Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by arkitaip » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 1:47 PM UTC

Shared404 wrote: post #5

You could make a case for The Mandalorian, although that didn't get as much hype due to the internets... dislike ...of the sequel trilogy. Another one I can think of is Breath of The Wild, and probably Mario Odyssey. I've also heard good things about the FF7 remake, but haven't played it.

The Mandalorian has restored the faith in the future of the franchise in millions of fans. Most of us thought Star Wars was over considering how mediocre the last six movies have been but along comes this well-written, fun adventure that manages to tie together the previous movies, animated series and books. Imagine a new trilogy made by Filoni and Favreau - they would absolutely kill it.

Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by st1x7 » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 1:49 PM UTC

101008 wrote: post #38

Two finales: - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. When the seventh book came out in 2007 there was this fear among the fandom that JK Rowling couldn't deliver a great ending. I think most people agreed she did very well (even more than expected, considering the complexity of the story in the prior six books). - Breaking Bad last season / last episode: there aren't many tv shows that can end in a high note (check G…

> Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Man... there is way too much deus ex machina at every plot point of that book to give it any credit. If you have the end of the 6th book as a starting point and the end of series that Rowling had in mind as an end, then Deathly Hallows is just connecting those two points using plot conveniences at every single opportunity. Too many fortunate coincidences in a very short period of time. (Half-Blood Prince is still peak Harry Potter IMO).

Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by xwdv » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 1:51 PM UTC

TSLA stock forged many new millionaires this year. Unbelievable price action.

Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by syndacks » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 1:52 PM UTC

Ocarina of Time

The Chronic 2001

Daniel Day Lewis

Halo 2

Richie Hawtin

Aliens

Barack Obama

Freedom (J. Franzen)

Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by hanniabu » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 1:53 PM UTC

The internet, computers, iPhone, The Mandalorian, SSDs, GTA3, bitcoin (so far), mRNA, SpaceX, graphene, cars

Still hoping nuclear fusion and carbon removal pulls through.

Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by soneca » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 1:56 PM UTC

Gxtaillon wrote: post #17

kyriakos wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe it is, cause on HN we'll see different kind of responses compared to reddit.

Looks like Reddit to me, except for the Haskell typeclasses.

Factorio, M1 chip, iPhone. And the post is just one hour old, give it time

Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by gxqoz » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 1:57 PM UTC

neetrain wrote: post #18

How about Radiohead's 2007 album In Rainbows? Maybe OK Computer too, but I don't know how much hype there were because I was too young then...

Wasn't In Rainbows famously released as a surprise and thus had no real hype built up to it?

Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by dmitriid » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 1:57 PM UTC

keiferski wrote: post #16

- A lot of people watch it with no background knowledge and subsequently don’t quite understand the “best film ever” label, but Citizen Kane is indeed a fantastic film. Just read about Orson Welles first. - Most religious books that have stood the test of time have lived up to the hype. The Bible (especially certain books like Ecclesiastes or Proverbs), The Quran, The Upanishads, to name a few. Again, don’t just go i…

> Most religious books that have stood the test of time have lived up to the hype.

They really haven't. Not a single one of them. There is, however, organized religion around them that has twisted those book to mean whatever it is that brings the flock.

Are they influential? Yes. Have they stood the test of time? Hell, no

Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by le_didil » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 1:58 PM UTC

Deadwood: The Movie

Re: Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype?

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Post by rozab » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 1:58 PM UTC

PopeDotNinja wrote: post #43

The OA, season 2.

I think it was even more divisive than the first season. I found a lot of people who loved the first season weren't sold on the second. I wouldn't expect it to go down well with the HN audience.