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The Unwatched Movie Pile Thread: August 2012

Do you have a pile of DVDs that remain unwatched? A shelf of BDs you've yet to see? Or would you admit to owning a box of dust-covered VHS tapes that you never got around to checking out? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, than this thread is the place for you. It's a <s>support group</s> spot where you can track your progress in trying to eliminate those unwatched films in your collection.

Here's the instructions, courtesy of Mister Peepers, who chaired these unwatched threads for several years:

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Originally Posted by Mister Peepers

What Is This? Where Am I?

Spun off from an idea I had in the Unwatched DVD Pile thread, I decided to let everyone keep track of how they are coming along with their unwatched stuff along with seeing how everyone else is doing compared to you.

It may shock you to see how much you buy compared to how much you watch.

How Do I Start My Own List?

Here's a template. You'll have to remove the space before the 'b' for it to work right.

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[ b]Movies To Watch:[/ b] 0



[ b]Movies Watched:[/ b] 0



[ b]New Movies Bought:[/ b]0



[ b]This Month's Net Change:[/ b]0



[ b]Total Net Change :[/ b]0

There are 5 different sections for your post.

Section one will be how many movies you have to watch at the beginning of the month. This won't get updated.

Section two will be your list of movies as you watch them. Update as you watch.

Section three will be for the bad, bad man who forces you to buy new movies even though you can't finish what you have. You could either to a count and change it as you get it, or impress us all with a list instead so we can see that you bought the new Power Rangers movie.

Section four will be your monthly net change. It'll be zero at the first first of each month. It works like this, let's say you watch 3 movies, it just became -3. The next day there's a 20% off sale at DDD, add 40 more so now it's +37.

Section five is your total net change. This one will carry over from the previous month or if you are just starting out, it will be zero. As you watch or buy movies, you will adjust this as well as the monthly net change.

Total Net Change is confusing. Why did you do that and a monthly one?

After the first month, my net for the month was +59. I didn't want to start off a new month with such a high number so I made it so you track both. At least that way I could be even for something and not feel like such a loser.

How Do I Count TV sets or double feature DVDs?

You count them how you would normally count them. It's up for you to decide how you want to do it.

What If I Watch Stuff As I Buy? Can I Still Join?

There's no problem if you want to keep track of what you do.

That's all there is to it. Mister Peepers also created an optional checklist, providing folks with a creative approach to tackling the unwatched pile:

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And should you want to go back and check your progress from a previous month...

Older Threads

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Now what are you waiting for? Get to watchin'! :)

Re: The Unwatched Movie Pile Thread: August 2012

Movies/Shows To Watch (as of August 1, 2012): 1,022

Movies/Shows Watched in August: 12
2011 World Series Champions: St. Louis Cardinals (BD)
Batman Begins (BD)
Hollywood Homicide
Ice Age (BD)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (BD)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (BD)
Jaws (BD)
The Interpreter
Leatherheads
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (BD)
Plastic Man: The Complete Collection
Superman - The Animated Series: Volume 1

TV Shows in Progress (Won't count until complete)

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New Movies/Shows Bought in August: 2
Jaws (BD/DVD)
Up

August Net Change: -10

Total Net Change (Since Sept. '07): +735

My Personal Unwatched Pile Statistics

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Re: The Unwatched Movie Pile Thread: August 2012

DVDs/BDs To Watch (as of 08/01/12): 470

Movies to Watch

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TV to Watch:

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TV Documentaries/Miniseries/Movies to Watch

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In Progress:

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Checklist

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DVDs/BDs Watched:

01. The Lion King (BD) (8/7)
02. Stargate SG1: Season 8 (8/9)
03. *Batman: Gotham Knight (8/15)
04. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 1 Collector’s Edition (8/16)
05. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 2
06. Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 3

New DVDs/BDs Bought (or received as gifts):

