Rings of Power, an amazing show that manages to truly capture the feeling and atmosphere of the books, gets so much hate online. Yet all these garbage prequels and spinoffs get a pass. The Hobbit as 3 films? Really?
People only watched it because it was in the Lord of the Rings univverse. As soon as they realize how bad it is, they stopped watching. I'm in this camp. I can't count how many times I fell asleep watching it.
All new series to milk the IP are and will be flops.