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The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: April 2018

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'! :)

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My 2018 Goals:

To watch more than I buy in all 12 months. My record is 8 of 12 months, I believe. And down in flames in January! :lol:
To completely watch every unwatched BD I have (236 to start the year! :eek: I was at 157 to begin 2015, 97 to begin 2016, 125 to start 2017)

Movies/Shows To Watch (as of April 1, 2018): 1,586

Movies/Shows Watched in April: 30
21 Jump Street (BD)
21 Jump Street: Season 1
The Adventures of Black Stallion: Season 2
Anger Management (BD)
Anything But Love: Volume 1
Bachelorette (BD)
Bad Grandpa (BD)
Bad Teacher (BD)
Be Cool (BD)
Beast Wars: Transformers: Season 2
Beast Wars: Transformers: Season 3
Because of Winn-Dixie (BD)
Behind the Red Door
Better Call Saul (BD)
Death Warrant (BD)
The Dilemma (BD)
Dom Hemingway (BD)
Five Year Engagement (BD)
Forest Warrior (BD)
Garden State (BD)
Get Shorty (BD)
Gifted (BD)
Gold (BD)
The Good Lie
The Intern (BD)
Lethal Weapon 4 (BD)
Let's Be Cops (BD)
Rumble in the Bronx (BD)
Stuck in Love (BD)
Super Troopers (BD)

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

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New Movies/Shows Bought in April: 119
21 Jump Street (BD)
50 First Dates (BD)
100 Feet (BD)
Accepted
All About Steve (BD)
All-Star Superman
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (BD)
American Girl: Gracie Stirs Up Success (BD)
Arthur (BD)
Bachelorette (BD)
Bad Girls From Valley High
Bad Grandpa (BD)
Bad Milo (BD)
Bad Teacher (BD)
Balto II
Balto III
Barefoot in the Park
Batman: Gotham Knight
The Best Man's Holiday (BD)
Best of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
Betsy's Wedding (BD)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (BD)
The Big Short (BD)
Bill Cosby: Far From Finished
Blue Crush 2 (BD)
Bored to Death: Season 1
Bridesmaids (BD)
Caddyshack (BD)
The Circle (BD)
Coco (BD)
Codebreakers
Confessions of a Shopaholic (BD)
Cop Out (BD)
Covert Affairs: Season 2
The Deep (BD)
Do You Believe in Miracles?
Domino (BD)
Duck Dynasty: Quack or Treat
Due Date (BD)
The Eastwood Factor
Elephant White (BD)
The Fantasy Sports Gamble
Flash Forward: Season 1, Part 1
Flight of the Conchords: Season 1
G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra (BD)
Goodnight for Justice
Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a Man
Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Gross Anatomy (BD)
The Gunman (BD)
Hall Pass (BD)
Hamlet 2
Hatfieldds & McCoys
Haywire (BD)
Henry Poole is Here (BD)
Hit & Run (BD)
Hitchcock (BD)
Holy Matrimony (BD)
Hostel (BD)
Hostel, Part II (BD)
Hot Tub Time Machine (BD)
House of Cards: Season 1
How I Met Your Mother: Season 1
How I Met Your Mother: Season 2
Hugo (BD)
Invincible (BD)
The Iron Giant (BD)
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam
The Kingdom (BD)
The Laramie Project
Leap Year (BD)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (BD)
Lincoln Heights: Season 1
Mad About You: Season 5
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (BD)
Men of a Certain Age: Season 1
The Mentalist: Season 3
Metro Manila (BD)
My Boys: Season 1
My Week with Marilyn (BD)
No Good Deed (BD)
Ocean's Thirteen (BD)
Our Brand is Crisis (BD)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (BD)
Reasonable Doubt (BD)
Rumble in the Bronx (BD)
Samantha Who?: Season 1
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Scary Movie (BD)
Scrubs: Season 4
The Stepfather (BD)
Stonehearst Asylum (BD)
Super 6: The Series
Superbad (BD)
Surburban Girl (BD)
Survivor (BD)
This American Life: Season 1
Tosh. Deep Vs (BD)
The Tourist (BD)
Traitor (BD)
The Ultimate Carson Collection: Vol. 1-3
Up in the Air (BD)
V for Vendetta (BD)
Vantage Point (BD)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
The War at Home (BD)
Wet Hot American Summer
When Calls the Heart: It Begins with Heart
When Calls the Heart: Heart of the Family
When Calls the Heart: Forever in My Heart
When Calls the Heart: Hearts in Question
Wind at My Back: Season 3
Wind at My Back: Season 5
Wonder Woman
World Series 2003
Yogi Berra: American Sports Legend
Your Sister's Sister (BD)
Youth Revolt (BD)