01. King Kong (BD)
02. Journey 2: the Mysterious Island (BD)
03. Critters
04. Critters 2
05. Critters 3
06. Critters 4
07. Teen Wolf: Season 1
08. The Hunger Games (BD)

August 2012's Net Change: 2

Total Net Change (since 11/01/09): 45

Re: The Unwatched Movie Pile Thread: August 2012

DVDs/BDs to Watch (as of 08/01/12): 431

Movies to Watch:

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TV to Watch:

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DVDs/BDs Watched: 1

1. The Hunger Games (BD)

In Progress:

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New DVDs/BDs Bought (or received as gifts): 13

1. Glee: Season 3 (BD)
2. Paradise Lost 3: Suburgatory
3. Beyond Re-Animator (Horror Collection: 6 Movie Pack)
4. Bride of Re-Animator (Horror Collection: 6 Movie Pack)
5. * Night of the Living Dead 3D (2D Version) (Horror Collection: 6 Movie Pack)
6. * Return of the Living Dead 3 (Horror Collection: 6 Movie Pack)
7. * Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (Horror Collection: 6 Movie Pack)
8. * Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (Horror Collection: 6 Movie Pack)
9. Jaws (Universal 100th Anniversary Collector's Series) (BD)
10. <s>The Hunger Games (BD)</s>
11. * Battleship (BD)
12. Once Upon a Time: Season 1 (BD)
13. The Walking Dead: Season 2 (BD)

Checklist:

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August 2012's Net Change: +12

Total Net Change (since 11/01/09): -83
* = blind buy

Re: The Unwatched Movie Pile Thread: August 2012

DVD's/BD's to Watch (as of 07/31/12): 3,293

DVD's/BD's Watched: 8
01. The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)
02. The Simpsons: The Complete Eighth Season
03. Popeye the Sailor - Volume Two
04. Despicable Me (2010)
05. Animaniacs - Volume Two
06. The Adventures of Chico and Guapo: The Complete First Season
07. Metropolis (2001)
08. Crank Yankers: Season Two, Volume One

New DVD's/BD's Purchased: 60
01. Camelot: The Complete First Season
02. Date Night
03. Hondo
04. Scream 4
05. To Kill a Mockingbird
06. American Pie
07. Blade of Kings
08. The Devil Wears Prada
09. Human Planet
10. Killer's Moon
11. The Nutty Professor
12. The Asphyx
13. All Men are Brothers
14. Bronson
15. The Delightful Forest
16. The Heroic Ones
17. The Host
18. Mandrill
19. Monsters
20. Ondine
21. Survival of the Dead
22. Virgin Witch
23. Baba Yaga
24. Catfish
25. The House by the Cemetery
26. Silent Night Zombie Night
--- Vengeance Trilogy:
27. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
28. Oldboy
29. Lady Vengeance
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30. Blade II
31. Brothers Five
32. Cocktail
33. Mortal Kombat
34. Total Recall: Mind-Bending Edition
35. Adventures in Babysitting
36. Black Mask
37. Grosse Pointe Blank
38. High Fidelity
39. Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
40. Bad Boys (1983)
--- Walking Tall: The Trilogy:
41. Walking Tall
42. Walking Tall: Part 2
43. Final Chapter: Walking Tall
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44. Blindness
45. Proof
46. Catch .44
47. Deadgirl
48. Men of War
49. Bravo Two Zero
50. License to Drive
51. The Cleveland Show: The Complete Second Season
52. Homeland: The Complete First Season
53. Once Upon a Time: The Complete First Season
54. The Simpsons: The Fourteenth Season
55. Sons of Anarchy: Season Four
56. The Prophecy
57. The Prophecy II
58. Death Wish 2
59. Rampart
60. WarGames

