The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2020

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04-30-20, 11:00 PM

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The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2020

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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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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04-30-20, 11:01 PM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2020

My 2020 Goals:

To watch more than I buy in all 12 months. My record is 11 of 12 months, So close last year! November's Dollar Tree finds were too much to overcome.
To completely watch every unwatched BD I have...the end is in sight. (Went from 276 to start last year to 63 going into 2020! I was at 157 to begin 2015, 97 to begin 2016, 125 to start 2017, 236 to start 2018)

I'm considering my goal to watch every unwatched BD a success! I'm down to a handful, but they are TV seasons and in each case I need to catch a preceding season using another format.

Movies/Shows To Watch (as of March 1, 2020): 1,427 (Subtracted 9 DVDs because respective BDs were watched and 4 others moved to "For Sale" pile)

Movies/Shows Watched in May: 29
America's Game: Denver Broncos Collection
The Audrey Hepburn Story
Batkid Begins
Batman vs. Two-Face
Benji Off the Leash
Benji's Very Own Christmas Story
The Big Empty
Brad's Status
The Brooke Ellison Story
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2
By the Sea
Capote
Carlito's Way
Cheatin' Hearts
The Chumscrubber
Class Action
Conviction: Complete Series
CSI: Season 7
Devil's Advocate
Duane Hopwood
The Finest Hours
First Do No Harm
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
House of Cards: Season 1
House of Cards: Season 2 (BD)
In Cold Blood
Man Trouble
Rescue Me: Season 3 (BD)
Serving in Silence, The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

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

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New Movies/Shows Bought in May: 0

May Net Change: -29

2020 Net Change: -81

Total Net Change (Since Sept. '07): +1,123

My Personal Unwatched Pile Statistics

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04-30-20, 11:21 PM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2020

DVD's / BD's to Watch (as of 4/30/20): 4,513

DVD's / BD's Watched: 14
01. Mad Men: Season One (2007)
02. Mad Men: Season Two (2008)
03. Halloween (2007)
04. Halloween II (2009)
05. Mad Men: Season Three (2009)
06. Mad Men: Season Four (2010)
07. Wild Women (1970)
08. They Raid by Night (1942)
09. Mad Men: Season Five (2012)
10. The Secret Invasion (1964)
11. Mad Men: Season Six (2014)
12. Mad Men: Season Seven, Part 1 (2014)
13. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
14. Mad Men: Season Seven, Part 2 (2015)

New DVD's / BD's Purchased: 14
01. 101 Dalmations
02. Sleeping Beauty
03. Suspiria
04. Ant-Man
05. Avengers: Age of Ultron
06. Blue Iguana
07. The Brass Teapot
----Doris Day and Rock Hudson Romantic Comedy Collection:
08. Pillow Talk
09. Lover Come Back
10. Send Me No Flowers
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11. The Hurricane Heist
12. River Runs Red
13. Tokyo Living Dead Idol
14. A Wrinkle in Time

May Net Change: 0

Total Net Change (since 11/30/09): +3,399

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05-01-20, 01:24 AM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2020

DVDs/BDs to Watch at start of month :: 92
-Movies: 52
-TV "Seasons": 40

Goals for 2020
1. Watch every movie I currently own.
2. Watch more than I get/buy each month. OK on this one so far (due to lack of purchases).
3. Watch an average of 1 TV season/set per month. Nope, but luckily it's an average.

Goal for this month:
1. If nothing else, I'm watching Intolerance so I can listen the Unspooled Podcase covering it.

Movies to Watch:

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TV Seasons/Sets to watch:

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Movies Watched: 1
1. Intolerance

TV Seasons Watched: : None

TV Seasons In Progress:
1. Aaahh!!!! Real Monsters

New DVDs/BDs Bought/Received as Gifts: None

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: -1 (Current Unwatched 91)

Total Net Change since these threads started: -30 (Since March '07, started with 121 unwatched)

Total Net Change since the even older thread where I first started tracking (517 unwatched):-426

*First Time Viewing (Blind Buy)

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05-01-20, 10:11 AM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2020

DVDs/BDs To Watch (as of 5/1/20): 525

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/Digital Watched: 5

01. Star Trek: TNG: Season 5 (5/3/20)
02. Incredible Mr. Limpet, The (5/4/20)
03. Star Trek: DS9: Season 1 (5/13/20)
04. Star Trek: TNG: Season 6 (5/13/20)
05. Star Trek: TNG: Season 7 (5/24/20)
06. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald (BD) (gift) (5/25/20)
07. Star Trek: DS9: Season 2 (5/27/20)

In Progress:

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

01.

Checklist

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May 2020’s Net Change:

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

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05-01-20, 04:33 PM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2020

DVDs/BDs to Watch (as of 05/01/20): 326

Movies:

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TV:

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Animation:

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Documentaries:

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DVDs/BDs/Digital Watched: 2

1. Westworld: Season 1 (BD)
2. Westworld: Season 2 (BD)

In Progress:

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New DVDs/BDs/Digital Bought (or received as gifts): 5

1. ~~Westworld: Season 1 (BD)~~
2. ~~Westworld: Season 2 (BD)~~
3. * Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (BD)
4. American Horror Story: Season 8: Apocalypse
5. * Shameless: Season 10

May 2020's Net Change: 3

Total Net Change (since 11/01/09): -202
* = blind buy

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05-02-20, 04:14 AM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2020

DVD's / BD's to Watch: 181 (Seasons of TV/Movies) out of 1038, Owned 17.44%

DVD's / BD's Watched (* = first time watch): 14

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New DVD's / BD's Purchased: 10

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Currently Watching:
Simpsons Season 9, Disc 3 (DvD)
Daria Season 1, Disc 2 (DvD)
The Office, Season 6 Disc 1
Batman Beyond Season 1 Disc 1
Star Trek TOS Season 3, Disc 3

May Change: -4
Jan-Apr 2020 Change: -16
2019 Change: -1

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06-12-20, 06:13 PM

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Re: The Unwatched Media Pile Thread: May 2020

Blind Buy
First time Viewing

Movies/Shows To Watch: 1108

Movies/Shows Watched: 7
1. Friday the 13th: Part V: A New Beginning BD
2. Friday the 13th: Part VI: Jason Lives BD
3. Alien: Covenant BD
4. Mystery Men BD
5. Cloverfield BD
6. Friday the 13th - Part V: A New Beginning
7. Friday the 13th - Part VI: Jason Lives

New Movies/Shows Bought: 22
1. Mummy BD
2. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 4K
3. It BD
4. It 2 BD
5. Joker 4K
6. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 4K
7. Color Out of Space BD
8. Priates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales 4K
9. Angel Heart 4K
10. Hook 4K
11. Cold Pursuit 4K
12. Solo: A Star Wars Story 4K
13. Groundhog Day 4K
14. Mother! 4K
15. A Quiet Place 4K
16. Terminator: Dark Fate 4K
17. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (Shout!) BD
18. Supernova (Shout!) BD
19. Candyman (Shout!) BD
20. Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie BD
21. In Search of Tomorrow BD
21. In Search of Darkness BD

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

Month Net Change: +15

Total Net Change (Since June '07): +573 +558 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. 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
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Current Month
Total Time Watched: 8 Hours 7 Minutes
Average Time Watched Per Day: 0 Hours 15 Minutes

Last Month
Total Time Watched: 24 Hours 9 Minutes
Average Time Watched Per Day: 0 Hours 48 Minutes

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