I feel like the show was largely successful because it rage baited the audience that hated it, and let the people that liked that join in on the laughter.

She hulk aside, I do think there is a discussion to be had about appeasing new fans vs appeasing old fans of any given fiction.

I genuinely think they could have written it in a way that appealed to both audiences, but chose to the the low hanging fruit because that was the safer move profit wise.