Let's not generalize. There is teh problem of low standards.
The juxtaposition of these two sentences is hilarious. Was that intentional?
Also, the problem isn't just that people have low standards It's that there's often broad disagreement over what the standards
are. Obvious point is obvious (obvs).
But some people are just attracted to what is familiar.
This is a really odd point to make in a conversation presumably with genre fans. By definition, fans of a given genre want familiar elements - because that's what genres
are. Collections of plots, themes, stock characters, and common elements shared between works that get that place them in the same general category. Which makes discussion the
unfamiliar and the
innovative vis a vis genre media something that requires a bit of nuance (and less 'implied sheeple' argumentation).
Some will just see anything with the Star Wars logo on it. Some have short term memory. Others just were never exposed to quality. But most are just programmed to consumme. It is what mass marketing and mass culture is about in our capitalist world.
See above re: less implied sheeple rhetoric.
The Star Wars franchise is not in good health and it is because quality isn't there.
See now I disagree (oh so many different standards!). Of the 4 contemporary Star Wars films, 2 are excellent, 1 is very good, and 1 is good, despite a troubled production. For starters, The Last Jedi is absolutely gorgeous in places, and -- at least for middle-aged me -- surprisingly emotionally resonant (the sad Luke parts).
Quality is measurable by all.
Agreement over said measurements, however...
Seriously though, can you list a few films you consider to be 'quality'? Without an example of your baseline, this is just "You have bad taste! Do not! Do too!"
It just takes a distance.
This could be the start of a beautiful... I mean, good point.
To be less emotionally involved.
But this kinda wrecks it. Art that provokes an emotional response is art that works. Especially one that endures over time. I know what your saying: people's emotional attachment to a given work/franchise/whatever clouds their more intellectual assessment of it. But that elides how those attachments form in the first place, the validity of those reactions, and how easy it is for intellectual assessments of art to eclipse more honest responses.
If you weren't a fan, there could be a discussion about how bad the films are.
Begging the question, you are. A good film critic does not this thing.