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WaterlooMall t1_jad28t0 wrote

Literally everyone when Lord of the Rings movies came out, even my mom who would never in a million years read the books or any other fantasy genre stuff: Did you see Lord of the Rings yet? You HAVE to see it.

No one at all, even the most hardcore fantasy nerds I know: Did you watch Rings of Power?

I had to google the title of that TV show to write this, that should tell you how that shit show is going.

Edit: I get it's not completely without fans, but to act like it's in any way a hit is insane. It cost an astronomical amount of money to make for a show no one will remember in 5 years. It's an undeniable failure.

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WordsAreSomething t1_jad4gja wrote

I was literally asked this weekend if I'd seen it when I met up with some old friends

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eojen t1_jadfzi3 wrote

I think the point still stands that it made zero dents culturally. That’s a kind of rare thing to accomplish for something so high budget with a well-known IP

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WordsAreSomething t1_jadgapx wrote

We're still doing cultural impact like that means anything?

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-OrangeLightning4 t1_jadlrf6 wrote

But how do I know a show is popular if uninteresting Redditors don't quote it in unrelated threads?

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Suboptimus t1_jadonuy wrote

Cutural impact was the reason we got the movie trilogy

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WordsAreSomething t1_jads17d wrote

Cultural impact is just a vague phrase people throw out there. People used it as a knock on Avatar for a decade only for the second to make all of the money.

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burn-it-all- t1_jad4izp wrote

That was my thought as well. People that don't know much about LOTR or could care less about anything other than it being a fun story probably watch it.

From what I've seen, it is the people that grew up loving the LOTR books, talking to their friends about the lore, anecdotes about Tolkien and CS Lewis, WW2, Elvish...those are the ones that hate the series with a passion, but that group is probably pretty small.

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Krinks1 t1_jadktoh wrote

I fall into this category. I really enjoy the LotR books, but never read any of Tolkien's other works. So I don't know what the back story should be, nor do I care. I was entertained enough to watch the season, and I'll watch S2. I'm interested in where the story is going to go.

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I didn't think the show sucked as hard as people seem to think. I think it's just judged overly harshly, which is fine because I judged the Uncharted movie pretty harshly because I LOVE the games. But for those of us who don't care that much about the source material or how much the show strays, the show is fine.

Wheel of Time is the same. I never read the books, so have no clue about the story. The show was ... OK. I'll watch the second season as well b/c it scratches a particular TV itch and I don't have to think too hard about it.

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felixsapiens t1_jaetb12 wrote

I didn’t think it sucked at all. I thought it was interesting, gripping, beautiful and I really enjoyed it. Don’t forget that most people probably enjoyed it. The subset of people who like to come on reddit and complain about things, and indeed actively seek out things to complain about and then kind of form a mob of unreasonable “haters” is actually a tiny, insignificant number of people.

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TapedeckNinja t1_jae483l wrote

> Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I didn't think the show sucked as hard as people seem to think.

It was mostly just boring IMO. But I thought the end of the season was really strong.

Fantasy fans are the absolute worst as far as fandoms go, though, so no surprise at the hate.

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Taureg01 t1_jadjawl wrote

You being out of touch tells us nothing

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shepx13 t1_jaeoprk wrote

Our whole family loved the show. There’s a lot of people outside of the Reddit circle jerk that feel the same.

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WaterlooMall t1_jad9kgo wrote

Not trying to make it go away nor do I hate it, just stating my experience with it.

Now you and your assumptions I want to make go away, that would be excellent.

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