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Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model by everdrive on Thursday January 12, 2023 @06:36AM (#34352085)
>They've chosen safe formulaic stories with evidenced success >Star Wars

Except I suppose with the second Star Wars, where they threw out the most of the movie in order to "subvert expectations"

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Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model by lommelun on Thursday January 12, 2023 @07:33AM (#34352564)
They only “subvert expectations” in popular content.

First seasons and new IPs are fairly traditional and follow common writing tropes (although poorly, as if the knowledge has eroded).

It’s only when something gets popular that it gets the “updated for modern audiences” treatment.

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Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model by fakedang on Thursday January 12, 2023 @09:30AM (#34353966)
I would say they wanted to follow the original formula way too closely, hence all the stuff that actually subverted expectations for the worse.
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