Too many people make watching shows and movies their whole personality.
There is more to life than just consuming content from Hollywood.
Exactly! There’s Bollywood, Tollywood, K-Dramas, J-Dramas, C-Dramas…
Or don’t watch stuff made by massive companies. It’s all just made to sell. It’s a product not art.
Find small independent artists and studios and follow and support them.
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That was the joke
You are really cool.
I like to see stuff on big scale and indie stuff isn’t that.
For me, Pacific Rim, Interstellar, or Nope are preferable over A24 movies.
Anime and Arch linux btw are the alternative personalities and I’m here for it.
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Exactly, that’s why I am watching modded Minecraft playthrpughs instead.
Movies are pretty fun! If you stick to indie films or what’s shown at film festivals, you really get to experience great art. I can’t speak to Hollywood movies though, but I watch some popular action flicks now and again like John Wick or Planet Terror (2007).
Also try non-American movies, it’s refreshing to see different povs to similar themes circumstance. I find that niche old movies are pretty awesome too, but you have to dig for gold unless you go with a trusted review source.
Lastly if you’re having a bad time with movies avoid most things made by Amazon, Netflix etc. I find their most of their writers or directors seldom have any artistic vision beyond just copying what’s been done before.
No. Shared media is an excellent way to expedite and condense communication.
Honestly, I love making friends with people who haven’t experienced some of the really incredible pieces of pop culture, because I get to see them react to seeing something incredible for the first time. Your reaction should never be "omg you’ve never seen this before, what kinda weird alien are you? and more “omg you’ve never seen this before? okay we have to watch it real soon, it’s incredible.”
It’s only really annoying if the person is some kinda incel who has made it a point of pride to be uncultured and refuses to watch or appreciate good movies/TV.
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’ve never met someone who doesn’t enjoy movies and TV series at least to some degree. What do you not like? Is it fiction, or stories in general? Do you like documentaries? Podcasts? Books and audiobooks? Role playing games? What about music? What kind of stuff do you do for a living? What do you do during downtime and in your free time?
Sorry if I’m coming on a little strong, I’m just very curious.
I’m not a huge fiction person in general, most of the books I read are textbooks/technical manuals or other non-fiction.
Some documentaries are fine, it’s highly variable based on the subject matter and how much the director tried to make it “movie-like”.
I’m not a fan of music most of the time, I only really listen to it when I’m exercising. It’s basically to set the vibe for my brain.
However I do play role playing games quite a bit, which for some reason my brain has decided is not boring.
Podcasts though, make my brain release that sweet, sweet, dopamine drip… I listened to something like 52 days worth of podcasts last year? Again most of the topics are the same as the books I read.
I do consulting, so podcasts fill the void between meetings, if I need to taking a break, or as an escape hatch so if I have a particularly hellish client, I don’t fire them.
I don’t particularly like having “free time”. If I’m not being productive, my brain goes “Ah, I see we decided on depression as our option. Magnificent choice sir!” I basically have to scratch a particular itch my brain wants me to scratch to maintain my mental health.
Which is partly why I’m in consulting, it scratches that itch and I get paid so it’s kinda a good gig.
Thank you for humoring me, that’s very interesting!
I met a 50 yr old software dev who had never HEARD of Monty Python. Not even seen.
Yah, they were bullshitting you. Nobody in their 50s that wasn’t raised in a bomb shelter hasn’t heard of The Meaning of Life.
? Meaning of life is absolutely not what I heard about growing up. Mostly Holy Grail. Once I joined reddit years back I saw life of Brian stuff. I’m not sure I heard of Meaning of Life before you just mentioned it. I actually assumed you meant life of Brian until I googled it. I’m also in IT, and have been since '99.
No. They were not. They are on the spectrum and have very specific interests.
Wait, really? Were they born in the UK or US?
US, northeast
How? We software geeks are kinda dweeby about Python
They lied, like a goddamn liar
No I absolutely believe them. They are kinda different and do Not mince words
I’ve heard of it but never seen more than clips here and there and a play a girlfriend took me too once. I don’t really feel the need to either because it’s all been quoted so much that I don’t think there’s anything left to surprise me. There certainly wasn’t in the play. She was kind of pissed that I wasn’t hyped about it but I’ve literally been listening to unfunny people reference all those jokes basically my entire life it’s all been beat to death at this point.
I watched Monty Python holy grail after hearing about it so much on the internet. After finally watching it, my opinion was basically that I already watched all the funny parts through random clips and references made in Reddit multiple times. The rest of it was pretty dull and my entire experience as a result was meh. So you might not enjoy watching it either.
Aye, it’s very likely I’ve pretended to not know it at some point in the hope that someone won’t feel invited to start quoting at me.
But then you have to hear about their new Linux distro instead, of course.
I hope you introduced it to them by means of a short parody film:
Programming Languages: Origins
which show is that from? I haven’t seen it before
one of the disney star wars movies the main character goes looking for luke skywalker or something. it was one of the few scenes that wasnt a sweaty shirtless guy. it was a somewhat decent but largwly forgettable movie
true, I heard it’s pretty niche. I just don’t remember if it was before they went into Mordor or not
Ooooh yes, and the other way around too. I’ve watched an absolute assload of apparently obscure bullshit, but absolutely never the same obscure bullshit people want me to have seen.
Have you seen Ninja Bachelor Party?
No, have you seen The Big O?
Are you talking about the anime? Because I think any nerdy anime kid in their 30s would have watched that on adult swim.
