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‘Our Flag Means Death’ Canceled After Two Seasons at Max
(variety.com)
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Throw it on the pile.
At least Our Flag Means Death had a bit of closure at the end of the 2nd season. I'm livid there won't be another season of Raised by Wolves.
I had strong love for the brilliance of the first 2 episodes as directed by Ridley Scott, and the absolute batshit craziness of the ones directed by his son, Luke. It was pretty clear they ran out of SFX budget for S1 during that scene though…
Batshit is about right. That show was so off the rails in such a fun way. Really scratched the bizarre sci-fi itch. To the point that I didn't mind the poorly done visuals. It was a lot like Lexx or Red Dwarf in that regard.
Loved the show, hated the flashbacks, I felt it detracted from the whole point of the show. >!I could excuse the flashbacks on the ship, that story was interesting too.!< Then the flashbacks kept coming and coming. I think they spent basically a whole episode in a flashback and that really frustrated me.
I agree with all of the criticisms mentioned here, bur dont care. That show was so refreshingly bizarre and bold, I absolutely loved it. Was it hard to follow? Extremely. Did it have some uh interesting moments effects wise? Definitely. But it was so much better than the typical drivel we get. Id kill to read it as a book series or even just hear where the creators wanted the story to go, but we never will.
I will never again lament that a show didn't find closure before cancelation.
We were really liking Ragnarok (Netflix), but when it was clear thege wouldn't be a fourth year, the writers threw together the worst, most unsatisfying, rushed, cop-out conclusion. Ever. Like, GoT season 8, but worse. Like they collectively said, "cancel us? Then fuck you!"
I honestly wish I'd have quit in the middle of S3. Not knowing would have been better.
Cliffhangers are worse, honestly. They demonstrably don't help nowadays. Ending a season-long arc is a great place to leave people wanting another... whether or not you get another. Ending that arc in the first episode of next season is a middle finger to most audiences.