The Great ended too soon.
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Too soon: Counterpart. A truly marvelous science fiction thriller that explored the concept of a parallel universe and starred J. K. Simmons. I'm still fuming that Starz cancelled it after two seasons. It's not even available to stream anymore...
I saw the entire broadcast run of Clerks.
All both episodes.
Only six episodes were produced, and they eventually aired, but I did not find this out until years later. The internet ended a longstanding era where you could be aware of and interested in something, but know fuck-all about it, and have no sensible way of learning more. So I'd heard of Kevin Smith movies - but never seen any. Watching the Clerks movie would have taken a trip to a physical video-rental store, with my parents, and then convincing them (and myself) to rent a vulgar black-and-white movie for all of us to watch together. Wasn't happening. I was more likely to rent and watch any of the R-rated films that somehow got cartoon adaptations - which were part of that same impotent awareness. Robocop and Ghostbusters and fuckin' Starship Troopers were advertised anywhere and everywhere, and kids liked the shallow cool parts in the trailers, so executives said "fuck it" and licensed no-budget G-rated spinoffs to sell toys.
Anyway. The Clerks animated series exists because Disney wanted an adult-ish show to compete with The Simpsons. Everyone did. Disney knew they had a gap in their demographics for twenty-something dorks with disposable income. Aaand then they handed the finished episodes to ABC, who used a focus group of old farts and children. Of course it bombed. The first episode aired was a fake clip show full of flashbacks to episodes that did not exist. No, sorry, just checked Wikipedia: that was the second and final episode aired. The premiere ended with a wacky consequence-free style change, where the outsourced animators rebelled and delivered a lolrandom dance party.
At least Clone High got an entire season.
Disney knew they had a gap in their demographics for twenty-something dorks with disposable income.
Hey, that reminds me, did you watch Mission Hill? I'm kind of split on it, but I feel like it may fall into the too soon territory. However I could also see it having outstayed its welcome if it had been more successful.
I did not and have not. I've heard good things but never felt much interest.
It does sound like it could've fit the same niche as Bob's Burgers.
Chop Sockey Chooks.
Ended too soon.
Did anyone else watch Alphas? Stopped abruptly after 2 seasons.
Could not make it today with all the superhero fatigue, but in 2011 it was awesome.
Too soon:
Firefly (obviously)
Black Spot
Too late:
Supernatural (by, like ten seasons)
Too soons that I didn't see listed when I looked through the thread:
Dark Matter (I enjoyed this more than Firefly tbh)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Too soon: The Critic. We deserved more than 23 episodes of this brilliant show. It's too bad that the first season was on ABC who didn't know what to do with it, as they put it on before Home Improvement which was a completely different concept.
Too late: King of the Hill. It should've ended when Luanne and Lucky got married like it supposed to. Few of the episodes after that were memorable, and the finale wasn't as good as it could've been.
Both: Family Guy. The pre cancellation seasons were funny and the first couple of seasons after the revival were as well, but it insisted upon itself after awhile and the characters became more mean spirited than they originally were.
The last season of Scrubs doesn't exist and don't you dare try to convince me otherwise.
Kyle XY. I'm still pissed off at the abrupt cliffhanger ending.
The OA and Sense8... Netflix, you suck. Those were stunning shows.
Netflix's two-season reputation means they are not to blame when yet another showrunner pretends they're gonna get a third. You know damn well you're not doing Stranger Things numbers. It's on you to provide a satisfying endpoint, or you're just pissing people off and pointing fingers.
FTR: I agree that Sense8 was a great show. But I disagree that it was Netflix who killed it. It was the creators insisting on a globe trotting production. They priced themselves out by being unwilling to compromise that. And I say this as a fan who enjoyed seeing the actual exotic locales rather than trying to pass off northern Vancouver as Iceland.
(But I also feel the need to trash The OA. That was a great show, but the ending sucked. I have never been so pissed off at a season finale than that. That ending killed the show, not Netflix. You can’t piss off that many fans and expect to get invited back.)
That OA ending was insane, in a good way, what are you talking about about?
FTR: I just now realized there was a second season. I was unaware. I thought it only had one season. So it’s the first season ending I’m referring to.
Although I don’t have much intention of watching second season as the first season ending really put me off the show. I just felt like it was a slap in the face to spend so long invested in a show to have the season end on such a bullshit note.
My list:
Too soon:
- The OA
- Firefly
- Caprica (it was just starting to get interesting)
- Stargate Universe
- Jericho
- Altered Carbon
Too long:
- Game of thrones
- Dexter
- Lost
- Arrested development (they made a huge mistake bringing it back)
I am still mad that SGU didn't even get a sign-off movie on SyFy. That franchise was a massive property for that network, and the moment one of them faltered in the ratings they just dropped it like it was diseased. Those characters deserved better.
I recommend watching the redited version of arrested development. It's slightly better and the characters feel less isolated.
Altered Carbon season 1 was absolutely amazing. Everything from the cyberpunk aesthetic to Joel Kinnaman's acting was a joy to behold. The story in season 2 was good but Anthony Mackie killed it for me ... In a bad way.
Mackie is just such a limited actor. Why does he continue to get cast in movies?
Yeah I didn't rate him at all either, and it definitely started off a lot slower, but by the end I was properly into the story of season 2. It's a really shame as like you said season 1 was incredible, they just didn't have the same budget for S2. I would have liked to see more as we would have had a different actor and it never really got finished.
Too soon: Stargate Universe Too long: most shows over 4 seasons, but specifically, Walking Dead, Big Bang Theory.
Even though I'm a fan of both shows 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star have both been going on for far too long, them being forced to keep the teams together and not have any major character deaths, job changes, or major new additions really hampers how much they can do with the characters.
Terra Nova, Whiskey Cavalier, The Premise, and Y: The Last Man all ended too soon as well.
Once Upon a Time definitely went on too long.
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