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I wish it need not have happened in my time. (startrek.website)

submitted 9 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/lotrmemes@midwest.social

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[-] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 82 points 9 months ago

Just don’t watch it.

You don’t have to watch every damn thing involving your fandom. It’s pure capitalistic greed at this point.

Let a franchise fucking die already.

Demand better movies and don’t engage with film as product. Find passionate storytellers and not greedy corporate executives looking to milk every last drop of nostalgia for profits.

[-] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 25 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I listened to a podcast (99 Percent Invisible I think) and it said a big reason why the 90s were so great for movies were the creation of cinaplexes, big movie theaters with tons of screens.

More screens meant that new or different ideas that wouldn't normally make it to the big screen (Forrest Gump, Fight Club, The Matrix etc) were given a chance, and found an audience.

Now everything is played safe. Hollywood doesn't want new franchises because they are deemed too risky, and the names we know and love are running out of ideas and passion and risk ruining the whole thing.

[-] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago

Interesting perspective and makes me think that's why the 18+ screen mega theatre is dying today. Not enough of those kinds of films to keep that many screens going and draw people in.

[-] shartedchocolate@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Exactly. Quit feeding them

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3 points 9 months ago

Still haven't watched rings of power, probably not now that I cancelled Prime after the ad fiasco.

Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War were fun - but very non canon.

Anyone who bought Gollum at all should take what you're saying to heart. Zero true fans of the Middle Earth world would put any money down for that game. If anyone bought it because they were a fan they deserved to lose their money, zero of the marketing material looked like it was going to be a quality product or decent addition to the story.