2026 50/50 Challenge - 50 Books and/or 50 Movies in One Year

[CopperTom]

Books
1.


Movies
1. Bugonia
2. Misery
3. One Battle After Another
4. A Million Ways to Die in the West
5. Nobody 2
6. Evil Dead: Rise


Television
1. House of the Dragon - Season 1
2. House of the Dragon - Season 2
3. The Outsider
4. The Office (Superfan Version) - Season 7
5. PONIs - Season 1
6. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 12


Video Games
1. Control (XBOX One)
2. Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei (Saturn)
3. Panzer Dragoon (Saturn)
4. Kirby: Planet Robobot (3DS)
5. Clockwork Knight (Saturn)

[Simple Torture]

Last day of January, and I’m going to try to post just once a month in this thread. I’ve been doing quite a bit of reading:

Books
1. A Shadow Intelligence - Oliver Harris
2. Ascension - Oliver Harris
3. The Shame Archive - Oliver Harris
4. Perfection - Vincenzo Latronico
5. All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby

Movies


TV Shows
1. The Night Manager (Season 1)

Comics
1. Void Rivals #19 - 26
2. Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone #5 -
3. G.I. Joe #13 - 17
4. Starship Godzilla #3 - 4
5. Boba Fett: Black, White, & Red #1 - 4
6. X-Men 1-24 (2024 - 2026)
7. Age of Revelation #0, Overture
8. Amazing X-Men #1 - 3
9. Binary #1 - 3
10. Laura Kinney: Sabertooth #1 - 3
11. Longshots #1 - 3
12. World of Revelation #1
13. Iron & Frost #1 - 3
14. Rogue Storm #1 - 3
15. Sinister’s Six #1 - 3
16. Unbreakable X-Men #1 - 3
17. Omega Kids #1 - 3
18. Radioactive Spider-Man #1 - 3
19. The Last Wolverine #1 - 3
20. X-Men: Book of Revelation #1 - 3
21. Cloak or Dagger #1 - 3
22. Expatriate X-Men #1 - 3
23. Undeadpool #1 - 3
24. X-Vengers #1 - 3
25. X-Men Age of Revelation Infinity Comic #1 - 9
26. X-Men Age of Revelation Finale #1
27. Godzilla #6
28. Uncanny X-Men #1 - 22 (2024-2026)
29. NYX #9
30. Storm #6
31. X-Factor #8
32. X-Force #9
33. Exceptional X-Men #7
34. X-Manhunt Omega #1
35. Transformers #28
36. Spider-Man ‘94 #1 - 5

Video Games
1. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Xbox)
2. Blue Prince (Xbox)
3. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Xbox)

[LetMeSleep]

Movies 02/50
01. Yesterday
02. The RIP


Books 07/20
01. Pat Cummins - Tested
02. Anh Do - The Happiest Refugee
03. Ian Rankin - Hide and Seek
04. Ian Rankin - Tooth and Nail
05. Ian Rankin - Westwind
06. Ian Rankin - Knots and Crosses
07. Ian Rankin - The Black Book


2025 Albums 05/50
01. Megadeth - Megadeth
02. The Paper Kites - If You Go There, I Hope You Find It
03. Westside Cowboy - So Much Country 'Till We Get There (EP)
04. Ratboys - Singin' To An Empty Chair
05. U2 - Days of Ash (EP)


Pre 2026 Albums (First listens, relistens after 10 years or so, artist journeys)

Spoiler: show

Artist Discog listens

Bootlegs 0/50

Spoiler: show

Television 05/50
01. The Final. Attack on Wembley
02. Stranger Things S5
03. Adolescence
04. Ricky Gervais - Mortality
05. Only Murders In The Building S5


Live Events
01. The Lumineers - 15/01/26 (Newcastle Entertainment Centre)
02. WSW vs Jets - 17/01/26 (Commbank Stadium)
03. ALW Jets vs Adelaide - 21/01/26 (No2)
04. Jets vs Wellington - 23/01/26 (McDonald Jones Stadium)
05. Red Hot Summer Tour - Paul Kelly 24/01/26 (Speers Point)
06. Jets vs Brisbane - 31/01/26 (McDonald Jones Stadium)
07. ALW Jets vs Wellington - 01/02/26 (No2)
08. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - 19/02/2026 (Civic Theatre)
09. Jets vs Macarthur - 22/02/26 (McDonald Jones Stadium)
10. CCM vs Jets - 28/02/26 (polytec Stadium)
11. Bangladesh vs DPR Korea - 06/03/26 (Commbank Stadium)
12. Uzbekistan vs China PR - 06/03/26 (Commbank Stadium)
13. Jets vs WSW - 07/03/26 (McDonald Jones Stadium)

[epilogue]

