My housemates have never seen Alien. How is this even possible?

Shocked I was! Shocked!

My housemates have never seen Alien. Nor John Carpenter's The Thing.

Whats worse, is they aren't even interested in seeing those movies either, instead all they want to do is watch Japanese horror films. While I totally endorse japanese/korean/etc horror films, how can people ignore the western classics?

We watched Doll Maker last night, and I noticed that a lot of the films elements were heavily influenced by Alien, but still my housemates dont want to see it, they just aren't interested.

Anyone got similarly infuriating stories?
I'm just bored, real bored. And hungover :P

i have never watched the godfather  or the ring or saw   a lot of people have the same reaction to that  :P

None of my family or friends share any of my obsessions for video games in general or cartoons. It infuriates me when all I get is a blank stare when I start talking about the latest game I have been playing or my favorite episodes of He-man or the Thundercats etc.

Screw Alien. Aliens (the sequel) is where it's at!

Aliens is a really good action film, but I just find it weird any horror fan who hasn't seen Alien. Seeing it, or a part of it, and disliking it however is another story, people are allowed to do that (even though it makes them weird! :P)

I get it in the neck a lot for hating The Godfather. I can't stand it.

I read that title as "My housemates have never seen an alien. How is that even possible?". I was getting ready to call the men in white coats.

What are you talking about man? They're everywhere?

I haven't seen those movies either...

The original Ring is pretty good, I wouldn't flat out recomend avoiding it, but each person has different tastes. It's not everyones cup of tea thats for sure.

Force feed him the Trilogy.

Show them some pics of HR Giger's design art from the film, it might up their interest.

Never seen it either.

I have the hardest time getting people to watch HEAT. Seriously, none of my friends have seen that movie. It's depressing. Personally, I like The Thing much more than I like Alien. But I consider both to be great movies.

ive never seen alien but ive seen every other one

I never saw any of the terminator movies before last week when I saw the salvation trailer and thought "Hum... maybe I should look at this series..."

People used to call me an "infidel" for not having seen any of those movies...

Yeah seriously, Terminator 1 and 2 is where it's at. 3 was beyond laughable.

And damnswedon: You need to see Alien :P It's totally unlike Aliens and Alien 3.

3 wasnt that bad it was ok not as good as 1 or 2 but still a ok film

I say beat your friends over the head with a stick.

I had a similar reaction when I was discussing comedies and had to explain to two people who Monty Python was.

I love The Thing.

It's not a big deal.  I wonder have you ever seen the original Thing?  I know people who've never seen Star Wars, the Godfather or Casablanca and chances are they never will.  It's just not their thing. 

I've never seen the original Alien, I've seen all the sequels but never bothered to go back to the original.

It's a lot different. It's a lot more about suspense than action like the sequels, it's actually a horror movie unlike Aliens and Alien 3. It's worth seeing just for one of the most memorable scenes in cinema history.