Poll: You can only keep 3, everything else disappears forever

[NIGHTBRINGER]

No tricks or bending of rules! Vote and discuss.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

I might as well go first.

Star Wars and Star Trek are automatically in. Easy decision. So that leaves me with one choice remaining.

I can right away throw away the following as I have no interest in them:
Sherlock
Supernatural
Once Upon a Time
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Next up, are franchises I have enjoyed, but are not up to the level of the others:
Doctor Who
Harry Potter
Game of Thrones (because the ending was screwed up)
The Walking Dead


That leaves me with Firefly, Batman and The Lord of the Rings. Of those, I'd give away Firefly first. It's great, but there isn't very much of it around (although more is coming), and it isn't as impactful for me as the other two.

So now I have to choose between Batman and LOTR. As much as I love LOTR, Batman is too widespread. Giving it up would mean I'd have to give up the Nolan Batman Trilogy, Batman the Animated Series, most things Justice League, the Tim Burton Batman movie, and more. That's too many things that I have enjoyed over the years. So with a heavy heart I let LOTR go.

My final choices to keep are:
#1 Star Wars
#2 Star Trek
#3 Batman

 

[Killer Angel]

Star Wars and Star Trek are automatically in. Easy decision. So that leaves me with one choice remaining.


So now I have to choose between Batman and LOTR. As much as I love LOTR, Batman is too widespread. Giving it up would mean I'd have to give up the Nolan Batman Trilogy, Batman the Animated Series, most things Justice League, the Tim Burton Batman movie, and more. That's too many things that I have enjoyed over the years. So with a heavy heart I let LOTR go.

I fear i'm in the same boat. Exact same reasoning as yours.
I would have never expected to cast out LOTR...

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

I fear i'm in the same boat. Exact same reasoning as yours.
I would have never expected to cast out LOTR...

I wonder if we will find ourselves in the minority. I can picture a lot of people hanging on to LOTR over the ones we have selected.

 

[Killer Angel]

I wonder if we will find ourselves in the minority. I can picture a lot of people hanging on to LOTR over the ones we have selected.

That's for sure... i feel that some people could discard Star Trek, especially if they mostly witnessed the latest iterations of the franchise

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

That's for sure... i feel that some people could discard Star Trek, especially if they mostly witnessed the latest iterations of the franchise

If we're looking at the latest iterations, then many of the franchises can be immediately discarded, including Star Wars, LOTR and Doctor Who.

 

[Killer Angel]

If we're looking at the latest iterations, then many of the franchises can be immediately discarded, including Star Wars, LOTR and Doctor Who.

My point is more that anyone that saw rings of power, for sure saw also LOTR trilogy.... but not all the people that saw JJ abrams' ST, also watched movies as Wrath of Khan or First Contact, or the old series that made ST a cornerstone of SF.
I could be wrong, of course.

 

[Scalenex]

My response to Nightbringer...

Hopefully you mean just TV and films. Lord of the Rings is a bedrock of Western literature. Sherlock too. Hopefully Removing Once Upon a Time would not remove all fairy tales from existance.

People like to post memes about rewatching the LOTR movies over and over again. I don't feel a strong urge to do so. As long as the books stay around I'm okay if the movies go away.

A lot of the stuff I am not likely to rewatch unless Hell freezes over and I have kids in which case I'd make them watch "the classics".

I have the Harry Potter movie DVDs collecting dust somewhere, but I don't really need to see the movies again. Again, as long as the books stay, I'm okay if the movies (and the HBO series) never air again.

If you take the books away, I have to save the books, LOTR, Harry Potter, and Sherlock/Batman (hard to pick)

But if the books are safe. 1) Batman, 2) Star Trek, 3) Star Wars with Game of Thrones and Firefly nipping at Star War's heels.

I still rewatch Batman and Star Trek often. The Disney Star Wars bugs me so much (and admittedly the prequels bug me a little) that it's tarnished my enjoyment of the classic trilogy a bit.

George R. Martin's kind of torpedoed his own legacy. I do like to cherrypick key scenes from Game of Thrones but I have little desire to watch the whole series again.

Firefly is fantastic but there isn't much of it (and I'm not optimistic about the alleged plan to make more). I've watched the series so many times, I don't really need to watch it again.

