The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: November 2019

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

10-31-19, 11:00 PM

Cardsfan111

DVD Talk Legend

Thread Starter

Join Date: Feb 2007

Location: Indiana

Posts: 18,272

Likes: 0

Received 264 Likes on 186 Posts

The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: November 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:

Spoiler:

Quote:

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:

Spoiler:

And should you want to go back and check your progress from a previous month...

Older Threads

Spoiler:

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

Reply Like

10-31-19, 11:00 PM

Cardsfan111

DVD Talk Legend

Thread Starter

Join Date: Feb 2007

Location: Indiana

Posts: 18,272

Likes: 0

Received 264 Likes on 186 Posts

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: November 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 November 1, 2019): 1,464 (Subtracted one DVD because respective BD was watched)

Movies/Shows Watched in November: 31
Black Sheep (BD)
CSI: Season 5
Family Ties: Season 5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (BD)
The Hunters (BD)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 6 (BD)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas (BD)
Les Miserables (1998) (BD)
Les Miserables (2012) (BD)
New Year's Eve (BD)
No Strings Attached (BD)
Portlandia: Season 2 (BD)
Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron (BD)
St. Vincent (BD)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (BD)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (BD)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (BD)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (BD)
Suburban Girl (BD)
Sucker Punch (BD)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (BD)
Tosh.0: Deep V's (BD)
Turbo (BD)
Two Moon Junction
Valentine's Day (BD)
Victor Frankenstein (BD)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (BD)
West Side Story (BD)
Winter's Tale (BD)
Wrath of the Titans (BD)
The Young Messiah (BD)

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

Spoiler:

New Movies/Shows Bought in November: 64
The Adventures of Robin Hood: TV Guide Classics
Aladdin (4K/BD)
Aquaman (BD)
Batkid Begins
Batman vs Two-Face
Big Bad Wolves
Big Wedding (BD)
Breathless (BD)
Brennan
Cairo Time (BD)
The Canyon
Comic-Con: Episode IV - A Fan's Hope
Chillerama
Crazy Rich Asians (BD)
Creed II (BD)
The Crimson Field (BD)
Deadpool 2 (BD)
Digging Up the Marrow (BD)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Season 1
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: Season 2
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven (BD)
Electric Boogaloo
Family Bonds: Season 1
Flashback: 50 Events That Shaped America (BD)
Focus (BD)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (BD)
Gnomeo & Juliet (BD)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (BD)
Her (BD)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (BD)
Hoodwinked (BD)
Hot Pursuit (BD)
House MD: Season 6
Hunter Killer (BD)
I Can Only Imagine (BD)
Kevin Hart: I'm a Grown Little Man (BD)
The Last Mimzy
The Lion King (BD)
The Lost City of Z (BD)
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Misfits (BD)
Mission Impossible: Fallout (BD)
No End in Sight
Panic in the Streets (BD)
Peppermint (BD)
Quid Pro Quo
A Quiet Place (BD)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Route 66: Marathon Tour Chicago to LA (BD)
Scooby-Doo and the Mask of the Blue Falcon
Shazam (BD)
A Shine of Rainbows
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (BD)
Star Trek (BD)
Star Trek Into the Darkness (BD)
Terms of Endearment (BD)
Titanic: 100th Anniversary Collection
Transcendence (BD)
Uncle Nick (BD)
A War
Welcome to New York (BD)
White Wedding (BD)
Wild Deep: 7 Continents (BD)
You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown

November Net Change: +33

2019 Net Change: -191

Total Net Change (Since Sept. '07): +1,209

Number of Unwatched BDs (Goal is to watch them all this year): 77 (increased by 3 because a recently purchased DVD set was replaced with BDs)

My Personal Unwatched Pile Statistics

Spoiler:

Last edited by Cardsfan111; 12-04-19 at 10:08 AM.