August Net Change: +52

Total Net Change (since 11/30/09): +2,230

Re: The Unwatched Movie Pile Thread: August 2012

August 2012 To Watch:
586 unwatched DVDs/BDs

Watched:
1. Take Aim At The Police Van (Sono Goshosha O Nerae) (1960)
2. Branded To Kill (Koroshi No Rakuin) (1967)
3. Pearl Jam Twenty (2011)
4. Casa De Mi Padre (2012)
5. Total Recall (1990)
6. Fantasia (1940)
7. Fantasia 2000 (2000)
8. The Wrong Man (1956)
9. Thievery Corporation: Live @ The 9:30 Club (2011)
10. Godzilla (Gojira) (1954)
11. Space Amoeba (Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen Nankai No Daikaiju) (1970)
12. Blur: No Distance Left To Run (2010)
13. Supernatural: The Complete 3rd Season (2007/2008) (finished)
14. Jiro Dreams Of Sushi (2011)
15. The Flowers Of War (Jin Ling Shi San Chai) (2011)
16. Fugitive Alien (Sutaaurufu) (MST3K version) (1978)
17. Star Force: Fugitive Alien 2 (Sutaaurufu) (MST3K version) (1978)
18. Yakuza Papers 3: Proxy Wars (Jingi Naki Tatakai: Dairi Senso) (1973)
19. Yakuza Papers 4: Police Tactics (Jingi Naki Tatakai: Chojo Sakusen) (1974)
20. Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode (Jingi Naki Tatakai: Kanketsuhen) (1974)
21. Yakuza Papers Boxset (finished)
22. Our Hospitality (1923)
23. Three Ages (1923)
24. Apart From You (Kimi To Wakarete) (1933)
25. No Blood Relation (Nasanu Naka) (1932)
26. Breaking Bad: Season 3 (2010) (finished)
27. Bed And Board (Domicile Conjugal) (1970)
28. Love On The Run (L’Amour En Fuite) (1979)
29. The Adventures Of Antoine Doinel (finished)
30. The Raid: Redemption (Serbuan Maut) (2011)
31. The Cleveland Show: The Complete Season 2 (2010/2011) (finished)
32. Boca (Boca Do Lixo) (2010)
33. Garden State (2004)

New Bought:
47

This Month’s Net Change:
+14

Total Net Change:
-35

Re: The Unwatched Movie Pile Thread: August 2012

Movies to Watch: 142

Movies Watched: 8
Super Dimension Fortress Macross Vol. 6
Super Dimension Fortress Macross Vol. 7
Super Dimension Fortress Macross Vol. 8
Super Dimension Fortress Macross Vol. 9
Whisper of the Heart
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Jaws
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu - The Complete Series

New Movies Bought: 5
Code of Silence
Lone Wolf McQuade
Jaws
Community - The Complete Third Season
Stripes

This Month's Net Change: -3

Re: The Unwatched Movie Pile Thread: August 2012

Movies Watched : 28

1. Basic Instinct (1992) -- Blu-ray
2. Duplicity - (2009) -- Blu-ray
3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) -- Blu-ray
4. The Last Run (1971)
5. The Proposition - (2005) -- Blu-ray
6. Heat -(1995) -- Blu-ray
7. Stripes - Extended Cut (1981) -- Blu-ray
8. State of Play (2009) -- Blu-ray
9. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) -- Blu-ray
10. Vanishing Point - (1971) -- Blu-ray
11. The Dead Pool - (1988) -- Blu-ray
12. True Believer (1989)
13. Michael Clayton (2007) -- Blu-ray
14. Rio Lobo (1970) -- Blu-ray
15. The Searchers (1956) -- Blu-ray
16. A History of Violence - (2005) -- Blu-ray
17. White Dog - The Criterion Collection (1982)
18. The Inglorious Bastards (1978) -- Blu-ray
19. Donnie Brasco - Extended Cut - (1997) -- Blu-ray
20. Frantic (1988) -- Blu-ray
21. Give 'em Hell, Malone (2009) -- Blu-ray
22. 48 Hrs. - (1982) -- Blu-ray
23. Hondo (1953) -- Blu-ray
24. The Silent Partner (1978)
25. 52 Pick-Up (1986)
26. A Simple Plan (1998)
27. Death Wish II (1982) -- Blu-ray
28. WarGames (1983) -- Blu-ray

