Unbreakable: w/ Geek Devotions on Power, Gentleness, and a Perfect Movie

Geek Devotions: Website // YouTube // Comm Talk Podcast

Dallas from Geek Devotions joins Melvin in discussing M. Night Shyamalan’s comic-book inspired follow-up to his break-out film: Unbreakable! The two gush and fangirl over what makes this film absolutely amazing, as well as engage heavy topics regarding masculinity, power, gentleness, and family.

Topics:

• (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 33-minutes of Melvin interviewing Dallas about the “Geek Devotions” project; what Dallas and Celeste seek to achieve in reaching out to the world of anime, video games, and netizen-culture; how most geek-experience with spirituality is negative (and they hope to change that); and how fringe, geek communities can satisfy the innate need we all have for community. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
• Melvin asks Dallas about Geek Devotion’s YouTube presence, which involves a LOT of shows, and how they fulfill their mission statement.
• Dallas had seen Unbreakable as a child, and Melvin wonders if there’s anything he reflected on during this rewatch.
• For Melvin, this rewatch was nothing short of transcendental.
• Dallas, “[Unbreakable] feels fresh, but it also feels very real. It feels like a genuine story.”
• There’s a throughline about the relationship between masculinity, power, and gentleness that is explored in David Dunn’s story, and the inclusion of his son Joseph adds more importance to David’s decision making.
• Early Shyamalan films ask their audience to be patient with the mundane, and that patience is then rewarded.
• Why the “kids with guns” scene (as Melvin calls it) is so jarring, but also kinda works with the film’s theming.
• And, of course, thoughts on the ending.

Recommendations:

• Fallout (2024) (Series)
• Shōgun (2024) (Mini Series)
• Breathing Fire (1991) (Movie)

Unbreakable is Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements including some disturbing violent content, and for a crude sexual reference. It features Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright, Spencer Treat Clark, and Charlayne Woodard. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Unbreakable is available here.

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