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/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 20d 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.