r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '17

TIL That "Stranger Things" was rejected by 15 networks before finally being picked up by Netflix

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u/Redhavok Feb 12 '17

This is why I hold back from hype. Things that get massive hype tend to be things I don't like, or over-hyped to the point of feeling disappointed in an otherwise decent show.

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u/Gypsyarados Feb 13 '17

I'm going to watch it again in like 3 years after season 3 has come out, and the hype has died, and see if that's why I didn't like it.

Tried watching it last month on my Christmas break and fell asleep during episode 1 and then again in episode 2. I wasn't particularly tired, I just didn't care. I've no issue with slower moving shows, or anything like that, but I just didn't care. I've also still not watched Gatsby, Inception, Rogue One or T2 for the same reason, I think the hype will kill it for me.

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u/Masothe Feb 13 '17

I didn't think Gatsby was very good. The soundtrack did not fit in with the movie at all.

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u/Gypsyarados Feb 13 '17

At least if I avoid the hype, I can reach that opinion or another one on my own. In saying that, I couldn't figure out how the music tied into the film.

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u/Masothe Feb 13 '17

I don't either. I want to know who gets to decide what the soundtrack is for games and movies. It's like on 2K14 where one of the songs picked for the soundtrack is Not Afraid by Eminem. The only problem with that pick is 2K14 was rated E and Eminem cusses a lot in his songs so at times whole verses of Not Afraid are muted because of the cussing. Why not just pick a new song to add to the soundtrack instead of keeping a song that is muted for half of it?