Way too many people are influenced by the popular opinion regardless of the media in question. When I was back in high school i heard so many people talk about how good a certain game was (halo/cod or something). Thing was, a lot of people saying those games were so great were people who either havn't ever played them, weren't gamers(real gamers) at all, Or only played the game for a few hours just because they felt the need to be socially relevant.
It's a sad truth but if you picked a random person and had them watch a movie or play a game that is just TERRIBLE by all means, but had that persons friends and family tell them how awesome it was and had them see some fake advertisements, make them believe it's a new craze ect. Even if the person seriously doesn't like it, or doesn't see the big deal, chances are when asked what they thought of it they would say they loved it.
Mabey i'm being too pessimistic about people though, i dunno but that's what i believe anyway.
