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The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2017

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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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 Media Pile Thread: May 2017

My 2017 Goals:

To watch more than I buy in all 12 months. My record is 8 of 12 months, I believe. And...I've screwed up in January. :lol:
To completely watch every unwatched BD I have (125 to start the year. Up from 97 to start 2016. I was at 157 at to begin 2015).

Movies/Shows To Watch (as of May 1, 2017): 1,329

Movies/Shows Watched in May: 25
The Andy Griffith Show: Season 8
Anomalisa (BD)
Breaking Bad: Season 5 (BD)
Brotherhood (BD)
Carol (BD)
Coach: Season 1
Dexter: Season 8 (BD)
Ex Machina (BD)
Going the Distance (BD)
Hail, Caesar (BD)
Hawaii Five-O: Season 2 (BD)
Is Anybody There? (BD)
JCVD (BD)
M*A*S*H: Season 7
Music and Lyrics (BD)
The Other Guys (BD)
Parks and Recreation: Season 2
Point Blank (BD)
Return to Mayberry
Seeking Justice (BD)
This is Where I Leave You (BD)
Unleashed (BD)
The Wonder Years: Season 1
XIII: The Conspiracy (BD)
Zootopia (BD)

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

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New Movies/Shows Bought in May: 22
Amazing Love: The Story of Hosea
Anomalisa (BD)
Attica
Brotherhood (BD)
Carol (BD)
Dirty Jobs: Collection 5
Ex Machina (BD)
Go Tell it on the Mountain
Graceland: Season 1
Hail, Caesar! (BD)
Hemingway
Is Anybody There (BD)
JCVD (BD)
King Kong: Ultimate Edition (BD)
A Little Game
The Lobster (BD)
Manchester by the Sea (BD)
The Pistol
Point Blank (BD)
Ripple Effect
Taking Back Our Town
XIII: The Conspiracy (BD)

May Net Change: -3

2017 Net Change: -41

Total Net Change (Since Sept. '07): +1,044

Number of Unwatched BDs (Goal is to watch them all this year): 84

My Personal Unwatched Pile Statistics

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DVDs/BDs To Watch (as of 5/1/17): 583

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. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (The Complete Frankenstein Legacy Collection) (BD) (5/12/17)
02. Flipper (5/12/17)
03. The Phantom (5/16/17)

In Progress:

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

01. Flash, The (BD) (5/18/17)

Checklist

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April 2017’s Net Change: (-2)

Total Net Change (since 11/01/09): 154

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DVD's / BD's to Watch (as of 4/30/17): 4,462

DVD's / BD's Watched: 15
01. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
02. Tank Girl (1995)
03. Spider-Man (2002)
04. Spider-Man 2.1 (2004)
05. Spider-Man 3 (2007)
06. Mystery Men (1999)
07. Superman (1978)
08. Superman II (1980)
09. Superman III (1983)
10. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
11. Creepshow (1982)
12. Creepshow 2 (1987)
13. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
14. Sucker Punch (2011)
15. The Green Hornet (2011)

New DVD's / BD's Purchased: 50
01. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
02. Dance with Me, Henry!
03. Dark Command
04. Eight Men Out
05. Hannie Caulder
06. High Noon
07. King Solomon's Mines
08. Lady Chatterley's Lover
09. Moontrap
10. Sands of Iwo Jima
11. Strategic Air Command
12. Wild Orchid
13. Angel and the Badman
14. Bound
15. Foxy Brown
16. In Old California
17. Pork Chop Hill
18. The Americano
19. Father Goose
20. Flame of Barbary Coast
21. The Klansman
22. The Last American Virgin
23. Let There Be Light: John Huston's Wartime Documentaries
24. The Meteor Man
25. Operation Petticoat
26. Pimpernel Smith
27. Ramrod
28. Retreat, Hell!
29. Villa Rides!
30. War of the Wildcats
31. Night of the Demons 2
32. Showdown at Boot Hill
33. 88
34. The Babadook
35. Carnage
---- Hammer Horror: 8-Film Collection:
36. Brides of Dracula
37. The Curse of the Werewolf
38. Night Creatures
39. The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
40. Paranoiac
41. The Kiss of the Vampire
42. Nightmare
43. The Evil of Frankenstein
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44. Jaws 2
45. Jaws 3
46. Jaws: The Revenge
---- Psycho Circus Triple Feature:
47. The Brotherhood of Satan
48. The Creeping Flesh
49. Torture Garden
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50. Take This Waltz

May Net Change: +35

Total Net Change (since 11/30/09): +3,382

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Movies To Watch: 1315

Movies Watched: 9
--- Kiki's Delivery Service
--- Sunrise/Sunset
--- Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
--- The Masseur
--- Seeds of Yesterday
--- Osama
--- 300 (sold)
--- The Boondock Saints (sold)
--- Summer Interlude

New Movies Bought: 1
--- Tarzan

This Month's Net Change: -8

Total Net Change (started with 1327 on December 1, 2016): -12

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Movies to Watch: 333

Movies Watched: 8
Dr. Strangelove
Runaway Train
High Plains Drifter
New Tale of Zatoichi
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Reservoir Dogs
The Whip and the Body

New Movies: 2
The Story of Adele H.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Complete Series

This Month's Net Change: -6

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May 2017 To Watch:
1193 unwatched DVDs/BDs

Watched:
1. Chosen (2016)
2. Les Biches (1968)
3. La Rupture (1970)
4. Passengers (2016)
5. Arrival (2016)
6. Teenage Kicks (2016)
7. Family Guy: Season 14 (2015/2016) (finished)
8. Letter To Brezhnev (1985)
9. Rita, Sue, and Bob Too (1987)
10. Madame De… (1954)
11. Deadpool (2016)
12. Hardcore (1979)
13. The Wild One (1953)
14. Idle Hands (1999)

New Bought:
+44

This Month’s Net Change:
+30

Total Net Change:
+593

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DVDs/BDs to Watch (as of 05/01/17): 415

Movies to Watch:

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TV to Watch:

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DVDs/BDs Watched: 0

1.

In Progress:

New DVDs/BDs Bought (or received as gifts): 3

1. * Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (BD)
2. * Get Out (BD)
3. * Logan (BD)

Checklist:

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May 2017's Net Change: +3

Total Net Change (since 11/01/09): -121
* = blind buy

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2017

Blind Buy
First time Viewing

Movies/Shows To Watch: 906

Movies/Shows Watched: 2
1. Pacific Rim BD
2. Blade Runner BD

New Movies/Shows Bought: 1
1. South Park: The Complete Nineteenth Season BD

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

Month Net Change: -1

Total Net Change (Since June '07): +343+344 at the end of April
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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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Total Time Watched: 4 Hours 6 Minutes
Average Time Watched Per Day: 0 Hours 7 Minutes

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