Just as examples:

  • I’ve never played a Pokemon game despite being just the right age where my peers were really into gen 1 as a kid.
  • I have yet to watch any of the Alien or Predator franchise movies (except Prometheus, which I didn’t realize was in the Alien franchise when I watched it long ago) but am planning on rectifying that when I can get a chance.
  • Oh, and I’ve never seen the “hawk tuah” video.
  • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
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    Game of Thrones maybe. To coin a phrase, “spare me the drama, and the incest.”

    I love fantasy, it was right up my alley at the right time, but all the grit in GoT for me just resolves to alt-history Europe.

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        Honestly odd to me. I mean its expected for any show to become irrelevant when it ends, thats normal. But the way it was hated on i dont get. The ending was exactly what was foreshadowed since the first season, but people were still confused and angry as if it was an illogical story progression.

        I actually rewatched the whole thing starting last week and finished it today. All the characters make sense, they did what the always said they would. Maybe that was boring for people.

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          Fair enough, if you didn’t notice a drop in quality or whiplash character/plot developments all I can say is that I’m kinda jealous.

          I will disagree with you on the fact that it’s normal for any show to become irrelevant when it ends. Shows that are good enough and capture audiences the way GoT did initially can go on to become much more and maintain relevance potentially for decades. It’s rare, sure, but I think the opportunity was there with GoT.

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    Never saw:
    • Game of Thrones
    • Breaking Bad
    • The Walking Dead
    • Maybe have only seen 2 or 3 Marvell movies.
    • Haven’t seen a single episode of any anime.
    • Couldn’t name a famous YouTuber if I tried.

    I’m sure there’s more, but for now, that what I can come up with.

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    I didn’t watch the show Firefly. I had already been using this screenname for a long time when that show came out, but people began to assume I was a fan and named myself after it.

    While I’m generally a scifi fan and watched tons of scifi TV in those days, the Buffy shows a lot of my friends were into bored the hell out of me and I didn’t feel like checking out another show by the same guy.

    I do have the DVDs on my shelf, having picked them up cheap secondhand ages ago thinking I might just get it over with someday, but the more I’ve learned about Joss Whedon over the years the less inclined I find myself to check it out.

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      Joss Whedon is problematic, but dang he made some good TV. There’s a reason Firefly got a movie after not getting picked up (Serenity, it’s also great), and a reason it still has a devoted following to this day.

      …But oh man that opening song… lol

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      While I’m generally a scifi fan and watched tons of scifi TV in those days, the Buffy shows a lot of my friends were into bored the hell out of me and I didn’t feel like checking out another show by the same guy.

      fwiw, Firefly is nothing like Buffy.

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    I never watched Squid Game and don’t intend to. Battle royale material just isn’t my thing.

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    I got my nerd card revoked after a convention when I revealed that I hadn’t seen any of the Marvel movies. And this was about 10 years ago. I eventually made exceptions for Deadpool and GotG.

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      Wot!? Dude!! I started playing DnD just to get the nerd card and this is how I find out I still don’t qualify??? I’ve watched X-Men (2000) though, does that count?

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    I’ve never seen a single James Bond movie or know anything about the scenes or characters, except for the fact there’s an agent named James Bond who likes his name and always looks dressed to the nines.