What would be your top 3 biggest entertainment blunders in the last 15 years that had they done it better it would've made a lot more money?
Obviously without saying, the virus that is DEI/obsession with representation has ruined a lot of stuff, but here are my top 3.
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Not having Luke training Jedi students as one of the opening scenes of episode (could have easily had Han/Luke/Leia and maybe Lando reunite at the beginning, also you could've had Rey be one of his top students and the other Jedi provide an outlet for future stories)
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Not doing an inspirational Superman movie with Henry Cavill (speaks for itself)
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Marvel deciding to follow the All-New All Different crap instead of years of better source material for their movies. Why not do a Kirby inspired F4 or the X-Men, Silver Sable, Black Cat, actual Defenders, etc. But of course it makes more sense to push characters who are self inserts whose comic books keep getting cancelled like how they are really pushing Ms. Marvel to be the face of the company. (I know the comic book industry has had issues in the past, but to constantly push crappy female characters or race swapped characters that nobody asked for as well as telling actual comic book fans to piss off is beyond insanity)
Honorable mention: letting some moron showrunner be in charge of Wheel of Time when he cares more about girl power/lgbt representation.
Not sure it cost them money but not having Jon Snow fight the Night King was dumb or at least him and Ayra fight him together.
Lucasfilm not continuing the EU in it's own continuity instead of telling a group of very loyal fans to piss off.
What are yours?
After reading through tons of comments I think it's clear that race/sexuality/gender swapping along with the storytelling retardation that follows people who that kind of shit is the #1 most egregious and all encompassing fuck up of the past decade. It's infected almost EVERY movie, TV show, video game, commercial, franchise and IP from Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Game of Thrones, LoTR, Witcher, anime, Disney, classic European tales and even historical features.
But putting that aside which probably takes up the top 100 slots:
DCEU just fucking up everything. -Snyder shouldn't have helmed it -Horrible casting for Lex Luthor, Flash, Aquaman, Lois Lane -No planning. The movies don't work together. Inconsistent. Unsure of canon. -having half a dozen live action DC universes at the same time or within a short window. Arrow verse, Nolan trilogy, DCEU, Titans, Gotham Knights, Gotham, The Batman, Joker (that's already eight) AND having like five different animated universes at the same time as well. It's fatiguing. -Doing an ensemble movie too soon (Batman v Superman) -Doing an even more ambitious ensemble movie too soon (Justice League) -using the dark Knight returns story at the beginning of the DCEU instead of at the very end (it's literally Batmans last arc, even coming out of retirement) -Not making Black Adam the villain of Shazam 1 (or 2 for that matter) -Giving Black Adam his own movie -Not making Black Adam a villain -Letting the rock ruin a whole movie, franchise and universe
HBO absolutely fumbling the last two seasons of Game of Thrones but especially season 8. The battle of winter fell was horrible. John snow not becoming king was horrible. Sansa being given any authority or any other living thing was horrible since she's basically retarded. Jamie Lannister failing his own character arc was horrible. Arya Stark going from assassin to girl boss warrior was horrible. The Night King getting a dragon was horrible. Basically they ran out of runway and had to land that shit and this was their attempt at a landing. From the glory of season one to the absolute shit clogged toilet of season 7 and 8. So sad to watch.
Sequel fatigue. Marvel can't stop making shit movies. Disney same thing with Star Wars everything movies rides parks shows, and Indiana Jones, Toy Story.