Friends
3x01 The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy [5th or so watch]
3x02 The One Where No One's Ready [5th or so watch]
3x03 The One with the Jam [5th or so watch]
3x04 The One with the Metaphorical Tunnel [5th or so watch]
Only Murders in the Building
3x03 Grab Your Hankies
Saturday, 10 August 2024
Games
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Book Game
Chapter 4: The Fellowship Splits
Before I bought this, several of the reviews I read talked about it being fairly easy. I guess that must be the case with four players (it's a 1-4 player game), because playing it with two, it took us four attempts to complete this chapter (it's reasonable to expect chapters to get more difficult as you go, but this is only halfway through) and our "corruption tracker" (which carries across chapters, and if you get to the end at any point you lose the entire game) is already 80% complete (and, as I said, we're only 50% through). Maybe we'll be luckier in the second half, but I rather suspect we're going to lose and have to start over long before the end...
Chapter 4: The Fellowship Splits
Before I bought this, several of the reviews I read talked about it being fairly easy. I guess that must be the case with four players (it's a 1-4 player game), because playing it with two, it took us four attempts to complete this chapter (it's reasonable to expect chapters to get more difficult as you go, but this is only halfway through) and our "corruption tracker" (which carries across chapters, and if you get to the end at any point you lose the entire game) is already 80% complete (and, as I said, we're only 50% through). Maybe we'll be luckier in the second half, but I rather suspect we're going to lose and have to start over long before the end...
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Last week, I teased that there could be up to 15 new additions this week. Well, in the end there were 13. You won't see that number below, though, because two were DVD-to-BD upgrades and another was BD-to-4K.
Also worthy of note: my ever-shrinking DVD collection lands on precisely 1,000 titles. It can't be that long before it slips down into just triple figures. Feels like some kind of end of an era...
Number of titles in collection: 3,343 [up 10]
Of which DVDs: 1,000 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,343 [up 12]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 381 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 8,070 [up 24]
Number of films: 4,123 [up 16]
Number of additional cuts: 395 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 9,767 [up 25]
Number of short films: 1,158 [up 10]
Also, that pile of newness arrived just in time for the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
566 days, 17 hours, and 44 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 15 hours, and 16 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader, when there'll be more new additions but, overall, it'll be quieter.
Last week, I teased that there could be up to 15 new additions this week. Well, in the end there were 13. You won't see that number below, though, because two were DVD-to-BD upgrades and another was BD-to-4K.
Also worthy of note: my ever-shrinking DVD collection lands on precisely 1,000 titles. It can't be that long before it slips down into just triple figures. Feels like some kind of end of an era...
Number of titles in collection: 3,343 [up 10]
Of which DVDs: 1,000 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,343 [up 12]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 381 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 8,070 [up 24]
Number of films: 4,123 [up 16]
Number of additional cuts: 395 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 9,767 [up 25]
Number of short films: 1,158 [up 10]
Also, that pile of newness arrived just in time for the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
566 days, 17 hours, and 44 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 15 hours, and 16 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader, when there'll be more new additions but, overall, it'll be quieter.
Friday, 9 August 2024
TV
Only Murders in the Building
3x02 The Beat Goes On
Richard Osman's House of Games
7x52 Week 11: Tuesday
7x53 Week 11: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
3x02 The Beat Goes On
Richard Osman's House of Games
7x52 Week 11: Tuesday
7x53 Week 11: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 8 August 2024
TV
Friends
2x24 The One with Barry and Mindy's Wedding [season finale; 5th or so watch]
Only Murders in the Building
3x01 The Show Must...
The Rookie
5x12 Death Notice
2x24 The One with Barry and Mindy's Wedding [season finale; 5th or so watch]
Only Murders in the Building
3x01 The Show Must...
The Rookie
5x12 Death Notice
Wednesday, 7 August 2024
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
Monday, 5 August 2024
TV
X-Men
3x07 The Phoenix Saga Part V: Child of Light [2nd watch]
This felt incredibly season-finale-y, considering it's not even close to being a finale. It's got a great climax, but most of the episode did little to sway me round to the view that the Phoenix Saga is actually as good as its reputation would suggest.
3x07 The Phoenix Saga Part V: Child of Light [2nd watch]
This felt incredibly season-finale-y, considering it's not even close to being a finale. It's got a great climax, but most of the episode did little to sway me round to the view that the Phoenix Saga is actually as good as its reputation would suggest.
Sunday, 4 August 2024
TV
X-Men
3x06 The Phoenix Saga Part IV: The Starjammers [2nd watch]
I've never read the original Phoenix Saga comic, so I don't know if this is a faithful adaptation, but assuming it is, I'm not quite sure why this is such a beloved story. I mean, bits of it a good, but there's a lot of science-fantasy mumbo-jumbo and silly 'alien' costumes and the like; not to mention all the filler, like, um, most of this episode.
3x06 The Phoenix Saga Part IV: The Starjammers [2nd watch]
I've never read the original Phoenix Saga comic, so I don't know if this is a faithful adaptation, but assuming it is, I'm not quite sure why this is such a beloved story. I mean, bits of it a good, but there's a lot of science-fantasy mumbo-jumbo and silly 'alien' costumes and the like; not to mention all the filler, like, um, most of this episode.
Videos
Critical Role
2x45 The Stowaway [2nd half]
"Beau's going at the same time as the cabinet. I love saying that. That's an actual phrase that exists. I'm so happy."
[A minute later]
"Beau and the cabinet go at the same time. Your dexterity's higher than the cabinet, so you go first."
"Are you sure?"
"It's a cabinet."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x45 The Stowaway [2nd half]
"Beau's going at the same time as the cabinet. I love saying that. That's an actual phrase that exists. I'm so happy."
[A minute later]
"Beau and the cabinet go at the same time. Your dexterity's higher than the cabinet, so you go first."
"Are you sure?"
"It's a cabinet."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
this week on 100Films.co.uk
No new film reviews over at 100Films.co.uk this week, but a new month has begun, meaning it was time for my review of July...
And also my July "failures"...
More, perhaps, next Sunday.
And also my July "failures"...
More, perhaps, next Sunday.
Saturday, 3 August 2024
TV
X-Men
3x05 The Phoenix Saga Part III: Cry of the Banshee [2nd watch]
Or, to use the (obviously incorrect) title that appears on the print used for the DVD release, The Phoenix Saga - Part 2: The Cry of the Banshee.
3x05 The Phoenix Saga Part III: Cry of the Banshee [2nd watch]
Or, to use the (obviously incorrect) title that appears on the print used for the DVD release, The Phoenix Saga - Part 2: The Cry of the Banshee.
Audio Drama
Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures
13x04 Revolution in Space Episode Four
+ the behind-the-scenes featurette on CD2
13x04 Revolution in Space Episode Four
+ the behind-the-scenes featurette on CD2
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