Going forward, Batman is the only franchise that I think has a strong future.

Star Trek isn't beyond saving with new management, but I'm not optimistic. Pessimists are happier people because 90% of the time time they are right and 10% of the time they are pleasantly surprised.

I am indifferent to Supernatural, Once Upon a Time, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, modern iterations of Sherlock, the Walking Dead, and Dr. Who. I don't begrudge people who like these shows, I just never got into them.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

My response to Nightbringer...

Does that make @Killer Angel a monster too?...

I fear i'm in the same boat. Exact same reasoning as yours.

Hopefully you mean just TV and films. Lord of the Rings is a bedrock of Western literature. Sherlock too. Hopefully Removing Once Upon a Time would not remove all fairy tales from existance.

Interesting. I assumed it meant not only movies/tv, but the books as well. However, the key word there is assumed. As it was not specified, your interpretation is as good as mine.

As for the falling domino effect, that would become too complicated and impossible to predict. For the purposes of this discussion/poll, I think we can safely go with the assumption that only the franchise itself would be removed, leaving anything down the line untouched. Otherwise this whole exercise falls apart quickly.

If you take the books away, I have to save the books, LOTR, Harry Potter, and Sherlock/Batman (hard to pick)

I didn't know you were such a fan of the Harry Potter books.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

My point is more that anyone that saw rings of power, for sure saw also LOTR trilogy.... but not all the people that saw JJ abrams' ST, also watched movies as Wrath of Khan or First Contact, or the old series that made ST a cornerstone of SF.
I could be wrong, of course.

That's a reasonable take.

 

[Scalenex]

Interesting. I assumed it meant not only movies/tv, but the books as well.

I don't believe Christopher Nolan is being malicious. But I believe Emily Wilson, who wrote the translation applying "modern" values to the Odyssey was being malicious and trying to essentially remove a foundation of Western culture. Remember when Aku tried to subvert Fairy Tales?

As things go, Once Upon a Time is not a very culturally relevant show, but I can't imagine a world without Fairy Tales.

Maybe this wasn't your intent. But I read the poll "What if you never watched these things again" not "What if they were Thanos snapped from existence."

It's not a big deal if I never watch something again, but I'd be violently opposed to attempts to wipe something out entirely. Even crap needs to remain as an object warning if nothing else.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

Maybe this wasn't your intent. But I read the poll "What if you never watched these things again" not "What if they were Thanos snapped from existence."

I was using the words used in the picture; a picture that I found online. I prefer to follow from the picture in an attempt to avoid confusion.

but I'd be violently opposed to attempts to wipe something out entirely.

I'm guessing that doesn't apply to all media. Star Wars ST, Rings of Power, Ghostbusters 2016, etc.

 

[Scalenex]

I was using the words used in the picture; a picture that I found online. I prefer to follow from the picture in an attempt to avoid confusion.


I'm guessing that doesn't apply to all media. Star Wars ST, Rings of Power, Ghostbusters 2016, etc.

All film and TV makers need to watch Ghostbusters 2016, Rings of Power, and the like extensively. If your script is starting to look like one of these things, take corrective action.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

All film and TV makers need to watch Ghostbusters 2016, Rings of Power, and the like extensively. If your script is starting to look like one of these things, take corrective action.

I admire your faith in their ability to learn!

 

[Killer Angel]

Does that make @Killer Angel a monster too?...




Interesting. I assumed it meant not only movies/tv, but the books as well.

I assumed only movies / TV series

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

I assumed only movies / TV series

Fair enough. The picture doesn't specify one way or another.

I think the question is more interesting if we assume the entire franchise disappears. But that's just me.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

Ohhh... the poll is getting more interesting. The deadlock is broken!

 

[Killer Angel]

I think the question is more interesting if we assume the entire franchise disappears. But that's just me.

definitely more interesting.
I couldn't drop LOTR.
Probably i would keep Batman.
Sherlock is now a thing that matters a lot more.
THen there's SW and ST. hard to choose between these 5 giants.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

hard to choose between these 5 giants.

Indeed.

 

[NIGHTBRINGER]

I assumed only movies / TV series

Curious, would your selections change if you went with the assumption that the entire franchise (movies, tv, books, video games, etc) was eliminated?