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The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 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'! :)

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2018

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! And again in April. :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 May 1, 2018): 1,672 [Decreased by 3 after removing DVDs from unwatched pile since I viewed BDs of those particular films]

Movies/Shows Watched in May: 51
50 First Dates (BD)
All About Steve (BD)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (BD)
Barefoot in the Park
The Beach Boys 50: Live in Concert (BD)
The Best Man Holiday (BD)
Betsy's Wedding (BD)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (BD)
The Big Bang Theory: Season 1
The Big Bang Theory: Season 2
The Blacklist: Season 1 (BD)
Body Heat
Bored to Death: Season 1
Bringing Out the Dead
The Business of Strangers
Caddyshack (BD)
Cape Fear
Casualties of War
Chuck: Season 4
Community: Season 3
The Deep (BD)
A Dog's Purpose (BD)
Domino (BD)
Due Date (BD)
Enchanted (BD)
The French Connection (BD)
Frenzy (BD)
From the Heart with Jase & Missy Robertson
Gentleman's Agreement (BD)
Gorillas in the Mist (BD)
The Gunman (BD)
Hang 'Em High (BD)
Henry Poole is Here (BD)
Hit & Run (BD)
Holy Matrimony (BD)
The Jackal (BD)
Manhattan (BD)
Marnie (BD)
Mercury Rising (BD)
Miami Vice (BD)
Now You See Me 2 (BD)
Out of Time (BD)
Red Dawn (BD)
Rope (BD)
Saboteur (BD)
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Topaz (BD)
Torn Curtain (BD)
The Transporter (BD)
U-571 (BD)
Vertigo (BD)

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

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New Movies/Shows Bought in May: 7
From the Heart with Jase & Missy Robertson
The Last Castle
Major League Baseball: All Century Team
Miracle in the Woods
MLB Bloopers Doubleheader
Prime 9: MLB Heroics
Stranger Things: Season 1 (BD)

May Net Change: -44

2018 Net Change: +161

Total Net Change (Since Sept. '07): +1,349

Number of Unwatched BDs (Goal is to watch them all this year): 248

My Personal Unwatched Pile Statistics

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DVDs/BDs to Watch :
-Movies: 55
-TV "Seasons": 37
Total to start month: 92 Unwatched

Goal for 2018
Get the unwatched down to 0.

Goals May
Watch everything I got 2012 or earlier (9 of those, all movies)
Watch anything new I acquire (Black Panther should arrive)
I'm gone half the month, so that's it.

Movies to Watch:

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TV Seasons/Sets to watch:

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Movies Watched: 6
1. Super 8
2. Life During Wartime*
3. Repulsion
4. Black Panther
5. Battle Royale
6. Kuroneko*

TV Seasons Watched: 0

TV Seasons In Progress:
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New DVDs/BDs Bought: 0
1. Black Panther

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

May 2018 Net Change: -5 (Current Unwatched 87)

Total Net Change since these threads started: -34 (Since March '07, started with 121 unwatched)

Total Net Change since the even older thread where I first started tracking (517 unwatched):-430

*First Time Ever Viewing (Blind Buy)

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DVD's / BD's to Watch (as of 4/30/18): 4,612

DVD's / BD's Watched: 12
01. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
02. Incendiary (2008)
03. Flashbacks of a Fool (2008)
04. Ondine (2009)
05. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
06. Charlie (2004)
07. Whip It (2009)
08. Girls Against Boys (2012)
09. Stoker (2013)
10. Sarah's Key (2010)
11. Megan Leavey (2017)
12. M. Butterfly (1993)

New DVD's / BD's Purchased: 0

May Net Change: -12

Total Net Change (since 11/30/09): +3,485

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2018

May 2018
1553 unwatched DVDs/BDs

Watched:
1. Cry The Beloved Country (1952)
2. Nights of Cabiria (La notti di Cabiria) (1957) (Umbrella)
3. Nights of Cabiria (La notti di Cabiria) (1957) (Criterion)
4. Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
5. Grease (1978)
6. Happy Death Day (2017)
7. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
8. The Entity (1982)
9. In This Corner of the World (2016)
10. Arrow: Season 4 (2015/2016) (finished)
11. England Is Mine (2017)
12. The Flash: Season 2 (2015/2016) (finished)
13. Death Wish 4 (1988)
14. Death Wish 5 (1994)
15. Look Back in Anger (1959)

New Bought:
+71

This Month’s Net Change:
+56

Total Net Change:
+953

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Movies to Watch: 305

Movies Watched: 8
Each Dawn I Die
Late Spring
M*A*S*H
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Vol. VII
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Planet of the Apes
Radiohead: The Astoria London Live
Sabrina

New Movies: 3
Cheers: The Complete Series
For Love of Ivy
Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series

This Month's Net Change: -5

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DVDs/BDs To Watch (as of 11/1/17):

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. Lost in Space: Season 1 (05/25/18)
02. Lost in Space: Season 2: Vol 1 (05/25/18)
03. Murder on the Orient Express (05/28/18)
04. Lost in Space: Season 2: Volume 2 (5/30/18)

In Progress:

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

01. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (4K) (5/30/18)
02. Black Sails: Season 1 (BD) (5/30/18)
03. Fear the Walking Dead: Season 2 (BD) (5/30/18)

Checklist

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May's 2018’s Net Change:

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

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DVDs/BDs to Watch (as of 06/01/18): 408

Movies:

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TV:

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Animation:

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Documentaries:

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DVDs/BDs/Digital Watched: 1

1. Preacher: Season 2 (BD)

In Progress:

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New DVDs/BDs/Digital Bought (or received as gifts): 2

1. The Shannara Chronicles: Season 2 (BD) (FINAL)
2. * Pacific Rim: Uprising (4K BD)

Checklist:

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June 2018's Net Change: +1

Total Net Change (since 11/01/09): -126
* = blind buy

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2018

Blind Buy
First time Viewing

Movies/Shows To Watch: 915

Movies/Shows Watched: 1
1. Parks and Recreation: Season Two

New Movies/Shows Bought: 2
1. Fear the Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season BD
2. Doctor Who: The Complete Tenth Series BD

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

Month Net Change: +1

Total Net Change (Since June '07): +356+355 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. 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: 8 Hours 56 Minutes
Average Time Watched Per Day: 0 Hours 17 Minutes

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