2023 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One Year

[CopperTom]

Books
1. Silver Surfer: Parable


Movies
1. The King's Man
2. Deepwater Horizon
3. Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse
4. Eternals
5. Sneakers
6. Darkest Hour
7. Patriot Games
8. Birdman
9. Gangs of New York
10. Ghostbusters: Afterlife
11. The Last Duel
12. E.T.
13. Field of Dreams
14. The Natural
15. Licorice Pizza
16. Bull Durham
17. Last Night In Soho
18. 42
19. Major League
20. Death on the Nile
21. Total Recall
22. A League of Their Own
23. Ex Machina
24. Ambulance
25. Venom
26. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
27. The Sandlot
28. The Lost City
29. Dr. Strange
30. Moneyball
31. Dr. Strange: Multiverse of Madness
32. Red Sparrow
33. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
34. The Perfect Storm
35. The Hangover
36. Cocaine Bear
37. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
38. Black Adam
39. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
40. Interstellar
41. The Fifth Element
42. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
43. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
44. 3:10 to Yuma
45. M3gan
46. Cowboys and Aliens
47. UHF
48. Fantastic Four [Remake]
49. Inglorious Bastards
50. Ted 2
51. The Sting
52. Date Night
53. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
54. Office Race
55. Apollo 11
56. The Hangover: Part 2
57. Cloverfield
58. Holmes and Watson
59. The Hangover: Part 3
60. The Dark Knight
61. Shazam: Fury of the Gods
62. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
63. Bridesmaids
64. No Hard Feelings
65. The Shawshank Redemption
66. Quasi
67. Quiz Lady
68. The Estate
69. A Haunting In Venice
70. Christmas Vacation
71. Elf
72. Fool's Paradise
73. Die Hard


Television
1. Vikings - Season 2
2. Vikings - Season 3
3. Vikings - Season 4, Volume 1
4. Vikings - Season 4, Volume 2
5. Vikings - Season 5, Volume 1
6. Vikings - Season 5, Volume 2
7. Vikings - Season 6, Volume 1
8. Vikings - Season 6, Volume 2
9. The Tetris Murders
10. World Series 2021: Collector's Edition
11. Mayfield Witches - Season 1
12. Alaska Daily - Season 1
13. The Legend of Zelda
14. The Twilight Zone [Remake] - Season 1
15. The Twilight Zone [Remake] - Season 2
16. The Ark - Season 1
17. Silicon Valley - Season 1
18. Snowfall - Season 6
19. Abbott Elementary - Season 2
20. The Watchful Eye - Season 1
21. Night Court - Season 1
22. Lucky Hank - Season 1
23. The Pacific
24. Nora From Queens - Season 3
25. A Small Light
26. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 1
27. Band of Brothers
28. Halo - Season 1
29. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - Season 16
30. The Walking Dead: Dead City - Season 1
31. The Rising - Season 1
32. The Lazarus Project - Season 1
33. 1883
34. Station Eleven
35. Miracle Workers - Season 4
36. What We Do In The Shadows - Season 5
37. Dark Winds - Season 2
38. Black Snow - Season 1
39. Deadliest Catch - Season 19
40. Tacoma F.D. - Season 4
41. The Last of Us - Season 1
42. Reno 911 - Season
43. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 1
44. Dexter - Season 1
45. Dexter - Season 2
46. Creepshow - Season
47. Dexter - Season 3
48. Mr. Inbetween - Season 1
49. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia - Season 14
50. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - Season 15
51. Dexter - Season 4
52. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - Season 16
53. My Name Is Earl - Season 1
54. Mr. Inbetween - Season 2
55. Dexter - Season 5
56. It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - Season 13


