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> I used to work with someone who never watched Star Wars. I found it hard to imagine. I've never watched Star Wars and I'm mid 30's. The movies just doesn't i

> I used to work with someone who never watched Star Wars. I found it hard to imagine. I've never watched Star Wars and I'm mid 30's. The movies just doesn't interest me; as doesn't the Lord of the Rings. It's not that I'm dismissing them as great movies they just don't hook. I've seen clips and eh'. But I am from Europe, not the US so maybe that's why.

mbork_pl 3y ago
Well, the whole point is, they are so prevalent in pop culture that it's difficult to understand some things/references not knowing these works, at least superficially. It's very much like the list of compulsory books at school - they give the whole generation (even more generations) a common language.
- bombcar 3y ago
  I find that something being prevalent in pop culture means I don't have to watch it; I already know the basics without ever having seen it. Citizen Kane, for example.
  - detourdog 3y ago
    That is a great Citizen Kane joke since its greatness is that each shot was carefully planned and storyboarded. The films brilliance is the visuals.
dkarl 3y ago
I never gravitated towards the Lord of the Rings books but resolved to read them in college because they were a reference point for so many of my friends. They really rubbed me the wrong way, and I had to force myself through them. A decade later, I greatly enjoyed the movies while watching them with friends but found that they bored me when I watched them alone. I'm a sucker for Star Wars, though. I'm sad to say I've paid to see some of the newer ones even when I knew better.
- mbork_pl 3y ago
  Interesting. I love LotR the books, but I dislike the movies a lot - maybe they are good as "standalone" films, but they change so much important stuff from the books that they were a very sore disappointment for me.
  - zem 3y ago
    interesting, I had just the opposite reaction - I could imagine them being a bit thin-feeling as standalone films, but as illustrations for the books they worked beautifully.
chrisco255 3y ago
Lord of the Rings has its roots in Norse mythology.
croisillon 3y ago
Over 40 and never seen star wars or lord of the rings or probably any marvel movie
happymellon 3y ago
I don't think it's because you are from Europe > I've seen clips and eh'. I think it's because you've watched clips instead of watching a story, and judging it based upon today's films being so shallow that they can be summed up in a clip. Not that Starwars is deep, but it's a lot deeper than anything out of the Marvel stable.

mbork_pl 3y ago

Well, the whole point is, they are so prevalent in pop culture that it's difficult to understand some things/references not knowing these works, at least superficially. It's very much like the list of compulsory books at school - they give the whole generation (even more generations) a common language.

bombcar 3y ago
I find that something being prevalent in pop culture means I don't have to watch it; I already know the basics without ever having seen it. Citizen Kane, for example.
- detourdog 3y ago
  That is a great Citizen Kane joke since its greatness is that each shot was carefully planned and storyboarded. The films brilliance is the visuals.

dkarl 3y ago

I never gravitated towards the Lord of the Rings books but resolved to read them in college because they were a reference point for so many of my friends. They really rubbed me the wrong way, and I had to force myself through them. A decade later, I greatly enjoyed the movies while watching them with friends but found that they bored me when I watched them alone. I'm a sucker for Star Wars, though. I'm sad to say I've paid to see some of the newer ones even when I knew better.

mbork_pl 3y ago
Interesting. I love LotR the books, but I dislike the movies a lot - maybe they are good as "standalone" films, but they change so much important stuff from the books that they were a very sore disappointment for me.
- zem 3y ago
  interesting, I had just the opposite reaction - I could imagine them being a bit thin-feeling as standalone films, but as illustrations for the books they worked beautifully.

chrisco255 3y ago

Lord of the Rings has its roots in Norse mythology.

croisillon 3y ago

Over 40 and never seen star wars or lord of the rings or probably any marvel movie

happymellon 3y ago

I don't think it's because you are from Europe > I've seen clips and eh'. I think it's because you've watched clips instead of watching a story, and judging it based upon today's films being so shallow that they can be summed up in a clip. Not that Starwars is deep, but it's a lot deeper than anything out of the Marvel stable.