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Richard Nelson
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Some-time film writer. Liable to end up posting more about Doctor Who. (Also went by @100films on The Old Place.)

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Planning for my 2025 100 Films Challenge has begun…
Screenshot of the Notes app. The folder is titled “100 Films” and the list of notes includes “2025 Challenge Categories”, “Reviews left to write from 2024”, “Challenge 2025 category ideas”, “WDYMYHS 2025”, “Blindspot 2025”, and “Wildcard 2025”.
December 9, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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#9. Sherlock Holmes
Sydney Paget painting of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes sat in a compartment on a train, with Holmes leaning forward as he explains something to Watson.
December 3, 2024 at 12:15 AM
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#8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(any and all version, but the book is where it started for me)
The original 1979 paperback edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
November 19, 2024 at 9:07 AM
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Bumper Blu-ray day! Part II
A stack of Blu-rays. From top to bottom: Trapped Ashes, In the Moscow Slums, The Savage Hunt of King Stakh, Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space, The Sword, Super Spies and Secret Lies, Japan Organised Crime Boss, Panic in Year Zero, Häxan, and Seven Samurai in 4K Ultra HD.
November 18, 2024 at 1:19 PM
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Bumper Blu-ray day!
A pile of Blu-rays. From top to bottom: Eureka releases of The Sword and Super Spies and Secret Lies; Radiance releases of Japan Organised Crime Boss, Panic in Year Zero, and Häxan; and the BFI’s 4K UHD release of Seven Samurai.
November 18, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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#7. Queen
Photo of the band Queen from the cover of their album Queen II. At the back, left to right, are John Deacon, Brian May, and Roger Taylor. Front centre is Freddie Mercury.
November 17, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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#6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
(sounds kinda dorky calling it by its full 'official' title... but also kinda classically epic)
Widescreen poster-style image for The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy, showing multiple characters and environments in a photo collage-esque style.
November 16, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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Quote post with the first DVDs you ever bought and show these newbies who they’re dealing with.
The World Is Not Enough “Special Edition” (it was the only edition at the time) UK DVD Ghost in the Shell (original UK DVD release of the 1995 anime)
November 16, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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#5. Critical Role
Photo of the cast of Critical Role, with illustrations of some of their characters behind them. From left to right: Marisha Ray and Keyleth; Sam Riegel and Nott; Laura Bailey and Jester; Travis Willingham and Fjord; Liam O'Brien and Vax; Taliesin Jaffe and Percy; Ashley Johnson and Yasha. In the front centre: Matthew Mercer.
November 16, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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#4. James Bond
(good thing this list isn’t ranked, otherwise I probably should’ve got to this before M:I)
November 15, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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#3. Mission: Impossible movies (sticking with the "I like 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮" theme)
Graphic showing a vertical 'slice' of the poster for each of the seven Mission: Impossible films. Each one is mostly Tom Cruise's face, although the more recent ones also show Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, and Vanessa Kirby.
November 14, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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#2. Monkey Island (again, all of them. Not all equally, but I like all of them.)
Original box art for The Secret of Monkey Island, a graphic adventure by Ron Gilbert, published by Lucasfilm Games.
November 14, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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#1. Doctor Who (all of it)
The current diamond-shaped Doctor Who logo above a lineup of all the Doctors from the TV series. From left to right: Sylvester McCoy as the 7th Doctor, Christopher Eccleston as the 9th Doctor, Jon Pertwee as the 3rd Doctor, Peter Davison as the 5th Doctor, Jo Martin as the Fugitive Doctor, William Hartnell as the 1st Doctor, Paul McGann as the 8th Doctor, David Tennant as the 14th Doctor — then, largest in the centre, Ncuti Gatwa as the 15th Doctor. Continuing, Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor, Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor, Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor, Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor, David Tennant as the 10th Doctor, John Hurt as the War Doctor, Colin Baker as the 6th Doctor, and, last but certainly not least, Patrick Troughton as the 2nd Doctor.
November 14, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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The initial result is, uh, less than ideal 😅
Screenshot of the sidebar of the front page of my blog, where an Instagram widget neatly displays a 3-by-3 grid of recent photos, but the embedded Bluesky post is cut in half - it's clearly too wide for the sidebar, and hasn't been shrunk to fit.
November 13, 2024 at 5:07 PM