Yes, they need to focus on telling a good story, and that seems beyond them. Politics isn't the only issue present here. It's that we're in the time of a late-stage society, where CGI and excessive corporate business practices have smothered creativity, plus their slavery to the nostalgia market.Deledrius wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 9:30 pm I doubt it. There's still nothing in these shows to appeal to a wider audience, no matter how much they try to piss off the fans of the franchise to do it. That's what you need to achieve that sort of recognition. Meanwhile, so much of the advertising on the official FB page and twitter feeds, as well as the "official" fansites, is constantly pushing the bad fanwank and "easter eggs" nonsense that is going to push away non-fans who might see it. As a fan, the sickening amount of pandering in that sort of junk pushes me away, too.
I really don't think anyone at CBS has a clue what they're doing with this franchise aside from hoping something sticks. Maybe they'll find it, but right now, I doubt any of this is going to be more than a footnote in the franchise.
Really, that's only going to get worse with time, as the era the nostalgia market has hit has been perfectly preserved, and this could lead to the death of the monoculture.
