Friends
5x14 The One Where Everybody Finds Out [5th or so watch]
5x15 The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey [5th or so watch]
5x16 The One with the Cop [5th or so watch]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
32x09 Episode 9
Strike
5x03 The Ink Black Heart Part 3
5x04 The Ink Black Heart Part 4 [season finale]
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Saturday, 8 February 2025
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
After last week's deluge, the pendulum swings to just one little title this week. However, I've already got 12 titles on order that will arrive across the next couple of weeks, so it's looking like a substantial month overall.
Number of titles in collection: 3,469 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 989 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,480 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 433 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,366 [up 1]
Number of films: 4,400 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 437 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,856 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,220 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
After last week's deluge, the pendulum swings to just one little title this week. However, I've already got 12 titles on order that will arrive across the next couple of weeks, so it's looking like a substantial month overall.
Number of titles in collection: 3,469 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 989 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,480 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 433 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 8,366 [up 1]
Number of films: 4,400 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 437 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,856 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,220 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 7 February 2025
TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
32x08 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Does the 00s
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x57 Week 12: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
6x05 The Vow
Strike
5x01 The Ink Black Heart Part 1
5x02 The Ink Black Heart Part 2
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
32x08 Never Mind the Buzzcocks Does the 00s
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x57 Week 12: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
6x05 The Vow
Strike
5x01 The Ink Black Heart Part 1
5x02 The Ink Black Heart Part 2
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 6 February 2025
TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
32x07 Episode 7
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x56 Week 12: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
32x07 Episode 7
Richard Osman's House of Games
8x56 Week 12: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday, 5 February 2025
Films
Macbeth (2025)
[#13 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
The filmed stage production starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo. Counting it as a film because, well, I saw it in a cinema, so...
[#13 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
The filmed stage production starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo. Counting it as a film because, well, I saw it in a cinema, so...
Videos
Critical Role
2x83 Dark Bargains [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#130 'The Beat of the Permaheart'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x83 Dark Bargains [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#130 'The Beat of the Permaheart'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Tuesday, 4 February 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x82 The Beat of the Permaheart [2nd half]
In game: We better not stay here too long, we might miss TravelerCon!
External knowledge from watching years later: There are 25 episodes before TravelerCon. In the players' real lives, it won't be for another 10 months.
Makes their worrying about it kind of comical, really.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x82 The Beat of the Permaheart [2nd half]
In game: We better not stay here too long, we might miss TravelerCon!
External knowledge from watching years later: There are 25 episodes before TravelerCon. In the players' real lives, it won't be for another 10 months.
Makes their worrying about it kind of comical, really.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Monday, 3 February 2025
TV
X-Men
3x18 Orphan's End
3x19 The Juggernaut Returns
Right, after a four-and-a-half-month break, it's more than overdue that I have another crack at this. (It's not that I don't enjoy it anymore or something, it's just I'm terrible at sticking at anything 'long' without concerted effort.)
(Also: I seem to have stopped putting "2nd watch" on these by accident; but as I was never sure how many of them I actually saw on their original broadcast, I've decided to just leave those and carry on without it.)
3x18 Orphan's End
3x19 The Juggernaut Returns
Right, after a four-and-a-half-month break, it's more than overdue that I have another crack at this. (It's not that I don't enjoy it anymore or something, it's just I'm terrible at sticking at anything 'long' without concerted effort.)
(Also: I seem to have stopped putting "2nd watch" on these by accident; but as I was never sure how many of them I actually saw on their original broadcast, I've decided to just leave those and carry on without it.)
Videos
Critical Role
2x82 The Beat of the Permaheart [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
2x82 The Beat of the Permaheart [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Sunday, 2 February 2025
Comics
Exceptional X-Men
#2 by Eve L. Ewing & Carmen Carnero
The Uncanny X-Men
#6 The Change in Ourselves by Gail Simone & Javier Garrón
Caught up for the crossover, hence why I've restarted Exceptional too.
