On the flipside Conan the Barbarian '82 was often written off as garbage in the media, and my schoolmates all thought it was boring and much preferred knock-offs like ‘The Beastmaster’. However over time CTB has been hailed as a giant in the genre, so I do see how this can happen.
Hey now, don’t go knocking Beastmaster. That’s a Sunday-afternoon-TV favorite from my childhood 😉