Originally posted by: Anchorhead
I think it’s a very real possibility there’s some of that taking place. A bit of a Star Trek situation. How many times can you tell the same story, with the same (or similar) characters? We get it – prime directive, warp speed, cloaking, no emotions, humanoid aliens as crew members, a personal journey, etc, etc. You reach a saturation point, even with the hardcore fan base.
… you can only burn the candle at both ends for so long before, well, pardon my language, but, nobody fucking cares. I think that it's his taking, even by his standards, attempts to milk the franchise, to ends that the networks don't want to to go to
I think it’s a very real possibility there’s some of that taking place. A bit of a Star Trek situation. How many times can you tell the same story, with the same (or similar) characters? We get it – prime directive, warp speed, cloaking, no emotions, humanoid aliens as crew members, a personal journey, etc, etc. You reach a saturation point, even with the hardcore fan base.
Actually, Star Trek did reach a sort of saturation point. Nemesis and ENT both did rather mediocre business, leaving little to celebrate the anniversary with. I think that, after 40 years, even hardcore fans were kind of, well, just sick of it.
Which, I hate to be calous, is what I hope will happen with Star Wars. Let it rest and speak for itself. Hopefully, if enough products bomb, maybe he'll turn to the OOT as a last resort. I can dream.