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I have zero interest in watching another season of this. Can nothing just be a good miniseries anymore? Gotta run everything good into the ground until it sucks?
It’s the Netflix paradox lol. Good shit with an ongoing narrative gets cancelled after one season, stuff that should have been a one and done or maybe two seasons gets dragged out for years (see also: stranger things)
There's a lot of that.
They did, to be fair, let Maniac and Beef stand on their own, but Jesus stranger things should have ended after s1.
EDIT: but goddamnit I just remembered they canceled The OA. Fuck Netflix man
EDIT 2: Beef is getting a second season apparently, but it is at least not a sequel
An exception to that rule might have been Bojack Horseman. It had a great ending after multiple seasons and resolved itself very nicely. IMHO, it might be the greatest show Netflix ever produced.
Generally speaking, you're right though. It doesn't just apply to Netflix, but almost every Television series. On the other side of the spectrum shows' greatnesses are realized long after they're canceled due to poor marketing, like Inside Job.
EDIT: small grammar change.
You know, I tried multiple times to get into Bojack and it never landed for me. It seems like it should be extremely my shit. Maybe I should give it another go one day.
The first season is it finding itself, I struggled with it too but after that it's pretty great
Did inside job get cancelled? Noo
Edit: just realised i got mixed up between inside job and inside man, ngl i dont care that much about inside job getting cancelled
The original creator made very little money on the first season, Netflix made it all. I believe the creator said they had no real interest in making a second season originally but wanted something to show for the show’s success.
Ugh I have mixed feelings. He does deserve to be compensated, so I'm glad he was at least able to get some cash out of Netflix for a second season.
I completely and utterly agree with your mini-series sentiment. I don't even begin to watch shows that aren't already finished.
Do you think Squid Games S1 can be watched as a stand-alone or does it lean too heavily into continuing?
First season is totally fine standalone, that’s what it was intended to be in the first place
Thanks! That's perfect to know that was the intent. I'll definitely torrent it then.
I think it's 100% fine on its own. There's a little "hey wink wink nudge nudge, maybe you could give us another season" at the end, but not every story ends with every loose end neatly tied up anyways.
Cool, I'll torrent it in that case!
First season was meant to be standalone, you can watch it just fine.
Yes everything has to be wrung out. What we do in the shadows ended recently and as soon as it ended there were calls to keep it going: "It was still good!"
The (american) industry does not understand getting out while the gettings' good. This isn't even a capitalism thing, it's an american capitalism thing.
They cancel the good stuff that needs new seasons and drag out the stuff that should have ended
Before what we do in the shadows the last show I saw that ended on a high note was probably Better Call Saul and that's been a few years. On the other hand I just found out Archer didn't end when he got in that coma. It's still going on. The Simpsons is older than my adult nephew