Godzilla Minus One (2023)
[#67 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
Sunday, 8 September 2024
Audio Drama
Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures
13x06 Revolution in Space Episode Six [finale]
+ the final behind-the-scenes featurette on CD3
I really didn't intend to wait a whole month between the penultimate and final episodes of this serial (indeed, if I'd had complete freedom, I'd've listened to it the next day), but sometimes life just gets in the way.
It's certainly no reflection on the quality of the story, which was very good. Originally I ignored Big Finish's releases with recast Doctors (surely half the point of what BF do is to bring back the original actors?), but I heard Tim Treloar's Third Doctor in one of their anniversary anthology stories and was impressed. Nonetheless, I only bought this particular story because it was offered in a bundle with October's Third Doctor release, The Quintessence (billed as a gothic story featuring the Cybermen, it could scarcely be more up my street), and the bundles are always better value than a single release, and this sounded good enough to be worth a punt. I'm glad I did.
13x06 Revolution in Space Episode Six [finale]
+ the final behind-the-scenes featurette on CD3
I really didn't intend to wait a whole month between the penultimate and final episodes of this serial (indeed, if I'd had complete freedom, I'd've listened to it the next day), but sometimes life just gets in the way.
It's certainly no reflection on the quality of the story, which was very good. Originally I ignored Big Finish's releases with recast Doctors (surely half the point of what BF do is to bring back the original actors?), but I heard Tim Treloar's Third Doctor in one of their anniversary anthology stories and was impressed. Nonetheless, I only bought this particular story because it was offered in a bundle with October's Third Doctor release, The Quintessence (billed as a gothic story featuring the Cybermen, it could scarcely be more up my street), and the bundles are always better value than a single release, and this sounded good enough to be worth a punt. I'm glad I did.
Comics
X-Men #1 by Jed MacKay & Ryan Stegman
I've been (supposedly) getting back into reading regular comics for a while now — my first post about it was in February 2023, and that acknowledges I'd already been buying for about five months. My initial plan was to get caught up on 2000 AD, then start on my literal pile of US comics (as referenced in June 2023). The fact I'm filling in this backstory now probably indicates how well that's gone — i.e. not very. But, today, I'm finally starting... with a new(-ish) release, rather than any of my two-year-ish backlog. At least I'll be up-to-date on something.
Why this one, then? Well, Volume 7 or 8 of X-Men (sources vary, but either way: crikey! That's the perceived need for constant renumbering for you) begins the line-wide "From the Ashes" relaunch. Relaunches are really about attracting new/lapsed readers by indicating a new era or starting point in the narrative. I guess it's worked this time, in the sense that it's got me picking up various X-books. And that's why I intended to start reading straight away: because I've signed up for three or four of these titles, and rather than let them pile up for years, I'm gonna find out if I actually enjoy them now (you know, like a normal person would: actually reading the stuff I've bought. What a shocking concept).
That hasn't quite gone to plan: this series is already up to #3 (although I've only just received my copies of #2 and #3), but it's sort of ok, because the third of the three main series only began this week, so I'm not that far behind... so long as I do actually start them all soon, and keep them up...
I've been (supposedly) getting back into reading regular comics for a while now — my first post about it was in February 2023, and that acknowledges I'd already been buying for about five months. My initial plan was to get caught up on 2000 AD, then start on my literal pile of US comics (as referenced in June 2023). The fact I'm filling in this backstory now probably indicates how well that's gone — i.e. not very. But, today, I'm finally starting... with a new(-ish) release, rather than any of my two-year-ish backlog. At least I'll be up-to-date on something.
Why this one, then? Well, Volume 7 or 8 of X-Men (sources vary, but either way: crikey! That's the perceived need for constant renumbering for you) begins the line-wide "From the Ashes" relaunch. Relaunches are really about attracting new/lapsed readers by indicating a new era or starting point in the narrative. I guess it's worked this time, in the sense that it's got me picking up various X-books. And that's why I intended to start reading straight away: because I've signed up for three or four of these titles, and rather than let them pile up for years, I'm gonna find out if I actually enjoy them now (you know, like a normal person would: actually reading the stuff I've bought. What a shocking concept).
