Crazy Like A Fox [or] The Fantastic Four Joint Permanent Committees

It kind of depresses me how bad the Fox executives are at handling beloved characters, leaving talented writer/directors alone, etc etc

Fantastic Four.
Firefly.
X Men: Last Stand.
Fantastic Four (Again).
Wolverine: Origins

I'm sure you can add your own examples.

Even when they get it right there are still loads of dumb decisions in there.

X Men: First Class was. Largely.

But why is Nightcrawler's mother (Mystique) a teenager with body issues? What trauma causes a german jewish mutant to suddenly develop an irish accent in the last 10 minutes?

I'm looking forward to Deadpool. It seems like they got it right. Second time around. After deciding that taking away a wisecracking antihero's power of speech and sticking his trademark swords into his arms would be a good thing to do.

Sigh.

But Fox only did this after 'someone' leaked test footage online. Which they had rejected. And everyone went nuts for. (Including me).

So here's a thought.

Why not get rid of the entire executive structure at Fox?

Replace it with a user-friendly website with a well-moderated forum where Fox can upload all test footage, first draft scripts, concept art, previz and audition tapes. And let the internet decide.

Because (in Deadpool's case) the internet seems to be doing a much better job for a fraction of the cost.

There's only one downside I can foresee.

The fact the Fox obviously employees SO MANY people that don't have a clue about anything is keeping them out of harms way.

I mean, these guys could be playing in a scarier sandbox - like deciding American foreign policy.