That’s fair, I am. I never had access to adult swim; I came across it on Netflix when they were first streaming stuff and they got rid of it pretty quickly. Took me forever to track down a copy of it back then, so with nobody I’ve asked knowing what it was, I assumed it was more obscure.
But good to know.
It is a shame it’s fallen through the streaming cracks. I have the DVDs but that requires me plug in something that can play DVDs lol.
Thats not obscure! Its on my plex server right now!
It’s obscure to the people I know; I have no other gauge on these things. But in fairness, that is why I put “apparently obscure” in my original comment :)
It’s on my Plex server as well and has been for a really long time, but that’s not unexpected there :p
Have you seen Swiss Army Man? I’m not saying it’s the best performance Daniel Radcliffe ever delivered, but it’s definitely a performance.
Yes, actually, that movie was really fun!
If you like fantasy series at all, have you ever seen The Lost Room? It’s got a kind of warehouse 13 vibe to it.
Nah. I haven’t watched so many things. Even mainstream stuff people consider a “must watch”. Thing is, my brain is like a sieve. Sometimes I only remember I already watched a movie when I’m 60 minutes in.
You should add Miami Connection to your list. Karate rock stars fight against ninja bikers for…reasons, honestly I can’t recall the plot, it’s just 80s campy greatness.
This is my experience being gen z dating any millennial. I’m honestly jealous that they got to experience films in a more communicative and iconic way.
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.
This is a really good point. There are a lot of iconic movies I haven’t seen in one go but I’ve probably caught every scene from family flicking through channels all the time.
I just watched Rio Bravo and realized this was one of those for me. I’ve seen it tons of times on TV but never all in one sitting. I always thought there was more to the beginning of it.
I agree! I like how we’re continuing the thread in a different comment chain. I’m this guy: https://lemmy.world/comment/10422461
It’s nice to talk to someone who seeds content. It’s been a while.
Oh hey! Lol
Sometimes I forget to read usernames…
I can quote stuff from TV that aired in the late 90s, but I can’t quote shit I watched last night. For me the distinguishing difference is smartphones. I don’t have the attention span to give a TV show my undivided attention anymore, and I’m browsing on my phone while TV plays in the background.
even without a phone, you pick up a lot between 10-20, and then it sticks around forever and you will always feel good about it (or bad or at least some sort of nostalgic), what you watch when you get older must be VERY good to make it onto the accumulated pile. Most just isn’t. While when you were young, that mattered less to get onto the forever in your brain pile. Same with video games. No new games will ever get to the same level in your experience as the ones you played when you were young. Even if they’re better and the old ones graphics sucked.
While true, these three made a big impact:
God of war 4
Red dead 2
Spider-Man ps4
I guess they were that good.
Probably controversial opinion for some people: I’ve only ever seen one Star Wars movie (one of the original ones) and some of parts of other movies and I think the franchise is totally overrated.
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.
Can’t really judge without watching them though
Yes… I know… but if one is this lame why would I want to watch at least 5 more?
Not all of them are the same, some are better, some are worse. Some people like because of the nostalgia. It depends why you deem them “lame”
Only Empire Strikes Back is actually good imo.
It ends on a down note.
Which is good.
My gf used to be in that boat. I’m a big film guy. The first few years of our relationship I spent catching her up on the more important things in life.
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)
Of those movies you were shocked your wife hadn’t seen, which did you most enjoyed watching with her?
Star Wars Holiday Special
So what you’re saying is we should start a reaction channel on YouTube?
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“This week I go on a date with Gestrid and mock them for not knowing the endings to classic movies! Like and subscribe for more hilarious dating hijinks!”
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“I did not care for The Godfather.”
“It insists upon itself”
…this is one of the big ones that I haven’t even seen.
Same
For some reason I won’t watch dramas, but if you dress one of the characters up in a rubber alien suit and then slap a sci fi tag on that bad boy I’ll eat it up
Same
I was in the same boat. Then I watched “The Offer” last year. It’s a really good tv show. It’s a drama about the making of The Godfather and you wouldn’t believe what it took to get the movie made!
After that I wanted to watch the movie and did. And got so much more out of it.
Sure the show has some movie spoilers but those spoilers are so part of pop culture and you probably know them already.
“Oh, yeah? Well, I didn’t care for Citizen Kane!”
I know right? I’ve been spending way too much time trying to get people here to watch “Barbie” (now available on Blu-ray and select streaming services) for like a year now.
It’s a good movie, if you haven’t seen it yet, go watch it.
Thanks, Margot. <3
I got a chance to watch it on a cross-Pacific flight. Which is just about the only time I watch movies anymore. I made the right choice! It was far more enjoyable than Meg 2 which I also managed to squeeze in unfortunately.
WHAT?? You haven’t seen that movie?
I legit had a girl i dated in high school and it was basically. "Have you seen (“random show or movie”)
And the response if didnt know what it was just.
"WHAT HOW?!?! " The answer is i didnt and still dont own cable and she did. I feel you mate SMH.
The response I hear from most people when you tell them you never really watched the disney movies that apparently everyone saw when they were kids.
Try telling people that you watched the Lion King once only when you were an adult recently and that you didn’t like it. They will melt down.
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I have no idea how to even talk to you. I speak mostly in reference and meme! Shaka, when the walls fell.
Temba, his arms wide.
Temba at rest
Brain and brain, what is brain?
Hers is the mind of a child.
My SO I’m sure makes it a point to mention something that she knows I haven’t watched just to say “oh wait you haven’t seen that”