#2 by Eve L. Ewing & Carmen Carnero
The Uncanny X-Men
#6 The Change in Ourselves by Gail Simone & Javier Garrón
Caught up for the crossover, hence why I've restarted Exceptional too.
Videos
Critical Role
2x81 From Door to Door
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#129 'From Door to Door'
They keep telling me to watch Undeadwood, which is no longer available on YouTube but I have acquired another way because I was already interested... so I guess I will watch it, probably soon. Only question is: how much do I interrupt my regular CR viewing for it?
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x81 From Door to Door
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#129 'From Door to Door'
They keep telling me to watch Undeadwood, which is no longer available on YouTube but I have acquired another way because I was already interested... so I guess I will watch it, probably soon. Only question is: how much do I interrupt my regular CR viewing for it?
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
this week on 100Films.co.uk
2025 has started like most months at 100Films.co.uk: with no new film reviews posted. Oh dear.
But, this week, there was something else: the first two regular monthly posts of the year. Hurrah! It began, as ever, with the review of last month...
...and continued, as ever, with my list of last month's failures...
More, perhaps, next Sunday.
But, this week, there was something else: the first two regular monthly posts of the year. Hurrah! It began, as ever, with the review of last month...
...and continued, as ever, with my list of last month's failures...
More, perhaps, next Sunday.
Saturday, 1 February 2025
Films
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
[#12 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Skipping over 7 films, 12 TV seasons, and 2 TV specials to get to an MCU entry that interests me more than any of them, mainly because it's also a legacy 'FoX-Men' film.
[#12 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
Skipping over 7 films, 12 TV seasons, and 2 TV specials to get to an MCU entry that interests me more than any of them, mainly because it's also a legacy 'FoX-Men' film.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
17 new titles made their way into my collection this month, with 29 films across them — a pretty hefty week by anyone's standards. "Ludicrously hefty", some might say. Not a record-breaker, though — that still stands at 21; although, as there are often upgrades, the largest title increase (to date) is +17. Even though this week didn't set any records, it's clearly a big'un.
Among those 17 were two DVD-to-4K upgrades and a few BD-to-4K upgrades, with the latter including a real rarity: a formerly-single title now split in two. It's not something that never happens, but upgrades are more likely to condense into fewer sets than expand into more. That said, with the way the market is nowadays, things that were bundled into box sets in the DVD era seem more likely to be spread across multiple releases to claw back money invested. Indeed, just this week Arrow announced they'll be releasing the Man with No Name trilogy (aka the Dollars trilogy) in three lavish editions across three months later this year, rather than a single set like they received in the DVD and early Blu-ray eras. This strikes me as a trend that's only likely to become more common in the futureemen.
Number of titles in collection: 3,468 [up 13]
Of which DVDs: 989 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,479 [up 15]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 432 [up 7]
Number of discs in collection: 8,364 [up 35]
Number of films: 4,399 [up 24]
Number of additional cuts: 436 [up 6]
Number of TV episodes: 9,856 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,220 [up 11]
So, every category changed except TV. One of my acquisitions this week was Masters of Cinema's release of Cloak and Dagger, which includes as a special feature the complete radio series — that's 22 half-hour episodes! If that had been a TV series, it surely would've been a release of its own — and would have counted, as I almost feel it should when it's so significant. I actually have quite a lot of audio drama on DVD and Blu-ray thanks to special features — innumerable radio adaptations of Hollywood classics, plus various inclusions on classic Doctor Who sets. In fact, there are so many, maybe I should count them; but going back over almost 3,500 titles (most of which won't actually have any) is a daunting prospect. But now that I've thought of it...
See you next week, faithful reader.
17 new titles made their way into my collection this month, with 29 films across them — a pretty hefty week by anyone's standards. "Ludicrously hefty", some might say. Not a record-breaker, though — that still stands at 21; although, as there are often upgrades, the largest title increase (to date) is +17. Even though this week didn't set any records, it's clearly a big'un.