That hasn't quite gone to plan: this series is already up to #3 (although I've only just received my copies of #2 and #3), but it's sort of ok, because the third of the three main series only began this week, so I'm not that far behind... so long as I do actually start them all soon, and keep them up...
this week on 100Films.co.uk
No new film reviews on 100Films.co.uk again this week — but, hanging over from last week, there was the second part of my August monthly review: the "failures"...
More, hopefully, next Sunday.
More, hopefully, next Sunday.
Saturday, 7 September 2024
Videos
Talks Machina
#100 'Xhorhas'
This show is always A Bit Weird if you ever stop to remember what happened later, but it's especially weird here, where the whole cast of Critical Role turn up to celebrate the 100th episode and begin by cheering Foster en masse. If what went down later was big enough to be TV news, that clip would definitely get used in coverage.
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
#100 'Xhorhas'
This show is always A Bit Weird if you ever stop to remember what happened later, but it's especially weird here, where the whole cast of Critical Role turn up to celebrate the 100th episode and begin by cheering Foster en masse. If what went down later was big enough to be TV news, that clip would definitely get used in coverage.
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Two big bulk orders this week, the latter of which only arrived this morning. The first: a bunch of pre-orders from 88 Films. Well, they were pre-orders when I placed them, but some have been out for a couple of weeks now as my order waited for the final title(s) to be released. (I don't mind — I got a discount, and it's not like I race to watch stuff anyway.)
The second: another large order of US titles. Again, prompted by a discount code and a couple of new releases I really wanted... but then you get an even better discount ordering in bulk, and somehow I always find even more stuff I want, and so my initial plan to order two, maybe three, titles ended up at... um, ten.
Also of note, my DVD collection increases by two this week. After finally dropping below 1,000 titles, it's perilously close to going back over! And it wasn't supposed to be: one of those US titles, I ordered the DVD instead of the Blu-ray by mistake. I wasn't even aware there was a DVD version (looking online, the only reviews are for the Blu-ray), so I wasn't being circumspect. Quite frustrating... but also, they're very old films in quite a poor state — every review acknowledges the weak PQ — so I decided I may as well keep the DVD, rather than having to pay extra money for a not-free return and upgrade.
So, might my DVDs actually go back up above 1,000? Nah, probably not — I very rarely buy any, and next week they'll drop again anyway. That's good, in the sense that I didn't want to be hokey-kokey-ing around with the 1,000 mark.
Number of titles in collection: 3,371 [up 15]
Of which DVDs: 999 [up 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,372 [up 13]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 387 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,118 [up 23]
Number of films: 4,162 [up 23]
Number of additional cuts: 397 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,791 [up 12]
Number of short films: 1,171 [up 3]
As you can see, every category increased this week — a truly rare occurence (even on the rare occasion they all change, it's usually with DVD going down). And it's a completely full set of changed stats too, because it's time for the latest monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
569 days, 19 hours, and 2 minutes.
(Up 3 days, 1 hour, and 18 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Two big bulk orders this week, the latter of which only arrived this morning. The first: a bunch of pre-orders from 88 Films. Well, they were pre-orders when I placed them, but some have been out for a couple of weeks now as my order waited for the final title(s) to be released. (I don't mind — I got a discount, and it's not like I race to watch stuff anyway.)
The second: another large order of US titles. Again, prompted by a discount code and a couple of new releases I really wanted... but then you get an even better discount ordering in bulk, and somehow I always find even more stuff I want, and so my initial plan to order two, maybe three, titles ended up at... um, ten.
Also of note, my DVD collection increases by two this week. After finally dropping below 1,000 titles, it's perilously close to going back over! And it wasn't supposed to be: one of those US titles, I ordered the DVD instead of the Blu-ray by mistake. I wasn't even aware there was a DVD version (looking online, the only reviews are for the Blu-ray), so I wasn't being circumspect. Quite frustrating... but also, they're very old films in quite a poor state — every review acknowledges the weak PQ — so I decided I may as well keep the DVD, rather than having to pay extra money for a not-free return and upgrade.
So, might my DVDs actually go back up above 1,000? Nah, probably not — I very rarely buy any, and next week they'll drop again anyway. That's good, in the sense that I didn't want to be hokey-kokey-ing around with the 1,000 mark.
