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While we're ripping on them, let's not forget that Netflix's strategy has left it with a vast library of half-complete series. Imagine if they had finished, sa

While we're ripping on them, let's not forget that Netflix's strategy has left it with a vast library of half-complete series. Imagine if they had finished, say, The OA, 1899, Glow, Sense8, and a couple of more of the series that had devoted fan bases. In the future, these shows would be a selling point for new Netflix subscribers. Instead, they're just junkyard scrap that almost nobody starts watching, since they know there's no satisfying ending.

jerojero 4y ago
I watched all of the series you mentioned and enjoyed all of them thoroughly. In fact, they are all in my top favorites for the platforms. I really appreciate that they had the decency to give Sense8 some kind of ending, but honestly I also understood why it was cancelled, it was extremely ambitious and expensive and at the time Netflix was just dipping their toes into originals. But at this point in the game it seems ridiculous to me for them to cancel something like 1899 because it's not the massive hit they expected, and I really mean massive hit because sure enough the show was quite popular looking at the numbers. I've cancelled my Netflix subscription, of course, because the platform is just not giving me the quality I had come to expect. I was devastated when they cancelled The OA, specially given that it's a show that deals with emotional alienation; it really resonated with me. But oh well. Business is business, it just seems like personally I'm not very well aligned with the market.
- AndyKluger 4y ago
  I still hope for the The OA continued in some form one day. Book, short story, graphic novel, comic, animated, audio/podcast, picture book, anything.
freilanzer 4y ago
Mind Hunter... Jesus Christ, that alone makes me want to cancel my subscription.
stuckinhell 4y ago
Devoted fanbases doesn't mean money though. TV shows can be expensive to make and often have very thin margins. Nerd were major targets for a while because they have extra income they would use to buy merchandise. It's why reality tv is beloved by executives because it's cheap and profitable.

jerojero 4y ago

I watched all of the series you mentioned and enjoyed all of them thoroughly. In fact, they are all in my top favorites for the platforms. I really appreciate that they had the decency to give Sense8 some kind of ending, but honestly I also understood why it was cancelled, it was extremely ambitious and expensive and at the time Netflix was just dipping their toes into originals. But at this point in the game it seems ridiculous to me for them to cancel something like 1899 because it's not the massive hit they expected, and I really mean massive hit because sure enough the show was quite popular looking at the numbers. I've cancelled my Netflix subscription, of course, because the platform is just not giving me the quality I had come to expect. I was devastated when they cancelled The OA, specially given that it's a show that deals with emotional alienation; it really resonated with me. But oh well. Business is business, it just seems like personally I'm not very well aligned with the market.

AndyKluger 4y ago
I still hope for the The OA continued in some form one day. Book, short story, graphic novel, comic, animated, audio/podcast, picture book, anything.

freilanzer 4y ago

Mind Hunter... Jesus Christ, that alone makes me want to cancel my subscription.

stuckinhell 4y ago

Devoted fanbases doesn't mean money though. TV shows can be expensive to make and often have very thin margins. Nerd were major targets for a while because they have extra income they would use to buy merchandise. It's why reality tv is beloved by executives because it's cheap and profitable.