A Bit Unhappy About 2018’s Calendars

For quite a number of years now I have had television and movie-themed calendars on my walls. Mostly about TV shows I enjoyed at the time or used to enjoy. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville. Here’s a small sample of calendars that I had over the years: 2011: 2014: 2016: 2017: I always…

The Good Place

The Good Place Website The Good Place @ Wikipedia The Good Place @ IMDb Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars) just died. And now she is in a multiplayer role-playing game on one of the infinite game servers that somewhat resembles the idea of the good version of the afterlife, like the Greek Elysian Fields…

Purchase Diary 2015 – September to December

Butter (2011) Sep 19th – €3.99 @ Media Markt Collection no. 1218 Auf Achse: The Complete Series (1980 – 1996) (Auf Achse: Die komplette Serie) Sep 19th – €29.99 @ Media Markt Collection no. 13014 – 13025 Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Sep 19th – €12.90 @ Media Markt Collection no. 1219 Two Night Stand…

Purchase Diary 2014 – July

Escape Plan (2013) Jul 1st – €11.00 @ Amazon.de Collection no. 1143 Office Space (1999) Jul 2nd – €0.00 ($4.99) @ Amazon.com (paid via gift certificate) Collection no. 1144 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) Jul 2nd – €0.00 ($12.99) @ Amazon.com (paid via gift certificate) Collection no. 1145 – 1146 2 Guns (2013) Jul 3rd…

Purchase Diary 2014 – May / June

Friends: The Complete Series (1994 – 2004) May 2nd – €53.20 (CA$84.99) @ Amazon.ca (paid partially via gift certificate) Collection no. 12686 – 12705 But I’m a bit disappointed. It’s really my fault because I didn’t check this beforehand (I just didn’t expect it): It’s only the broadcast version. As someone who knows the key…

Purchase Diary 2014 – March

Gravity (2013) Mar 1st – €12.90 @ Media Markt Collection no. 1116 Big (1988) Mar 4th – €9.99 @ Amazon.de Collection no. 1117 The Final Countdown (1980) Mar 4th – €9.97 @ Amazon.de Collection no. 1118 Veronica Mars (2014) Mar 14th – €46.03 ($60.00) @ Kickstarter* Collection no. 1119 *I pledged $60 for the Veronica…

TV Junkie: A History

I watched a lot of TV shows over the years. And when I say a lot, I mean A LOT. And I watched accross the board. Keep in mind that I’m only 35 years old. I watched The Guiding Light for two years straight (it’s a soap opera whose German title was the Springfield Story)….

TV Season 2009/2010 Diary, CW 13-19

Deutsche Version | CW 18 | CW 19-20 Chuck 3×16 Chuck vs the Tooth I already like this new mini-arc (there are only three episodes left). My guess for the end is something like this: Ellie and Orion get caught by the Ring and Chuck and Sarah have to burst in to save them and…

TV Shows – A Decade in Retrospect

Deutsche Version Since everybody seems to be starting to count at zero instead of one the first decade of this century and millennium is now over. So it’s time to recap these past ten years and take a look at the TV Shows it has given us. Let me give my résumé at the beginning:…

Buffy: Season 3: Disc 5

Deutsche Version | Season 3: Disc 4 3×16 Doppelgangland Synopsis: Anyanka/Anya wants to have her power center back that was destroyed by Giles in the alternate reality Cordelia accidentally created. She tricks Willow into doing a spell but it doesn’t work as expected. Instead they pull Vampire-Willow from there into this reality and she –…