Reply Like

10-31-19, 11:08 PM

jmsmath

DVD Talk Gold Edition

Join Date: Jun 2008

Location: Kentucky

Posts: 2,006

Likes: 0

Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: November 2019

DVD's / BD's to Watch (as of 10/31/19): 4,502

DVD's / BD's Watched: 23
01. Problem Child (1990)
02. This Means War (2012)
03. Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
04. Daddy Day Care (2003)
05. Goon (2011)
06. Blockers (2018)
07. Watching the Detectives (2007)
08. O'Horten (2007)
09. I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
10. Going in Style (2017)
11. 21 & Over (2013)
12. BASEketball (1998)
13. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
14. The Joneses (2009)
15. Let's Be Cops (2014)
16. Indian Summer (1993)
17. Sex Drive (2008)
18. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
19. Say Anything... (1989)
20. Envy (2004)
21. Tag (2018)
22. Back to School
23. When Harry Met Sally

New DVD's / BD's Purchased: 49
01. Brackenmore
02. Crimson Peak
03. The Dark Side of the Moon
04. Shadowbuilder
05. Slayground
06. Trilogy of Terror II
07. Zoolander
08. Annabelle Comes Home
09. Bohemian Rhapsody
10. Crawl
11. The Curse of Llorona
12. Godzilla: King of the Monsters
13. Pet Sematary (2019)
14. Rocketman
15. True Detective: The Complete Third Season
16. X-Men: Dark Phoenix
17. Yesterday
18. Air Strike
19. Alita: Battle Angel
20. Anna
21. Aquaman
22. The Beach Bum
23. Book Club
24. Brightburn
25. Bumble Bee
26. Child's Play (2019)
27. Cold Pursuit
28. Deep Blue Sea 2
29. Despicable Me 3
30. Escape Room
31. Fighting with My Family
32. Five Feet Apart
33. The Girl in the Spider's Web
34. Greta
35. The Grinch (2018)
36. The Handmaid's Tale: Season One
37. The Handmaid's Tale: Season Two
38. Holmes & Watson
39. Hotel Mumbai
40. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
41. John Wick 3
42. MIB: International
43. Miss Bala
44. Robin Hood (2019)
45. The Post
46. The Secret Life of Pets 2
47. Shazam!
48. Spider-Man: Into the Spoder-Verse
49. The Upside

November Net Change: +26

Total Net Change (since 11/30/09): +3,413

Last edited by jmsmath; 11-30-19 at 10:07 PM.

Reply Like

11-01-19, 01:32 AM

shellebelle

Senior Member

Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: California

Posts: 618

Likes: 22

Received 24 Likes on 14 Posts

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: November 2019

DVDs/BDs To Watch (as of 11/1/19/): 535

Movies to Watch

Spoiler:

TV to Watch:

Spoiler:

TV Documentaries/Miniseries/Movies to Watch

Spoiler:

DVDs/BDs Watched:

01. Hound of the Baskervilles, The (The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection) (11/22/19)
02. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The (The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection) (11/24/19)
03. Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection) (11/25/19)
04. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (Digital) (11/27/19)

In Progress:

Spoiler:

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

01. Christmas at the Palace (11/09/19)
02. Greatest Showman, The (BD) (11/29/19)
03. It (BD) (11/29/19)
04. *Spider-Man: Far From Home (4K) (11/29/19)
05. *X-Men: Dark Phoenix (4K) (11/29/19)
06. *Outlander: Season 3 (BD) (11/29/19)
07. *Outlander: Season 4 (BD) (11/29/19)

Checklist

Spoiler:

November 2019’s Net Change:

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

Last edited by shellebelle; 12-02-19 at 02:45 PM.

Reply Like

11-01-19, 02:11 AM

Nesbit

DVD Talk Hall of Fame

Join Date: Dec 2001

Location: Bremerton WA

Posts: 8,433

Likes: 194

Received 90 Likes on 67 Posts

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: November 2019

DVD's / BD's to Watch: 179 (Seasons of TV/Movies) out of 975 Owned 18.38%

DVD's / BD's Watched (* = first time watch): 24

Spoiler:

New DVD's / BD's Purchased: 24

Spoiler:

Currently Watching:
Simpsons Season 3, Disc 1 (DvD)
Daria Season 1, Disc 2 (DvD)
Batman Beyond Season 1 Disc 1

November Change: 0
May-October Change: -5

Last edited by Nesbit; 12-04-19 at 01:19 PM.

Reply Like

11-01-19, 07:18 PM

tarfrimmer

Senior Member

Join Date: Sep 2007

Location: California

Posts: 477

Likes: 26

Received 10 Likes on 7 Posts

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: November 2019

DVDs/BDs to Watch (as of 11/01/19): 343

Movies:

Spoiler:

TV:

Spoiler:

Animation:

Spoiler:

Documentaries:

Spoiler:

DVDs/BDs/Digital Watched: 7

1. The Haunting of Hill House (BD)
2. * Spider-Man: Far from Home (4K)
3. * Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic (BD)
4. * Night Stalker: The Complete Series (FINAL)
5. * The Phantom of the Opera (Hammer Horror 8-Film Collection) (BD)
6. * Paranoiac (Hammer Horror 8-Film Collection) (BD)
7. * Nightmare (Hammer Horror 8-Film Collection) (BD)

In Progress:

New DVDs/BDs/Digital Bought (or received as gifts): 1

1. * Slaughter of the Innocents (BD) (prize)

November 2019's Net Change: -6

Total Net Change (since 11/01/09): -194
* = blind buy

Last edited by tarfrimmer; 11-27-19 at 02:32 PM.

