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HistoryQuestion69 t1_iu334he wrote

Reply to comment by tregorman in ‘Dahmer’ Stays In Top Spot Followed By ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ On Nielsen Streaming Chart by HumanOrAlien

How?

It’s a show based on footnotes in the silmarillion or whatever, versus the popular tits and dragons show. And the HOTD first ep is a lot more of an easy step into the world than the LOTR first ep.

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Agent_Angelo_Pappas t1_iu3tdvx wrote

A lot more people have watched the Lord of the Rings than have watched Game of Thrones. Lord of the Rings is also generally recognized as fine for families, not a lot of parents are settling in with their middle schoolers to watch gratuitous sex on House of Dragon.

Those two things make the IP a lot more approachable to more people.

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GarlVinland4Astrea t1_iu43eet wrote

  1. HOTD is not a show for kids and families

  2. The amount of written material on HOTD and the Second Age of LOTR is about the same. HOTD is based off a fake history book and it really doesn’t have a full narrative and when it does it contradicts itself with varying perspectives. Also the Silmarillion is mostly a first age work. Second Age is more defined in short stories, extensive appendices and materials written by Tolkien and what we know in the books when they talk about it

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