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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm really sick of these streaming companies starting things they don't want to finish because it was only moderately profitable instead of wildly profitable.

We should have contracts that mandate minimum number of seasons for all of this.

Like them rebooting Harry Potter. Why would I get invested when you're just going to cancel it in three seasons? You want me to be invested? Put your money where your mouth is, out up the money for the entire series now if you are that sure of it. If you're not willing to commit, why should I?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

We should have contracts that mandate minimum number of seasons for all of this.

Yeah if I ever ran a streaming service that made original content I'd put in a stipulation that if a cancellation order is made, the producers still get to make a proper end to the series in the form of a final season or a special or movie. How Netflix especially treats their original projects feels like if Barnes & Noble sold books in halves and flipped a coin in a back room to determine whether or not to sell the second half in 18 months.