Really popular ones too.

I love dating girls that haven't seen anything. Movie nights at home are a great way to chill.
- 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.
  
  You're missing out on the hanging out part of it. Cook food together, put the movie on, Talk about anything you two want, pay attention to whatever scenes they really think is cool. It doesn't matter if you pay that much attention to it. You're being together.
- Gf is nerdy and loves ttrpgs.
  Hasn't seen star wars or lotr.
  
  Wow, LOTR is great and there's at leat two great star Wars movies.
  
  I know someone who takes a weird amount of pride in having never seen star wars.
  Like, mocks people for liking "such a childish piece of garbage", has to butt in every time he overhears someone talking about it to let everyone know "I've never seen it and no I won't watch it with you"
  So far not a single person I've spoken to has wanted to watch it with him anyway.
  Like it's cool if you don't like it, it's cool if you've never seen it, but like.... Come on Bro.

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

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
- 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

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.

There are two types of people in the world, those who will belittle you for not knowing what they know, and those who will be excited that they get to expose you to new knowledge. Date the second type.
- Sometimes you can catch the first type out and flip them to the second, by being interested in what they know.

- 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

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?
- 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 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.
  
  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.

"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!"

So what you're saying is we should start a reaction channel on YouTube?
/j
- "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!"

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

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.
- 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.
  
  As I'm born in the late 80's (god, saying that makes me feel so old), it sadly wasn't possible to see them at a time were they actually were considered groundbreaking. The special effects aged very badly, imho. I think it's a lot of nostalgia, especially for people who watched them as kids.
  
  I saw them as a child and found them totally stupid. Wild west pew pew but in space. Not everone who grew up with them loves them. If they were made today, noone would bat an eye over the mediocre story 😁
- 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?
- Only Empire Strikes Back is actually good imo.
  
  It ends on a down note.

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.

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.

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"

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

I'm worse, I never finish. I stopped watching game of thrones with 3 episodes to go.
- Good place to stop, from what I hear.
- Don't bother.

Or they base their entire standpoint on it based on YouTuber brain rot "reviews" which just summarize the movie.

You've never seen Breaking Bad?
You've never seen The Godfather?
You've never seen Arrow?
You've never seen Pulp Fiction?
You've never seen The Incredibles?
You've never seen Alien?
You've never seen Game of Thrones?
You've never seen Stranger Things?
You've never seen Hook?
You've never seen Treasure Planet?
"LEAVE ME ALONE!"
- Why is Arrow on that list?
  
  I was just putting down whatever popped into my head. I watch like 4 things on repeat, I don't know what's popular right now.
- Just sounds to me like we have a bunch of cuddle movie nights ahead of us
- Finding Nemo
  Lion king
  Tarzan
  It's not like I'm infinitely well read either. Never read Kafka, or 80% of must read authors.
  Mmo brain rot

True, but i HAVE watched the shows i like at least 5 times each
- My wife will watch the same 5 or so murder mystery shows over and over and rarely anything else.
  
  murder clarity shows
  
  Hit her, hire gym, dump lawyer

I've seen a bit of most popular shows, if only to form an informed opinion about them.
Most from my early adult years (mid-1990s) are so terrible that I stopped watching TV entirely.

There was a guy in a discord chat I hang out in that never got any joke or reference because they were adamant about avoiding anything popular.
Ok... But now you can't join in on the conversation like 90% of the time because the rest of us are watching, playing and reading the same stuff and talking about it. Probably why I haven't seen him in the chat for months. 🤷🏻‍♂️
- I feel that way sometimes, being here instead of on reddit.
  
  I keep lamenting that Lemmy doesn't have any real action going on in specific video game communities like Reddit does, but it's not like I actually liked the discussions on Reddit because gamers on Reddit just seem to hate everything. Even the things they like.
  
  Same here. Discord members posting teddit links and one person trying to grow a niche subreddit while I refuse to give Steve Huffman any more free human generated content.
- I know a guy that loves not liking popular things more than anything else. He thinks that it makes him so cool. Realistically it just makes him kind of annoying and insufferable, since you can't have any normal conversations with him without him going off into some lecture about why XYZ is trash and why he doesn't like it. We get it dude, you're edgy. Congratulations, I guess.
- I'm like this most of the time in public. Like, I've heard of that show or this movie but I rarely watch movies / shows on my own, I just don't find them appealing.
  I could talk about most obscure videogames all day long though.