discussion What Show Will Be the Bigger Show 'The Rings of Power' or 'House of the Dragon'?

[McNulty]

House of the Dragon.

 

LOTR fans already crying because they added a black character

[touchofmyhand]

GOT ruined their legacy so I can’t imagine who’d be checking for this, but maybe I’m overestimating the effect that has on this spinoff.

[Dark Miracles]

It's tough to say. GoT was more recent and was such a behemoth building up momentum every year, breaking records even though it wasn't on cable. But the ending... I also have to say the main characters in the teaser look like a redux Danaerys, redux Jon Snow, etc. Its only saving grace right now is GRRM's involvement.

 

On the other hand, LOTR is venturing into TV for the first time so it has somewhat of a novelty factor that could draw viewers, and I mean that trilogy was and is a cinematic achievement that comes along every 30 years or so with a still a very established fanbase even though the Hobbit films were divisive. Some of the comments I read from the showrunners in a recent article (Vanity Fair?) were anything but reassuring and from the teaser they are already taking liberties with significant and beloved characters (Galadriel as a soldier?) I fear there's lots of ground for disappointment here.

Edited May 28, 2022 by Dark Miracles

[rac7d]

23 hours ago, Jotham said:

Even if the writing disappoints, I think Ring of Power will still do well commercially based on hype alone.

What hype

 

there is no hype for the show at all?

[Digitalism]

Both will be worse that the source material

But they will be equally successful

[Totami Legend]

both flops but HBO will serve quality 

[Anye]

I am a Daenerys bich, idc about the other show 

[Starkboy]

Both will "flop" I think. I think LOTR hype is longtime gone tho (sadly), I think House of Dragons is gonna do a bit better

[favorite crime]

Why are people saying HOTD will do worse because GOT ending was badly received but ignoring the fact that the Hobbit franchise was panned af? I don't think either will have an effect, if the shows have good word of mouth they will smash

 

It seems to me tho that LOTR is muuuuuch more likely to be panned because the trailers have all been atrocious and the fans hate everything they've seen about it so far

[Destiny]

House of the Dragon will EAT

[LP54]

Now that both trailers are out, let keep the discussion going

 

 

 

[Repelex]

HOD. Rings of Power is looking to go The wheel of time way, unnoticed and uneventful.

[orange22]

I don’t think people are checking for Prime Video or LOTR like that… HOD has Matt Smith and HBO so I’m going with that one 

[Guest]

ROP based on amazon numbers, Wheel of time had no social media buzz but the numbers were good and that doesn't even have a quarter of the fame that LOTR has.  

[D_Man3379]

HOD looks more enticing than ROP. 

[BNF91]

Lord of the Rings is going to clear House of the Dragon. 

[LP54]

Not long before both shows are released and the competition begins.

[Nutitle]

Some of yall really thinking that HOTD will flop LMAO

[Eóghan]

@LP54 if you're interested 

House of the Dragon is definitely winning in the longevity and keepin momentum but Rings of Power had 2 big hype moments at the beginning of the year with "show announcement + superbowl trailer" but they're long behind now

 

 

[Arcadius]

ROP should flop just off that overpriced budget. But idk Amazon shows have surprisingly been doing well lately so I expect this to hit. I actually think both shows will do well especially if they're good.

[LP54]

So far a good start for HOTD as it got 10 million viewers.

[harwee]

Massive debut for HoD

 

But I have a feeling that RoP will beat that number. Though I think the real story is a month after their debuts.

 

Its interesting that they debut 3 weeks apart.

 

 

[AxelFox]

A year ago I would've definitely said ROP. Look how that turned out

 

HOD smashing out of the hate while ROP received such big backlash it might get cancelled for future seasons

 

I do think ROP could've been bigger if they took a more faithful approach to it though. 

[LP54]

ROP may get more viewers but I sitll HOTD will be a bigger icon in the end. 

[Broken]

Perched for the HOD vs. ROP threads.