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There are artists and creative works that have large fan bases here with new threads being started year after year. Such as:
Tolkien
Princess Bride
The Beatles

Those three are the most conspicuous to me. They receive respect from a lot of posters.

Other possibilities include: The Simpsons, Coen Brothers, Monty Python, Godfather films, LOTR movies, Star Wars.

…**Buffy, South Park, Casablanca? Heinlein? They Might Be Giants? Queen? **

What artists and creations do you see as the most widely (and conspicuously) respected on this board?

Top five, top nine, top seven, whatever.

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Harry Potter and Rush should be on that list.

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JRR Tolkien and Joss Whedon are the obvious two to me.

The Simpsons, Star Trek, and Star Wars wound round out the top five, I think. I don’t know what the other five would be.

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I’ll add Star Trek (all of it) to that list. There’s always 2 or 3 threads about it on here.

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Batman/general comics/movies derived therefrom

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Joss Whedon for sure, even if a lot of people don’t like him. He factors big time into this site.

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Terry Pratchett

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Toss in Neil Gaiman as well.

Stan Lee’s creations

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Eating stupid food for breakfast.

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Big Bang Theory?

Blade Runner?

They tend to be popular in environments that slant to geek :slight_smile:

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Pratchett might well be the number 2 author behind JRRT. Rowlings has a higher recognition rate, but probably not as much respect.

On the television side, Joss Whedon does get a lot of play, but probably plays 2nd fiddle to Seinfeld.

Pixar Studios gets consistent respect for it’s films, but I’m not sure if a production company should qualify. Hayao Miyazaki garners a lot of praise, but I couldn’t guess if he’s in the top nine.

After a few days of nominations, I’ll try to organize a fair poll, and see if a top nine can be selected. Possibly with an option to vote on whether each nominee is either excellent/brilliant or overrated.

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Are The Beatles all that popular here? I mean sure, they’re one of the most successful and beloved musical acts of all time, but I haven’t noticed that there are that many threads about them.

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A “just now” search turns up 48 threads with “Beatles” in the title in the last two years. Or 49 if you include this thread. :^)

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Seinfeld over Joss? I’ve never noticed that this board has a huge hard-on for Seinfeld, but the Buffy and Firefly love here is ridiculous, and I say that as a fan of both series.

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Mystery Science Theater, and rightly so.

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The works of Heinlen.

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And Dr. Who, of course.

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For better or for worse:

Tolkien
Whedon
Star Wars (Lucas et al)
Star Trek (Roddenberry et al)
Simpsons
DC Comics
Marvel Comics

… and I can’t think of two more of equal stature here.

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Results of searching for threads started in the last 3 years, with at least 6 responses, including the word:
Seinfeld – 23
Buffy – 28
Firefly – 14

Percentage of people ranking the shows as one of the 10 best ever in this thread:
Buffy: 17%
Seinfeld: 28%
Firefly: 23%

Seinfeld is in 3rd place in the TV poll, behind MASH and the Simpsons (which is destroying all competition.)

So for the individual shows, you could say it’s a toss-up, but Whedon’s oeuvre definitely tops Larry David’s.

In the TV poll The Daily Show is doing great. Tied for 4th I think. The Twilight Zone is finding a lot of love as well.

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