Well, there's no way I'm going to make it through my collection in one year without watching 7 titles per day, every day, and that's not going to happen. Work interferes with life. But I'd be up for a modified version where I watch all the discs I acquire in 2003 (if 2002 is any measure, that's still going to be about 500 discs--still a respectable number for a challenge if I do say so myself). In any event, I'll play along in my wussified version, if that's OK, which will also pick up as many things in my backlog as possible too. I am, however, going to do all commentaries since I don't feel a DVD has been completely watched until it has been plumbed to its depths (no wonder I've got such a backlog...). DVDs that I've written reviews on for
www.digitallyobsessed.com will be marked with an asterisk. They may not go live immediately, though, since our editor has to pass on them.
Please be patient. I'm counting multi-disc sets as one title generally, unless the individual discs are also being released separately (cf. the Woody Allen Collections). 2003 acquisitions marked with (#).
1/1/03 Ilsa The Tigress of Siberia(*), D.W. Griffith Years of Discovery 1909-1913 (*)
1/02/03: The Toolbox Murders SE (*)
1/03/03: Ratcatcher (*)
1/04/03:
1/05/03: Die Nibelungen (#)
1/06/03: Tabu (*)
1/07/03: The House of Clocks
1/08/03:
1/09/03: Stage to Mesa City/The Hawk of Powder River (*)
1/10/03: The Thin Man (#)
1/11/03: Flashdance (*)
1/12/03: A History of Britain (5 Discs) (*), The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers (*), Fangs (*)
1/13/03: Hercules in the Haunted World (#)
1/14/03: Signs (#)
1/15/03: The Thief of Bagdad (1940) (#)
1/16/03: Strange Brew (#)
1/17/03: Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (*#)
1/18/03: The Donner Party (*#), Pennies from Heaven (*#)
1/19/03: Fun in Acapulco (*#)
1/20/03: Django (*#)
1/21/03: Mickey Mouse in Living Color
1/22/03:
1/23/03:
1/24/03:
1/25/03: Blade
1/26/03: Fellowship of the Ring Theatrical Ed.; Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 1 (not counted in totals per rules)
1/27/03: Django, Kill! If you live, shoot! (*#)
1/28/03: Run, Man, Run (*#)
1/29/03: Mannaja: A Man Called Blade (*#)
1/30/03: Champagne for Caesar (*#)
1/31/03: Alucarda
2/01/03: Rattlers/Isle of the Snake People (#)
2/02/03: Captured on Film/Quality Street (*#)
2/03/03: The Adventures of Prince Achmed (*)
2/04/03: The Cockettes (*#)
2/05/03:
2/06/03: Tokyo Decadence(#)
2/07/03: [worked on Buffy Season 2, not counted]
2/08/03: Toy Story, Animation Legend Winsor McCay, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
2/09/03: 70 Years of Popeye, The Paleface, The Good Fairy, Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (*#)
2/10/03: Devil's Kiss (*#)
2/11/03:
2/12/03: Keaton Plus (#)
2/13/03: Barbed Wire Dolls (#)
2/14/03: Three Stooges: Stop! Look! and Laugh! (*#)
2/15/03: [first half of Six Feet Under Season 1]
2/16/03: Six Feet Under Season 1 (*#); Pueblo Sin Suerte (*#)
2/17/03: The Money Pit (#)
2/18/03: The Magic Christian (*#)
2/19/03:
2/20/03:
2/21/03:
2/22/03: [more Buffy season 2, not counted]
2/23/03: Jess Franco's Sadomania (#); Thelma & Louise SE (#)
2/24/03: Copacabana (*#)
