Funny

The thing is, the reason I haven't seen anything is because I'm not interested and don't have enough of an attention span to sit through stuff I'm not super into, so any time someone I've dated has been like, "we can watch so many things together!" my response is no thank you.

Gf is nerdy and loves ttrpgs.

Hasn't seen star wars or lotr.

Exactly! There's Bollywood, Tollywood, K-Dramas, J-Dramas, C-Dramas...

Anime and Arch linux btw are the alternative personalities and I'm here for it.

What about someone who truly does not enjoy watching TV or movies?

I understand I'm in a very small minority. However watching TV shows or movies doesn't interest me at all.

Watching TV or Movies to me is like having stare at a blank wall for 3 hours and forced notice how the faint cracks on the paint spider along it for the entire time. Afterwards I'm supposed to feel like it changed my life or it was somehow an enjoyable experience.

It's absolutely not my cup of tea.

I don't hate anyone for enjoying them either. I'll listen to friends or family talk about things they watch. I enjoy seeing how much they enjoyed watching it. It just doesn't interest me in the slightest.

I think growing up with live TV made a big difference too. All the big movies/shows that were cultural touchstones for generations would be playing on repeat on one channel or another, so millennials would be randomly exposed to them without extra money/effort put in.

Nowadays, I don't know how people who have grown up in the streaming era are supposed to find these movies, short of following a watch list, seeking out the right streaming service, and probably dropping some cash.

"It insists upon itself"

...this is one of the big ones that I haven't even seen.

My GF thought Trek was something her mom watched. Now she's debating the finer points of canon with me because I caught her up.

After 20 years with my wife, I still have weekly “you haven’t seen X?!?!?!” moments with her. The amount of films she hasn’t seen is staggering.

(conversely, the amount of time I’ve wasted watching films is kinda scary)

The movies really aren't anything incredible. Luke loses practically every fight he has, the dialog and CGI in the prequels were horrendous, and the sequels... yeah. I don't think most of them are bad movies, but for how popular it is? I believe Star Wars is held up quite a bit by how cool a large chunk of it is. Vader looks sick af, and laser swords are badass.

But there are some really good TV shows, games, and, from what I hear, comics as well. I think the movies are probably the weakest part of the Star Wars universe.

If you didn't see them as a kid, then you definitely won't understand why they're so popular. When you see them as a child, then they're the coolest thing in the world, especially if you saw them back in the 70's or 80's when they were groundbreaking movie making. What I don't understand is how people continue loving them, like being completely obsessed with them, into adulthood. I wish I could be that excited about them as an adult, but they're pretty juvenile movies for a lot of different reasons.

Temba, his arms wide.

Good place to stop, from what I hear.

Don't bother.