I’ve been collection digital movies, tv shows, music, audiobooks, eBook’s and graphic novels for such a long time, and have moved the storage and the ways to access them around many times, then I came across Plex in 2013. I started my first server with a Raspberry Pi 3, which was ok if you wanted to run the odd film or tv show locally, but the power wasn’t there to transcode on the fly and use outside my network.
Then in 2018 I got hold of an old pc I could use, chucked in 12TB of storage, bought a Lifetime Plex pass and have been filling it up ever since…. This of course requires me to occasionally remove a batch of content that isn’t being watched or no one is interested in. These are never deleted just removed and stored elsewhere, just in case I want to come back to them at a later date.
So over the years I have now started not just getting hold of the latest movies and tv shows to watch, but more of trying to find and store old content sometimes just for nostalgia purposes..
Below is a small list of my latest additions to my plex with this in mind, again not that I might watch (although I do keep thinking I have to go back and watch Xena again 😋) but just to have if ever I need to go back to the 80’s & 90’s
The Brittas Empire (1991)
7 Seasons – 52 episodes.
Gordon Brittas is the manager of the Whitbury-Newtown Leisure Centre. Despite his good intentions, everything seems to go wrong when he’s around, despite the best efforts of the center staff and his long-suffering wife, Helen.
Danger Mouse (1981)
10 Seasons – 89 episodes.
Danger Mouse, the greatest secret agent in the world, must follow Colonel K’s orders (and try not to break Professor Squawkencluck’s inventions) to foil Baron Greenback’s and his henchman Stiletto’s plans.
The Detectives (1993)
3 Seasons – 18 episodes.
The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who – despite unbelievable incompetence – somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.
Monkey (1978)
2 Seasons – 52 episodes.
Monkey is the story by Wu Ch’êng-ên based on the ancient Chinese legend tracing the origins of Buddhism. It follows the adventures of Tripitaka and disciples Pigsy, Sandy and of course Monkey, on their journey from China to India to fetch the large vehicle holy scriptures which will save the world.
Police Squad! (1982)
1 Season – 6 episodes.
Sight gags, puns and non-sequiturs ensue as Sgt. Det. Lt. Frank Drebin and his colleagues at Police Squad – a special section of the Police Force – solve various puzzling cases.
Robin of Sherwood (1984)
3 Seasons – 26 episodes.
A forest mystical being appoints two men in succession as the legendary outlaw defender of the oppressed.
Street Hawk (1985)
1 Season – 13 episodes.
A desk bound cop secretly fights crime as the test pilot for a prototype combat motorcycle.
The Young Ones (1982)
2 Seasons – 12 episodes.
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There’s Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies’ man (at least he is in his mind).
Xena: Warrior Princess (1995)
6 Seasons – 123 episodes.
Xena is as an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent by using her formidable fighting skills to now, help those who are unable to defend themselves. Xena is accompanied by Gabrielle, who during the series changes from a simple farm girl into an Amazon warrior and Xena’s comrade-in-arms.
