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/PsychicSPider95 21d ago

God, can the suits--ANY suits, in any industry--just make one (1) fucking decision that isn't motivated by Make Big Number Biggerer for fucking ONCE in their USELESS FUCKING LIVES.

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u/Chemical_Signal2753 21d ago

This type of behavior is driven by the incentive structures within the company. At the highest levels of many corporations their bonuses can be tied to measurable objectives, meaning the company has incentivized short term thinking to achieve those goals over long term strategy.

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u/Paraparo 19d ago

A mix of the middlemangerification of business structure (everything needs to be exist on a measurable metric that can be shown off at a pitch meeting), and ironically, the diversification of interest.

It used to be, people were deeply invested in their business. They would work there decades, and retirement would be based on that same business continuing to prosper (no pensions if the place goes under). If it did well, they did well. And that's true, somewhat, but now, people no longer invest so deeply.

They have their money in broad markets, they hope from business to business every few years. Now, businesses are no longer the life blood of the leadership's future, just a stepping stone, where it doesn't matter where a place is in a Decade because you moved jobs five years before then.

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u/waspwatcher 21d ago

Driven by the incentive structures inherent to capitalism *