2/25/03: Road to Perdition (#)
2/26/03:
2/27/03:
2/28/03: Pursued (*#), Godzilla's Revenge
3/01/03: Fellowship of the Ring Extended Edition
3/02/03: Monster's Ball Signature Edition (#), Henry Hill (*#), The Faceless Monster (#)
3/03/03:
3/04/03: From Here to Eternity: Superbit (*#)
3/05/03:
3/06/03: Heavy Metal: Superbit (*#)
3/07/03:
3/08/03: The Best of the Muppet Show vol. 3 (*#)
3/09/03: Blade II (#)
3/10/03:
3/11/03:
3/12/03:
3/13/03: Good Times: The Complete First Season (*#)
3/14/03:
3/15/03: Harem Suare (*#)
3/16/03: Destroy All Planets/Attack of the Monsters (#), Super Duper Sumos #2: Absolutely Flabulous (#), Eraserhead (*#)
3/17/03: Sunrise (*#)
3/18/03:
3/19/03: [working on Buffy Season 2--down to the last disc]
3/20/03:
3/21/03:
3/22/03: [out of town at the Oscars]
3/23/03:
3/24/03: Buffy Season 2, finally (#)
3/25/03: Bottom Live #1 (#)
3/26/03:
3/27/03:
3/28/03: The Cook and Other Treasures (#)
3/29/03:
3/30/03:
3/31/03: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (*#)
4/01/03: Joe Jackson 25th Anniversary Special (#)
4/02/03:
4/03/03:
4/04/03:
4/05/03: Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (*#), Short Films of David Lynch (#)
4/06/03: The Howards of Virginia (*#)
4/07/03: The Godson/Below the Belt (#)
4/08/03: Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Vista Series (#), Lucas (#) Part I of Winona Ryder the Early Years
4/09/03: Roadie (*#)
4/10/03:
4/11/03: A Chorus Line (*#)
4/12/03:
4/13/03: Straw Dogs: Criterion Collection (*#)
4/14/03:
4/15/03: Square Dance (#)-part II of Winona Ryder the Early Years
4/16/03: 1969 (#) part III of Winona the Early Years
4/17/03:
4/18/03: The Four Historic Ed Sullivan Shows Featuring The Beatles (#)
4/19/03:
4/20/03: (Working on Antoine Doinel boxset)
4/21/03:
4/22/03:
4/23/03:
4/24/03: Finished Adventures of Antoine Doinel (*#)
4/25/03:
4/26/03: Broadway Melody of 1940 (*#)
4/27/03: La Storia di una Monaca di Clausura (#), Interno di Convento (#)
4/28/03: Gunfight at the OK Corral (*#), Frankenstein-1910/Nosferatu (#)
4/29/03: MST3K: The Crawling Hand (#)
4/30/03:
5/01/03: King Rat (*#)
5/02/03:
5/03/03:
5/04/03: Kiss Me Kate (*#)
5/05/03:
5/06:03: The Carpetbaggers (*#)
5/07/03:
5/08/03: All in the Family Season One
5/09/03:
5/10/03: The Great American Songbook (*#)
5/11/03: The Swimmer (#), Sink the Bismarck (*#)
5/12/03: Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (*#)
5/13/03: The Blue Max (*#)
5/14/03:
5/15/03:
5/16/03: The Matrix
5/17/03: Quest for Fire (*#)
5/18/03: The War Lover (*#), Babylon 5 Season One (Omitted the commentary for Chrysalis due to spoilers & not having seen the series before)
5/19/03: The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (*#)
5/20/03: Basil (#)--open matte, rather than P&S but still I cringed
5/21/03: The Other Hell (#)
5/22/03:
5/23/03:
5/24/03: X-Men 1.5 (#)
5/25/03:
5/26/03:
5/27/03:
5/28/03: The Song of Bernadette (*#)
5/29/03: Fangs of the Living Dead (#)
5/30/03:
5/31/03:
6/1/03: Babylon 5 Season 2 (#)
6/2/03: Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (*#)
6/3/03:
6/4/03: Continuing to slog through Dances with Wolves Directors Cut commentaries....whose bright idea was it to put two commentaries on a four-hour movie?