April Net Change: +89

2018 Net Change: +205

Total Net Change (Since Sept. '07): +1,393

Number of Unwatched BDs (Goal is to watch them all this year): 285

My Personal Unwatched Pile Statistics

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March 2018
1497 unwatched DVDs/BDs

Watched:
1. Blue Planet 2 (2017)
2. The Black Gloves (2017)
3. Lucky (2017)
4. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
5. Lipstick Under My Burkha (2016)
6. Money Movers (1978)
7. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
8. They Came to a City (1944)
9. The Touch (1971)
10. The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten) (1975)
11. Doctor Strange (2016)
12. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
13. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
14. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
15. In This Corner of the World (Kono sekai no katasumi ni) (2016)
16. Giovanni’s Island (Jobanni no shima) (2014)
17. The Last Goldfish (2017)

New Bought:
+30

This Month’s Net Change:
+13

Total Net Change:
+897

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Movies to Watch: 306

Movies Watched: 11
Drunken Master
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Friday the 13th Part VI Jason Lives
Frightmare
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Vol. IV
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties

New Movies: 13
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Interviews with Monster Girls
Night Moves
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Planet of the Apes
Seven Days in May
Superman II
To Have and Have Not
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The Wrong Man

This Month's Net Change: +2

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: April 2018

DVDs/BDs to Watch :
-Movies: 73
-TV "Seasons": 38
Total to start month: 111 Unwatched

Goal for 2018
Get the unwatched down to 0.

Goals April
Get to double digits unwatched
Watch anything new I acquire (nothing planned).

Movies to Watch:

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TV Seasons/Sets to watch:

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Movies Watched: 18
1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies*
3. Day of Anger*
4. Island of Lost Souls*
5. Zatoichi the Outlaw*
6. Zatoichi Challenged*
7. Zatoichi and the Fugitives*
8. Samaritan Zatoichi*
9. Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo*
10. Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival*
11. Zatoichi Meets the One-Eyed Swordsman*
12. Zatoichi at Large*
13. Zatoichi in Desperation*
14. Zatoichi's Conspiracy *
15. Vanishing Point*
16. 13 Assassins*
17. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
18. Zatoichi's Flaming Sword*

TV Seasons Watched: 1
1. Looney Tunes: Platinum Collection: Volume Three

TV Seasons In Progress:

New DVDs/BDs Bought: 0

Checklist:

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Started December 2017, will continue until I finish, and then start over I guess
--- Title from your favorite genre (out of what's in your pile): Elysium (SF)
--- Title from your least favorite genre (out of what's in your pile): The Big Sick (Romantic Comedy, though I am a sucker for them if good like this)
--- Title with a favorite actor (out of what's in your pile): Under the Skin (Scarlett Johansson)
--- Title with a loathed actor (out of what's in your pile): The Amazing Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield, who I find incredibly annoying and not a good actor)
--- Special feature: The Decline of Western Civilization Bonus Disk (various) + some of the bonus performances on Decline I
--- Commentary track: The Decline of Western Civilization I Dave Grohl commentary
--- Title from the hardest to reach part of your collection:Rawhide Season 1 (one of the ones I have in a binder)
--- Title starting with ABC: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
--- Title starting with DEF: Elysium
--- Title starting with GHI: I'm So Excited
--- Title starting with JKLM: Lucy
--- Title starting with NOP: Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
--- Title starting with QRS: The Raid Redemption
--- Title starting with TUV: Thor
--- Title starting with WXYZ: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
--- First item alphabetically: 13 Assassins (First based on how excel sorts it)
--- Last item alphabetically: Zatoichi's Vengeance
--- Oldest title(as in year made):
--- Oldest title in pile (as in it's been in the unwatched pile the longest as of last month): Rusty Knife (owned since Christmas 2009, finally watched--3 in set to go).
--- Newest title(as in year made): The Big Sick
--- Newest title in pile(as in it's been in the unwatched pile the shortest as of last month): 47 Ronin (at the time I watched it, anyway)
--- Finish a season of a TV series: Rawhide Season 1
--- Pick an item at random. Make sure those crappy ones get an equal chance to get picked.: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (used random number generator to choose)
--- Have a friend/spouse/child/dog/fish pick an item for you. No helping.: I'm So Excited

