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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 8525053" data-attributes="member: 5142">Then as someone in my thirties, perhaps I can correct your assessment here? I read Dune in middle school, as had a number of my friends. I also watched the original David Lynch* Dune movie (theatrical and extended), been alive to play the Dune RTS game, watch the SyFy mini-series, and now seeing the new movie. (This is not to mention the Dune RPG getting most anticipated TTRPG from ENWorld how many years in a row?) I'm not entirely sure how its cultural impact has been minimal, especially among &quot;geekdom.&quot; It's impact may not be as much of a pop cultural phenomenon as Game of Thrones, but its legacy has clearly been more enduring. * David Lynch's involvement in the Dune movie is also part of its enduring legacy, particularly among Lynch fans. X-Men? It was massively popular in the '90s. Was that a long time ago? Sure. But X-Men Animated Series was massive on people's conception of the X-Men, much as Batman the Animated Series was on the comics or Spider-Man the Animated Series was on its comics. The '90s X-Men the Animated Series is so massive that it's being brought back with new episodes after decades! Ask '90s kids to sing/hum the X-Men theme from that cartoon. Nearly all of us can. Part of the reason why X-Men were written off in Marvel (so to speak) is because Marvel didn't want to promote any X-Men movie that Fox was doing. Obviously that is no longer a problem anymore and hence the reason why X-Men the Animated Series is also getting a comeback.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 8525053, member: 5142"] Then as someone in my thirties, perhaps I can correct your assessment here? I read Dune in middle school, as had a number of my friends. I also watched the original David Lynch* Dune movie (theatrical and extended), been alive to play the Dune RTS game, watch the SyFy mini-series, and now seeing the new movie. (This is not to mention the Dune RPG getting most anticipated TTRPG from ENWorld how many years in a row?) I'm not entirely sure how its cultural impact has been minimal, especially among "geekdom." It's impact may not be as much of a pop cultural phenomenon as Game of Thrones, but its legacy has clearly been more enduring. * David Lynch's involvement in the Dune movie is also part of its enduring legacy, particularly among Lynch fans. X-Men? It was massively popular in the '90s. Was that a long time ago? Sure. But X-Men Animated Series was massive on people's conception of the X-Men, much as Batman the Animated Series was on the comics or Spider-Man the Animated Series was on its comics. The '90s X-Men the Animated Series is so massive that it's being brought back with new episodes after decades! Ask '90s kids to sing/hum the X-Men theme from that cartoon. Nearly all of us can. Part of the reason why X-Men were written off in Marvel (so to speak) is because Marvel didn't want to promote any X-Men movie that Fox was doing. Obviously that is no longer a problem anymore and hence the reason why X-Men the Animated Series is also getting a comeback. [/QUOTE]

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