8/50 Movies
1. One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026)
2. Send Help (2026)
3. If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You (2025)
4. Companion (2025)
5. Oh, Hi! (2025)
6. Enemy (2013)
7. After The Hunt (2025)
8. Wuthering Heights (2026)

1/50 Books
1. The Book of I by David Craig

1/50 2026 Albums
1. Weapons of Beauty - Jay Buchanan

2/50 pre-2026 album
1. Life After - Palace (2019)
2. Debí Tirar Más Fotos - Bad Bunny (2025)

4/50 TV Shows
1. Beast In Me (Netflix)
2. Stranger Things S5 (Netflix)
3. His & Hers (Netflix)
4. How to Get to Heaven From Belfast (Netflix)

5/50 Live Events
1. Marjorie Prime (Broadway, Helen Hayes Theatre, NYC)
2. What To Wear (BAM, Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn)
3. Thalia Book Club: George Saunders, Vigil (Symphony Space, NYC)[/quote]
4. Unrivaled in Philly
5. Brandi Carlile live at Madison Square Garden

[blueviper]

Books
1. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
2. The Hike - Drew Magary

Movies


Television
1. 11.22.63

[CopperTom]

Books
1.


Movies
1. Bugonia
2. Misery
3. One Battle After Another
4. A Million Ways to Die in the West
5. Nobody 2
6. Evil Dead: Rise
7. Honey Don't
8. Freddie Got Fingered


Television
1. House of the Dragon - Season 1
2. House of the Dragon - Season 2
3. The Outsider
4. The Office (Superfan Version) - Season 7
5. PONIES - Season 1
6. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 12
7. Parks and Recreation - Season 7


Video Games
1. Control (XBOX One)
2. Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei (Saturn)
3. Panzer Dragoon (Saturn)
4. Kirby: Planet Robobot (3DS)
5. Clockwork Knight (Saturn)
6. Solar Striker (Game Boy)

[CopperTom]

Books
1.


Movies
1. Bugonia
2. Misery
3. One Battle After Another
4. A Million Ways to Die in the West
5. Nobody 2
6. Evil Dead: Rise
7. Honey Don't
8. Freddie Got Fingered
9. Clear History
10. Fargo
11. Vengeance


Television
1. House of the Dragon - Season 1
2. House of the Dragon - Season 2
3. The Outsider
4. The Office (Superfan Version) - Season 7
5. PONIES - Season 1
6. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 12
7. Parks and Recreation - Season 7
8. The Office (Superfan Version) - Season 8
9. The Penguin - Season 1


Video Games
1. Control (XBOX One)
2. Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei (Saturn)
3. Panzer Dragoon (Saturn)
4. Kirby: Planet Robobot (3DS)
5. Clockwork Knight (Saturn)
6. Solar Striker (Game Boy)
7. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Switch)

[blueviper]

Books
1. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
2. The Hike - Drew Magary

Movies
1. Matter of Time (2025)


Television
1. 11.22.63

[LoathedVermin72]

MOVIES

First Viewing:
1. Once Upon a Time in Norway (2007)
2. The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (2020)
3. Born to Raise Hell (2010)
4. Roadblock (1951)
5. Predators (2025)
6. Cry-Baby (1990)
7. Overboard (1987)
8. Son in Law (1993)
9. Faces of Death (1978)
10. Citizen X (1995)
11. The Rip (2026)
12. The Monkey (2025)
13. Jury Duty (1995)
14. Bookstores: How to Read More Books in the Golden Age of Content (2018)
15. The Indian Runner (1991)
16. One Battle After Another (2025)
17. The Unsuspected (1947)
18. Soap or Die (2016)
19. Dead Hands Dig Deep (2016)
20. Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac (1973)
21. The Day of the Owl (1968)
22. Sharky's Machine (1981)
23. I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025)
24. Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
25. The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
26. Mondo Weirdo (1990)
27. You Killed Me First (1985)

Revisit:
1. Snakes on a Plane (2006)
2. As Good as It Gets (1997)
3. Jackass Forever (2022)
4. 31 (2016)
5. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)
6. Labyrinth (1986)
7. All the President's Men (1976)

BOOKS
1. Fear: The Autobiography by Dario Argento
2. Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City by Bench Ansfield
3. Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend by Deirdre Bair
4. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

[blueviper]

Books
1. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
2. The Hike - Drew Magary
3. Neuromancer - William Gibson

Movies
1. Matter of Time (2025)


Television
1. 11.22.63

[Simple Torture]

It’s February 20th and I haven’t watched a single movie so far this year. My schedule just hasn’t allowed me to sit down with something like that, even if I want to watch something in chunks. Same with TV shows, I’m keeping up with current shows but not catching up with my back catalog like years past. Lots of reading though.

[Ms Harmless]

I haven't read a book yet this month since life is kicking me in the ass a bit, but I read 5 last month so I'm not worried

[CopperTom]

Books
1.


