24 Pop Culture Iconic Things (That Bombed Initially)

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24 Pop Culture Iconic Things (That Bombed Initially)

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There are movies, shows, songs, and even games that are widely considered beloved classics. Amazingly, some of those pop culture staples were absolutely despised when they debuted.

And it wasn't just the grandpa types who hate anything new. These were otherwise normal audiences and industry types, who legitimately didn't recognize an absolute treasure that was right in front of their eyes.

CRACE When The Sound of Music was released in 1965, the critics tore it apart. RODGERSHAMMERSTEIN'S RORERTW WISE SOUND OF nuSiC THE Cantre ANDREW UMME
Reviews The were not good for Godfatherll In 1974 The NYTimes claimed it was unoriginal and disjointed, particularly. disliking its non-linear. form.
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Despite their popularity with the younger generation, early critics HATED this -top joke band. Not a huge even their mothers Chicagotribune would
Led Zeppelin's debut was slaughtered by critics. Rolling Stone's John Mendelsohn bashed Jimmy Page's weak, unimaginative songs and called Robert Pla
Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo was released to a mixed reception, and barely broke even at the box office. In 1959, the British Film Institute's magazine
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24 Pop Culture Iconic Things (That Bombed Initially)
The New Yorker thought the prose in Slaughterhouse-Five left something to be desired. A 1969 review called its deliberate simplicity... as hazardous
FANTASIA CRACKED.COM The movie was disliked by the studio that was meant to distribute it, RKO. They dismissed it as a longhair musical.
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Most reviews shredded Friends when it premiered. They complained the characters just aimlessly drank coffee and chatted, and that the show used pop cu
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Some early reviews called HBO'S Game of Thrones kids' fare, with things for grown-ups put in. GAME OF THRONES HRONES It was boy fiction with a hear
24 Pop Culture Iconic Things (That Bombed Initially)
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Some critics quickly dismissed Breaking Bad as being Malcolm in the Meth Lab. Breaking 35 Bad 56 The New York Times even called the first few episod
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A brazen Queen's lyrics hodge podge. are not the stuff Rolling Stone of sonnets. -TIME Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody was not received well by critic
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