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[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This shit needs to stop. Same with Marvel, Star Trek, Star Wars…. All of this shit needs to stop.

[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, neighbor. Humanity's about done here and allll that shit will stop.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The new Trek series have been, with one exception, great. Oh, do you mean the fuck terrible movies? Yeah.

[–] avater@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

what? Have you seen other versions of discovery or picard than I did? only current good StartTrek show is the Orwell...

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a Star Wars fan I say this shit has gotten so egregious that for most intents and purposes it has already stopped.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ever since the extended universe was declared non-canon, Star Wars died for me.

[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

When that happened we started regretting to them as fan fiction, it made my friend very angry.

[–] funnystuff97@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Eh, somewhat disagree. I think some series have big potentials for spinoffs or side stories. The Disney Star Wars movies were terrible, agreed, but some of the shows are fantastic.

Marvel (and DC for that matter) is finicky. Comic books are, by their nature, extremely continuous, so there will always be more content to adapt. Whether or not it's good or worth adapting is dependent on both the comic series and the producers' capabilities, but that's another issue.

I mean, I'll give an example. The Last Airbender, fantastic show. It could have ended there and we'd all be satisfied. But The Legend of Korra, while not as great as TLA, was still (imo) very good. But the Last Airbender movie? Yeah, we all know it sucked hard.

I wouldn't say writers should never ever look to make spinoffs or side stories to existing content, but obviously it should be good, and it's demonstrably possible. Star Wars gave us The Clone Wars, Breaking Bad gave us Better Call Saul, and I mean on a somewhat relevant note, LotR gave us Shadow of Mordor, which I really liked. New, original content [edit: as a sequel to already existing content] can be good... but obviously, not always.