I do this for a few things, movies in particular. For me most recently, I’m planning on watching Bo Burnham’s Inside this weekend, for the first time since I watched it shortly post-release. I wasn’t really intending to wait *checks watch* nearly 3 years on that one, but I definitely felt it needed some space before a rewatch.
Anyone else treat certain pieces of media similarly?
- [game] Donkey Kong Country 1/2/3
- [anime] Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- [anime] Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
The games are part of my childhood, and they aged really well, so if I don’t stop myself from playing them all the time the muscle memory kills all the joy from playing.
Same thing with the two anime series - I love both but it has been a few years since I watched either.
Love both those anime!
Sometimes I feel like I should rewatch FMA B but then I’m like, nah I still remember it perfectly. To me it’s just a perfect execution of what a story should be.
I have rewatched Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann twice since I originally watched it in 2014, and it held up.
I also occasionally watch the final fight of the Lagann-hen movie on YouTube and it still holds up.
Yup, it aged really well, too. FMA:B too.
One TTGL episode that I occasionally watch (even if avoiding the rest of the series) is ep11, when Simon snaps off his grief and guilt. It’s amazing how the right context makes even something as silly as “ore wa ore da!” (I’m me!) sound awesome.
No, I go full throttle until I’m sick of it.
Yes, then you can forget about it for a decade or two and rediscover, rinse, and repeat.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Love it, but i can’t watch it too often because it’s so exhausting.
Now I wait until Christmas before allowing myself to watch Die Hard.
Cowboy Bebop (the anime series, not the live action), sadly only one season exists.
Definitely the band “Heilung.”
I refuse to listen to them outside of live at a concert. It’s old Nordic style viking goodness and the live shows are more of a ritual than a concert. When I go, I want a full immersive experience and I feel listening to them in between the concerts takes away from the experience.
Goodfellas, it’s my favorite movie ever and I want to keep the wonder of the first time I saw it alive as long as possible
Some books and mangas, but mostly the Ghibli movies. Specially because when I watch one of them, I immediately want to go on a full Ghibli marathon.
They’re beautiful.
They’re beautiful.
In which aspects are you finding them beautiful?
Don’t get me wrong I am not a hater whatsoever, but I started watching them with my girlfriend recently and I’m not feeling it completely, I only watched Spirited Away before and I have the same feeling.
We have watched so far (in this order):
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The Boy and The Heron
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Princess Mononoke (this one was my favorite)
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How’s Castle
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My Neighbor Totoro
The art design is top notch I can agree with that.
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I do this with music… if one of my favourite nostalgia songs comes on and I’m not driving with the windows down in summer, it’s for sure getting skipped!
That’s some good discipline – good for you!
The Dark Knight movie. Goddamn that is good. Maybe my top film of all time.
LOTR trilligy. I have extended versions on DVD and love them.
My Neighbor Totoro
I replay Morrowind maybe every few years, and I’m able to enjoy it every time I play.
As for movies, I saw barbarian in the theater and I have waited to watch it again even though I loved it, until just last month when I reunited with an old friend who loves weird horror movies, and it was so good. We actually watched terrifier also, and I hadn’t seen that in a couple years. It was so much fun to watch those movies sort of fresh with someone I knew would enjoy them, there were parts in both movies that surprised me again.
Lord of the Rings - Battle for Middle Earth. Great game from like 2004; there’s a super niche online community that still keeps the games downloadable and in great state.
On a completely different direction, if anyone is bored and wants to try K Dramas, check out Crash Landing on You - it’s about a woman who ends up in North Korea after a paragliding accident, and tried to escape.
Ehhhh, to a limited extent, Christmas movies. But it’s only partly so it doesn’t get diluted, it’s also because they’re kind of meant to be something to make the season a bit happier. They don’t work as well outside of the holidays, so why bother?
Final Fantasy VIII. I want to play it all the time and i wish i could erase the plot from my memory and play it again for the first time.
I have the opposite problem with FFVIII. The only thing I remember is:
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Wait, I don’t know how to spoiler tag on Lemmy…
