Comfort media

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Is there a movie/book/show or whatever else that you watch not because "it's been a while" or even because "it's an old favorite", but because it reminds you of a time in your life or a person you knew and it's comfortable to be there?

There's a phrase like "I visit places we used to go together, not because there's anything for me there now, but because it's the closest I'll ever be to spending time with you again".

Is there media that brings that out of you?

[Wolf Kanno]

Sailor Moon with the DiC Dub, and Daria.

[Fynn]

I guess a lot of old Disney movies. Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and the Beast in particular

[maybee]

Yeah same here with the old Disney movies.

[krissy]

fantastic Mr fox

[Del Murder]

Duck Tales or the old Spiderman and X-Men cartoons. What a time to be a kid!

[escobert]

No.

[Sephex]

I'm one of those weirdos that watches Red Letter Media's Best of the Worst episodes on a nightly basis before bed because I always laugh and usually need it. :)

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I find myself watching a lot of older anime just to appreciate the artistry involved. They're often really nicely done.

Other than that, I have my nerdy sci-fi shows like Star Trek and Star Gate that I often rewatch.

[Mr Gashtacular]

there's a couple older songs and albums that reminds me of an old girlfriend. i dont listen to them for the express reason of being reminded of our relationship, though. on the whole i don't indulge in media for that kind of comfort (aside from the whole world being a hellpit and therefore all media is comfort media element)

[Scotty_ffgamer]

My comfort book is probably Fellowship of the Ring. My comfort shows are Sonic SatAM, Super Mario Bros Super Show, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. My comfort movies are Balto, Flight of Dragons, and the animated Hobbit movie.

[krissy]

dark souls/demons souls speedruns also

[Jessweeee♪]

Watching just about any anime that was featured on adult swim in the 00s brings me to that time of teen angst when I felt ways about things, and I enjoy re-watching them for that reason.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Watching just about any anime that was featured on adult swim in the 00s brings me to that time of teen angst when I felt ways about things, and I enjoy re-watching them for that reason.

The contemplative commercials were as memorable to me as any of the shows.

Lo-fi before lo-fi was cool.

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[Jessweeee♪]

oooohhhh i forgot about those. yeah those were cool. I also have a lot of the music they would play during the bumps. Idk if its still a thing, but you could download it for free off the adult swim website. My favorite was the Ghostly Swim album. That led me to a lot of cool things like Tycho, Com Truise, and a bunch of free demos from the Ghostly Records website that bop.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

I forgot that I used to fall asleep to G4's Cinematech (I think that was the name of the program.) It was almost a proto-let's play channel. It would have cutscenes, trailers, and gameplay of lots of different types of video games from across all generations. There was no host, or anything. It would just cut from video game to video game.

[Carl the Llama]

For me it hast to be GamesMaster from the early 90's, it was one of my earliest experiences with gaming where they would have a few game challenges and a Q&A section with Sir Patrick Moore and reviews of old games (which were new when originally played) it reminds me of a much simpler time. Plus, I find new enjoyment these days looking back on all the sexual innuendo the host came up with.



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[Karifean]

I keep running into clips of Simpsons of old in my recommended YouTube feed and it keeps reminding me of how incredibly good this series used to be, and how some of its jokes aged way too well. I need to watch some of the full old seasons sometimes. Good times.

[Tigmafuzz]

Rymoka's youtube channel has a lot of those old toonami promos, they're all great. Melancholic nostalgia for when you're lying in bed awake at 3am wondering where your left turned left.

As for me, I don't have any particular comfort movies, but I do rewatch old anime from time to time when I'm feeling down. Kenshin, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, FMA, Outlaw Star, Champloo. Whatever matches my mood. Or I'll replay old video games for comfort. Maybe speedrun SotN for the 1000th time, or replay the entirety of Wild Arms or LUNAR. Maybe hop on to ol' Destiny 1 and do some 10-minute strikes, Dragon's Dogma to take down the online dragon with Maker's arrows, or emulate River City Ransom (or the RCR-inspired PS3/360 Scott Pilgrim game) to beat up on some fools. Maybe Warframe.

The problem I seem to have is that there are too many options that are close to comfort but not really comfort. It always feels like there's something better I could be doing/watching/playing.

[Vyk]

My dad was a big kid, and we spent a lot of time watching Disney cartoons together. Or Hannah Barbara. So if I wanted to get really nostalgic I could put on Gummi Bears or The Smurfs or something, and I do miss the feeling of creativity old cartoons used to inspire. There's something about 80s cartoons that's hard to capture these days. The Last Airbender and Samurai Champloo do a good job. But as for things like that, I do still adore Toonami age anime, and will forever treasure Bennet the Sage for revisiting pretty much everything from that era in Anime Abandon, and have found quite a few quality recommendations. It's always fun to find something new and nostalgic at the same time