Monthly Archives: January 2022

Stuff not from my 2020 goals

Since I just kind of bowed out of 2021 as far as setting “goals” (but still kept track of what I read/watched/played), this will include both things from 2020, and 2021 where I wouldn’t have necessarily planned on watching/reading/playing the thing (possibly because I didn’t know it was coming out, or maybe I did but whatever), but did. 2021 was just weird.

In the “had seen before” categories, I’m pretty much leaving out anything that I own on BD/DVD, as I’m too lazy to cross-check my lists. In the “hadn’t seen before” categories, I’m leaving out any animated DC comics movies, as I generally watch all of those, but don’t often know when they’re coming out.

TV

Hadn’t seen before, 2020:

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender (seasons 1 – 3)
  • Community (seasons 1 – 6) (twice)
  • Hannibal (seasons 1 – 3)
  • Harley Quinn (seasons 1 – 2)
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks (season 1)
  • Star Trek: Short Treks (seasons 1 – 2)
  • Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (seasons 1 – 2)
  • The Umbrella Academy (season 2)

Hadn’t seen before, 2021:

  • Dexter: New Blood (season 1)
  • Episodes (seasons 1 – 5)
  • The Good Place (seasons 1 – 4)
  • She-Ra: Princess of Power (seasons 1 – 2)
  • Voltron: Legendary Defender (seasons 1 – 8)
  • The Wheel of Time (season 1)

Had seen before, 2020:

  • The Mandalorian (season 1)
  • The Umbrella Academy (season 1)

Had seen before, 2021:

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender (seasons 1 – 3)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 1)
  • Dexter (seasons 1 – 8)

Movies

Hadn’t seen before, 2020:

  • The Devil All the Time
  • Get Him to the Greek
  • Goon
  • Hubie Halloween
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  • John Wick
  • John Wick Chapter 2
  • John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Little Nicky
  • Molly’s Game
  • Much Ado About Nothing
  • The Naked Gun
  • Newsies: The Broadway Musical
  • Palm Springs
  • Police Academy
  • Red Dragon
  • Red Sparrow
  • Silence of the Lambs
  • Stripes
  • Swordfish
  • The Town
  • The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience

Hadn’t seen before, 2021:

  • The Big Lebowski
  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
  • The Happytime Murders
  • The Last Boy Scout
  • Mr. Right
  • Our Idiot Brother
  • Red Notice
  • Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby
  • Zack Snyder’s Justice League

Had seen before, 2020:

  • Hook
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • Screwed
  • Semi-Pro
  • Spaceballs

Had seen before, 2021:

  • Not Another Teen Movie

Video Games

First time plays, 2020:

  • Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

First time plays, 2021:

  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD
  • Metroid Dread
  • Pikmin 3 Deluxe

Replays, 2020:

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
  • Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

Replays, 2021:

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (for the seventh time)
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Posted by grassmonk on 23 Jan 2022 in Uncategorized | No Comments →

2020 Goals Update

How did I fare with my 2020 goals? Given that, until recently, my last post was said goals, it probably doesn’t matter all that much. But I am going to find out anyway. And I’ll mix in some 2021 stuff for fun.

Books to Read

I read three books in 2020, which was one more than 2019, but only two of which were from the list. I read Ender’s Game and Speaker For the Dead to my son, and Equal Rites for my own pleasure. In 2021 I read Xenocide to him, and a bit of Children of the Mind until he lost interest. This year, i.e. 2022 (because 2021 just mostly didn’t happen, I guess), I’m finally going to finish re-reading Ender, as well as reading the new, final (?) novel.

TV Seasons to Watch

Haven’t seen before:

Let’s say 5.5/11. I watched Iron Man: Armored Adventures, The Mandalorian, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Rebels, and 2 seasons of X-Men: The Animated Series. Of course The Flintstones didn’t make the cut. But I have a plan this year, really!

The Clone Wars (plus season 7, which is in a different category) was so great, and Rebels had its very high moments, with the rest being pretty OK. The Mandalorian was a great new entry in the Star Wars universe, and I wish Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni were also in charge of the film division. I originally watched Mickey Mouse season 1 some years ago, but lost track of it. When Disney+ launched, I was able to finally watch all of it, and I loved about every second of it.

Iron Man: Armored Adventures had been on my to-watch list for years, having bought the DVDs for one of my children, and I finally got around to watching it, again on Disney+. It was OK. Despite being the right age when it aired, I never saw X-Men: The Animated Series when I was growing up. My entire X-Men exposure has been through the live action movies. The animated series was OK, but didn’t really grab me. I did watch the remaining seasons in 2021.

