History Main / WinBackTheCrowd

->'''Dryden''': How did he die?
->'''Bond''': Your contact... not well.
->'''Dryden''': Made you feel it, did he? You needn't worry. The second is....
->'''Bond''': ([[KilledMidSentence interrupts him by putting a single silenced round in Dryden's chest, killing him instantly]]. He then proceeds to finish his sentence for him)... Yes. Considerably
-->-- The [[ColdOpen pre-credits sequence]] from the 2006 JamesBond film ''CasinoRoyale''.

* The quote above comes from the 2006 ''CasinoRoyale'' the sequel/reboot of the JamesBond franchise. For many it made James Bond seem cool again.

* Though [[UnpleasableFanbase some parts of the fandom disagree]], {{Metallica}}'s ''Death Magnetic'' helped bring back quite a few fans after ''[[SoBadItsHorrible St. Anger]]'' with a return to their 80s sound.

* ''TheLordOfTheRings'' never lost any fans. But the Peter Jackson trilogy's success made it appear as if the Tolkien books hadn't even existed.

* ''{{Unforgiven}}'' won back westerns... and, cued a massive career resurgence for ClintEastwood that let up only when Eastwood finally entered retirement.

* ''{{Unforgiven}}'' won back westerns... and, cued a massive career resurgence for ClintEastwood that hasn't let up since.

->'''Bond''': Your contact...not well.

->'''Bond''': ([[KilledMidSentence interrupts him by putting a single silenced round in Dryden's chest, killing him instantly]]. He then proceeds to finish his sentence for him)...Yes. Considerably
->-- The [[ColdOpen pre-credits sequence]] from the 2006 JamesBond film ''CasinoRoyale''.

Ah my, was it '''glorious'''. X was a superhero/science-fiction/romance/vampire/police-procedural...pick any, franchise unlike any other. The fans loved it. It caused fangirls to squee with delight. Even those who weren't fans grudgingly respected its brilliance. There were books, TV shows, movies, video games, comics, lunchboxes, T-shirts, and a thousand fan-fics. It was magnificent.

The End....OrIsIt?

* The seventh season of SpongebobSquarepants. [[BigBad Plankton]] is more threataenuing than he was before the movie, using deadly weapons and slave labor, Mr. Krabs has a nice side, characters who plagued the past three seasons have been dropped, there's a bit more drama, the [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel epic horrors]] of Whelk Attack and A Pal For Gary, Sandy may be getting back in the spotlight soon, genuinley good specials, The DeadBabyComedy being handled better, the best SpongeBob game since Battle For Bikini Bottom, the breif StoryArc, SpongeBob getting less stupid, Patrick becoming a loveable oaf again after a breif villainous stint, etc.

* ''{{Unforgiven}}'' won back westerns....and, cued a massive career resurgence for ClintEastwood that hasn't let up since.

** Also, SamuelLJackson, BruceWillis, and UmaThurman; though they were never as big as stars as Travolta prior to ''PulpFiction''.
*** [[Film/DieHard Bruce Willis]] [[LookWhosTalking wasn't as big a star]] [[DidNotDoTheResearch as John Travolta]] [[WallBanger in 1994?]]

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* After the [[InternetBackdraft dedicated server fiasco]] with ''ModernWarfare'' 2, ''[[CallOfDuty Call Of Duty Black Ops]]'' was advertised to have dedicated servers.

** For those curious, it is generally thought that the flop ''Hello,Dolly'' killed the movie musical.

** For those curious, it is generally thought that the flop ''{{Hello, Dolly}}'' killed the movie musical.

* [[StarTrekTheMotionPicture The first]] ''StarTrek'' movie left a lot of folks thinking ''Trek'' was only for the geek crowd and would never be a big franchise like ''StarWars''. ''StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' proved otherwise.

* While ''WrathOfKhan'' was winning the box office, ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' almost permanently won back the Trekkie crowd, for good. Its success triggered an almost continuous 20 year run of ''Trek'' series being produced.

** Also, SamuelLJackson, BruceWillis, and UmaThurman; though they were never as big as stars as Travolta prior to ''PulpFiction''.

