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BusinessPurge t1_jdktts3 wrote

not since twin peaks has an accidental 20 year gap worked in a show's favor

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OneGuyJeff t1_jdmcbge wrote

The first new IT movie coming out 27 years after the original was also pretty neat

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Chaotickane t1_jdmn7ka wrote

I really hope this happens with The Expanse. For those who don't know, the show ends at the end of book 6. Between book 6 and 7 is a 30 year gap but still involves the same characters since human lifespans are about double what they are now.

It'd be awesome to see the show pick up again in like 15 years and do the last 3 books.

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BusinessPurge t1_jdmvx5o wrote

I’d love a proper book finale, I’ll wager it eventually happens just maybe as two or three telefilms not full seasons. Like Farscape Peacekeeper Wars

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Three_Froggy_Problem t1_jdl1b4f wrote

How so?

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BusinessPurge t1_jdl8425 wrote

Twin Peaks had some rather bizarre plot stuff that essentially said the story will pickup in 25 years and then “froze“ some of its cast. By making a sequel 25 years later they were able to pay off what they had setup, as if it were always planned that way for season three. It sounds like the new Clone High original characters have been frozen all twenty years, about enough time to grow a new generation of clone teen characters. It pays off the cliffhanger of them getting frozen, like the plan was always to wait twenty years for season two. Both shows had in-universe explanations already built into their very long delays between seasons

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mihran146 t1_jdmsbp7 wrote

How long was the gap for Samurai Jack?

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RichardGibson t1_jdnhoth wrote

In the story 50 years pass between seasons 4 & 5 (Jack doesn’t age anymore) but about 13 years passed in real life.

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