6/5/03: Doriana Gray (#)
6/6/03:
6/7/03: Walking with Cavemen (*#)
6/8/03: The Rocking Horse Winner (*#)
6/9/03: Journey to the Center of the Earth (*#)
6/10/03:
6/11/03: Santo y Blue Demon contra Doctor Frankestein (*#)
6/12/03:
6/13/03:
6/14/03:
6/15/03: Giant (*#)
6/16/03:
6/17/03: Finally finished both Dances With Wolves Extended Edition (#) and Buffy Season 3 (#)
6/18/03:
6/19/03:
6/20/03: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea SE (#)
6/21/03: Anastasia (*#)
6/22/03: Invincible (*#)
6/23/03: Mysterious Island (*#)
6/24/03: The Searchers
6/25/03: Flavia the Heretic (*#)
6/26/03: Separate But Equal (*#)
6/27/03:
6/28/03:
6/29/03: The Osbournes Season One (#)
6/30/03:
7/1/03: Destined for Second (*#), Dance of Death (#)
7/2/03: Emanuelle in America (#)
7/3/03: Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (#), I Drink Your Blood SE (#)
7/4/03: Bad Boys SE (#)
7/5/03: All in the Family Season 2 (#), Hiroshima, mon Amour (#)
7/6/03: Reptilicus, Throne of Blood (#)
7/7/03:
7/8/03: The Abominable Dr. Phibes
7/9/03:
7/10/03:
7/11/03: Gangs of New York (#)
7/12/03:
7/13/03:Night and Fog (*#)
7/14/03: Bear in the Big Blue House: A Bear for all Seasons (*#)
7/15/03:
7/16/03:
7/17/03:
7/18/03:
7/19/03: The New Avengers Season 1 (*#), I Fidanzati (*#)
7/20/03: CSI Season 1 (#)
7/21/03: Night Train (*#)
7/22/03: And Now the Screaming Starts (#)
7/23/03: The Hours (#), Coup de Grace (*#)
7/24/03:
7/25/03:
7/26/03: Gay Purr-ee (#), Kiki's Delivery Service (#), The Crimson Pirate (#)
7/27/03: Spirited Away (#), Frankenstein (1931)
7/28/03:
7/29/03:
7/30/03: [working on Buffy S4 and Angel S1]
7/31/03:
8/1/03:
8/2/03: [started working on Daredevil]
8/3/03: Evil Dead Trap, Evil Dead Trap 2 (*#)
8/4/03:
8/5/03: Daredevil SE (#)
8/6/03:
8/7/03:
8/8/03: Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (*#)
8/9/03:
8/10/03: Buffy Season 4 (#), Angel Season 1 (#), Gene Autry Collection: Home on the Prairie (*#)
8/11/03: The Holy Mountain (1926) (*#)
8/12/03:
8/13/03: Targets (*#)
8/14/03:
8/15/03: Woodstock Director's Cut
8/16/03: Three Stooges in History (*#), See No Evil (*#)
8/17/03: Laurel & Hardy (*#), The Music Box, Rocky & Bullwinkle Season 1 (#)
8/18/03:
8/19/03: Man's Best Friend (*#)
8/20/03:
8/21/03: Countess Dracula/The Vampire Lovers (*#)
8/22/03: Lord of the Rings:The Two Towers Theatrical Ed (#)
8/23/03:
8/24/04: Ghoulies/Ghoulies II (*#), Johnstown Flood (*#)
8/25:03:
8/26/03:
8/27/03: Winston Churchill (*#)
8/28/03:
8/29/03: (working on Outer Limits S2)
8/30/03: Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman/House of Frankenstein, Two Towers again (not counted)
8/31/03: Fantasia 2000, Destroy All Monsters
9/1/03: Voodoo Passion (#)
9/2/03:
9/03/03: The Outer Limits Season 2 (*#)
9/04/03: House of Wax (*#), Sonic Bloom (*#)
9/05/03:
9/06/03:
9/07/03: The Devil Commands (*#)
9/08/03: Heavy Organ (*#)
9/09/03: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life SE (#), The Spring (*#)
9/10/03: Repossessed (*#)
9/11/03: Melody Ranch (*#)
9/12/03: Brain Damage LE (*#)
9/13/03: The Haunting-1963 (*#)
9/14/03: The Ghoul (#), Rediscovering Dave Brubeck (*#)
9/15/03: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow-Hallmark(*#)
9/16/03: The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (*#)
9/17/03: The Vampires Night Orgy (*#)
9/18/03:
9/19/03: Snake People (Eclectic) (*#)
9/20/03: Two Towers again (not counted)
9/21/03: Phantom of the Opera Ultimate Edition (#), The Simpsons Season 2
9/22/03:
9/23/03: Not Mozart (*#)
9/24/03:
9/25/03: The Gold Rush SE R2 (#)
9/26/03: Before Hollywood There Was Fort Lee NJ (*#)
9/27/03: The Devil Came From Akasava (*#)
9/28/03: X-312 Flight to Hell (*#)
9/29/03: Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! R2 (#)
9/30/03:
10/01/03:
10/02/03: [Watching the playoffs. Sue me.]
