@Rambler Off the top of my head there is Punch Out: Revelations where you play as Daniel Dennett and have to use the Wii Remotes to box God, then there is Genesis a tactical role-playing game where you must make you're false idol powerful enough to beat God (I normally play as Taylor Swift or the Marvel movies but when I watch people play it on Twitch they seem to be a random Youtube blogger), there is that Charles Darwin game which is part Pokemon part Mario Kart where you need to evolve the animal you're riding on so you're fast enough to beat God in a race and then there is Spotlight: The Game 2 where you play as a terrible looking 3D model of Mark Ruffalo from the movie but after battling the Catholic Church he now battles God herself.
It may just me , but it seems that a lot of the shows and movies that come out are too predictable for me to enjoy fully. When I still watch shows on cable TV, from disney channel, nickelodeon, or cartoon network, they seem to have very predictable and almost boring plots.
Character gets rich quick plot, seen it. Time machine episode, yawn. Main character gets jealous of another characters situation, I've seen that a thousand times before.
Despite being almost 20 years old, I feel like I've seen every almost every TV show and movie plot in the world ,word for word, and story beat by story beat. And when I see it appear again the urge to skip the episode and/ or movie will start to run through me.
I feel as if its because I've practically seen the last 50 years of video via netflix and YouTube video / series reviews. I feel as if I'm 50 in movie watching years as apposed to the actual years I've been alive!
Does anyone else have the same feeling?
(Note: I still like some shows and movies, spider man into the spiderverse, moon girl and devil dinosaur, back to the future, the mario movie. But it takes a show Being really good for me to really like it/ spend a significant amount of time watching it)
You should save this post and read it again in 10 - 20 years.
@Purgatorium Yeah it does feel very folly of the yoof where you don't know enough to know how actually little you know which you'll look back on one day and go I was such a silly billy.
It's always funny coming across kids saying stuff like "I've seen all of the Marvel films, even Captain Marvel, so I know a thing or two about real cinema" or "I listen to real punk rock like Yungblud and Neck Deep not corporate music" and you try not to cringe. Hopefully they're open to finding other things in the future so they realise how narrow a view they had.
@Purgatorium Yeah it does feel very folly of the yoof where you don't know enough to know how actually little you know which you'll look back on one day and go I was such a silly billy.
It's always funny coming across kids saying stuff like "I've seen all of the Marvel films, even Captain Marvel, so I know a thing or two about real cinema" or "I listen to real punk rock like Yungblud and Neck Deep not corporate music" and you try not to cringe. Hopefully they're open to finding other things in the future so they realise how narrow a view they had.
For sure, and I don't mean just to laugh at yourself, but to reflect, ya know? I read the OP and thought something just rang familiar about it. Not about media, specifically, but I know I felt similarly when I was younger.
I know some people think a story being predictable is a harsh criticism, but don't you ever watch something again? You know exactly who the characters are and how it's going to end. If you haven't, give it a shot.
@Rambler I just don't get why people think predictability is a bad for a story. So while I understand that there is a difference between knowing an ending and predicting an ending, I don't know how they are functionally different. Maybe that distinction matters and is more easily conceived by others.
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