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Re:IMDB deleted all negative user reviews for The Rings of P... by pseudo0 on Saturday September 03, 2022 @07:35AM (#32700833)
I hate to do the "pull out the dictionary" thing, but those people are precisely the core audience for LoTR media (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/core-...):

> the type of people who are most likely to buy a particular product, watch a particular TV programme, etc.

The Tolkien fans don't need a dozen Amazon Prime adverts to watch a new LoTR show, they seek out new LoTR content on their own.

To give my perspective, I also read LoTR as a teenager, but did not finish the Silmarillion, and enjoyed the Peter Jackson trilogy. It doesn't take a LoTR lore researcher fluent in Elvish to realize that Jackson set the bar high, and the new show appears to be falling significantly short. That's just the reality of trying to adapt a beloved franchise with excellent predecessors. The 1/10 reviews might be hyperbolic, but it's ridiculous for Amazon to be removing them while leaving the equally hyperbolic 10/10s.

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Re:IMDB deleted all negative user reviews for The Rings of P... by WastingMyTime89 on Saturday September 03, 2022 @07:44AM (#32700892)
I think that even by your definition the core audience is people who enjoyed the movies and watch prestige TV shows especially when you consider the marketing campaign. That’s the people Amazon is targeting. Fans of LotR as a universe are a very small subsection of that.
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Re:IMDB deleted all negative user reviews for The Rings of P... by LunaSea on Saturday September 03, 2022 @11:58AM (#32703132)
It does not look like prestige though.
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Re:IMDB deleted all negative user reviews for The Rings of P... by WastingMyTime89 on Saturday September 03, 2022 @12:58PM (#32703742)
Call it like you want. I meant that it’s a TV show with a production budget of 60 millions dollars an episode without counting the rights purchase. It can’t really be compared to a traditional show.

This season is going to cost twice as much as the original three movies. That’s completely insane.

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Re:IMDB deleted all negative user reviews for The Rings of P... by LunaSea on Saturday September 03, 2022 @04:35PM (#32705812)
It's entertainment and the entertainment factor is what gets measured.

Fargo had 10x less budget and was much more entertaining.

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