Movies
1. Bugonia
2. Misery
3. One Battle After Another
4. A Million Ways to Die in the West
5. Nobody 2
6. Evil Dead: Rise
7. Honey Don't
8. Freddie Got Fingered
9. Clear History
10. Fargo
11. Vengeance
12. Brian and Charles


Television
1. House of the Dragon - Season 1
2. House of the Dragon - Season 2
3. The Outsider
4. The Office (Superfan Version) - Season 7
5. PONIES - Season 1
6. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 12
7. Parks and Recreation - Season 7
8. The Office (Superfan Version) - Season 8
9. The Penguin - Season 1
10. It's Florida, Man - Season 1
11. Vice Principals - Season 1


Video Games
1. Control (XBOX One)
2. Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei (Saturn)
3. Panzer Dragoon (Saturn)
4. Kirby: Planet Robobot (3DS)
5. Clockwork Knight (Saturn)
6. Solar Striker (Game Boy)
7. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Switch)
8. Psychic World (Game Gear)

[blueviper]

Books
1. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
2. The Hike - Drew Magary
3. Neuromancer - William Gibson

Movies
1. Matter of Time (2025)
2. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) rewatch


Television
1. 11.22.63

[epilogue]

12/50 Movies
1. One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 (2026)
2. Send Help (2026)
3. If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You (2025)
4. Companion (2025)
5. Oh, Hi! (2025)
6. Enemy (2013)
7. After The Hunt (2025)
8. Wuthering Heights (2026)
9. Train Dreams (2025)
10. Blue Moon (2025)
11. The Secret Agent (2025)
12. Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)

3/50 Books
1. The Book of I by David Craig
2. The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
3. Vigil by George Saunders

7/50 2026 Albums
1. Weapons of Beauty - Jay Buchanan
2. Nothing's About to Happen to Me - Mitzki
3. Hen's Teeth - Iron & Wine
4. Some Things Never Leave - Annabelle Dinda
5. Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally - Harry Styles
6. Swet Deth - Crooked Fingers
7. A Rush to Nowhere - Arima Ederra

3/50 pre-2026 album
1. Life After - Palace (2019)
2. Debí Tirar Más Fotos - Bad Bunny (2025)
3. 12 - White Denim (2024)

5/50 TV Shows
1. Beast In Me (Netflix)
2. Stranger Things S5 (Netflix)
3. His & Hers (Netflix)
4. How to Get to Heaven From Belfast (Netflix)
5. Bridgerton S4 (Netflix)

7/50 Live Events
1. Marjorie Prime (Broadway, Helen Hayes Theatre, NYC)
2. What To Wear (BAM, Harvey Theatre, Brooklyn)
3. Thalia Book Club: George Saunders, Vigil (Symphony Space, NYC)
4. Unrivaled in Philly
5. Brandi Carlile live at Madison Square Garden
6. Unrivaled Semi-Finals (Barclays Center, Brooklyn)
7. Maybe Happy Ending (Broadway; Belasco Theatre, NYC)

[CopperTom]

Books
1.


Movies
1. Bugonia
2. Misery
3. One Battle After Another
4. A Million Ways to Die in the West
5. Nobody 2
6. Evil Dead: Rise
7. Honey Don't
8. Freddie Got Fingered
9. Clear History
10. Fargo
11. Vengeance
12. Brian and Charles
13. 8 Bit Christmas
14. If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You


Television
1. House of the Dragon - Season 1
2. House of the Dragon - Season 2
3. The Outsider
4. The Office (Superfan Version) - Season 7
5. PONIES - Season 1
6. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 12
7. Parks and Recreation - Season 7
8. The Office (Superfan Version) - Season 8
9. The Penguin - Season 1
10. It's Florida, Man - Season 1
11. Vice Principals - Season 1
12. The Burbs - Season 1
13. The Office (Superfan Version) - Season 9


Video Games
1. Control (XBOX One)
2. Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei (Saturn)
3. Panzer Dragoon (Saturn)
4. Kirby: Planet Robobot (3DS)
5. Clockwork Knight (Saturn)
6. Solar Striker (Game Boy)
7. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Switch)
8. Psychic World (Game Gear)
9. Ninja Five-O (Gameboy Advance)

[Simple Torture]

Here we are through February. I swear I’ll watch some movies in March. TV has been tough, too, as there have been at least 3-4 shows I’ve stopped and abandoned, and not much is catching me. I’m fine reading more, though.