Among those 17 were two DVD-to-4K upgrades and a few BD-to-4K upgrades, with the latter including a real rarity: a formerly-single title now split in two. It's not something that never happens, but upgrades are more likely to condense into fewer sets than expand into more. That said, with the way the market is nowadays, things that were bundled into box sets in the DVD era seem more likely to be spread across multiple releases to claw back money invested. Indeed, just this week Arrow announced they'll be releasing the Man with No Name trilogy (aka the Dollars trilogy) in three lavish editions across three months later this year, rather than a single set like they received in the DVD and early Blu-ray eras. This strikes me as a trend that's only likely to become more common in the futureemen.
Number of titles in collection: 3,468 [up 13]
Of which DVDs: 989 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,479 [up 15]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 432 [up 7]
Number of discs in collection: 8,364 [up 35]
Number of films: 4,399 [up 24]
Number of additional cuts: 436 [up 6]
Number of TV episodes: 9,856 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,220 [up 11]
So, every category changed except TV. One of my acquisitions this week was Masters of Cinema's release of Cloak and Dagger, which includes as a special feature the complete radio series — that's 22 half-hour episodes! If that had been a TV series, it surely would've been a release of its own — and would have counted, as I almost feel it should when it's so significant. I actually have quite a lot of audio drama on DVD and Blu-ray thanks to special features — innumerable radio adaptations of Hollywood classics, plus various inclusions on classic Doctor Who sets. In fact, there are so many, maybe I should count them; but going back over almost 3,500 titles (most of which won't actually have any) is a daunting prospect. But now that I've thought of it...
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 31 January 2025
Films
Oliver & Company (1988)
[2nd or so watch]
[#11 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
I haven't seen this since I was a little kid — probably over 30 years ago — so I've no idea if I only watched it once or multiple times. (Thoughts on the film itself on Letterboxd.)
[2nd or so watch]
[#11 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2025]
I haven't seen this since I was a little kid — probably over 30 years ago — so I've no idea if I only watched it once or multiple times. (Thoughts on the film itself on Letterboxd.)
Videos
Critical Role
2x80 The Folding Halls [2nd half]
Happy Fun Ball, Part 2. It's neither as happy nor as fun without Twiggy, but it does make a change from all the Very Serious story threads the Nein have been pursuing for quite some time.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#128 'The Folding Halls'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
2x80 The Folding Halls [2nd half]
Happy Fun Ball, Part 2. It's neither as happy nor as fun without Twiggy, but it does make a change from all the Very Serious story threads the Nein have been pursuing for quite some time.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#128 'The Folding Halls'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Thursday, 30 January 2025
Videos
Critical Role
2x80 The Folding Halls [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#127 'Through the Trees'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Plus...
State of the Role: Campaign 3 Finale and What’s Next for 2025!
The latest update on Critical Role's status revealed (to no surprise to anyone who's been following things) that Campaign 3 ends next week. But then there's going to be a miniseries and such shenanigans, so the campaign wrap-up won't air until mid March — and who knows when Campaign 4 will start after that? (I presume they're saving that announcement for later, because various other things are tied up in it (which system will they play?!) and, well, this is quite enough news to be going on with.) So, maybe I'll have time to finish Campaign 2 before C4 after all... maybe...?
2x80 The Folding Halls [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]
Talks Machina
#127 'Through the Trees'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]
Plus...
State of the Role: Campaign 3 Finale and What’s Next for 2025!
The latest update on Critical Role's status revealed (to no surprise to anyone who's been following things) that Campaign 3 ends next week. But then there's going to be a miniseries and such shenanigans, so the campaign wrap-up won't air until mid March — and who knows when Campaign 4 will start after that? (I presume they're saving that announcement for later, because various other things are tied up in it (which system will they play?!) and, well, this is quite enough news to be going on with.) So, maybe I'll have time to finish Campaign 2 before C4 after all... maybe...?
Wednesday, 29 January 2025
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