Seen, read 2023: Q3

Same as before.

July
1.7 – COLUMBO S7E2, THE IDOL S1E1 – this show is the absolute worst.
2.7 – SUPERNOVA (2000) – not great but really not that bad, why am I only learning of this now?
3.7 – EXTRACTION 2 (2023), INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM* (1984) (dnf)
4.7 – INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM* (1984)
5.7 – COLUMBO S7E3
9.7 – THE GOOD LIAR (2019) (dnf) – was on TV, was dubbed, only caught the second half of it.
10-14.7 – a short vacation during which I mostly solved Sudoku puzzles and read through 3/4 of Jonathan Franzen’s Purity.
15.7 – THE X-FILES S5E17 (dnf)
16.7 – THE X-FILES S5E17, COLUMBO S7E4 (dnf)
17.7 – finished reading Purity – a great, meaty novel about murder, love and family, 4/5
18.7 – THE X-FILES S5E18
19.7 – finished reading Raiders, a sword-and-sorcery comic book by CROM – it’s well illustrated if a little derivative, 2.5/5
21.7 – COLUMBO S7E4-5 – I can look at young Kim Cattrall all day, THE X-FILES S5E19 (dnf)
22.7 – THE X-FILES S5E19-20, THE X-FILES* (1998) (dnf)
23.7 – THE X-FILES* (1998) (dnf)
24.7 – FUTURAMA S11E1 – it’s back (again), baby; THE X-FILES* (1998) – i didn’t see the series as a kid because it was too scary, but i do remember seeing this in the theater. i have to say having seen the first five seasons elevates it somewhat, but it’s still not a very good movie – the 7/10 it’s got on imdb is generous; THE X-FILES S6E1-2 (slept through both, dnf)
25.7 – THE X-FILES S6E1-2
26.7 – THE X-FILES S6E3-4 (dnf)
28.7 – THE X-FILES S6E4-5
31.7 – FUTURAMA S11E2 (dnf)

August
1.8 – FUTURAMA S11E2, THE X-FILES S6E6 (dnf), played some “Ghost of Tsushima” (PS4) today (as well as late last month, but no notes on dates)
2.8 – THE X-FILES S6E6-7 (dnf)
3.8 – COLUMBO S8E1
6.8 – saw MORCHEEBA live in concert
9.8 – FUTURAMA S11E3, THE X-FILES S6E7, THE SOPRANOS S4E2*-4 (dnf)
10.8 – THE SOPRANOS S4E4
11.8 – THE SOPRANOS S4E5-6
12.8 – THE SOPRANOS S4E7-10
13.8 – THE SOPRANOS S4E11-13 (season finale, only took three years woo), S5E1-2
14.8 – THE SOPRANOS S5E3, FUTURAMA S11E4
15.8 – THE SOPRANOS S5E4-5
20.8 – COLUMBO S8E2 (dnf)
21.8 – COLUMBO S8E2, FUTURAMA S11E5 (dnf)
22.8 – FUTURAMA S11E5
23.8 – TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA (1985), MARATHON MAN (1976) (dnf)
24.8 – MARATHON MAN (1976), BLACK MOON RISING (1986)
25.8 – COLUMBO S8E3 (dnf)
26.8 – saw VIAGRA BOYS live in concert
27.8 – COLUMBO S8E3
28.8 – FUTURAMA S11E6, COLUMBO S8E4
29.8 – THE SOPRANOS S5E6
30.8 – THE ULTIMATUM S2E1
31.8 – THE ULTIMATUM S2E2-3 (dnf)

September
1.9 – THE LORAX (2012) (dnf) – had some kids visiting and they saw this disc that was won at a quiz so– anyway, actually much better than expected
2.9 – THE ULTIMATUM S2E3-5
3.9 – COLUMBO S9E1 – a great return to form after a bit of a low point in S8
4.9 – COLUMBO S9E2-3 (dnf)
5.9 – COLUMBO S9E3
8.9 – COLUMBO S9E4
11.9 – FUTURAMA S11E7-8, saw TALK TO ME (2022) in theater – great but also very very unnerving
13.9 – COBRA* (1986), LOVE IS BLIND S4E14-16, THE ULTIMATUM S2E6-9
14.9 – THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND (1983), THE X-FILES S6E8
16.9 – saw VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY and NIANDRAZ live in concert
18-19.9 – THE X-FILES S6E9
23.9 – was at a place with tv so naturally got to see MISSION IMPOSSIBLE* (1996) (dnf) and MECHANIC: RESURRECTION (2016) (dnf) on the tv
24-25.9 – THE X-FILES S6E10 (i was sleepier than usual during that time…), LOVE IS BLIND S5E1
26.9 – LOVE IS BLIND S5E2-4, FUTURAMA S11E9-10 (a pretty good finale)
27-28.9 – THE X-FILES S6E11
29.9 – LOVE IS BLIND S5E5-7 (this is becoming borderline unwatchable), THE X-FILES S6E12 (dnf)
30.9 – THE X-FILES S6E12 (this is also becoming borderline unwatchable – at least the alien/rebels storyline), REPTILE (2023)

To sum up: less Columbo as we’ve gone into the 90s seasons, came back to the Sopranos after a two year break, an actual new season of Futurama, and I’ve put in a lot of hours into Ghost of Tsushima which has been pretty fun. I really enjoyed TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA, MARATHON MAN, THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND, as well as REPTILE.


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