Are we doing the TV challenge in January?

I was wondering the same thing myself. If no one else steps up I could throw up a quick thread tomorrow afternoon.

As promised, Discussion and list threads are up.

And right when folks are getting comfy with the TV Challenge, the Oscar Challenge will come around on the 17th. Unless someone else is interested, I'll put up the threads sometime next week.

Due to the wildfires, the Oscar voting deadline has been extended and now the nominations will be announced on the 19th. I'll post the discussion thread on Monday to give the TV Challenge a bit more time to itself.

February romance/music challenge has been posted

Damn, y'all. We'll have Academy Awards overlapping with the end of TV on DVD* and much of Romusical, which is typical. But I'm also doing the Criterion and History of Horror challenges on Letterboxd this year. I feel like I'm getting into Trevor -level ambition!

Since the month was nearly over, I went ahead and posted the List Thread and Discussion thread for the A/A/C/M challenge as no one had mentioned anything.

Drive-in/Exploitation challenge is up.

I've been MIA since the 2014 Holiday Challenge, But I plan on making a comeback in the May Make Your Own Challenge this year. Is it going to happen?

Oh wow, May 1st is approaching fast isn't it? I'm in for the Make-Your-Own-Challenge challenge.

Who did the MYOC last year?

(checks history) Oh, it was me. I can do it again unless someone else wants to.

Dang, I forgot I also did historical last year. I can make a thread in the next day or two unless someone else is dying to.

I created the historical list thread.

I realized from the text of a previous thread that we used to start this on Memorial Day weekend--whoops. So I set it to start today so we can use this whole weekend for watching--why not?

I requested a sticky on the list thread, but moderation of the DVD Talk subforum appears to be about as dead as the DVD media format, so it might take a couple weeks for that to happen.

Just wanted to let people know I am still planning on hosting July and August's challenges. I'll get the threads up for July sometime tonight or tomorrow.


Update: Discussion thread is up here.

Created the Animation discussion thread here. List thread will go up in a couple days.

Will there be a Criterion/Arthouse Challenge this year? It's been a small group these past few years, but some are still interested in keeping it going, particularly with the crossover with the Horror Challenge.

I know nothing about hosting a Challenge, but would be happy to help out if needed.

I'm sure the challenge will happen. The question is whether Travis is planning to run it again. He doesn't hang around the forum a lot, but he does have a soft spot for challenges, especially this one.

I just reached out to Travis off forum and he'll post soon.

Thanks!

Sorry, y'all! I have to pass on hosting the Art House/Criterion Challenge this year. I hope to at least participate but even that's iffy.

Will anyone take this on? I'm happy to give it a try but I've never hosted before. Any advice?

I think you should give it a try! Maybe start by creating the discussion thread and see how that goes. I usually “quote” the first post of the previous thread in order to copy the code, then paste it into a new thread and adjust for the new year. You can always tweak the opening post later—the only thing you won’t have the power to edit later is the thread title (like if you have to fix the year). A mod will have to do that. You can “reserve” a second post for additional instructions if you want.

If that looks good, next step will be the list thread!

Go for it! And if you ever have a question, feel free to reach out and ask, someone will likely know the answer!

Thanks all! I won't be home for a few hours, but will take a stab at it then. Fingers crossed.