malazar

I ended up getting in 153 things last month consisting of 98 TV episodes, 54 movies, and one trailer. 149 of the 153 entries were first time watches. I managed to complete all my goals which included completing the checklist, watching the third season of Game of Thrones and the prequel Spartacus series. I also motivated myself to dig into my anime blu-ray backlog and knocked out Intrigue in the Bakumatsu which was very enjoyable.

Thanks for another fun challenge and the motivation for actually focusing my watching a bit more than usual. I enjoyed reading the comments on the thread and finding some ideas for future viewing even if I got too busy the last couple weeks to participate in the discussion much.

omike

My total ended up being 106 items consisting of 46 films, 56 TV shows (49 of those being half hour shows), 3 shorts, and 1 commentary. Of these, 99 were first time views.

I really enjoyed my mix of movies and TV shows. Thanks to Ash Ketchum for getting me started on my 1950's TV binge and to all of you for some very enjoyable discussion.

I found two real gems. One was the Fritz Lang film The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. I also watched the silent Mabuse's and enjoyed those as well but Testament had me from the start and wouldn't let go. A very thrilling film. My second discovery was the TV show Decoy starring Beverly Garland as police woman Casey Jones which ran for one season of 38 episodes in the late 1950's. Like Dragnet and M Squad the lead provides narration including some really good scene setting at the start of each episode. I only watched four of the six episodes I have access to but once I finish the other two I will be searching for more.

And thanks to Trevor who got us started, kept us honest, and in general organized a very fun challenge.

pacaway

Cool! I'll have to pull that out and watch it. I've had the Criterion disc for years but never got around to viewing it. Thanks for the tip! I wonder if I could call it a B-Movie!

davidh777

Yeah, I got the same feeling back when it opened ("WHAT THEY DID WITH DEADPOOL--OMG!!!1!11"). I guess I'm lucky that I didn't read that era of comics and thus couldn't be offended.

I'm a big fan of the books and enjoy the series. A couple of the episodes seem to be throwaways just so they could check that box, but I agree, very faithful to the material. I enjoyed the film too, but didn't love it as much as I hoped I would. I feel like it was made for fans, which as a fan I appreciate, but I'd hoped it would make more NEW fans and I think it fell short on that front.

Interesting thought. I haven't heard of any either, but maybe I just hang out in the wrong circles.

Game of Thrones rewards rewatching more than any show I can recall. So many characters, so many plot points, so many subtleties. Someday I'll sit down to a complete marathon rewatch, but in the meantime I will often revisit a certain patch of episodes and get a lot out of them.

If you want a show to give you an excuse to get a BD player, GOT is it! Not only does it look and sound great, but the interactive features really expand and explain the universe. In addition to the commentaries, in-episode guides remind you who people are and where they're going and why (and they update as the events unfold on screen!), and other features explain each house, each region, histories that aren't covered in the show, etc. It's great stuff and can occupy me for a long time. Season 3 also has an episode-length feature dedicated solely to the penultimate episode. BD players are cheap enough that you don't really need an excuse to get one anyway.

Giles

hit 80 viewings - my list is complete - took me awhile to edit/finalize it.

ntnon

I think my list is now complete, too. Apparently my editing troubles were because one computer thoughtfully re-submitted rather than re-edited, so I'm now there twice...

Checklist finalised enough to be COMPLETE.

Totals
FILMS - 96
TV Episodes (30-45m) - c. 44
TV Episodes (90m) - 3
Shorts - approx. 21
Various extras

More thoughts and comments when I have the time, but Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Last Stand were great. The Tourament was fairly good, and Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters was miles better than I'd been expecting!

Ash Ketchum

Finalized my list. I didn't use the official checklist, I just tallied up my viewings in my own way.

Because of all the Power Rangers and Sentai episodes, my list was way more top-heavy in the later decades than in my usual favorite decades, the 1930s to the 1950s. And way more Japanese entries than anything else.

Sometimes I wonder if I'd ever see anything for these challenges from the 2000s and 2010s if I wasn't watching so many Japanese sentai episodes.

shadokitty

My list is finalized as well.

coyoteblue

checklist - n/a
List - finalized

shadokitty

Not trying to rush you Trevor, but just wondering when the results will be posted. Just curious as I have a Mint Unopened copy of Godzilla vs. Biollante that I offered up as a prize, and I'd like to know who to mail it too.

Trevor

Yeah, I'm a loser. Back when it first ended I went through both years threads and had totals and stats and notes to make a two year results thread. Then I realized that at some point I screwed up my tabs of the list threads and everything I did was wrong. So I ripped up my notes, cried a bit, and then forgot about it until now. I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow, so it'll be next week before I do it.

I'm being slightly over dramatic of course; it wasn't that much work, and I only screamed once, no tears.