Reply Like

11-01-19, 11:19 PM

Greg MacGuffin

DVD Talk Platinum Edition

Join Date: Mar 2004

Location: Formerly known as "Jeffy Pop"/Denver

Posts: 3,038

Likes: 0

Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: November 2019

Movies to watch: 269

Movies watched: 1
Adaptation

New Movies: 2
Clouds of Sils Maria
Some Like It Hot

This Month's Net Change: +1

Last edited by Greg MacGuffin; 11-03-19 at 08:16 PM.

Reply Like

11-28-19, 04:03 AM

Ginwen

DVD Talk Limited Edition

Join Date: May 2002

Location: Kent, WA

Posts: 7,343

Likes: 58

Received 11 Likes on 8 Posts

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: November 2019

DVDs/BDs to Watch at start of month :: 95
-Movies: 55
-TV "Seasons": 40

Goal for 2019
Get the unwatched movies down to 0. Unlikely, but I do have a decent amount of time coming up so who knows.

Goals for November
1. Now that it's almost over when I do this, finish season 1 of Dick Van Dyke.
2. Decrease total by 1 (watch more than I buy).

Movies to Watch:

Spoiler:

TV Seasons/Sets to watch:

Spoiler:

Movies Watched: 4
1. The Freshman (The Harold Lloyd one)*
2. Antman and the Wasp
3. Red
4. Red 2

TV Seasons Watched: 1
1. Dick Van Dyke S1 *

TV Seasons In Progress:

New DVDs/BDs Bought/Received as Gifts: 5
1. Captain Marvel
2. John Wick: Chapter 3: Parabellum
3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
4. Venom
5. Spider-Man: Far From Home

Checklist:

Spoiler:

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: Even (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)

Last edited by Ginwen; 12-01-19 at 03:23 AM.

Reply Like

12-08-19, 10:15 PM

Numes

DVD Talk Gold Edition

Join Date: Jul 2002

Location: Hawkeye Country

Posts: 2,478

Likes: 9

Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts

Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: November 2019

Blind Buy
First time Viewing

Movies/Shows To Watch: 972

Movies/Shows Watched: 3
1. Blown Away BD
2. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian BD

New Movies/Shows Bought: 27
1. The Essential Games of the Seattle Mariners
2. Crimson Peak (Arrow) BD
3. Pride and Prejudice BD
4. Get a Life: The Complete Series
5. Baltimore Orieles Legends: Cal Ripken Jr.
6. Assault on Precinct 13 BD
7. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping BD
8. John Wick: Chapter 3: Parabellum BD
9. The Shape of Water BD
10. Robocop (Arrow) BD
11. Mission Impossible: Fallout BD
12. X-Men: Dark Phoenix BD
13. The Equalizer 2 BD
14. Venom BD
15. Glass BD
16. Aquaman BD
17. Fantastic Beasts: The Crime of Grindelwald BD
18. The Martian: Extended Edition BD
19. MLB 25 Greatest: Postseason Home Runs
20. Inglorious Basterds: 10th Anniversay Limited Edition BD
21. The Fast and the Furious BD
22. 2 Fast 2 Furious BD
23. The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drive BD
24. Fast & Furious BD
25. Fast Five BD
26. Fast & Furious 6 BD
27. Furious 7 BD

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

Month Net Change: +24

Total Net Change (Since June '07): +446 +422 at the end of October
____________________________________________

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. Red Heat (#435) - purchased 1/18/2003

Working On:
1. The Simpsons: Season 8
2. Seinfeld: Season 7
3. Stargate SG-1: Season 10
4. Stargate Atlantis: Season 3
____________________________________________

Current Month
Total Time Watched: 7 Hours 0 Minutes
Average Time Watched Per Day: 0 Hours 14 Minutes

Last Month
Total Time Watched: 6 Hours 51 Minutes
Average Time Watched Per Day: 0 Hours 13 Minutes

Last edited by Numes; 01-12-20 at 02:54 PM.