a quick poll (Patreon)

hey team!

we are getting near the end of the year, which and I have run into a snag on one of my silly media consumption projects: at least two movies from my film randomizer list are not viewable.

for anyone who doesn't remember, one of the goofy-ass projects I started this year - and that is tracked in the monthly quantifica updates - is a list of 42 (technically 43) films that I am trying to get through before the end of the year, which I select by hitting "shuffle" on Letterboxd.

and the issue is that a couple of those films - Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 and Demigod: The Legend Begins - are not available on any medium. they've come up on my random rolls several times, and each time I have failed to find them anywhere, and after spending a full afternoon trying to track down copies, I have determined it is not possible. Jonah is not on any English-language streaming service, and the only online copies I have found are in its original Swiss French with, if I'm lucky, subtitles in Italian or German. Demigod is simply not on any platform at all, not that I can find anyway. for anyone ready to recommend illegitimate sources, I have explored those quite thoroughly as well, and, no, neither film can be streamed or torrented even on pirate sites. Jonah can be purchased on DVD for $60, which is more than I'm willing to spend on a movie I've never seen, and Demigod isn't even available on disc that I can find!

so I have to decide how I want to handle unwatchable films, and I have decided to let you decide for me. do I

a) admit defeat and accept that the list will max out at 40/42 filmsb) remove the films from the list, reducing it to 40c) replace unwatchable films with new films to keep the number at 42d) a secret fourth option

if you've got a minute, please vote!

-I