Adrien Poncet ⚔️ Game Director @ledrien.bsky.social · 01/11/2024Then, the tropes and "vibes" of the genre expanded and evolved into other things. Indiana Jones was described as a swashbuckler by Lucas and Spielberg. Guardians of the Galaxy is swashbuckling in space. 9/24 1160
Adrien Poncet ⚔️ Game Director @ledrien.bsky.social · 01/11/2024Several Disney/Dreamworks films draw from swashbuckler tropes too. En Garde! owes a lot of its light-hearted tone and comedy to it. Aladdin checks most of the boxes. Flynn Rider from Tangled is a typical swashbuckler protagonist, and an hommage to actor Errol Flynn. 10/24 1180
Adrien Poncet ⚔️ Game Director @ledrien.bsky.social · 01/11/2024I also realized some of my favorite video games could arguably qualify as "swashbuckling" experiences - Uncharted (as described by @amyhennig.bsky.social herself), Assassin's Creed Black Flag... But none of them actually recreated the "classic" definition of swashbuckler. 11/24 1170