Video Games
1. Stray - PS5
2. Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion - Switch
3. Doki Doki Literature Club Plus - Switch
4. Lollipop Chainsaw - XBOX 360
5. Syberia 3 - XBOX One
6. Mole Mania - Game Boy
7. Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem - SNES
8. Mister Mosquito - PS2
9. Dead Space 2 - XBOX 360
10. Affordable Space Adventures - WiiU
11. Secret Agent Clank - PSP
12. Brutal Legend - PS3
13. Duck Tales: Remastered - WiiU
14. XIII - PS2
15. What Remains Of Edith Finch - PS4
16. Donut County - PS4
17. Indigo Prophecy - XBOX
18. Goragoa - PS4
19. Max Payne 2: The Fall Of Max Payne - XBOX
20. Valiant Hearts: The Great War - PS4
21. Telling Lies - PS4
22. Unpacking - Switch
23. Wattam - PS4
24. Wario Land - Virtual Boy
25. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Switch
26. Jeanne D'arc - PSP
27. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 - DS
28. Thomas Was Alone - Vita
29. Starfield - XBOX Series X
30. Super Mario Bros.: Wonder - Switch
31. Octodad: Dadliest Catch - Vita
32. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West - PS3
33. Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony - PS3
34. Pikuniku - Steam Deck
35. Shining Wisdom - Saturn
36. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hyperstone Heist - Genesis
37. Kirby's Epic Yarn - Wii

And that concludes 2023!

[Simple Torture]

I also think I'm done for the year:

Books
1. The Last Good Kiss - James Crumley
2. The Twilight Zone -Nona Fernandez
3. Shyness and Dignity - Dag Solstad
4. Early Light - Osamu Dazai
5. Toño the Infallible - Evelio Rosero
6. Bright Lights, Big City - Jay McInerney
7. The Caretaker - Doon Arbus
8. Found Auio - N.J. Campbell
9. The Woman Who Killed the Fish - Clarice Lispector
10. The Passenger - Cormac McCarthy
11. The Dog of the North - Elizabeth McKenzie
12. Foundation - Isaac Asimov
13. This Is Not Miami - Fernanda Melchor
14. Wool - Hugh Howey
15. Kick the Latch - Kathryn Scanlan
16. Wool: Proper Gauge - Hugh Howey
17. This Is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
18. Wool: Casting Off - Hugh Howey
19. Wool: The Unraveling - Hugh Howey
20. Wool: Stranded - Hugh Howey
21. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - John le Carre
22. First Shift: Legacy - Hugh Howey
23. Second Shift: Order - Hugh Howey
24. Third Shift: Pact - Hugh Howey
25. Dust - Hugh Howey
26. In the Act - Rachel Ingalls
27. Sacred and Terrible Air - Robert Kurvitz
28. The Making of the Atomic Bomb - Richard Rhodes
29. Same Bed, Different Dreams - Ed Park
30. Antwerp - Roberto Bolaño
31. Monsieur Pain - Roberto Bolaño

Movies
1. White Noise (2022)
2. Pink Flamingos (1972)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. The Game (1997)
5. Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986)
6. Before Sunrise (1995)
7. Tar (2022)
8. Ben-Hur (1959)
9. Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
10. The English Patient (1996)
11. Green Book (2018)
12. Mad Max (1979)
13. Mad Max 2 (1981)
14. My Year of Dicks (2022)
15. Raging Bull (1980)
16. Trainspotting (1996)
17. Unforgiven (1992)
18. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
19. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
20. The Birdcage (1996)
21. Good Will Hunting (1997)
22. Oppenheimer (2023)
23. The Big Short (2015)
24. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
25. Barbie (2023)
26. O.J.: Made in America (2016)
27. Asteroid City (2023)
28. Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine (2023)
29. Interstellar (2014)
30. But I’m A Cheerleader (2000)
31. Empire Records (1995)
32. Slacker (1990)
33. Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
34. Vertigo (1958)
35. The Seventh Seal (1957)
36. Sorcerer (1977)
37. Franz Kafka’s It’s A Wonderful Life (1993)
38. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
39. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
40. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
41. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
42. The Killer (2023)
43. Gone Girl (2014)
44. The Departed (2006)
45. Shin Godzilla (2016)
46. Superman II (1980)
47. Natural Born Killers (1994)
48. Spotlight (2015)
49. The Godfather (1972)
50. The Godfather Part II (1974)