April 2018 Net Change: -19 (Current Unwatched 92)

Total Net Change since these threads started: -29 (Since March '07, started with 121 unwatched)

Total Net Change since the even older thread where I first started tracking (517 unwatched):-425

*First Time Ever Viewing (Blind Buy)

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: April 2018

DVD's / BD's to Watch (as of 3/31/18): 4,630

DVD's / BD's Watched: 20
01. Scorpion (1986)
02. Godzilla vs. the Thing (1964)
03. Blind Fury (1989)
04. The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974)
05. Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)
06. In Hot Pursuit (1977)
07. White Line Fever (1975)
08. Silent Rage (1982)
09. The Devil with Seven Faces (1971)
10. The Happy Hooker (1975)
11. Twister's Revenge! (1988)
12. The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)
13. The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980)
14. Breakout from Oppression (1978)
15. Give 'em Hell Malone (2009)
16. Slaves in Bondage (1937)
17. Schoolgirl Hitchhikers (1973)
18. Attack Force (2006)
19. Rage of the Master (1975)
20. Absolution (1978)

New DVD's / BD's Purchased: 2
01. Our Brand is Crisis
02. The Woman in Black: Angel of Death

April Net Change: -18

Total Net Change (since 11/30/09): +3,497

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DVDs/BDs to Watch (as of 04/01/18): 393

Movies:

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TV:

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Animation:

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Documentaries:

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DVDs/BDs/Digital Watched: 3

1. Legion: Season 1 (BD)
2. * Amityville: The Awakening (BD)
3. Fear the Walking Dead: Season 3 (BD) (gift)

In Progress:

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New DVDs/BDs/Digital Bought (or received as gifts): 20

1. <s>Fear the Walking Dead: Season 3 (BD) (gift)</s>
2. Justified: Season 6 (BD) (FINAL) (gift)
3. * Pitch Perfect 3 (BD) (gift)
4. * Poltergeist: The Legacy: Season 1 (The Complete Collection) (gift)
5. * Poltergeist: The Legacy: Season 2 (The Complete Collection) (gift)
6. * Poltergeist: The Legacy: Season 3 (The Complete Collection) (gift)
7. * Poltergeist: The Legacy: Season 4 (The Complete Collection) (FINAL) (gift)
8. The Wonder Years: Season 1 (Complete Series) (gift)
9. The Wonder Years: Season 2 (Complete Series) (gift)
10. The Wonder Years: Season 3 (Complete Series) (gift)
11. The Wonder Years: Season 4 (Complete Series) (gift)
12. The Wonder Years: Season 5 (Complete Series) (gift)
13. The Wonder Years: Season 6 (Complete Series) (FINAL) (gift)
14. * Behind Enemy Lines (Digital) (free)
15. * Ghostbusters (2016) (Digital) (free)
16. * Matchstick Men (Digital) (free)
17. * Never Been Kissed (Digital) (free)
18. * The Producers (Digital) (free)
19. * The Siege (Digital) (free)
20. * Valentine's Day (Digital) (free)

Checklist:

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April 2018's Net Change: +17

Total Net Change (since 11/01/09): -124
* = blind buy

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: April 2018

Blind Buy
First time Viewing

Movies/Shows To Watch: 922

Movies/Shows Watched: 9
1. The Brave One BD
2. Parks and Recreation: Season One
3. Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice BD
4. Mutant Chronicles BD
5. Deadpool BD
6. Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery BD
7. Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box
8. Twin Peaks: The First Season

New Movies/Shows Bought: 1
1. Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Third Season

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

Month Net Change: -7

Total Net Change (Since June '07): +355+362 at the end of March
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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. Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (#413) - purchased 1/16/2003

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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Current Month
Total Time Watched: 43 Hours 41 Minutes
Average Time Watched Per Day: 1 Hours 27 Minutes

Last Month
Total Time Watched: 18 Hours 31 Minutes
Average Time Watched Per Day: 0 Hours 35 Minutes