are you interested in watching movies/shows

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I enjoy movies and television but im not interested in watching them as much as most people. I don't really fallow the trend of movies, tv, and comedians like most people. Do you consider yourself an aspie who doesn't really fallow the popular media? I find I don't and it makes socializing tougher even around other aspies.

Movies and TV shows are pretty much my life, along with books, but I don't really follow current and popular trends. I don't keep up with shows just because I'm expected to know what happened on last night's Insert Show Here. I mostly watch older stuff like Perry Mason, Ironside, The Addams Family, Combat!, Mission: Impossible, and Star Trek, and only fairly recently started watching newish shows like Deadwood, The Shield, Sons of Anarchy, Justified, Black Sails, and The Following. I always wait for the DVD or Blu-ray, so it's never current for me. The closest it comes to being a "social" thing is when I discover some new show I like and lend my sister the DVDs.

It's the same with movies. I haven't been to a theatre since 2012, and the few newer movies that interest me, I just pick up on Blu-ray. By the time I get around to seeing Big Franchise Movie 2, most people are already building up anticipation for Part 4. Who cares.

In the evenings I channel surf for documentaries while either playing a video game or working a jigsaw puzzle. For some reason I don't purposely initiate renting and watching a movie.

My main reason for getting into some video games was that it was a popular conversation topic at work. I bought the games that folks most often talked about just to be more sociable. It worked fairly well.

I was into Breaking Bad the first time it aired - - before it became the most popular show on TV. I was ahead of the crowd, I guess.

I felt that way when they started making Iron Man movies. This character who nobody except me ever cared about was suddenly everywhere, and I couldn't speak up about it without sounding like one of those "I liked it before it was popular" hipsters.

See also: Sherlock Holmes before the current craze, zombie movies before the current craze, Mad Max before interest in the new movie

I like documentaries more than movies and fiction shows.
I watched most of air crash investigation.

Other than Sports, Game Shows and occasionally the News (but only when something meaningful is happening), the only TV show I watch is “Survivor”. I have seen almost every episode, beginning back to the 1st season. I am not certain why I like the show. Probably, because I like watching the “tribal council”, where the contestants vote someone out. Quite often, the voting outcome is a surprise (to at least one person). After I finish watching it the first time (and knowing the outcome of the vote), I will oftentimes rewind it (as I watch a recorded version). This allows me to replay the entire “tribal council” and study people’s facial expressions.

How much I watch goes up and down. I was watching movies like crazy but now I'm back to watching less. Sort of the same for TV shows. They're such a big commitment that it can feel overwhelming.

For me, a big part of it, is that I've seen and loved so many shows and movies already. So I don't always have a strong need to experience more as I can think back on the ones I already enjoyed.