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For shame for you to say that Star Trek has run on too long.

We need messages about cooperating to create a classless, moneyless society of benevolent people now more than ever.

CSI (and other shows that distort the public’s understanding of the criminal justice system—see the CSI effect).

If I don't like something, I just don't watch it. It doesn't bother me if others enjoy it.

Abrahamic religions 👍 we get it you've daddy issues don't take it so serious

Jurassic Park, the last like 5 have been the same rehashed ideas along with “big dinosaur how we kill it?”

I would like to know the demographics of the people who still watch the Simpsons. They are out there. There are many of them.

MCU has really run its course. They’ve jumped the shark

How about a bit different perspective?

What long running franchise should be taking out of the hands of idiots and given to people who are actually talented and creative?

The one exception is the MCU, that is definitely one that needs a break. I feel I've been watching the same movie over and over since the second Avengers.

The worlds of Star Trek and Star Wars are so vast that there are tons of stories that could be told. It just needs to be in the hands of someone that is actually good at their job and not a profit crazy committee.

The Simpsons. Used to be sensational but isn't anymore.

Trump / MAGA

Every. Single. Fucking. EA Sports franchise

They ought to be arrested for it, but players are somehow still buying it.

Futurama. I think it's the best 30 minute show of all time but it's time for it to go. It's OK. Good things are allowed to end.

Fucking Grey's Anatomy. Idk if it really counts as a franchise though but it's on season 22 and hasn't been good in years. It needs to end. I keep waiting for an asteroid to hit the hospital because that's pretty much the only disaster that hasn't hit that hospital yet.

Rupert Murdoch.

those are franchises older than tv, not only streaming, so i doubt it'll stop, The Walking Dead on the other hand... also they're rebooting Breaking Bad, soooo there's that

I love Star Trek dearly, I just don't think we're ever going to get a show that hits like TNG/VOY/DS9 (and even ENT/TOS) again - largely due to capitalism and the dramatic shortening of TV seasons. SNW is watchable and has some good bits in it, but it is forced to operate at a mile-a-minute pace, and either forced or poorly chosen by the showrunners to be Action Action Action about 90% of the time. I just need some breathing room!

That being said, Lower Decks and Prodigy both hit on a lot of what I love about Trek. Their cancellations (and the new ownership of Paramount, and Section 31, and SNW only getting 6 episodes for their last season) do not bring me any hope for the future.

All of them. How about some new shit for once?

Saw

Fast and furious.

Simpsons

Call of Duty and Pokémon.

McDonalds.

Five Nights at Freddy's has only been running for 11 years and is a corpse of its former self that seems to have been ironically put into a machine to make more money.

Bond.

Half of the plot points from all the movies have been enacted, attempted or discussed in the first year of Trump's presidency by his cabinet, handlers, backers or string-pullers or funders. Fictional supervillains as entertainment are a distraction, dangerously so when the real thing is happening as we speak.

One Piece. Never watched it because having to watch a thousand episodes just to catch up is simply not possible for me.

Tomb raider.

Or, wait, capitalism. Damn that's not a franchise, too bad.

One Piece. I was interested in it (the manga), but it's way too long.