Stone_Cold_Sisko wrote:
Sounds kind of interesting, but frankly I want to get away from this mindset that making a mediocre movie is acceptable as some kind of setup for "my Wrath of Khan". IMO if you make a mediocre movie, you get booted from the franchise, as it should be.
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Sure, give the next guy the chance to start over and make his mediocre movie instead. Then the next guy...
I mean, your statement doesn't actually have anything to do with how anyone involved - studio, directors, etc - actually approach these projects.
"Ah, this is my first time at bat so I won't try that hard. 'Mediocre' is good enough, because I'll do really well on the second one. After all, I know that they'll keep me on."
Yeah, that's the "mindset" and those are the expectations that motivate the way things are done.
