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

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Post by soneca » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 4:35 PM UTC

avaldeso wrote: post #183

nevi-me wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I second this. With so many movies in the epic, they'll still be fun to watch 30 years from now. Vision really disappointed in the penultimate. I think his character was hyped up a lot in Age of Ultron. Became disappointing seeing him go so easily. Older Thanos was a really well-thought and played villain. One which many people got to identify with (based on his goals in the movie). Captain America delivered when he…

> Vision really disappointed in the penultimate. I think his character was hyped up a lot in Age of Ultron. Became disappointing seeing him go so easily. To be fair most overpowered characters where nerfed in Endgame. eg. Fat Thor, Dr. Strange aside of the battle containing a flood, Captain Marvel arriving last minute and being knocked out immediately, Hulk as Prof. Hulk. The stakes can't be that high if all superher…

I missed a Hulk as strong as in the comics. I heard that they audience tested Hulk busting out of the Hulk-buster armor that Bruce Banner was using, but it didn’t test well.

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

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Post by rubiquity » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 4:35 PM UTC

The McRib

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

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Post by Trasmatta » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 4:35 PM UTC

slightwinder wrote: post #326

Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Both released this year, both with much hype. No disappointment on both. But regarding Cyberpunk, we should be fair. Witcher 3 wasn't the beloved Wircher 3 from today at release either. It had also problems and took it's time to ripe. People forget it. Similar think happend at No Mans Sky. Released to early, and still grew in a fantastic game after all the shi…

I played TW3 on release. It had some problems, but nowhere near the issues that Cyberpunk has. It wasn't fundamentally flawed like CP2077.

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

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Post by georgeplusplus » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 4:36 PM UTC

Final fantasy 7 remake.

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

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Post by canada_dry » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 4:37 PM UTC

lawn wrote: post #320

canada_dry wrote: post #311

Game of Thrones^^ Friends raved about it, but I just am not into fantasy genre so ignored it for a few years. When I finally caved, after a few episodes I fell hook-line-and-sinker into what is an incredibly well crafted story about the human condition: greed, lust, loyalty, ambition, betrayal... you name it, it has it all. What it has in common with other amazing writing (e.g. Breaking Bad) is realistic (i.e. human)…

The first season(s) that followed the books, sure. But the quality declined until the last season that was just horrible.

LOL... agreed. Updated!

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

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Post by dan1234 » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 4:38 PM UTC

ddek wrote: post #155

The Wire. I'd tried to watch it a few times, but only a few months ago actually got past the first two episodes. I think it helped that I quite quickly saw it as a morally ambiguous discussion of the institutional ineptitude of conservative western cultures in mitigating the effects of crime, rather than a typical 'good vs bad' cop show. With that mindset, the possibly-underwhelming finale of S1 is much more effectiv…

The Wire does live up to its hype, but I think The Shield is the better series.

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

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Post by iandanforth » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 4:38 PM UTC

Re-usable first stage rockets from SpaceX. They hyped the hell out of this idea before it was possible. The reality (at least visually) is even cooler than anything they ever rendered and sold as a vision.

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

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Post by BoorishBears » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 4:40 PM UTC

yabones wrote: post #340

BoorishBears wrote: post #266

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Obviously, Intel has major partnerships with most OEMs, so despite their shortcomings they're still doing strong. There's this weird obsession with blaming AMD shortcomings on Intel... AMD can't produce enough chips for OEMs so they get left out in places. End of story. It's fun to joke about "14nm++++++" but it just so happens actually being able to stock your chips is a pretty big competitive advantage.

That's absolutely true, at least historically, but unfortunately it's not the full picture. Take for example the 'Ultrabook' branding. It's an Intel trademark, and for a few years that word was _everywhere_. However, to get the shiny badge on your system you had to give a lot of control to Intel over the design and characteristics [1]. That's not to say AMD doesn't do the same thing to a degree - They own the term "A…

If anything it's the opposite, that historically Intel did have unfair advantages but now it's as simple as AMD failing to deliver.

I mean take things like the Ultrabook... you realize your article is literally a decade old?

I remember those days Intel was literally inventing a term and paying developers to come up with "ultrabook app ideas" and stuff. Now the usage of the term is pretty much toothless: https://store.hp.com/us/en/dlp/amd-ultrabook

And that was a bizarre example to choose anyways if you're willing to dig into ancient history, there was a point OEMs were afraid to work with AMD because of Intel...

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Now a days their iron grip has waned, but AMD literally cannot produce. It's that simple.

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

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Post by sanitycheck » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 4:40 PM UTC

obblekk wrote: post #194

The iPhone. Unbelievable hype when it launched and it delivered beyond what was expected in 2007.

My N95 did more, and did it better. Style over substance won.

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Post by scop » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 4:41 PM UTC

It’s a Wonderful Life. As a father of little ones now, there are some scenes in that movie that cut me to the core like nothing else.

The Iliad. Hard to put my finger on one thing in particular, but after having finally read it earlier this year I continually find myself doing some task and randomly thinking about it, pausing, and just saying “wow”.