BobO'Link

^You put in *way* too much time with the fake thread...

But it sounds like it could be a fun way to watch stuff you've possibly put off too long and can *easily* sync with the other challenges if one desires. I say start the thread and see if anyone jumps in.

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

If I went on, the two would discover that they were both related but one poster was kidnapped by the babysitter when she was working as a nurse. She faked the death of the newborn, so the parents never knew what happened.

I'm going to try and get it up today after I dig up 10 films.

Travis McClain

Hey, someone let me know when CardiffGiant gets the Criterion Challenge up and running, will ya? I'm still largely detached from the world and life, but I do intend to at least dabble in this challenge next month.

CardiffGiant

Travis, I'll have a post up about it (and future hosting) later today.

shadokitty

I just want to put out that if Travis is still wanting to take a vacation from running challenges, if he likes, I'll volunteer to run the TV on DVD Challenge next year.

Travis McClain

At present, I'm planning to run it. I spent nearly three months in outpatient treatment with a week of inpatient treatment in the middle of all that, and I'm fairly stable for now. I'm planning to gorge on the '66 Batman show, whose 50th anniversary will occur during our challenge, so I may as well host, too!

Cardsfan111

Glad to hear about your well being, Travis!

I just finished an episode of Batman, starting the series for the comedy challenge. I'm only halfway finished with season 1, so I'm sure I'll still be watching it in January.

Travis McClain

Thanks. I've been attending biweekly meetings of the local Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance for awhile now, and that's been helpful. I would certainly recommend anyone dealing with those things to look into whether there's a local branch in your area.

I forget which, but one of the big retailers is supposed to have season sets from that show on DVD for $10 on Black Friday, so this would be a great time for someone interested in it to prepare for January!

shadokitty

Glad to hear you're doing okay Travis. I've been worried about you. Doing an unofficial TV Challenge has been helping me deal with my depression, along with outpatient treatment.

BobO'Link

Welcome back! I'm glad you're now doing OK - you've been missed!

Batman 66 is a great way to spend the challenge! My two granddaughters (ages 4.5 & 9) *love* the show and ask for it on a regular basis! Makes me proud!

Cardsfan111

I don't know about the other seasons, but Best Buy's website has their Black Friday ad. It shows the first season will be $4.99 on DVD.

davidh777

BobO'Link

If Amazon does a PM on it I'll get at least one copy for my granddaughters to watch at home. Otherwise I'll give the BB site a shot but there's no way I'm going to "The Mall" (where BB is here) to shop... On a "normal" day the traffic in that area is enough to keep one away. BF weekend is nightmare level. That doesn't even take into account mall parking and rude crowds (plus a "crowded when empty" BB to deal with).

Travis McClain

TV on DVD* Sixth Season Discussion Thread is live, y'all.

Trevor

Travis McClain

Discussion in the current TV on DVD* Challenge thread has led to the idea of expanding that to a year-long thing. Though I suspect many of you here are already aware of that, I wanted to bring it here, too, since this is more or less the default Challenge Host Lounge or whatever. Copied and pasted from that discussion:

I've considered at times whether maybe we ought to consider expanding this to a full-on parallel series of challenges. The problem I see is that TV content is already allowed in all the existing challenges anyway, so there's no obvious reason to have a secondary discussion thread elsewhere. If the TV challenge for the month was alternate to the existing challenge, then it could have some appeal but then the question becomes, "Why are we doing this, too?"

The only themes I can think of that don't presently have their own challenges are Drama, Foreign, and Musical. Obviously, there are plenty of those kinds of movies and TV shows that qualify for existing challenges, but there's no month dedicated just to those. If we shifted TV on DVD* into a parallel series of challenges, then January could be allotted instead to one of those.

Thoughts?

Mao

Thanks, Trevor....now I know what this thread is for! Moved the discussion here.

lisadoris

I'll take the reigns of The Oscar Challenge if no one else volunteers. I'll get the discussion thread going early next week before the nominees are announced.

davidh777

I like the pre-challenge, as I was always an advocate for being able to watch things once the nominations come out since that's the start of Oscar season.

shadokitty

I like it too.

Mao

A pre-challenge this year would be 15 days!

That's a long time, but I wouldn't mind it either, as long as we counted only nominees.

shadokitty

I didn't realize that. In that case, it doesn't matter to me what is decided.

davidh777

Length of pre-challenge isn't a big deal to me either, as it's a limited number of qualifying titles, and I don't put up big numbers in this challenge anyway.

Travis McClain

I'd be down with just expanding the duration of the Oscar Challenge to span from the day of announcements to the day of presentation. That's the official Oscar "season", so why not just go with it? I get that the original template was the Horror Challenge's "100 movies in 30 days", but aligning more fully with what the Oscars have set forth makes sense to me, especially since I don't think anyone actually targets 100 movies during this challenge anyway - and if they did, the extra time would certainly be helpful given the run time of a lot of the more prolific qualifying films.

I think someone said they'd put up prizes for this challenge, so maybe to help offset the expanded duration, make completion of the checklist a requirement for prize-winning eligibility? That would reinforce the "challenge" aspect.

davidh777

That's usually been our argument. I think the pre-challenge concept was a compromise.