The HTF 'DVD Challenge' 2k3 - Page 3

Rob Lutter · 05-01-2003, 08:58 AM

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Anyone still doing this?

I'll probably start again later this year

Mark Zimmer · 05-01-2003, 09:38 AM

Sure, there are a number of us back on the first page still going strong--I'm closing in on 100 and one fellow's above 140. We're just editing our posts instead of tacking on new ones.

Beast · 05-02-2003, 08:36 PM

Easier for me to tack on a new one, hope no one minds. New month, didn't get hardly any watched in April due to a new computer purchase. Hope to catch up finally.

May 2003:
5/01/03: Farscape Vol. 3.1
5/02/03: Farscape Vol. 1
5/03/03: Farscape Vol. 2
5/04/03: Farscape Vol. 3
5/05/03: Farscape Vol. 4
5/06/03: Catch Me If You Can
5/07/03: Farscape Vol. 5
5/08/03: Farscape Vol. 6
5/09/03: X-Men: Evolution - Mutants Rising
5/10/03: Farscape Vol. 7
5/11/03: Farscape Vol. 8
5/12/03: Farscape Vol. 9
5/13/03: Spider-Man: Limited Edition Gift Set
5/14/03: Farscape Vol. 10
5/15/03: Farscape Vol. 11
5/16/03: Farscape: Season 2 Vol. 1
5/17/03: Farscape: Season 2 Vol. 2
5/18/03: Farscape: Season 2 Vol. 3
5/19/03: Farscape: Season 2 Vol. 4
5/20/03: Star Trek: Nemesis
5/21/03: Farscape: Season 2 Vol. 5
5/22/03:
5/23/03: Dances with Wolves: Special Edition
5/24/03:
5/25/03:
5/26/03:
5/27/03:
5/28/03:
5/29/03:
5/30/03:
5/31/03:

Current Total DVDs: 200+
DVDs Watched: 87

05-02-2003, 09:04 PM

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We're just editing our posts instead of tacking on new ones.

I edit also to add new DVDs to the month but shouldn't we "tack" on new posts (last completed month) to keep this thread from getting buried?

Joe Fisher · 05-05-2003, 09:09 AM

I'll admit that I have being cheating a little. What I usually do is watch just the movie & visit the extras at a later date. Currently have 23 to go back to & some of those are just a few extras per title. Luckily I sold off about 45 titles last month to trim down the collection a little or otherwise I wouldn't have the time to complete this.

05-05-2003, 11:40 AM

6 movies in one day? Damn.

Mark Zimmer · 05-30-2003, 12:27 PM

Joe's a maniac. We're at day 150 of the year and he's at over 180 discs watched. And I thought I was out of control.

Even in my wussified version of the Challenge I'm doing poorly compared to his Olympic numbers---112 discs watched, only 86 of them 2003 acquisitions--which means I'm just over half of my 2003 acquisitions.

The TV series boxsets (I know, we're not supposed to count them, sue me--Babylon 5 and Buffy are too entertaining not to watch) are eating too much time, as are catching up on old MST3Ks. Last night I was going to watch Dance of Death with the superannuated Boris Karloff, but was chagrined to find that there was no DVD inside the case! Back to DDD I go for an exchange. So I settled for Armando de Ossorio's Fangs of the Living Dead. Wow, what a terrible movie, and Retromedia's presentation of it wasn't much better.

Joe Fisher · 05-30-2003, 09:23 PM

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Joe's a maniac. We're at day 150 of the year and he's at over 180 discs watched. And I thought I was out of control.

And I'm ready to quit. It's getting to be too much of a hassle to do this. I'm starting to watch DVD's just for the sake of getting it out of the way instead of watching & enjoying the film/extras for what it is. I feel like I'm becoming a slave to my DVD collection.

And as I stated before I've still got about 25-30 dvd's worth of extras still to complete. Also, if I watch another making of feature explaining how they filmed a movie and inserted the CGI later, my brain is going to explode.

Plus another thing thats going to hold me back in the next few months is I'm going to be away from home for 16 of the next 60 days. So thats going to put a monkey wrench in things.

The only thing that has kept me going the past few weeks is that I've finally upgraded to new audio equipment such as a new 6.1 DD/DTS receiver, subwoofer, center & surround speakers, so I've been into it a little bit more lately. But still it's become a hassle.

I'll hang in till after the 4th of July weekend and see if I can still do this. Otherwise I'm out of here.

Joe

Mark Zimmer · 06-02-2003, 10:45 AM

Heck, even if you stopped now, it'd be tough to catch you.

I hear ya about the CGI supplements, though. I've watched enough of those over the last five years that I feel like I could sit down with a mouse and do them myself. It's also greatly lowered my tolerance for crappy CGI (Matrix Reloaded, Hulk trailer), since I know that they can do a lot better at minimal additional expense.

Mark Zimmer · 06-30-2003, 11:41 AM

Hey, challengees, it's almost July, and we're at the halfway point! How are folks doing on their challenge? For me, it's going dismally, even in its wussified version (watching everything I acquire in 2003). 204 discs acquired in 2003 thus far and only 103 of them watched, plus 26 others from earlier years and 64 reviews. But it's fun looking over the list and seeing what I've seen (and some of them are already only dimly remembered!) Currently working through The Hours....

07-01-2003, 11:58 PM

You kidding? You guys are running circles around me. At only 64 DVDs viewed thus far, I'm just happy to be able to beat my previous best of 13 dvds in January with 14 this past month. I also watch a handful of dvd rentals (which cannot be included in the Challenge) and shows on my TiVo. While 24, Alias, Six Feet Under, Smallville & 5 hours of WWE programming were invading my TiVo on a (mostly) weekly basis, I was only able to watch 15 dvds total for Feb/Mar. Luckily, I haven't been watching Sopranos, Sex and the City, Oz and The Shield as they broadcast.(have only seen season 1 of each, thus far). But I want to try and see 20 in a month before the year is over. Oh well.

There should be a movie challenge.