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The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: June 2016

Do you have a pile of BDs that remain unwatched? A shelf of DVDs 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 (and of course that's the case), then 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 the former Mister Peepers, (now known as The Man with the Golden Doujinshi), who chaired these unwatched threads for several years:

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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 Media Pile Thread: June 2016

My 2016 Goals:

To watch more than I buy in all 12 months...except January & February ;) [I accomplished it in 8 of the 12 months last year] [Update-the wheels came completely off in May]
To completely watch every unwatched BD I have (97 to start the year, down from 157 at to begin 2015).

Movies/Shows To Watch (as of June 1, 2016): 1,398

Movies/Shows Watched in June: 25
Act of Valor (BD)
Admission (BD)
Begin Again (BD)
Big Eyes (BD)
Breaking Bad: Season 3 (BD)
Fly Away Home (BD)
The Game (BD)
Jaws 2 (BD)
Jaws 3 (BD)
Knight and Day (BD)
Knocked Up (BD)
Lions for Lambs (BD)
Lone Survivor (BD)
Married With Children: Season 3
Married With Children: Season 4
M*A*S*H: Season 2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (BD)
Platoon (BD)
The Retrievers (BD)
Runaway Jury (BD)
Shark Week: Jaws of Steel Collection (BD)
Speed Racer (BD)
Standing Up (BD)
The Three Stooges: Volume 3, 1940-1942
The West Wing: Season 1

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

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New Movies/Shows Bought in June: 23
Air (BD)
Begin Again (BD)
Big Eyes (BD)
The Blue Lagoon
Bone Tomahawk (BD)
Do You Believe?
Escape From Planet Earth 3D (BD)
Gentlemen Broncos (BD)
Jaws 2 (BD)
Jaws 3 (BD)
Knight and Day (BD)
Lone Survivor (BD)
Moms' Night Out (BD)
Return to the Blue Lagoon
Rudy (BD)
Season of Miracles (BD)
Shergar (BD)
Sleepwalking
Southpaw (BD)
Space Jam (BD)
Speed Racer (BD)
Thumbelina (BD)
Whiplash (BD)

June Net Change: -2

2016 Net Change +98

Total Net Change (Since Sept. '07): +1,114

Number of Unwatched BDs (Goal is to watch them all this year): 135

My Personal Unwatched Pile Statistics

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DVDs/BDs To Watch (as of 6/1/16): 552

Movies to Watch

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TV to Watch:

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TV Documentaries/Miniseries/Movies to Watch

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DVDs/BDs Watched:

01.

In Progress:

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

01. The Shannara Chronicles (6/7/16)
02. Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Season 1 (6/16/16)
03. Secondhand Lions (BD) (6/16/16)
04. Heaven is for Real (BD) (6/16/16)

Checklist

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June 2016’s Net Change: 4

Total Net Change (since 11/01/09): 113

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DVD's / BD's to Watch (as of 5/31/16): 4,536

DVD's / BD's Watched: 15
01. A Town Called Hell (1971)
02. J. Edgar (2011)
03. Frost/Nixon (2008)
04. Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
05. The Conspirator (2010)
06. American Outlaws (2001)
07. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
08. Meek's Cutoff (2010)
09. Midway (1976)
10. The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
11. Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)
12. Thirteen Days (2000)
13. The Great Raid (2005)
14. Hit So Hard (2011)
15. Frank and Jesse (1995)

New DVD's / BD's Purchased: 17
01. Lost in Space: The Complete Adventures
02. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
03. Howard the Duck
04. Motel Hell
05. American Heist
06. Big Eyes
07. The Big Short
08. Empire Records
09. Freaks of Nature
10. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
11. Sicario
12. Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Complete Series
13. The Walk
14. A Walk in the Woods
15. The Fog (1980)
16. Lord of Illusions
17. Falling Skies: The Complete Fifth Season

June Net Change: +2

Total Net Change (since 11/30/09): +3,422

DVDs/BDs to Watch (as of 06/01/16): 425

Movies to Watch:

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TV to Watch:

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DVDs/BDs Watched: 2

1. * West of Memphis (BD)
2. * Zootopia (BD)

In Progress:

New DVDs/BDs Bought (or received as gifts): 8

1. * Con Man: The Complete Season One (BD)
2. The Shannara Chronicles: Season 1
3. The X-Files: The Event Series (BD)
4. * Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (BD)
5. Under the Dome: Season 3 (BD)
6. * 10 Cloverfield Lane (BD)
7. <s>* Zootopia (BD)</s>
8. What We Do in the Shadows (BD)

Checklist:

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June 2016's Net Change: +6

Total Net Change (since 11/01/09): -98
* = blind buy

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June 2016 To Watch:
901 unwatched DVDs/BDs

Watched:
1. The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel (1969)
2. Sovereign’s Company (1970)
3. I Am Belfast (2015)
4. Cornelius: Five Point One (2001)
5. The Hallelujah Handshake (1970)
6. To Encourage the Others (1972)
7. Family Guy: Season 13 (2015-2016) (finished)
8. Richard III (1995)
9. James: Fresh As A Daisy - The Videos (finished)
10. Under the Age (1972)
11. Horace (1972)
12. Bill Withers: Still Bill (2009)
13. The Love-Girl And The Innocent (1973)
14. Penda’s Fen (1973)
…. The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air: Season 6 (1995/1996) (finished)
15. The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air: The Complete Series (finished)

New Bought:
+18

This Month’s Net Change:
+3

Total Net Change:
+301

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Movies to Watch: 341

Movies Watched: 14
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Last Temptation of Christ
Lone Wolf McQuade
Monterey Pop
Jimi Plays Monterey
Shake! Otis at Monterey
Braveheart
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Pan Am: The Complete Series
Cobra Verde
My Darling Clementine
To Have and Have Not
The Decline of Western Civilization
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

New Movies: 13
Day of Anger
The Last Dragon
Spider-Man
The Avenging Eagle
Blood Brothers
Golden Swallow
Killer Clans
Duck, You Sucker!
La Grande Illusion
King Kong
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Vol. XXXVI
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - The 1st and 2nd MST3K Summer Blockbuster Review

This Month's Net Change: -1

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Blind Buy
First time Viewing

Movies/Shows To Watch: 843

Movies/Shows Watched: 7
1. Iron Man 3 BD
2. Thor: The Dark World BD
3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier BD
4. Guardians of the Galaxy BD
5. Avengers: Age of Ultron BD
6. Ant-Man BD
7. Escape from New York BD

New Movies/Shows Bought: 2
1. The Fifth Element (Cinema Series) BD
2. Creed BD

Movies/Shows sold or put on the sell block: 3
1. Iron Man 3 BD
2. Thor: The Dark World BD
3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier BD

Month Net Change: -8

Total Net Change (Since June '07): +273+281 at the end of May
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Top 5 oldest unwatched DVDs:
1. Clerks: Uncensored (#187) - purchased 5/17/2002
2. Bloodsport (#254) - purchased 8/7/2002
3. Stephen King's Rose Red (#281) - purchased 8/9/2002
4. F/X 2 (#289) - purchased 9/2/2002
5. The Mask of Zorro (#307) - purchased 9/17/2002

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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