I never expected people to be talking about these books 20 years on. They were OK books at the time, but the weird pop cult surrounding them is bizarre.
It's the power of the behemoth that was Warner Bros and their marketing campaign. A book series legacy is always determined by their adaptations. There's a reason A Series of Unfortunate Events and Percy Jackson are no longer talked about
And yet they were able to be successful in the way other the other series adaptations weren't. You could say it was just lightning in a bottle and the era they were released. Probably wouldn't have done so well in the current age.
It was also around the time of the Pokemon craze too. Every kid in my school had a Harry Potter book and a pack of Pokemon cards with them. Most of them grew out of it from what I remember and moved on to Yu-Gi-Oh and Tolkein.
I never expected people to be talking about these books 20 years on. They were OK books at the time, but the weird pop cult surrounding them is bizarre.
It's the power of the behemoth that was Warner Bros and their marketing campaign. A book series legacy is always determined by their adaptations. There's a reason A Series of Unfortunate Events and Percy Jackson are no longer talked about
The movies were largely terrible
And yet they were able to be successful in the way other the other series adaptations weren't. You could say it was just lightning in a bottle and the era they were released. Probably wouldn't have done so well in the current age.
I kind of feel like this is it. The period when obsessive fandom become like a niche to something that defined personalities. Funko Pops.
It was also around the time of the Pokemon craze too. Every kid in my school had a Harry Potter book and a pack of Pokemon cards with them. Most of them grew out of it from what I remember and moved on to Yu-Gi-Oh and Tolkein.
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