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Nanis23 posted...

I don't understand this
Creative differences between co-workers is one thing...but with the fucking creators of the franchise?
They fucking made it. They are the reason it was successful. They fucking know what they are doing. They built the world, the characters, the settings, the humor, everything - they know better than anyone else how to make it successful
The staff should ask them about anything. They should have a a near veto power on every single decision. Every single person on the set should listen to what they have to say and agree with their vision

*(Of course there are some exceptions to this like Gamefreak and the fuck happened to the storyteller of Blizzard after TFT)

To play devil's advocate, for the Original Trilogy, George Lucas was kept in check. His creative ideas were allowed to flow, but within reason. When the Prequels came around, he had so much clout that they basically let him do whatever the hell he wanted, and we ended up with Jar Jar Binks.

To use a more contemporary example, look at the older MGS games, where Kojima was allowed to be creative, but was kept in check somewhat. Compare MGS/MGS2 to the raging dumpster fire that Death Stranding ended up being.

Sometimes creative people get too far up their own ass, and they need competent people to keep them in check. If the Netflix producers are competent, this could end up being a good thing for the series.

However it's far more likely that instead of keeping the creatives in check, they were more like typical film/TV producers and stupified the product to such an insane level that it doesnt even resemble the source material. Good examples of that include The Dark Tower movie, The Hobbit, or even the last time they tried to make a TLA movie.

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