The Almighty Johnsons

The Almighty Johnsons @ Wikipedia The Almighty Johnsons @ IMDb Many years ago the people in the north began to rise up against their gods….

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

I haven’t been much to the movies lately because I don’t care much about most of the recent movies. Or I get them on DVD…

Purchase Diary 2011 – January

Back to the Future 1 – 3


11 Jan – €24.01 (£17.99) @ Amazon.co.uk

Mad Men: Season 1 – 3


18 Jan – €32.46 (£24.79) @ Amazon.co.uk

Dexter: Season 3


20 Jan – €17.28 (£12.89) @ Amazon.co.uk

Dune


20 Jan – €12.99 @ Media Markt

Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door


20 Jan – €9.99 @ Media Markt

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DVD Statistics 2010

2010 End Statistics:

New Purchase Items: 131 (141 in 2009)
New Movies: 93 (thereof Blu-ray: 36)
New TV Seasons: 54 (thereof Blu-ray: 7)
New TV Specials: 17
New Special Interest: 1 (thereof Blu-ray: 1)

Money Spent: 1,586.10€ (1,869.30€ in 2009)
Money Spent on Movies: 684.18€
Money Spent on TV Seasons: 813.53€
Money Spent on TV Specials: 78.41€
Money Spent on Special Interest: 9.98€

Avg Spent: 12.11€ (13.26€ in 2009)
Avg Spent on Movies: 7.36€
Avg Spent on TV Seasons: 15.07€
Avg Spent on TV Specials: 4.61€
Avg Spent on Special Interest: 9.98€

Runtime: 45,592m (31d 15h 52m)
Runtime Movies: 10,647m (7d 9h 27m)
Runtime TV Seasons: 33,491m (23d 5h 11m)
Runtime TV Specials: 1,349m (22h 29m)
Runtime Special Interest: 105m (1h 45m)

Cheapest Item: Superman: Vol. 1 (1.00€)

Most Expensive Item: Torchwood: The Complete Series (42.99€)

First Item: How I Met Your Mother: Season 3 (0.00€)

Last Item: V for Vendetta (9.99€)


Purchase by Locality:
United States: 17
Canada: 6
United Kingdom: 80
Germany: 28

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Two Beavers Are Better Than One

In the show How I Met Your Mother the character Robin used to be a child star in Canada and had the stage name Robin Sparkles.

For the third time there’s a music video with a song from that time and it’s pretty harmless – unless you think of something else:

If Robin’s beaver devours six inches of wood every half hour and Jessica’s beaver devours eight inches of wood every 45 minutes how much wood will I need to keep both beavers well fed all weekend long?

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TV Season 2010/2011 Diary #10

In the last few weeks I didn’t feel much like watching anything. But then the hill turned into a mountain. Luckily some of the series are pausing for some weeks and I decided to play catch up before I have to cross the Alps. Since this was a bigger marathon session I won’t talk about every individual episode but rather about I like the season so far.

Bones
With Bones it’s business as usual. I like their cases and their chemistry and I just enjoy watching them.
And I loved it how Brennan managed to jump over her own shadow for this kids show:

Castle
The same is basically true for Castle. Castle and Beckett are hilarious together and I love the way they solve their cases. Both shows have put the WTWT topic on a back burner which is good for now but it’s obviously still there and will become an issue again. I don’t mind as long as it’s well executed.

Chuck
Chuck’s family tree is becoming more complicated than the one Jennifer Garner had in Alias – and that’s saying something. 😉
Chuck as a person has grown but luckily that doesn’t take away the humour and the appeal of the show. If anything the addition of Morgan as Casey’s “partner” made it even better.

Community
I love it how every episode is mainly about one or two characters but it doesn’t really feel that way because everyone is contributing their own point of view and in the end it’s always an ensemble show.
The zombie movie homage in the Halloween episode was so cool – and I don’t even like zombie movies.

Cougar Town
The show continues where it left at the end of the first season. I’m glad that it doesn’t really matter that Travis is in college because he’s either at home or they are visiting him, so he’s still a full cast member.
I also love how they toy with the series name, for example in episode five the title card read 100% Cougar Free Cougar Town. 😀

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