Have seen before, but haven’t yet watched my BDs/DVDs:

1/2. I watched NYPD Blue, which remains my all-time favorite TV show, and I plan to get to Batman: TAS in 2022.

Have seen before:

Let’s say almost 5/8. I watched three seasons of Alias with my kids (mostly my daugther), then we got to the other two seasons in 2021. I watched Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, The Spectacular Spider-Man, my “selected episodes” of Star Trek: The Next Generation (somewhere around 50), and one season and a bit more of Phineas and Ferb. We finished Phineas and Ferb in 2021, as well as watching Life. Pinky and the Brain and Smallville are on my list for 2022.

Currently airing/will air this year:

There are nine entries, but two of them were delayed to 2021 (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision), and I did watch them then. Of the remaining seven entries, 6/7. Star Trek: Discovery is not my favorite, and I didn’t get to season 3 until 2021.

Movies to Watch

From last year [2019]:

9/10. I still haven’t seen Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, though it remains on my Disney+ watchlist.

From previous years, already seen or not:

7/9. Having seen almost none of Adam Sandler’s movies that came out since about 2005, I got into somewhat of a Sandler kick and watched several of the ones I had missed. They were mostly really funny. The Batman movies I will get to in 2022 along with Batman: The Animated Series.

New this year:

Fourteen are listed, I think eight were delayed to 2021, and one (Minions: The Rise of Gru) still hasn’t come out. I’ve seen eleven of them at this point, with Free Guy and Ghostbusters: Afterlife still to come.

BDs/DVDs I [try to] watch at least once a year:

I got to all except Spider-Man 3 (which I watched on New Year’s Day 2021) and The Truman Show.

The other BD/DVD categories:

I don’t know, and I’m too lazy to check my spreadsheets and whatnot. I’m pretty sure it’s a really low percentage though, like the kind I would ground my kids for if that’s the kind of grades they got in school. I have a newish plan for 2022.

Video Games to Play

First-time plays:

1ish/2. I played Link’s Awakening and started Pokemon Sword, but I lost interest in it after a while. I still play way too much Pokemon GO, however.

Replays/continued plays:

I seem to remember playing some more Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition. And near the end of 2020, there was the wonderful surprise announcement and release of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, which I eagerly played, finished, and now need to get back to for the DLC.

Other

No poetism commentaries or GTE entries, but hopefully I will get to the commentaries in 2022. I don’t really have any hope for the GTE stuff, as I’ve kinda let Mormonism go. (Mostly. It depends on the day.)

Posted by grassmonk on 23 Jan 2022 in Goals | No Comments →

Media Update January 2020 – December 2021

January 2020

Movies

  • Joker
  • The LEGO Movie
  • The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
  • The Majestic
  • Mystery Men
  • National Treasure
  • National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars
  • You Don’t Mess With the Zohan

TV

  • The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes – 13 episodes
  • LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles – 5 episodes
  • The Mandalorian – 6 episodes
  • Mickey Mouse – 32 episodes
  • NYPD Blue – 64 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 6 episodes
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation – 4 episodes
  • Star Trek: Short Treks – 10 episodes
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars – 19 episodes

Video Games

  • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening

February

Movies

  • The Do-Over
  • Frozen
  • Get Him to the Greek
  • Goon
  • Groundhog Day
  • John Wick
  • The Naked Gun
  • Police Academy
  • The Ridiculous 6
  • Sandy Wexler
  • Stripes
  • Tarzan
  • Wonder Woman: Bloodlines

TV

  • The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes – 1 episode
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine – 5 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 1 episode
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation – 17 episodes
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars – 22 episodes

March

Movies

  • Aladdin (2019)
  • Fantasia
  • Fantasia 2000
  • Flight of the Navigator
  • Frozen II
  • John Wick Chapter 2
  • John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum
  • The Jungle Book
  • Kung Fu Panda
  • Kung Fu Panda 2
  • Kung Fu Panda 3
  • Newsies: The Broadway Musical
  • Semi-Pro
  • Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
  • Toy Story
  • Toy Story 2
  • Toy Story 3
  • Toy Story 4
  • Up

TV

  • The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes – 38 episodes
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine – 4 episodes
  • Mickey Mouse – 25 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 2 episodes
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation – 26 episodes
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars – 77 episodes
  • Toy Story of Terror!
  • Toy Story That Time Forgot

April

Movies

  • Jumanji: The Next Level
  • Knives Out
  • Star Trek: Generations
  • Star Trek: First Contact
  • Star Trek: Insurrection
  • Star Trek: Nemesis

