A huge movie requires a huge marketing attack. 6-String Samurais . I'm not saying we go back to the days of low-budget masters like Roger Corman, but I am saying that the industry is too focused on effects rather than scripts. Quirky, clever little scripts aren't being filmed because Armageddons and Deep Impacts are. This is what Star Wars , my beloved Star Wars , has done to the movie industry.
Empires rise and fall.
These franchises were unbelievably enormous in their time, but the ideas petered out. They came on, sang their songs, and were replaced by something new. And, perhaps, they're showing their age. It's time for Star Trek and Star Wars to ride off into the sunset, too. Something even better is trying to get born.