 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,005 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,267 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 344 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 7,945 [up 1]
Number of films: 4,032 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 375 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,691 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,129 [no change]
Now, here's a funny one: despite the mass of new additions, the running time has gone down. What?! To be honest, I don't understand either. Did I do some maths wrong? Possibly. There were some upgrades this past month, so maybe that's fucked with things too. But to lose over two whole days... Yeah, worried this has gone wrong somewhere down the line. (Of course, it could've been wrong before and this is the course-correct. Let's hope it's that.)
Total running time of collection (approx.):
553 days, 6 hours, and 39 minutes.
(Down 2 days, 9 hours, and 32 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 19 April 2024
TV
Doctor Who
6x35 The War Games Episode One
I always intend to watch more Classic Who, then sort of forget to and just... don't. Well (spoilers for a 30-year-old niche TV tie-in book incoming), after it turned out that Timewyrm: Exodus was a sequel to this TV story, I decided it was about time I got round to watching it. I read the novelisation decades ago, and enjoyed it a lot, which I think is part of why I've put off watching it — sometimes the actual episodes struggle to live up to their book counterparts; and, having read it, this was a story I'd 'experienced', whereas there are so many (many) others that I haven't 'experienced' in any form. (Saying I've "experienced" it sounds a bit wanky (hence the speechmarks), but what other catch-all term is there for something I might have watched, read, or listened to?) Anyway, let's hope it lives up to all those expectations...
Also: this is the first Classic Who I've watched since it's all been available on iPlayer. (Well, except for K-9 and Company, which is a spin-off, and a random accidental rewatch of the TV Movie, which isn't really Classic Who, is it? So, yay iPlayer! Of course, I actually watched my DVD copy.)
Oh, and today is the 55th anniversary of this episode’s original broadcast. Not at all why I decided to watch it, so what a coincidence! It’s a ten-parter, so back in 1969 it would carry on until late June. I’m aiming to finish it before May begins.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
6x35 The War Games Episode One
I always intend to watch more Classic Who, then sort of forget to and just... don't. Well (spoilers for a 30-year-old niche TV tie-in book incoming), after it turned out that Timewyrm: Exodus was a sequel to this TV story, I decided it was about time I got round to watching it. I read the novelisation decades ago, and enjoyed it a lot, which I think is part of why I've put off watching it — sometimes the actual episodes struggle to live up to their book counterparts; and, having read it, this was a story I'd 'experienced', whereas there are so many (many) others that I haven't 'experienced' in any form. (Saying I've "experienced" it sounds a bit wanky (hence the speechmarks), but what other catch-all term is there for something I might have watched, read, or listened to?) Anyway, let's hope it lives up to all those expectations...
Also: this is the first Classic Who I've watched since it's all been available on iPlayer. (Well, except for K-9 and Company, which is a spin-off, and a random accidental rewatch of the TV Movie, which isn't really Classic Who, is it? So, yay iPlayer! Of course, I actually watched my DVD copy.)
Oh, and today is the 55th anniversary of this episode’s original broadcast. Not at all why I decided to watch it, so what a coincidence! It’s a ten-parter, so back in 1969 it would carry on until late June. I’m aiming to finish it before May begins.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Videos
Critical Role
2x11 Zemnian Nights [1st half]
"Some... unique excursions into the city today."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
2x11 Zemnian Nights [1st half]
"Some... unique excursions into the city today."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Thursday, 18 April 2024
Comics
Spawn: Origins Collection, Vol.1 by Todd McFarlane
#6 Payback Part 1 [the end]
As mentioned when I read #5, my very next issue of Spawn is also an ending, because I've switched to a different series of graphic novel collections (a digital one). Yes, they chose to end the volume on a "Part One". I guess nothing says "all of the books in this series will contain the same number of issues and we're assuming you're just gonna buy them all" more than that.
Spawn: Origins Collection, Vol.2 by Todd McFarlane
#7 Payback Part 2
Feels kinda silly splitting a two-parter that I read in one sitting like this, but this is technically how I read 'em, so that's how I list 'em.
#6 Payback Part 1 [the end]
As mentioned when I read #5, my very next issue of Spawn is also an ending, because I've switched to a different series of graphic novel collections (a digital one). Yes, they chose to end the volume on a "Part One". I guess nothing says "all of the books in this series will contain the same number of issues and we're assuming you're just gonna buy them all" more than that.
Spawn: Origins Collection, Vol.2 by Todd McFarlane
#7 Payback Part 2
Feels kinda silly splitting a two-parter that I read in one sitting like this, but this is technically how I read 'em, so that's how I list 'em.
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Fiction
Doctor Who: The New Adventures
Timewyrm: Exodus by Terrance Dicks
Part 3, Chapters 11–15
Part 4, Chapters 1–2
Epilogue + Coda [the end]
Far be it from me to criticise the wonderful Terrance Dicks, but that epilogue... it's not an epilogue, it's a chapter; a proper, concluding part of the story. It bugs me a bit whenever books do that. Especially as then there's a "coda" too, for a bit which is an epilogue.
Ah well. It's an enjoyable read overall, and a small bit of misnaming at the end can't undermine that too much.
Timewyrm: Exodus by Terrance Dicks
Part 3, Chapters 11–15
Part 4, Chapters 1–2
Epilogue + Coda [the end]
Far be it from me to criticise the wonderful Terrance Dicks, but that epilogue... it's not an epilogue, it's a chapter; a proper, concluding part of the story. It bugs me a bit whenever books do that. Especially as then there's a "coda" too, for a bit which is an epilogue.
Ah well. It's an enjoyable read overall, and a small bit of misnaming at the end can't undermine that too much.
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
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