you know, that's also a really good point since there's so many *bad* westerns out there that society's memory has generally forgotten about; it's not like all of them were peak art (let alone the extremely dated/racist bits). but i like your avengers comparison because that definitely feels like the "kind" of issue we're talking about with being overly concerned about marketability, big splashy 'death star 2.0 takes out even MOAR people' scenes ... without realizing why the original scenes were so powerful was because of its emotional stakes to the characters themselves (eg to Leia).