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Re: The Unwatched Movie Pile Thread: August 2012

To Watch: 89

August Goal: -9

Completed:
1) True Blood S.1
2) Modern Family S.2
3) Scream 4
4) Batman the Animated Series Vol. 1
5) The Best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies *got rid of
6) Tales from the Crypt S.3 *got rid of
7) Tales from the Crypt S.4 *got rid of
8) Tales from the Crypt S.5 *got rid of
9) Tales from the Crypt S.6 *got rid of
10) Superman the Animated Series Vol. 2
11) Batman the Animated Series Vol. 3
12) The Twelve Chairs
13) Blazing Saddles
14) Young Frankenstein
15) Silent Movie
16) High Anxiety
17) History of the World - Part 1
18) To Be or Not to Be
19) Home on the Range *got rid of
20) Pocahontas
21) Pocahontas II: The New World
22) Spaceballs
23) Robin Hood: Men in Tights
24) Chimpanzee

New
1) The Secret World of Arrietty
2) Whisper of the Heart
3) Castle in the Sky
4) Rome S.1
5) The Twelve Chairs
6) Blazing Saddles
7) Young Frankenstein
8) Silent Movie
9) High Anxiety
10) History of the World - Part 1
11) To Be or Not to Be
12) Spaceballs
13) Robin Hood: Men in Tights
14) Home on the Range
15) Pocahontas
16) Pocahontas II: The New World
17) The Rescuers
18) The Rescuers Down Under
19) The Aristocats
20) Chimpanzee
21) The Tigger Movie
22) The Artist

August Net Change: -2

Total Net Change (since 8/1/09): -261

Re: The Unwatched Movie Pile Thread: August 2012

DVDs to Watch: 359

DVDs Watched: 16
BtVS S3D4
Inspector Clouseau
BtVS s3d5
BtVS s4d1
BtVS S4D2
BtVS S4D3
BtVS S4D4
BtVS S4D5
BtVS S4D6
7 unwatched sold
DVDs Bought:

Aug Net Change: -16

Total Unwatched: 343

Re: The Unwatched Movie Pile Thread: August 2012

*= Blind buys/First ever viewing

Movies To Watch: 487

Movies Watched: 5

The Secret World of Arrietty*
Whisper of the Heart*
Lady and the Tramp
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown
Mad Men S.1 (5/13)*
Firefly: Complete Series (3/14) *
The Jetsons: Season 1 (4/24) *
Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology (1/4)*
Cheyenne: Season 1 (2/15)*

New Movies Bought: 3

The Shawshank Redemption* (free)
The Aristocats
The Rescuers/The Rescuers Down Under

This Month's Net Change: -2

Total Net Change : +167 (Since June '08)

Re: The Unwatched Movie Pile Thread: August 2012

Blind Buy
First time Viewing

Movies/Shows To Watch: 594

Movies/Shows Watched: 1
1. The Complete Metropolis BD

New Movies/Shows Bought: 0

Movies/Shows sold or put on the sell block: 0

Month Net Change: -1
Total Net Change (Since June '07): +31+32 at the end of July
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Top 5 oldest unwatched DVDs:
1. Clerks: Uncensored (#187) - purchased 5/17/2002
2. Absolute Power (#253) - purchased 8/7/2002
3. Bloodsport (#254) - purchased 8/7/2002
4. Stephen King's Rose Red (#281) - purchased 8/9/2002
5. F/X 2 (#289) - purchased 9/2/2002

Working On:
1. The Simpsons: Season 8
2. Seinfeld: Season 7
3. Stargate SG-1: Season 10
4. Stargate Atlantis: Season 3
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