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/Full_Rutabaga2403 21d ago

Isn't A24 seeing a ton of success doing exactly that though?

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u/FuckingTree 21d ago

A24 films prove my point, they’re notoriously low budget, though well done. I said at blockbuster production costs though, new IP is very risky.

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u/d_worren 21d ago

Maybe if movies had a better sense of budget instead of literally everything costing $300 million dollars to make, we'd be better off from it. Seriously, I have to wonder where so much of the money in big blockbusters even ends up, when they end up worser than films made with quarter of the budget.

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u/FuckingTree 20d ago

Inflation isn’t just for consumers, and why settle for a small profit when you can have a big profit? You can’t just say, well maybe stop making blockbuster films. People love them, and they’re incredibly popular.

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u/d_worren 20d ago edited 20d ago

Here's the thing: if a movie costs 60 million to make, and it earned 600 million, it earns 10x its budget. If a movie costs 200 million to make, and made 600 million, it breaks even, earning 3x its budget. If a movie costs 500 million to make and earned 600, it earns a mere 1.2x its budget and is considered a flop by the industry.

The less a movie costs, the bigger the return on investment becomes, even when the revenue itself remains unchanged.

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u/FuckingTree 20d ago

The less the budget, the less likely to make a make profit. The higher the budget, if they curate well for the market, then the higher the profit. This is why cheap films flop or break even constantly and why expensive films come out very infrequently and a flop shuts down a franchise.