There are three types of hobbies, one of them is complete waste of time. I'm talking about passive hobbies that include no preparation or work of any kind. Proper hobbies are: drawing, painting, gardening, wood sculpting, creative work. That is because hobbies were something only elite could indulge in. Common man had no time, he was basically slaving his day for others. Rich weren't doing manual labor so they had to do something in order to stay physically and mentally fit.
Today hobbies that include work are classified like work and lazy (both mentally and physically) man's hobbies are valued. When I don't earn money by doing something I'm not particularly interested in doing, I spend my free time working on something that makes me happy.
This may be video game forum but I'm here for more than five years, stopped playing this game three years ago and seldom play big screen video games. Times change, just like people.
About Marvel movies, yes I've seen Iron Man and Thor and first Captain America, also Avengers and Hulk and some other. But after I saw Guardians of Galaxy I said enough is enough. It was a pretty crappy movie but that's not the main reason why I stopped watching them. We must draw a line somewhere. The Walking Dead was a great show during first season, and few episodes of second season were okay. But I stopped watching after that. It is obvious that while it is bringing money it will be produced and no one gives a damn about quality. Same goes for these movies. It is important to send them a signal that you've had enough and is time for something different to take a stage.
If people didn't naturally 'conform' then most people wouldn't have seen The Matrix, when lots of people like something other people are more likely to watch it.
Matrix was nothing but a copycat. Yes I was in awe when I saw it for the first time because tabula rasa was strong in me. But I was living in third world isolated country. Today I'm 18 years older and seen things that predated Matrix and think that Matrix is a pretty damn shitty movie for what it is.