Comment by jerojero

5 hours ago

a lot of these projects were cancelled though.

imo, that's the worst thing about Netflix. its not that they don't produce good series, its that when they do they have a high peobability of getting cancelled.

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paxys  5 hours ago

I feel like people who say this never watched a lot of TV before Netflix. Every popular show overstays its welcome and gets cancelled once people get bored. That's just how TV works. Netflix isn't even the worst offender.

  • Lammy  3 hours ago

    I would rather a show go on too long and let me decide when to stop watching, like how my Simpsons DVD rips are only seasons 1 through 10 (including season 11 holdovers, so my set ends on Sneed lol)

    Corollary: I really miss Inside Job

  • autoexec  4 hours ago

    Netflix doesn't wait for people to get bored. It canceled Kaos the same month they released it! It had good reviews and a lot of binges but that didn't save it from the axe.

    Dead Boy Detectives was canceled less than 5 months after it was released.

    With so much competing for our time there's no way everyone is going to jump on every show immediately after it gets released and watch it several times over so whatever bullshit metrics netflix is using look impressive enough for them to give the show's fans a satisfying conclusion.

    If you watched TV before netflix you might remember that sometimes it took two or more entire seasons before a show became popular. Some extremely popular and successful shows were like that and would never have happened if netflix had put them out.

    • intothemild  4 hours ago

      I don't watch Netflix anymore. If a shows on Netflix I just skip it mostly because of two main reasons

      1. It's going to get cancelled, so why invest my time. 2. I won't be able to find it.. discoverability is the absolute pits in that app.

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  • intothemild  4 hours ago

    Netflix has shows that absolutely overstayed their welcome.

    Stranger things should have been one maybe two seasons.