TV

  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine – 4 episodes
  • Community – 108 episodes (+ 31 episodes again)
  • The Spectacular Spider-Man – 20 episodes
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation – 6 episodes
  • Star Trek: Picard – 10 episodes
  • Star Trek: Voyager – 4 episodes

May

Movies

  • The Avengers
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • Bad Boys
  • Bad Boys II
  • Bad Boys for Life
  • Captain America: Civil War
  • Dinosaur
  • Dumbo
  • Iron Man 3
  • Maleficent
  • Melody Time
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • 101 Dalmatians
  • Ratatouille
  • Superman: Red Son
  • Tangled

TV

  • Alias – 13 episodes
  • Community – 36 episodes
  • Homeland – 12 episodes
  • Leverage – 1 episode
  • The Spectacular Spider-Man – 5 episodes
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars – 12 episodes
  • Star Wars: Rebels – 7 episodes

Video Games

  • Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

June

Movies

  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • Avengers: Endgame
  • Bird of Prey
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming

TV

  • Alias – 7 episodes
  • Community – 22 episodes
  • Star Wars: Rebels – 3 episodes
  • The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend

Video Games

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

July

Movies

  • Die Hard
  • Follow That Bird
  • The Karate Kid
  • Molly’s Game
  • Palm Springs
  • Red Sparrow
  • Screwed
  • Spaceballs
  • Swordfish
  • The Town
  • The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
  • Zoolander

TV

  • Alias – 24 episodes
  • Community – 11 episodes
  • Mickey Mouse – 6 episodes
  • Star Wars: Rebels – 63 episodes
  • The Umbrella Academy – 3 episodes

August

Movies

  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
  • Hook
  • Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
  • A Night at the Roxbury
  • Slience of the Lambs
  • Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

TV

  • Agents of SHIELD – 13 episodes
  • Community – 8 episodes
  • Hannibal – 32 episodes
  • Harley Quinn – 3 episodes
  • Iron Man: Armored Adventures – 28 episodes
  • Mickey Mouse – 14 episodes
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks – 2 episodes
  • Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – 32 episodes
  • The Umbrella Academy – 17 episodes

Video Games

  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD

September

Books

  • Ender’s Game
  • Equal Rites

Movies

  • Red Dragon

TV

  • Alias – 6 episodes
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender – 61 episodes
  • Hannibal – 7 episodes
  • Harley Quinn – 3 episodes
  • Iron Man: Armored Adventures – 24 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 29 episodes
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks – 2 episodes
  • X-Men: The Animated Series – 10 episodes

Video Games

  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

October

Books

  • Speaker for the Dead

Movies

  • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  • Batman Begins
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Dark Knight Rises
  • The Bourne Identity
  • The Bourne Supremacy
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Deadpool
  • Deadpool 2
  • The Devil All the Time
  • Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
  • Justice League
  • Hubie Halloween
  • Hunt for the Wilderpeople
  • Logan
  • Much Ado About Nothing
  • Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
  • Onward
  • Superman Returns
  • Uncut Gems
  • The Wind Rises

TV

  • Alias – 2 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 1 episode
  • X-Men: The Animated Series – 6 episodes

November

Movies

  • Beverly Hills Ninja
  • Billy Madison
  • A Bug’s Life
  • Happy Gilmore
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • Serenity
  • The Waterboy
  • The Week Of

TV

  • Alias – 14 episodes
  • Firefly – 14 episodes
  • Harley Quinn – 10 episodes
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks – 6 episodes
  • X-Men: The Animated Series – 10 episodes

Video Games

  • Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

December

Movies

  • About a Boy
  • Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
  • Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
  • Bill & Ted Face the Music
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  • Dumb and Dumber
  • Elf
  • Ernest Saves Christmas
  • (500) Days of Summer
  • Little Nicky
  • Love Actually
  • The Matrix
  • The Matrix Reloaded
  • The Matrix Revolutions
  • The Muppet Christmas Carol
  • The New Mutants
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  • Spider-Man
  • Spider-Man 2

TV

  • A Charlie Brown Christmas
  • Harley Quinn – 7 episodes
  • Justice League – 1 episode
  • The Mandalorian – 16 episodes
  • Mickey Mouse – 19 episodes

January 2021

Books

  • The Eye of the World
  • The Great Hunt
  • The Dragon Reborn
  • The Shadow Rising

