Lemmy, is there a treasured piece of content that you stop yourself from going back to "too often" so as to not dilute it?

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?

HootinNHollerin, (edited )

My Neighbor Totoro

Psythik, (edited )

The Orville, Fresh Prince, and Firefly.

Been watching these three shows for many years; still haven’t seen every episode of any of them. One episode every few months/years is enough for me.

I fear for the day that I finally finish one of them.

JWBananas,
@JWBananas@startrek.website avatar

Hot Tub Time Machine

pseudonym,

Pokemon games (red/blue) and Harry Potter novels. I have to wait long enough that I don’t remember every detail.

NataliePortland,
@NataliePortland@lemmy.ca avatar

I’m playing blue right now! I just woke up the Snorlax with the flute. It’s so fun. This time I’m really into Hypno and Dugtrio

WEAPONX,

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.

match,
@match@pawb.social avatar

whoa

can you explain the plot of viii for me

RvTV95XBeo,

Moody teen saves the world with his oversized sword-gun.

Full disclosure, this one is big on the nostalgia for me as well.

cloudless,
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I remember the annoying protagonist, the stupid magic draw system, the crippling final dungeon. I don’t remember the plot.

WEAPONX,

I’m not saying it’s a masterpiece. It carries nostalgic and sentimental value for me. I like it.

spacemanspiffy,

Easily one of my favorites too. It was my first FF so I don’t see a lot of the flaws others claim to.

Varyk,

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.

southsamurai,
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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?

OsrsNeedsF2P, (edited )

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.

corruptmagician,

Halo reach, I’ll never get the feeling of my first run through back, but I forget smaller details when I wait a few years between playthroughs.

setsneedtofeed, (edited )
@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world avatar

Surviving long enough in the unwinnable battle at the end that the game just straight up ripped control away was an accomplishment/heartbreak.

Thorny_Insight,

Not that I’m stopping myself from going back to it too often but for being such a popular song, Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz somehow has managed to not lose it’s magic on me. I never search for it but every organic encounter in the wild stops me on my tracks and sends chills down my spine. A true masterpiece.

Also shoutout to the Marcus Layton & Nonô cover.

ApollosArrow,
  • The first few seasons of Red vs Blue
  • Back to the Future trilogy
Dmtr33d,

IT Crowd and Peep Show.

FenrirIII,

The dub of “The Touch” (from the Transformers animated movie) over the scene in End Game where Cap picks up Mjolnir

OozingPositron,
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I do this with any new song I discover. When I first listened to Radiohead I consumed their albums like opioids, now I’m being more careful with The Smile, I listen to Bending Hectic once a week max.

khannie, (edited )
@khannie@lemmy.world avatar

For me it’s Aliens. I hadn’t watched it in probably 15 years and did recently when the 4k version came out.

It was so, so worth waiting for. Watched it with my 3 oldest kids and it was their first time. Amazing time was had by all.

Edit: Oh and this song by Sylvan Esso. I listen to it about once every three months and get goosebumps every time.

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