I have sort of a hard time damning GI Jane. It sucked, but that was mostly Demi Moore. It made 50 million dollars.... I think, by 97, we were tired of looking at Demi. She does have that sort of "trailer trash" quality that wore thin.
Demi isn't the most egregious example of actors that went out of style. Tom Cruz, Sharon Stone, Richard Gere..... all on my "no way" list. I think Natalie Portman is another Hollywood mistake the box office will soon correct.
Even a stopped watch is right twice a day. Sometimes lousy actors get a good vehicle. The public is a quicker critic than what Hollywood reacts to.
Was GI Jane a bad movie or were we just really tired of one more Demi film? I think it's closer to the later.
There is one shining example I can think of. Kim freaking Catrall. I did like the MST3K song....
What's that smell? Kim Catrall
She still turns up like a bad penny. It isn't fair, but there are only a few actors that can survive more than a decade. I think GI Jane was just the end of Demi.
You could add Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Love and some others to the list of actors Hollywood didn't realize we didn't care about any more.
I think GI Jane wasn't as bad, as just stale. Stale Mooreness mostly.
One good example of public fatigue is Alan Alda. After 12 years of Mash, I think we were just about Alan Alda'ed to death.
I think he was a pretty decent actor. You'll notice Wil Wheaton's STNG adventure was the end of his career. Hell, anyone in STNG had a career ender.
Ron Howard is another one. He wore it out as an actor and a director. Let's not get me started on Spielberg. He even went back to ruin Star Wars with "new" releases of movies that were decent until he re-screwed them.