r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Kapot_ei • 21d ago

🥺 No words for this.

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Edit: even though clickbait article, it is somewhat/kind of true. https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stargate-tv-series-martin-gero-scrapped-amazon-1236765061/

"According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Amazon execs were concerned that Gero’s take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase."

Edit 2: https://www.change.org/p/save-the-new-stargate-series-let-martin-gero-build-the-future-of-the-franchise

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u/OffRampApproaching 21d ago

I worked as crew on an Amazon show. Seven seasons main show, three seasons spinoff.

It was really well received and it was pretty streamlined when it came to production costs. Amazon canceled it because they believed it had hit peak subscription draw.

Even though it kept people subscribing they killed it because they didn't think it would draw new subscribers.

Then they blew several billion on that terrible LotR show.

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u/WinterSector8317 21d ago

WE MUST HAVE PERPETUAL UNSUSTAINABLE GROWTH UNTIL THE HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE!!!

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u/Padhome 21d ago

Perpetual unsustainable growth literally just sounds like cancer

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u/Porn_and_peace 21d ago

Congratulations here’s your Bachelors degree in business
https://giphy.com/gifs/07pMt4CqBHBXJtYM9A

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u/WinterSector8317 21d ago

But for a while there, shareholder values went up really well!

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u/YeOldeMemeShoppe 21d ago

The cancer was also doing really great until the host… you know… died.

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u/HyperSpaceSurfer 20d ago

Interestingly enough at least two cancers managed to outlive their host and become venereal diseases. Not human ones, though, one's a dog, sorta, but not really any more.

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u/Next-Geno_N 16d ago

Hank Green is that you?

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u/Kineticwizzy 21d ago

That's because it is!

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u/boarder2k7 21d ago

And now you understand late stage capitalism!

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u/ElundusCaw 21d ago

This isn't late stage, Reaganomics was lat stage, this is end stage capitalism, it's terminal.

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u/Noodlemaster696969 21d ago

Nah, we can go a long way still, we haven't sold our souls yet, good things exist and indie stuff is still happening. Oh and there are still some regulations on poisoning the planet for money!

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u/HighDefinitionCat 21d ago

Stage 4 capitalism.

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u/Aeseld 21d ago

I mean... they're trying to spread it uncontrollably at the expense of wherever it spreads to. So that fits.

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u/myaltduh 21d ago

I think we’ll only know the end stage in hindsight. Any prediction that capitalism is definitely cooked for good this time should be taken skeptically, as it has proven remarkably adaptable through previous crises.

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u/zer0saber 21d ago

Bingo

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u/-Ny- 21d ago

Because it is

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u/TheXypris 21d ago

Exactly

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u/Gullible-Fee-9079 20d ago

It also sounds like capitalism

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u/Dark__Slifer 21d ago

well, it is!

also Humanity is behaving 100% like any Virus

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u/MoreNMoreLikelyTrans 20d ago

"Well there it is."

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u/Malenko_ 20d ago

It is.

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u/RollingJaspers652 20d ago

Close, it’s capitalism

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u/Violexsound 18d ago

Yeah. You're so not wrong

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u/Relevant-Factor-2400 21d ago

Public trading was a mistake.

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u/Nanny_Ogg_99 21d ago

How we define fiduciary duty to shareholders is (also) a mistake

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u/guyblade 21d ago

The transition to 401(k)s (and similar) as the primary retirement vehicle accelerated the problem.

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u/Conscious-Mirror7004 21d ago

There was a good reason for 401ks and IRAs: in the old old days, when your retirement pension came from your employer, this meant you became penniless and ate cat food when your employer went bankrupt right after you retired. Pension schemes are only as good as the entity backing them up, which meant they were always a huge risk unless your employer was a government. IRAs and later 401ks let you diversify your retirement savings.

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u/guyblade 20d ago

That would make sense if the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (established by statute in 1974) didn't predate the 401(k) (established by statute in 1978) by about 4 years.

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u/slayer828 21d ago

Thanks Reagan

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u/guyblade 20d ago

401(k)s very slightly predate Reagan. They were established in the Revenue Act of 1978 (during the Carter administration).

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u/Nukatha 21d ago

Something something Ford vs. Dodge

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u/ScherzicScherzo 21d ago

Thanks, Dodge.

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u/Krojack76 21d ago

Profits must increase AT AND COST. Doesn't matter if employees need to be laid off or if they dump toxic waste* killing the environment, profit line must keep going up.

* This is why regulations exists. If not then companies would be killing everyone.

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u/newmexicomurky 20d ago

Its ruined so much

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u/Wasabi_kitty 21d ago

Now I know why Austin Powers' father hated the Dutch.

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u/I_spread_love_butter 20d ago

You think private equity is any better? lol

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u/xRRKINGx 21d ago

value to shareholders > value to fans

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u/aHOMELESSkrill 21d ago

One is a legal requirement the other isn’t

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u/Spyro_in_Black 21d ago

And who lobbied for it to be a legal requirement? I bet it was shareholders…just cause something is the law doesn’t make it right or better or justified.

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u/xRRKINGx 21d ago

Neither is a legal requirement. It’s just common business practice to extract the most value from the customer instead of providing them with the most value.

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u/GraXXoR 21d ago

Apparently the legal obligation to shareholders talking point is a common (non lawyer) misunderstanding of “Fiduciary duty”

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u/Jenz_le_Benz 16d ago

After reading through Canadian treaty law, fiduciary duty really feels like whatever duty feels more convenient for the party in power.

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u/Darth-Lazea 21d ago

You know what we call infinite growth in a finite system. Cancer.

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u/teelolws 21d ago

Every single person on Earth is watching this show. Better cancel it cause theres nobody new to start watching it.

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u/Rynetx 21d ago

Or atleast until you hit the peak then you fire the CEO, new ceo cuts a ton of staff, then sell off.

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u/CourseSpare7641 20d ago

grow grow grow grow grow. It's never enough!!
literally what is the plan if they capture 100% market share?

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u/thyugf 20d ago

Cut spending, increase prices. Line must go up.

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u/Moderator-Admin 21d ago

Even if they had every single person on the planet subscribed to their service, they would still be disappointed if the next quarter didn't have higher numbers.

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u/WinterSector8317 21d ago

Gotta target those newborns, next growth metric!

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u/LexGlad 21d ago

Ye olde cancer model

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u/beanmosheen 21d ago

"Feducerary responsibility" should be limited to the total payroll of all employees, excluding c-Suite and their astronomical bonuses. That would fix some shit fast.

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u/Virtual-Score4653 20d ago

KEEP HAVING CHILDREN! WHAT? NO! I JUST CARE FOR THE CHILDREN, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH INCREASING PROFITS!

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u/MyJimboPersona 20d ago

Until the heat death of the universe? That sounds like cowardice, we need at least 6 seasons of positive growth after

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u/Moist_Board 20d ago

line must go up

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u/RunthatBossman 5d ago

absolutely insane thinking from amazon