Number of titles in collection: 3,371 [up 15]
Of which DVDs: 999 [up 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,372 [up 13]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 387 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,118 [up 23]
Number of films: 4,162 [up 23]
Number of additional cuts: 397 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,791 [up 12]
Number of short films: 1,171 [up 3]
As you can see, every category increased this week — a truly rare occurence (even on the rare occasion they all change, it's usually with DVD going down). And it's a completely full set of changed stats too, because it's time for the latest monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
569 days, 19 hours, and 2 minutes.
(Up 3 days, 1 hour, and 18 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 6 September 2024
Thursday, 5 September 2024
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x50 The Endless Burrows [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x50 The Endless Burrows [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Monday, 2 September 2024
TV
X-Men
3x08 No Mutant is an Island [2nd watch]
This episode explicitly takes place directly after the previous one and yet, when the series originally aired, they held it back and didn't broadcast it until the fifth (and final) season. I can only presume they realised it was a bit shit and only aired it when they had to…
3x08 No Mutant is an Island [2nd watch]
This episode explicitly takes place directly after the previous one and yet, when the series originally aired, they held it back and didn't broadcast it until the fifth (and final) season. I can only presume they realised it was a bit shit and only aired it when they had to…
Videos
Critical Role
2x50 The Endless Burrows [1st half]
Now I'm back on the Crit Role horse, I just can't stop (helps that there have been a couple of phenomenal episodes in a row). I've got a week off work coming up, and I had been intending to catch up on some of the many films I've missed of late, but I'm slightly worried I'll end up just mainlining CR all day, every day for a week.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#98 'A Game of Names'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x50 The Endless Burrows [1st half]
Now I'm back on the Crit Role horse, I just can't stop (helps that there have been a couple of phenomenal episodes in a row). I've got a week off work coming up, and I had been intending to catch up on some of the many films I've missed of late, but I'm slightly worried I'll end up just mainlining CR all day, every day for a week.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#98 'A Game of Names'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Sunday, 1 September 2024
this week on 100Films.co.uk
No new reviews were published to 100Films.co.uk this week, but we're midway through the opening days of the month — midway because I've posted only the first half of my pair of monthly posts: the monthly review of August...
More next Sunday. Or you could just check out 100Films.co.uk tomorrow for what will likely be the week's only post, your choice.
More next Sunday. Or you could just check out 100Films.co.uk tomorrow for what will likely be the week's only post, your choice.
Saturday, 31 August 2024
Videos
Critical Role
2x48 Homeward Bound [2nd half]
Oh man... This was seeming like a bit of a non-event of an episode — a pleasant little transition between piratical adventures and new storylines back on land — and then the tower turned out to be super significant... and then they reached Felderwin... Whew!
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#97 'Homeward Bound'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x48 Homeward Bound [2nd half]
Oh man... This was seeming like a bit of a non-event of an episode — a pleasant little transition between piratical adventures and new storylines back on land — and then the tower turned out to be super significant... and then they reached Felderwin... Whew!
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#97 'Homeward Bound'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
A small challenge for my count this week: I bought Arrow's release of the Mexico Trilogy, which includes just one of the three films in 4K UHD. So is that an Ultra HD release or not? Because obviously it is... but also, like, not. Well, I've counted it below, but labelling it as 4K UHD in my database feels a little inaccurate when 66.6% of the eponymous films in the set aren't.
Anyway, there were nine new titles this week, including two DVD-to-BD and one BD-to-UHD, which altogether looks like this...
Number of titles in collection: 3,356 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 997 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,359 [up 8]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 385 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,095 [up 10]
Number of films: 4,139 [up 8]
Number of additional cuts: 396 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,779 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,168 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
A small challenge for my count this week: I bought Arrow's release of the Mexico Trilogy, which includes just one of the three films in 4K UHD. So is that an Ultra HD release or not? Because obviously it is... but also, like, not. Well, I've counted it below, but labelling it as 4K UHD in my database feels a little inaccurate when 66.6% of the eponymous films in the set aren't.
Anyway, there were nine new titles this week, including two DVD-to-BD and one BD-to-UHD, which altogether looks like this...
Number of titles in collection: 3,356 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 997 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,359 [up 8]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 385 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 8,095 [up 10]
Number of films: 4,139 [up 8]
Number of additional cuts: 396 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,779 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,168 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
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