It seemed like space adventure outside of "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" had a really hard time in the 2010s. The Expanse had to fight for it's life. J Michael Straczynski was working on an adaption of Kim Stanley Robinson's "Mars Trilogy" but the studio he was working with was shuttered.
https://twitter.com/straczynski/stat...12320427220993
I would love to see an adaption of Iain M. Banks Culture series
but that went belly up as well.
https://www.tor.com/2020/08/24/amazo...omment-page-1/
Could a space sci fi show have become mainstream in the 2010s if it was of Game of Thrones or even "The Walking Dead" quality and on a mainstream network or would superheroes, zombies, and Game of Thrones be too strong for it to become successful? Has society in the 2010s stopped dreaming of a better future? Did space lose it's sense of wonder?
Could a space adventure be exciting without aliens and laser guns?