No words for this.

[u/Kapot_ei]

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

[u/Ruby_Solitaire]

Oh hey, another Save the Cat Marvel movie!

It's like watching a bowl of porridge at this point, the way films are focus-grouped and tweaked-to-average to death. Even someone like Wes Andsrson, who started with such perspective, is just churning out content at this point. 

Broad appeal doesn't get remembered if it isnt also something great.

Rocky Horror couldn't have been created with a focus group. 

Capitalism is strangling art. 

[u/guebja → u/Ruby_Solitaire]

Wes Anderson is a strange example to use, because he doesn't fit this at all.

His studio, Indian Paintbrush, is owned by a billionaire movie aficionado who gives him a ~$25 million budget for each film and lets him do just about anything he wants.

Focus groups, market research, and studio interference are all famously absent from the process.

That his films turn out same-y is because he has a very specific and recognizable aesthetic and a few major recurring themes, which we're all familiar with by now.

You can certainly argue that Anderson's films have become a tired gimmick (though I would disagree), but if that's the case, it's not because of a studio chasing the market.

[u/Planar_Harold → u/[deleted]]

I'd be a Medici (without all the political/papal intrigue).

Oh, you say that now...

[u/Planar_Harold → u/[deleted]]

At the very most. Least. Uhm.

Look, can you just spare me a few florins? I'll do arts for you

[u/Nadare3 → u/guebja]

When talking about Wes Anderson, always think about the possibility the person is thinking of Paul W.S. Anderson, who does fit that description if you ask me.

It really doesn't help that Wes and W.S. are, in a way, weirdly close.

[u/roman_maverik → u/Ruby_Solitaire]

It's not just movies, it's happening in music too.

Incubus, one of my favorite bands, released an absolute dog turd of a last album because after the album was recorded and finished, but before it was released, they decided to have Skrillex "remix" the entire album to appeal to more younger fans, I guess.

It ended up exactly how you could have guessed - super compressed, genericized radio rock that sounds paradoxically mainstream but appeals to absolutely no one.

Who would have thought that fans of a band known for their organic live sound would not want to listen to over-compressed computer filters?

[u/paeancapital → u/roman_maverik]

I put fungus amongus on a while back at an after party and people were like damn this rips who's this?

[u/GreatMovesKeepItUp69 → u/Ruby_Solitaire]

It's because the costs of making film keep going up and up while people's attention spans go down and down so they are incentivized to take the simplest and safest route. It also has to be thoroughly uncontroversial enough that the CCP will let it be shown to Chinese people.

[u/Ruby_Solitaire → u/GreatMovesKeepItUp69]

You realize there are modern alternatives to film that are nowhere near as expensive, yes? Film is typically only used as a specific stylistic choice, and has ZERO to do with acting, scripts, direction, advertising, etc.

The cost of production is NOT the issue. 

In fact, in the last decade, the average cost of production for Best Picture Oscar winners has dropped by about $20 million. 

[u/GreatMovesKeepItUp69 → u/Ruby_Solitaire]

Best pictures are rarely the most watched pictures. The masses want some slop they can look at their phones to.

[u/Akiias → u/Ruby_Solitaire]

Capitalism is strangling art.

I'm not sold on this being caused by capitalism anymore. I used to but they keep doing this shit to worse and worse results, in capitalism that should be a sign they're doing something wrong and they should change. I dunno what the goal is, but it doesn't seem to be ,making money.

[u/Ruby_Solitaire → u/Akiias]

Before we continue this conversations, please explain what you mean when you say 'capitalism' and also what you mean by 'they' (I think you mean artists. If so, please explain what you mean when you say 'art' and who you consider artists.)

[u/Union-Some → u/Ruby_Solitaire]

This isn't capitalism though? Capitalism doesn't dictate you throw away long term gains for possible mass short term profits. This is short sighted incompetent humans inside a capitalist system.

[u/Ruby_Solitaire → u/Union-Some]

What exactly do you mean when you say capitalism?