Blade (1998) actually predated Unbreakable XD It's considered the first of the modern Marvel films. Before that was Howard the Duck (1986), and a Punisher film in 1989. And while Unbreakable premiered in November 2000, the first X-Men film was in July of that year. Shyamalan is also just... generally a hack? So far as I can tell, anyway (admittedly I may be biased by his version of Avatar: The Last Airbender). I think Unbreakable is the only film of his I enjoyed, and I don't like it anymore lol Other stories handle the Everyman Becomes a Superhero story a lot better. I remember seeing it in theaters, though, and it was great when I was 8 and had only seen X-Men lol. Made me more hype for Spider-Man in 2002.
Collect-a-thons are interesting because I actually still enjoy them in a lot of games. They're a lot less frustrating when it comes to "do I have the emotional bandwidth for this" considerations in re: video games, which often makes me step out of a game. They can be daunting, though. Pokemon games are basically nothing BUT collect-a-thons, and I love them, but I've been avoiding completing two for months. But also yeah, the things you want as a kid definitely do change. I still love Oni as a game but I haven't replayed it in years. To be fair, there really isn't anything comparable that had some of the same gameplay when it comes to fighting mechanics that I can also play (most similar games require more complicated combo usage than I can manage), but still. Spyro is too much for me though lol I struggled with the gameplay, at least in Reignited, since I never played it as a kid.
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Date: 2022-08-08 01:12 pm (UTC)Collect-a-thons are interesting because I actually still enjoy them in a lot of games. They're a lot less frustrating when it comes to "do I have the emotional bandwidth for this" considerations in re: video games, which often makes me step out of a game. They can be daunting, though. Pokemon games are basically nothing BUT collect-a-thons, and I love them, but I've been avoiding completing two for months. But also yeah, the things you want as a kid definitely do change. I still love Oni as a game but I haven't replayed it in years. To be fair, there really isn't anything comparable that had some of the same gameplay when it comes to fighting mechanics that I can also play (most similar games require more complicated combo usage than I can manage), but still. Spyro is too much for me though lol I struggled with the gameplay, at least in Reignited, since I never played it as a kid.