here's my story.
first time I watched it on TV when I was... err... seven? eight?
it was original movie. And it was damn Sharptooth's attack. yeah, I was on sofa, randomly switching channels, and I missed beginning of the film.
When I was 10, I rewatched it on TV again, that time I watched full movie. I liked it. On next day on the same channel I suddenly found sequel, LBTII. I looked into TV newspaper: they showed three movies (I-III), one movie per day. I watched half of second movie and missed third one.
Through years, I read TV newspaper and saw there were LBTs this week, on the same channel. but... Idk why I didn't even try to watch them.
And finally, I became fan after I found (on THE SAME LOL channel!) TV series, in 2009. I was surprised, I run to check internet and found out this franchise has 13 films + tvseries. I was like WAT, because I never see before one series can contain more than ten movies.
And I watched them all when I got sickness and was lying on bed for some days.
And since then, I started to wait for new sequel. I thought it will be released in the same year... each day I checked WIKI and news. All these years... Kind of ironic, isn't it?
Each year I rewatch the whole series. But of course, first movie is the best. I cry each time. And I am not ashamed.