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

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Post by carlio »

woodrowbarlow wrote: post #93
DonHopkins wrote: post #37

Factorio!!! (It wasn't really hyped, but if it was, it would have lived up to it.) Actual video from the game doesn't qualify as hype! And the code is rock solid and wicked efficient. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR01YdFtWFI&ab_channel=Facto... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVvXv1Z6EY8&ab_channel=Facto... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqaAjgpsoW8&ab_channel=Facto...

coffee stain studios in general are phenomenal at delivering exactly what they promise. whether that's a balanced, fun factory automation sim or a game where goats lick stuff for no reason.

Factorio was made by Wube Software though? Or are you referring to Satisfactory?

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Post by buggythebug »

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...

Ehhh, Radiohead is very divisive. My music friends are very split with them. Half can't get off their knees praising them.

The other half see them as bandwagon music.

I think they're music is alright but I think most people dive into like it's the bible or something and you can't say anything bad about them.

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Post by croissants »

yodelshady wrote: post #36
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…

Casablanca for me. Oddly I can't think of many stand-out moments in it. If you asked me why you would enjoy it, I couldn't say. But you would.

The stand-out moment for me is when somebody shows Rick his ID (a passport?) and his reaction is just "are my eyes really brown?". I can't explain why I like that bit of characterization so much.

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Post by lifty »

leetrout wrote: post #85
rozab wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It was just hard to start the 2nd season. But the ending was wild.

I enjoyed both seasons, even though they were quite different. I hope they make a 3rd one.

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Post by redshirtrob »

Joe Posnanski's sports writing. A friend turned me onto his blog in 2008 and since then I've read nearly everything he's written. It amazes me one can be so prolific and write with such beauty and grace for such an extended timeframe.

For television I think the original "Arrested Development" series was absolutely as good as my friends were telling me. And "The Good Place" deserved every bit of hype it got.

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

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Post by 535188B17C93743 »

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…

Futurama also had a fantastic ending.

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Post by 535188B17C93743 »

st1x7 wrote: post #52
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 o…

I mean, it's a book about magic... what do you expect?
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