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.
  • Mothra@mander.xyz
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    11 months ago

    Pulp fiction. It’s been on my list for ages, for some reason I never get around to watch it.

    Breaking Bad

    Lost

    The walking dead

    There’s lots more among the popular titles but I think those are my worst blindspots when it comes to popular media.

  • hactar42@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    I have bookshelves full of Superman comics, graphic novels, books, basically anything in print I can get my hands on. And I’ve read every last one of them. I grew up on Christopher Reeve Superman films and will still watch all 4 of them. I’ve watched the old Fleischer cartoons, Super Friends, the 90s animated series, and all Justice League shows. I own the entire Smallville series on DVD. I was one of the dozen or so people who subscribed to DC streaming service before Max. And I’ve watched every Superman movie and TV show that came out in the last 25 years.

    I’ve never gone back and watched Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. There is no reason I’ve never watched it other than I just haven’t gotten around to it.

  • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    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.

    • Akasazh@feddit.nl
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      11 months ago

      I’ve tried multiple times, but it doesn’t gel with me. Alt history, like you said, bit also ‘lotr with abundant sex’ just doesn’t sit well with me.

      And then the world was devastated by the badly written ending, and I felt vindicated without even having skin in the game.

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I don’t really think that LoTR and GoT have that much in common other than both being popular and fantasy. LoTR is high-magic, focuses mostly on a small group or two of people, is done in the context of an impending apocalypse, and follows a quest. GoT is low-magic, follows many different story threads, and is mostly people navigating their political and social environments.

        They both have dragons, both have some important characters be nobles, and both are kinda faux-European, but I can’t think of all that many things that really tie the two together. I’d say that most fantasy that I’ve read is significantly closer to LoTR than GoT is.

        That being said, I’m basing this on the books.

      • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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        11 months ago

        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.

        • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          While the ending is exactly what I expected it to be, I think the last season was rushed. But I agree, I don’t get the hatred people gave it, I had stopped watching a few seasons back, but watched the last one because people around me were watching it, but from the books it was fairly clear that that was the ending all along.

        • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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          11 months ago

          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.

          • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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            11 months ago

            One trope that I really hate are these bypasses where characters almost meet but then miss each other. Happens way to often in this show.

            Thanks for the links :)

    • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’ve never seen or read Game of Thrones either, despite also being a big fantasy fan. I just never got around to it when it was popular, and after hearing how it collapsed in upon itself at the end I don’t feel the need to.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I loved the books, but just kept wincing trying to watch the TV series, never made it through.

    • Bruncvik@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I’ve read the books, and I had no intention of going through the pain again, watching the show.

  • tover153@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Someday, I am going to watch “The Notebook”, and “Forest Gump”, not on the same day.

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
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      11 months ago

      These things could work as a meetup thing. I also haven’t. I think I’d be more enticed if I gathered with a bunch of randoms who also haven’t seen it, and watched it together

  • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    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.

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
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    11 months ago

    I have only seen the first four episodes of Breaking Bad, I just could not get into it.

  • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’ve never seen 2001: Space Odyssey, I already tried watching it multiple times, but always end up falling asleep.

    Similarly, I’ve never managed to finish Firefly, usually watch a couple of episodes and forget about it.

    Also up until very recently (less than 2 years ago) I had never played any Call of Duty games.

  • Horsey@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I can’t make it more than an hour though the first Lord Of The Rings without falling asleep. It just doesn’t fancy me.

  • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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    11 months ago

    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.

  • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

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

  • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’ve yet to watch Schindler List. I feel like it’s signing up for feeling bad for 2 hours 😕

    I’m also big into Sci-fi, and have yet to watch the OG Star Treks, Stargate, Babylon 5, or Dr. Who

  • Wren@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    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.

  • Lauchs@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Not having tik tok or instagram seems to count? I dunno if wildly popular social media counts though.