Hollywood hasn't been original in so long... they thought they had the formula figured out. They actually thought that an IP by itself drove profits - and it did, for a time.
But now that they are stuck in this lazy cycle they can't get out. And the writers and actors want more?
It turns out your hack writers can photocopy something good from your childhood, get something decent, and make a quick buck, but then your new hack writers photocopy something decent from their childhood, and you get something bad, and nobody but the audience seems to realize it's bad.
Hollywood hasn't been original in so long... they thought they had the formula figured out. They actually thought that an IP by itself drove profits - and it did, for a time.
But now that they are stuck in this lazy cycle they can't get out. And the writers and actors want more?
Cool, I hope their whole little world collapses.
It turns out your hack writers can photocopy something good from your childhood, get something decent, and make a quick buck, but then your new hack writers photocopy something decent from their childhood, and you get something bad, and nobody but the audience seems to realize it's bad.