NickGOT456 Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 How did they react? How many of them ended getting around to checking out the show? How many of them still view the fantasy and/or sci fi genres as a "childish" thing? I heard back in the late 2000s and early 2010s most TV watchers were interested in only reality TV, police procedurals, and doctor soaps. Is that true or is it an exaggeration? For those who went to college how did the most popular and athletic students react? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EggBlue Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 In my experience most people watched the last seasons regardless of their taste in the genre. though I'm not sure about the first half since I started the show when there was already 5 seasons out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 how did the most popular and athletic students react? disconsolate cool kids swore off the show when joff bought his ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 They started screaming, and then their faces melted off whilst the cold mists rose outside. In the distance, bells started tolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Yeah they were mostly crying and soiling themselves like giant babies. I was too busy watching COPS reruns and doing drugs and being a beach bum through the 2000s though so that may not be everyone's experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartIheartTesla Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Ah yes, the early 2010s, when Winds of Winter had not yet come out and Grey's Anatomy was still on the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Speaking as one of the cool kids (my mum's words, not mine,) I thought it was okay, but it needed more talking dragons like in Dragonheart (1996) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 6 hours ago, NickGOT456 said: I heard back in the late 2000s and early 2010s most TV watchers were interested in only reality TV Extraordinary, who was telling you that? I know the networks started pushing that crap because its way less expensive than using actual actors. But I don't think I've ever met anyone that actually prefers it to real TV. That would be a pretty sad thing if it were so. I suspect people actually resorted to watching it only because the networks were offering so little other original programming or they didn't have HBO at all. Because surely no-one would prefer "Keeping up with Kim" over The Wire or True Detectives? That would be "liking light beer" levels of insanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Mods, send to Entertainment please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Week Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 29 minutes ago, Fragile Bird said: Mods, send to Entertainment please. Do worse. Forum Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckwheat Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 10 hours ago, Week said: Do worse. Forum Games. Oh come on! Why is Forum Games known as some sort of a forum trash can? I am here to defend its honour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Chataya de Fleury said: My guess is that individual is my kid’s age (20 something) and thinks it was a time right around when the dinosaurs were roaming the earth (Ie, still kind of like “Mad Men”). Whenever I'm watching Mad Men and getting annoyed at the constant depiction of Don Draper's self-destructive alcoholism I can't help but think "you know what this needs? Dinosaurs!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 9 hours ago, Buckwheat said: I am here to defend its honour! Go on then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifth Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 It felt weird coming to work and hearing the people at the front desk talking about a story I knew about for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkdaub Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Remember the Microsoft AI that went crazy on Twitter? Where is that AI these days I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daeron the Daring Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 The only fantasy book I ever read beside the ASOIAF books was one book from Narnia (altough I was twelve). Never before, never after. My lads and my entire social group were just so obsessed with GoT, however. We weren't nerds, we aren't either. I would say me and my friends are casual teenagers who love football, cars and drinking, think of women all the time, yet everyone loved Game of Thrones. I got so frustrated between S7 and S8 that I read the books as well, altough I'm alone with that. My point is, you didn't have to be a nerd or a fantasy fan to love Game of Thrones. Maybe geeks loved it in general, but otherwise it was pretty much everyone of my age. The people that didn't watch it mostly did not because it was too mainstream (that's the reason I wasn't watching it for a long time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annara Snow Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 11 hours ago, Buckwheat said: Oh come on! Why is Forum Games known as some sort of a forum trash can? I am here to defend its honour! Forum Games used to be the best subforum around here. Until it got almost abandoned by everyone and turned into a graveyard where you have to wait a week for a reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaenara Belarys Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 10 hours ago, Annara Snow said: Forum Games used to be the best subforum around here. Until it got almost abandoned by everyone and turned into a graveyard where you have to wait a week for a reply. A week. psh. More like a month, half a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 I was fine with it, until all the freaks started coming here and being all weird and shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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