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10-01-19, 12:12 AM

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The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: October 2019

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 ~~support group~~ 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.

<code>[ 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</code>

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...

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Now what are you waiting for? Get to watchin'!

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10-01-19, 12:12 AM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: October 2019

My 2019 Goals:

To watch more than I buy in all 12 months. My record is 8 of 12 months, I believe, so this goal is lofty.
To completely watch every unwatched BD I have (276 to start the year! I was at 157 to begin 2015, 97 to begin 2016, 125 to start 2017, 236 to start 2018)

Movies/Shows To Watch (as of October 1, 2019): 1,476

Movies/Shows Watched in October: 36
Alien 3 (BD)
Alien: Resurrection (BD)
Case 39 (BD)
Charlie Countryman (BD)
Chandu the Magician
Chicago Fire: Season 1
Dallas: Season 1
Dr. Renault's Secret
Dragonwyck
Dream House (BD)
Final Destination 3 (BD)
The Girl on the Train (BD)
Goosebumps (BD)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (BD)
It (BD)
Jigsaw (BD)
Krampus (BD)
The Lazarus Effect (BD)
Midnight Movie (BD)
Monkey Kingdom (BD)
Planet Earth (BD)
The Purge (BD)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (BD)
Shaun of the Dead (BD)
The Signal
Starship Troopers (BD)
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (BD)
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (BD)
Stonehearst Asylum (BD)
The Strangers: Prey at Night (BD)
The Stepfather (BD)
The Tall Man (BD)
True Detective: Season 1 (BD)
Truth or Dare (BD)
The Witch (BD)
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (BD)

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

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New Movies/Shows Bought in October: 25
Charlie Countryman (BD)
Dream House (BD)
The Girl on the Train (BD)
Harvey's Wallbangers: The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers
Homeland: Season 2
House, MD: Season 5
How I Met Your Mother: Season 6
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (BD)
Jim Brickman at the Magic Kingdom
Keeping Up with the Joneses
The League: Season 7
Learn to Win at Texas Hold 'Em
The Mentalist: Season 1
No Strings Attached (BD)
Parenthood: Season 2
Parenthood: Season 3
Parenthood: Season 4
The Phantom of the Opera
St. Vincent (BD)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (BD)
Star Trek Motion Picture Trilogy
Two Moon Junction
Woodlawn

October Net Change: -11

2019 Net Change: -224

Total Net Change (Since Sept. '07): +1,176

Number of Unwatched BDs (Goal is to watch them all this year): 60

My Personal Unwatched Pile Statistics

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10-01-19, 03:18 AM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: October 2019

Movies to watch: 263

Movies watched: 14
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
All the Colors of the Dark
The Blob
Dracula
Drácula
The Evil Dead
Evil Dead II
The Invisible Man
The Mummy's Hand
The Mummy's Tomb
The Mummy's Ghost
The Mummy's Curse
Spider Baby
StageFright

New Movies: 20
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
The Blob
Bull Durham
Creature from the Black Lagoon
The Creature Walks Among Us
Dracula
Dracula (Spanish Version)
Dracula's Daughter
Haxan
House of Dracula
House of Frankenstein
Invisible Agent
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man Returns
The Invisible Man's Revenge
The Invisible Woman
Kagemusha
Revenge of the Creature
Son of Dracula

This Month's Net Change: +6

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10-01-19, 10:18 AM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: October 2019

DVDs/BDs To Watch (as of 10/1/19/):

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. Old Dark House, The (BD) (10/5/19)
02. Hound of the Baskervilles, The (10/5/19)
03. Hocus Pocus (BD) (10/6/19)
04. Hotel Transylvania 3 (BD) (10/6/19)
05. *The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (Hammer Film Collection – 5 Movie Pack) (10/12/19)
06. Silver Bullet (10/13/19)
07. Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (10/13/19)
08. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (The Complete Wolf Man Legacy Collection) (BD) (10/13/19)
09. *The House that Screamed (Pure Terror – 50 Movie Pack) (10/14/19)
10. Annabelle (BD) (10/15/19)
12. Annabelle Creation (BD) (10/15/19)
13. Mist, The (10/17/19)
14. *Hatchet 3 (BD) (10/19/19)
15. Train to Busan (BD) (10/20/19)
16. The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (Hammer Film Collection – 5 Movie Pack) (10/25/19)
17. Beetlejuice (BD) (10/28/19)
18. *The VVitch (Digital) (10/29/19)
19. Ouija: Origin of Evil (BD) (Digital) (10/29/19)
20. The Ghost of Frankenstein (The Complete Frankenstein Legacy Collection) (BD) (10/29/19)
21. Haunting, The (BD) (Digital) (10/31/19)
22. Mummy, The (BD) (Digital) (10/31/19)
23. *The Frighteners (BD) (10/31/19)
24. It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (BD) (10/31/19)

In Progress:

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

01. *Zoombies 2 (BD) (Digital) (10/4/19)
02. ~~Haunting, The~~ (BD) (Digital) (10/4/19)
03. ~~Mummy, The~~ (BD) (Digital) (10/4/19)
04. ~~Ouija: Origin of Evil~~ (BD) (Digital) (10/27/19)
05. ~~The Frighteners~~ (BD) (Digital) (10/27/19)

