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The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: June 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: June 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 June 1, 2017): 1,326

Movies/Shows Watched in June: 24
Amazing Love: The Story of Hosea
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (BD)
Going for Gold: The '48 Games
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (BD)
Hawaii Five-0: Season 3 (BD)
The Hurricane (BD)
King of Queens: Season 1
Lincoln (BD)
Lee Daniels' The Butler (BD)
The Magnificent Seven (BD)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (BD)
M*A*S*H: Season 8
My All-American (BD)
Noah
On Native Soil
Parkland (BD)
The Patriot (BD)
The Pistol: the Birth of a Legend
The Riverman (BD)
Selma (BD)
That 70's Show: Season 1
Titanic (BD)
Tsunami: The Aftermath
Windtalkers (BD)

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

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New Movies/Shows Bought in June: 4
Coma (BD)
Noah
Tsunami: The Aftermath
Friday Night Lights: Season 4

June Net Change: -20

2017 Net Change: -61

Total Net Change (Since Sept. '07): +1,024

Number of Unwatched BDs (Goal is to watch them all this year): 70

My Personal Unwatched Pile Statistics

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Movies to Watch: 327

Movies Watched: 10
The Revenant
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Bucking Broadway
Stagecoach
Barabbas
The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella
Ballad of the Little Soldier
Zodiac
Children of Men

New Movies: 8
The Return of the Living Dead
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Drunken Master
Come Drink With Me
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Before Midnight
The Thing

This Month's Net Change: -2

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June 2017 To Watch:
1230 unwatched DVDs/BDs

Watched:
1. Film (1965)
2. Film (1979)
3. Notfilm (2015)
4. Enter The Ninja (1981)
5. Revenge Of The Ninja (1983)
6. Trespass Against Us (2016)
7. Housekeeping (1987)
8. The Legendary Crooners (2006)
9. Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F. Percy Smith (2015)
10. Long Shot (1978)
11. Daughters of the Dust (1991)
12. First Footprints (2013) (finished)
13. Contact (2010)
14. Boom Boom Satellites: Fuji Rock Festival ’05 (2005)
15. Stockholm My Love (2016)
16. The Removalists (1975)

New Bought:
+53

This Month’s Net Change:
+37

Total Net Change:
+630

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Movies To Watch: 1314

Movies Watched: 2
--- Kung Fu Panda (2008)
--- Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

New Movies Bought: 1
--- While You Were Sleeping (1995) - gift

This Month's Net Change: -1

Total Net Change (started with 1327 on December 1, 2016): -13

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DVD's / BD's to Watch (as of 5/31/17): 4,497

DVD's / BD's Watched: 14
01. Wisegal (2008)
02. South of St. Louis (1949)
03. Flying Leathernecks (1951)
04. Pirate Radio (2009)
05. Forgotten Pistolero (1969)
06. Red Tails (2012)
07. Jane Got a Gun (2015)
08. Parkland (2013)
09. Von Ryan's Express (1965)
10. Bad Girls (1994)
11. Fruitvale Station (2013)
12. True Grit (1969)
13. The Jayhawkers! (1959)
14. Nowhere Boy (2009)

New DVD's / BD's Purchased: 9
01. 11.22.63
02. Sanford and Son: The Complete Series
03. Allied
04. Arrival
05. Deepwater Horizon
06. Hacksaw Ridge
07. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
08. Passengers
09. Patriots Day

June Net Change: -5

total Net Change (since 11/30/09): +3,377

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DVDs/BDs to Watch (as of 06/01/17): 418

Movies to Watch:

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TV to Watch:

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DVDs/BDs Watched: 3

1. Fear the Walking Dead: Season 2 (BD)
2. Game of Thrones: Season 6 (BD)
3. Preacher: Season 1 (BD)

In Progress:

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

1. * Beauty and the Beast (2017) (BD)
2. * Phantasm: Ravager (BD)
3. * Life (BD)

Checklist:

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June 2017's Net Change: 0

Total Net Change (since 11/01/09): -120
* = blind buy

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: June 2017

Blind Buy
First time Viewing

Movies/Shows To Watch: 905

Movies/Shows Watched: 2
1. 10 Cloverfield Lane BD
2. The Incredibles

New Movies/Shows Bought: 5
1. Star Trek: Enterprise: The Complete First Season BD
2. Star Trek: Enterprise: The Complete Second Season BD
3. Star Trek: Enterprise: The Complete Third Season BD
4. Star Trek: Enterprise: The Complete Fourth Season BD
5. Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season Seven BD

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

Month Net Change: +3

Total Net Change (Since June '07): +346+343 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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