Books
1. A Shadow Intelligence - Oliver Harris
2. Ascension - Oliver Harris
3. The Shame Archive - Oliver Harris
4. Perfection - Vincenzo Latronico
5. All the Sinners Bleed - S.A. Cosby
6. Vigil - George Saunders
7. A Couple of Comedians - Don Carpenter

Movies


TV Shows
1. The Night Manager (Season 1)
2. Fallout (Season 2)
3. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (Season 1)

Comics
1. Void Rivals #19 - 26
2. Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone #5 - 6
3. G.I. Joe #13 - 19
4. Starship Godzilla #3 - 5
5. Boba Fett: Black, White, & Red #1 - 4
6. X-Men 1-25 (2024 - 2026)
7. Age of Revelation #0, Overture
8. Amazing X-Men #1 - 3
9. Binary #1 - 3
10. Laura Kinney: Sabertooth #1 - 3
11. Longshots #1 - 3
12. World of Revelation #1
13. Iron & Frost #1 - 3
14. Rogue Storm #1 - 3
15. Sinister’s Six #1 - 3
16. Unbreakable X-Men #1 - 3
17. Omega Kids #1 - 3
18. Radioactive Spider-Man #1 - 3
19. The Last Wolverine #1 - 3
20. X-Men: Book of Revelation #1 - 3
21. Cloak or Dagger #1 - 3
22. Expatriate X-Men #1 - 3
23. Undeadpool #1 - 3
24. X-Vengers #1 - 3
25. X-Men Age of Revelation Infinity Comic #1 - 9
26. X-Men Age of Revelation Finale #1
27. Godzilla #6-7
28. Uncanny X-Men #1 - 24 (2024-2026)
29. NYX #9
30. Storm #6
31. X-Factor #8
32. X-Force #9
33. Exceptional X-Men #7
34. X-Manhunt Omega #1
35. Transformers #28-29
36. Spider-Man ‘94 #1 - 5
37. Criminal Vol. 1 - Coward
38. Assorted Crisis Events #1 - 8
39. House of X #1 - 6
40. Powers of X #1-6
41. Alien: Black, White, and Blood #1-4
42. Magik and Colossus #1-
43. Storm: Earth’s Mightiest Mutant #1-
44. Event Horizon: Dark Descent #1-5
45. Criminal Vol. 2: Lawless
46. Criminal Vol. 3: The Dead and the Dying
47. Cyclops (2026) #1-
48. Marc Spector: Moon Knight #1-
49. Wade Wilson: Deadpool #1-
50. Criminal Vol. 4: Bad Night
51. Spider-Man Noir #1-5
52. Venom: Black, White & Blood #1-4
53. Rogue (2026) #1-
54. Psylocke: Ninja #1-
55. Criminal Vol. 5: The Sinners
56. Inglorious X-Force #1-
57. Jar Jar #1
58. Criminal Vol. 6: The Last of the Innocent
59. Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon #1-
60. Generation X-23 #1-
61. The Muppets Noir #1
62. DuckTales Valentine’s Day Special 2026

Video Games
1. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Xbox)
2. Blue Prince (Xbox)
3. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Xbox)
4. Balatro (Xbox/PC)

[blueviper]

Books
1. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
2. The Hike - Drew Magary
3. Neuromancer - William Gibson

Movies
1. Matter of Time (2025)
2. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) rewatch


Television
1. 11.22.63

Live Events
1. The Phantom of the Opera - The Fabulous Fox Theater

[CopperTom]

Books
1.


Movies
1. Bugonia
2. Misery
3. One Battle After Another
4. A Million Ways to Die in the West
5. Nobody 2
6. Evil Dead: Rise
7. Honey Don't
8. Freddie Got Fingered
9. Clear History
10. Fargo
11. Vengeance
12. Brian and Charles
13. 8 Bit Christmas
14. If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You
15. The Wizard
16. Little Monsters


Television
1. House of the Dragon - Season 1
2. House of the Dragon - Season 2
3. The Outsider
4. The Office (Superfan Version) - Season 7
5. PONIES - Season 1
6. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 12
7. Parks and Recreation - Season 7
8. The Office (Superfan Version) - Season 8
9. The Penguin - Season 1
10. It's Florida, Man - Season 1
11. Vice Principals - Season 1
12. The Burbs - Season 1
13. The Office (Superfan Version) - Season 9
14. It's Florida, Man - Season 2
15. The Third Day


Video Games
1. Control (XBOX One)
2. Panzer Dragoon II: Zwei (Saturn)
3. Panzer Dragoon (Saturn)
4. Kirby: Planet Robobot (3DS)
5. Clockwork Knight (Saturn)
6. Solar Striker (Game Boy)
7. Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (Switch)
8. Psychic World (Game Gear)
9. Ninja Five-O (Gameboy Advance)
10. Lost Planet (XBOX 360)

[blueviper]

Books
1. Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
2. The Hike - Drew Magary
3. Neuromancer - William Gibson
4. Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud - Ben McKenzie

Movies
1. Matter of Time (2025)
2. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) rewatch


Television
1. 11.22.63
2. Love is Blind S10

Live Events
1. The Phantom of the Opera - The Fabulous Fox Theater