10/03/03:
10/04/03: Under Capricorn (*#)
10/05/03: By Brakhage (*#)
10/06/03: The Good Old Naughty Days(*#)
10/07/03:
10/08/03: Arsenal (*#)
10/09/03:
10/10/03:
10/11/03: Jose Carreras Around the World (*#)
10/12/03: Babylon 5 Season 3 (#)
10/13/03:
10/14/03:
10/15/03: [watching the Cubs has dominated my free time]
10/16/03:
10/17/03: The Devil and Daniel Webster (*#)
10/18/03: Gaucho Serenade (*#)
10/19/03: Robin Hood of Texas (*#)
10/20/03: Cry of the Banshee/Murders in the Rue Morgue (#)
10/21/03:
10/22/03: [working on the Fassbinder BRD Trilogy set]
10/23/03:
10/24/03: CSI Season 2 (#)
10/25/03:
10/26/03: [still working on Fassbinder. Man these discs are fully packed]
10/27/03:
10/28/03:
10/29/03:
10/30/03: The Man Show Season 1 (Woo hoo, girls on trampolines!)(#)
10/31/03:
11/1/03: Fassbinder BRD Trilogy (*#), Circus of Fear (#)
11/2/03: Waxwork I & II (*#), Laugh with Max Linder (*#)
11/3/03:
11/4/03:
11/5/03: [working on Victory at Sea]
11/6/03:
11/7/03:
11/8/03: Victory at Sea (*#)
11/9/03: Watchers/Watchers II (*#)
11/10/03: Mike Oldfield-The Art in Heaven Concert (*#)
11/11/03: South of the Border (*#)
11/12/03: The Comedy of Terrors/The Raven (#)
11/13/03: Rovin' Tumbleweeds (*#)
11/14/03: The Game is Over (*#)
11/15/03: The Trouble with Angels (*#)
11/16/03:
11/17/03:
11/18/03: Where Angels Go Trouble Follows (*#)
11/19/03: [working on TTT:EE]
11/20/03: Profiler Season One (#)
11/21/03: The Howlin' Wolf Story (*#)
11/22/03: Heart of the Rio Grande (*#), Shooting High (*#), Napoleon (#)
11/23/03: [working on Profiler Season Two]
11/24/03: Profiler Season Two (*#)
11/25/03: Drole de drame (*#)
11/26/03: [Working on The Persuaders set one]
11/27/03:
11/28/03: Platinum Blonde (*#), Two Towers Extended Editions...finally finished all the commentaries and extras. (#)
11/29/03:
11/30/03: The Pact of Silence (*#), Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (*#), The Black Scorpion (*#)
12/01/03: The Valley of Gwangi (*#)
12/02/03: Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (*#)
12/03/03: The Jolson Story (*#)
12/04/03: Jolson Sings Again (*#)
12/05/03: Sinfonia Erotica (#)
12/06/03: Love Camp (#)
12/07/03: The Persuaders! Season 1 (*#), The Cars That Ate Paris (*#)
12/08/03: Merry-Go-Round (*#)
12/09/03:
12/10/03: Beginning of the End (*#)
12/11/03: Life & Times: Glenn Gould (#)
12/12/03: Glenn Gould: The Russian Journey (#), Glenn Gould: Extasis (#-* last 3 discs reviewed as The Glenn Gould Collection)
12/13/03:
12/14/03:The Cat's Meow Signature Series (*#), The Chess Player (*#)
12/15/03: National Geographic Beyond the Movie Return of the King (*#)
12/16/03: [At LOTR Trilogy Tuesday! Wahoo! ]
12/17/03: [seeing ROTK a second time]
12/18/03: Looney Tunes: Reality Check (*#)
12/19/03: Cracker (*#)
12/20/03: Highlander Season 1, The Face of Fu Manchu (#)
12/21/03: I was a Male War Bride (*#)
12/22/03:
12/23/03: My Darling Clementine (*#)
12/24/03:
12/25/03:
12/26/03: Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1931/1941) (*#)
12/27/03: Zatoichi 9: The Adventures of Zatoichi (*#), Virgin Report (*#)
12/28/03: Highlander Season Two (#), La Traviata (*#), Mad Love: The Films of Evgenii Bauer (*#)
12/29/03: La Terre (*#)
12/30/03:
12/31/03:
CHALLENGE OVER
Total DVDs: 3000+
Watched: 269
Total DVD acquisitions in 2003: 510
Watched: 233
DVDs Reviewed in 2003: 150