Movies

  • Spider-Man 3
  • The Wedding Singer

TV

  • Alias – 24 episodes

February

Books

  • The Fires of Heaven
  • Lord of Chaos
  • Mort

Movies

  • Jurassic Park

TV

  • Alias – 15 episodes
  • Heroes – 1 episode
  • WandaVision – 8 episodes

March

Books

  • A Crown of Swords
  • The Path of Daggers
  • Winter’s Heart

Movies

  • Black Sheep
  • Tommy Boy

TV

  • Heroes – 22 episodes
  • Life – 2 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 4 episodes
  • WandaVision – 1 episode

April

Books

  • Crossroads of Twilight
  • New Spring
  • Knife of Dreams
  • The Gathering Storm

TV

  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – 6 episodes
  • Life – 16 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 4 episodes

May

Books

  • Towers of Midnight
  • A Memory of Light

Movies

  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

TV

  • Episodes – 28 episodes
  • Life – 6 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 19 episodes

June

Movies

  • The Big Lebowski
  • John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City
  • Our Idiot Brother

TV

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer – 3 episodes
  • Episodes – 13 episodes
  • The Good Place – 50 episodes
  • The Legend of Korra – 39 episodes
  • Life – 8 episodes
  • Voltron: Legendary Defender – 18 episodes

July

Movies

  • Black Widow
  • Captain America: The First Avenger
  • The Happytime Murders
  • Hot Rod
  • John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid
  • Not Another Teen Movie
  • Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension
  • So I Married an Axe Murderer
  • Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby
  • Wayne’s World

TV

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer – 9 episodes
  • The Legend of Korra – 13 episodes
  • Loki – 6 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 14 episodes
  • Star Trek: Discovery – 13 episodes
  • Voltron: Legendary Defender – 49 episodes

August

Movies

  • The Avengers
  • The Last Boy Scout
  • Wonder Woman 1984
  • Zack Snyder’s Justice League

TV

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender – 4 episodes
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer – 6 episodes
  • He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – 45 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 14 episodes
  • Voltron: Legendary Defender – 9 episodes
  • What If…? – 3 episodes
  • X-Men: The Animated Series – 48 episodes

Video Games

  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD

September

Books

  • Xenocide

Movies

  • Batman: The Long Halloween Part 1
  • Batman: The Long Halloween Part 2
  • Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
  • Jumanji: The Next Level
  • Mission: Impossible
  • Mr. Right
  • The Suicide Squad
  • Superman: Man of Tomorrow
  • X-Men
  • X2: X-Men United
  • X-Men: The Last Stand
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine

TV

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender – 9 episodes
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer – 1 episode
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine: 10 episodes
  • He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – 85 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 7 episodes
  • She-Ra: Princess of Power – 39 episodes
  • What If…? – 5 episodes

Video Games

  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

October

Movies

  • The Black Cauldron
  • Justice Society: World War II
  • Soul
  • X-Men: First Class
  • The Wolverine
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past
  • X-Men: Apocalypse
  • X-Men: Dark Phoenix
  • The New Mutants

TV

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender – 27 episodes
  • Boy Meets World – 67 episodes
  • He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special
  • Phineas and Ferb – 7 episodes
  • She-Ra: Princess of Power – 54 episodes
  • Star Trek: Lower Decks – 10 episodes
  • What If…? – 1 episode

Video Games

  • Metroid Dread

November

Movies

  • The Avengers
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • Batman Begins
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Dark Knight Rises
  • Batman: Soul of the Dragon
  • Black Widow
  • 007: No Time to Die
  • The Bourne Identity
  • The Bourne Supremacy
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Jason Bourne
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  • Captain America: Civil War
  • Deadpool
  • Deadpool 2
  • Eternals
  • The Fifth Element
  • Logan
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Luca
  • Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
  • Raya and the Last Dragon

TV

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender – 21 episodes
  • Dexter – 55 episodes
  • Masters of the Universe: Revelation – 10 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 8 episodes
  • The Wheel of Time – 4 episodes

December

Movies

  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • Avengers: Endgame
  • Captain Marvel
  • Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
  • Home Alone
  • Injustice
  • John Mulaney: New in Town
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • Love Actually
  • Phineas and Ferb: Candace Against the Universe
  • Red Notice
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Spider-Man: Far From Home
  • Spider-Man: No Way Home (twice)
  • Thor: Ragnarok

TV

  • Dexter – 41 episodes
  • Dexter: New Blood – 8 episodes
  • Hawkeye – 6 episodes
  • Phineas and Ferb – 19 episodes
  • The Wheel of Time – 4 episodes
Posted by grassmonk on 23 Jan 2022 in Media | No Comments →