Checklist

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October 2019’s Net Change:

Total Net Change (since 12/01/09): 113

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10-01-19, 03:45 PM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: October 2019

DVDs/BDs to Watch (as of 10/01/19): 348

Movies:

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TV:

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Animation:

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Documentaries:

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DVDs/BDs/Digital Watched: 8

1. * Pet Sematary (2019) (BD)
2. * Night Creatures (Hammer Horror 8-Film Collection) (BD)
3. * The Kiss of the Vampire (Hammer Horror 8-Film Collection) (BD)
4. * Possession (BD)
5. Death Valley: Season 1 (FINAL)
6. * Brides of Dracula (Hammer Horror 8-Film Collection) (BD)
7. * Annabelle Comes Home (BD)
8. * The Curse of La Llorona (BD)

In Progress:

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

1. * Spider-Man: Far from Home (4K)
2. * Annabelle Comes Home (BD)
3. The Haunting of Hill House (BD)

October 2019's Net Change: -5

Total Net Change (since 11/01/09): -188
* = blind buy

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10-01-19, 06:40 PM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: October 2019

DVDs/BDs to Watch at start of month :
-Movies: 62
-TV "Seasons": 40

Goal for 2019
Get the unwatched movies down to 0.

Goals for October
1. Watch everything unwatched in my collection that could be counted for the horror challenge (so I can count it twice), or at least all the movies.
2. Finish the month under 100 unwatched (prefer 90 but baby steps).
3. Watch Intolerance so I can finally finish the checklist (which I did as a rolling checklist and have yet to finish once).

Movies to Watch:

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TV Seasons/Sets to watch:

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Movies Watched: 7
1. Evil Dead 2
2. Army of Darkness Theatrical Cut
3. Army of Darkness TV Cut
4. Scanners
5. It Follows *
6. Cold Prey 2*
7. Annihalation *

TV Seasons Watched: 0

TV Seasons In Progress:

New DVDs/BDs Bought/Received as Gifts: 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

Net Change Since Start of the Month: -7 (Current Unwatched 95)

Total Net Change since these threads started: -26 (Since March '07, started with 121 unwatched)

Total Net Change since the even older thread where I first started tracking (517 unwatched):-422

*First Time Viewing (Blind Buy)

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10-01-19, 11:07 PM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: October 2019

DVD's / BD's to Watch: 176 (Seasons of TV/Movies) out of 948 Owned 18.57%

DVD's / BD's Watched (* = first time watch): 36

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New DVD's / BD's Purchased: 25

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Currently Watching:
Simpsons Season 4, Disc 2
Daria Season 1, Disc 2

October Change: -11
May-September Change: +6

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10-02-19, 12:15 AM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: October 2019

DVD's / BD's to Watch (as of 09/30/19): 4,544

DVD's / BD's Watched: 43
01. Emelie (2015)
02. Green Room (2015)
03. Killer Nun (1979)
04. Ticks (1993)
05. Killer Workout (1987)
06. Warm Bodies
07. Here Comes the Devil (2012)
08. The Green Inferno (2013)
09. Cellar Dweller (1988)
10. Slaughtered (2010)
11. Room 33 (2009)
12. Curtains (1983)
13. Catacombs (1988)
14. At the Devil's Door (2014)
15. Piranha (2010)
16. Leprechaun (1993)
17. Leprechaun 2 (1994)
18. Meadowoods (2010)
19. Leprechaun 3 (1995)
20. Witchcraft 13: Blood of the Chosen (2008)
21. Walled In (2009)
22. The Last House on the Left (2009)
23. Grave Mistake (2008)
24. Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996)
25. Suck (2009)
26: Ju-on: White Ghost & Black Ghost (2009)☼
27. Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
28. Idol of Evil (2009)
29. Leprechaun 5: In the Hood (2000)
30. The Devil Bat (1940)
31. Let Me In (2010)
32. The Devil's Messenger (1961)
33. Leprechaun 6: Back 2 Tha Hood (2003)
34. Spring (2014)
35. Leprechaun: Origins (2014)
36. The Black Waters of Echo's Pond (2009)
37. Pulse (2006)
38. The Pyramid (2014)
39. Jacob (2011)
40. Book of Blood (2009)
41. 976-EVIL (1988)
42. 100 Bloody Acres (2012)
43. What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

New DVD's / BD's Purchased: 1
01. The Bye Bye Man (2017)

October Net Change: -42

Total Net Change (since 11/30/09): +3,387

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12-02-19, 12:06 PM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: October 2019

Blind Buy
First time Viewing

Movies/Shows To Watch: 973

Movies/Shows Watched: 4
1. Hellraiser BD
2. Hellbound: Hellraiser II BD
3. Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth BD
4. Interview With the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

New Movies/Shows Bought: 3
1. Super
2. The Specials
2. New York Yankees Perfect Games and No-Hitters

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

Month Net Change: -1

Total Net Change (Since June '07): +422+423 at the end of September
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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: 6 Hours 51 Minutes
Average Time Watched Per Day: 0 Hours 13 Minutes

Last Month
Total Time Watched: 14 Hours 2 Minutes
Average Time Watched Per Day: 0 Hours 28 Minutes

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