TV Shows
1. Slow Horses (Season 1)
2. Slow Horses (Season 2)
3. Industry (Season 1)
4. Industry (Season 2)
5. Chernobyl
6. Paul T. Goldman
7. Party Down (Season 1)
8. The Last of Us (Season 1)
9. Party Down (Season 2)
10. The Mandolorian (Season 3)
11. Party Down (Season 3)
12. Mrs. Davis
13. Survivor (Season 44)
14. Succession (Season 4)
15. Barry (Season 4)
16. I Think You Should Leave (Season 3)
17. Breaking Bad (Season 1)
18. Breaking Bad (Season 2)
19. The Bear (Season 1)
20. The Bear (Season 2)
21. Reservation Dogs (Season 1)
22. Reservation Dogs (Season 2)
23. Full Circle (HBO Miniseries)
24. This Is A Robbery: Inside the World’s Biggest Art Heist (Netflix Miniseries)
25. The Gold (BBC Miniseries)
26. Hijack (Apple TV Series)
27. Survivor (Season 32)
28. Reservation Dogs (Season 3)
29. Telemarketers (Max Docuseries)
30. Asohka (Season 1)
31. Prehistoric Planet (Season 1)
32. A Murder at the End of the World
33. Slow Horses (Season 3)
34. Survivor (Season 45)

[blueviper]

My 2023 summary:

30 books (new personal best)
11 movies
11 television

52 total. Not too bad

Congrats all! See you over in the 2024 thread

[LetMeSleep]

Movies 14/50
01. Ant Man & Wasp
02. My Cousin Vinny
03. Thor
04. Indiana Jones & the Temple Of Doom
05. The Hitman's Bodyguard
06. Guardian's Of The Galaxy III
07. Down and Out In Beverley Hills
08. The Big Steal
09. Elemental
10. Miraculous Ladybug and Cat-Noir
11. Bullet Train
12. Dungeons & Dragons
13. Deck The Halls
14. Jingle All The Way


Books 19/50
01. Tui T. Sutherland - Darkness of Dragons
02. Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan - Faith, Hope and Carnage
03. Tui T. Sutherland - Darkstalker (Legends)
04. Tui T. Sutherland - The Lost Continent
05. Tui T. Sutherland - The Hive Queen
06. Tui T. Sutherland - The Poison Jungle
07. Tui T. Sutherland - The Dangerous Gift
08. Steven Hyden - Long Road
09. Tui T. Sutherland - The Flames Of Hope
10. Jack Higgins - Flight of Eagles
11. Jack Higgins - Edge Of Danger
12. Shannon Messenger - Keeper of the Lost Cities
13. Jack Higgins - Midnight Runner
14. Peter Moore - The Wrong Way Home
15. Tad Williams/Nina Kiriki Hoffman - Child of an Ancient City
16. Jack Higgins - Bad Company
17. David Eddings - High Hunt
18. Jack Higgins - Dark Justice
19. Lynette Chiang - The Handsomest Man In Cuba


2023 Albums 67/50
01. Iggy Pop - EVERY LOSER
02. Belle & Sebastian - Late Developers
03. The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery
04. Margo Price - Strays
05. Ladytron - Time's Arrow
06. Bob Dylan - Fragments (TooM Sessions) Bootleg Series Vol 17 Deluxe
07. The Arcs - Electrophonic Chronic
08. Black Belt Eagle Scout - The Land, The Water, The Sky
09. Yo La Tengo - This Stupid World
10. Ron Sexsmith - The Vivian Line
11. Young Fathers - Heavy Heavy
12. En Attendant Ana - Principia
13. dEUS - How To Replace It
14. CIVIC - Taken By Force
15. M83 - Fantasy
16. Jen Cloher - I Am The River, The River Is Me
17. Lana Del Rey - Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Boulevard?
18. 100 gecs - 10,000 gecs
19. Softcult - See You In The Dark (ep)
20. deathcrash - Less
21. boygenius - the record
22. dazy - OTHERBODY
23. Ellie Goulding - Higher Than Heaven
24. Depeche Mode - Momento Mori
25. Sluice - Radial Gate
26. The Hold Steady - The Price of Progress
27. Metallica - 72 Seasons
28. Superviolet - Infinite Spring
29. Fred Aagain + Brian Eno - Secret Life
30. Protomartyr - Formal Growth In The Desert
31. The Dare - The Sex ep
32. Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
33. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Council Skies
34. Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Weathervanes
35. Julie Byrne - The Greater Wings
36. QOTSA - In Times New Roman
37. Tony Molina - Embarrassing Times
38. Ben Harper - Wide Open Light
39. Royal Blood - Back To The Water Below
40. Gregory Alan Isakov - Appaloosa Bones
41. Alberta Cross - Sinking Ships
42. Rob Hirst/Jim Moginie/Hamish Stuart - Red Continent (ep)
43. The Paper Kites - At The Roadhouse
44. Sigur Ros - ATTA
45. Wilco - Cousin
46. The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds
47. Slow Pulp - Yard
48. Wednesday - Rat Saw God
49. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin
50. Kurt Vile - Back To Moon Beach
51. Explosions In The Sky - END
52. Katatonia - Sky Void Of Stars
53. Jenny Lewis - Joy'All
54. Sparklehorse - Bird Machine
55. The Gaslight Anthem - History Books
56. Rum Jungle - Hold Me In The Water
57. NATL PARK SRVC - MAGICIAN
58. MJ Lenderman - And The Wind (Live and Loose)
59. Harp - Albion
60. Israel Nash - Ozarker
61. slowdive - everything is alive
62. Rose City Band - Garden Party
63. Ratboys - The Window
64. Blonde Redhead - Sit Down For Dinner
65. Liza Anne - Utopian
66. Lankum - False lankum
67. Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS


Pre 2023 Albums (First listens, relistens after 10 years or so, artist journeys)

Spoiler: show

01. Ryan Adams - Blood On The Tracks
02. Grinderman - Grinderman
03. Grinderman - Grinderman 2
04. Brant Bjork - Bougainvillea Suite
05. Phoenix - Alpha Zulu
06. Jeremy Toback - Jeremy Toback (ep)
07. Jeremy Toback - Perfect Flux Thing
08. Taylor Swift - Midnights
09. Lambchop - The Bible
10. Muddy Waters - At Newport 1960
11. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley’s Beach Party
12. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
13. DAZY - OUTOFBODY

Artist Discog listens
Fleet Foxes

Bootlegs 20/50

Spoiler: show

01. Bob Dylan - If There Ever Was A Time Autumn 2022 (Bennyboy)
02. U2 - Achtung Baby 30 Live
03. Arctic Monkeys - T in the Park 2011
04. Bruce Springsteen - 26th November, 1996 Asbury Park, NJ
05. Pearl Jam - 17th January, 1992 Seattle, WA (Vault 1)
06. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Fonda Theatre, La Feb 2013
07. Midnight Oil - Not In My Name (Berlin - 27th October 1993)
08. Bob Dylan - Amazon Birthday Show. Seattle, US - 16th July, 2005 (Bennyboy)
09. Bruce Springsteen - Orlando, Florida - 5th February, 2023
10. Midnight Oil - Live at The Old Lion, Adelaide 1982
11. Bon Iver - Brooklyn NPR Pioneer Works - 04/12/2016
12. Bob Dylan - Truth Is A Fixed Star - Best of 1988 (Bennyboy)
13. Bob Dylan - Where The Willows Weep - Best of 1993 (Bennyboy)
14. Bob Dylan - Already Gone The Distance - Best of 1994 (Bennyboy)
15. Bob Dylan - The Arrow That Flies - Best of 1995 (Bennyboy)
16. Bob Dylan - Sometimes The Silence - Best of 1997 (Bennyboy)
17. Bob Dylan - Voices In The Night - Best of 1998 (Bennyboy)
18. Bob Dylan - Everybody Knows I'm Here - Best of 1999 (Bennyboy)
19. Bob Dylan - Locked In Tight - Best of 2000 (Bennyboy)
20. Bob Dylan - The Game Is The Same - Best of 2001 (Bennyboy)

Television 14/50
01. Stranger Things S4A
02. Stranger Things S4B
03. Welcome To Wrexham S1
04. All Or Nothing - Manchester City
05. All Or Nothing - Tottenham Hotspur
06. All Or Nothing - Arsenal
07. Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League
08. All Or Nothing - Toronto Maple Leafs
09. Killin' It S1
10. Bad Move S1
11. Only Murders In The Building S3
12. Bad Move S2
13. Welcome To Wrexham S2
14. Beckham