* The seventh season of SpongebobSquarepants. [[BigBad Plankton]] is more threataenuing than he was before the movie, Mr. Krabs has a nice side, characters who plagued the past three seasons have been dropped, there's a bit more drama, the [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel epic horrors]] of Whelk Attack and A Pal For Gary, Sandy may be getting back in the spotlight soon, genuinley good specials, The DeadBabyComedy being handled better, the best SpongeBob game since Battle For Bikini Bottom, the breif StoryArc, SpongeBob getting less stupid, Patrick becoming a loveable oaf again after a breif villainous stint, etc.

* The seventh season of SpongebobSquarepants. [[BigBad Plankton]] is more threataenuing than he was before the movie, Mr. Krabs has a nice side, characters who plagued the past three seasons have been dropped, there's a bit more drama, the [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel epic horrors]] of Whelk Attack and A Pal For Gary, Sandy may be getting back in the spotlight soon, genuinley good specials, etc.

* TransformersAnimated has proved to be an excellent show, especially after the years of [[TransformersArmada spottily-dubbed]] [[TransformersEnergon Japanese-produced]] [[TransformersCybertron series]], attracting many old and even new fans.
* The seventh season of SpongebobSquarepants, most notably The Scent Of Money and Neptune's Party.

* After the [[InternetBackdraft dedicated server fiasco]] with ''ModernWarfare'' 2, ''{{CallOfDuty Call Of Duty Black Ops}}'' was advertised to have dedicated servers.

* After the dedicated server fiasco with ''ModernWarfare'' 2, ''CallOfDutyBlackOps'' was advertised to have dedicated servers.

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** And there are those who consider it the [[{{Wangst}} absolute]] [[{{Narm}} worst]]. As always, YourMileageMayVary.
*** ''TheCloneWars'' movie was an attempt at this. ''TheCloneWars'' series succeeded with some of the fanbase.

** ''GeorgeLopez'' is proving far more popular in reruns on Nickelodeon than it was during its initial run on ABC.

* The ''StarWars'' prequels were reviled universally, but ''RevengeOfTheSith'' is considered by some to be the third best movie of all six made.

* TransformersAnimated has proved to be an excellent show, especialy after the years of poor-quality japanese produced shows, attracting many and even new fans.
* The Seventh Season of SpongebobSquarepants, most notably The Scent Of Money, and Neptunes Party.

* The [[Main/AcademyAward Academy Awards]] ceremony had to do this after the 1989 show opened with a notoriously campy production number "highlighted" by Rob Lowe singing a rewritten duet of "Proud Mary" with Snow White. Things didn't much improve from there, aside from several witty presenters, and the show was pilloried both within and without Hollywood as a disgrace. The following year, one of those witty presenters -- Billy Crystal -- was tapped to host the whole show, and largely thanks to him the result was a much-acclaimed ceremony. Crystal ultimately hosted the show eight times.

* Though [[YourMileageMayVary some parts of the fandom disagree]], {{Metallica}}'s ''Death Magnetic'' helped bring back quite a few fans after ''[[SoBadItsHorrible St. Anger]]'' with a return to their 80s sound.

* The DisneyAnimatedCanon, which largely floundered after Walt's death in 1966 (the last film he actually worked on was ''The Jungle Book''), came back in a big way with ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' in 1989. They lost the crowd to [=CGI=] houses such as {{Pixar}} at the turn of the millennium.

* Tom Cruise was largely considered to have destroyed his career forever after becoming Hollywood's new front man for Scientology, with his numerous bizarre and off-putting public appearances. Then came his tour de force {{Playing Against Type}} performance in ''{{Tropic Thunder}}''.
* [[FormerChildStar Jackie Earle Haley]] hadn't appeared in a film for 13 years when he made his out-of-nowhere comeback in 2006 with roles in the ''All The King's Men'' remake and ''Little Children'', the latter earning him an Academy Award nomination.

* The sixth season of ''[[TwentyFour 24]]'' was heavily panned, making many, even hardcore fans, think maybe the show ran it's course. The seventh season, beginning with ''24:Redemption'' has won back the old fans and even a fair share of new ones along with the highest ratings ever for the series.

** ''GeorgeLopez'' is proving far more popular in reruns on Nickelodeon than it was during it's initial run on ABC.
** As good as ''TheTwilightZone'' was during it's original run on CBS, it has become an almost universal cult hit in reruns, and is still watched to this day.

* While ''WrathOfKhan'' was winning the box office, ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' almost permanently won back the Trekkie crowd, for good. It's success triggered an almost continuous 20 year run of ''Trek'' series being produced.

**** And there repeating themselves AGAIN with WinnieThePooh.