Beckland t1_j0bv5sn wrote on December 15, 2022 at 2:58 PM

I’m not sure why it’s so upsetting to people that some shows are getting cancelled.

There is too much content. There is just too much to watch, you could spend the next 5 years just working through a backlog of great scripted shows that have come out in 2017-2022, and you would still not get through it all.

There are hundreds of high quality scripted shows that you haven’t seen yet. Just watch one of those.

Shows are made to end. Yes, it’s sad, but it’s inevitable. We can love shows and still lose them. They can’t rage against the dying of the light forever.

Unika0 t1_j0cojuj wrote on December 15, 2022 at 6:09 PM

>There is just too much to watch, you could spend the next 5 years just working through a backlog of great scripted shows that have come out in 2017-2022, and you would still not get through it all.

You're underestimating how much content I can fit in a day, but also that's not the point. People are upset cause shows they like are not only being cancelled but also removed from the platform.

ChrisRedfieldfanboy t1_j0c7tpp wrote on December 15, 2022 at 4:22 PM

Because people get invested in the shows they like and get no proper ending. If someone discontinues your favorite product you are likely to be frustrated even if there are many other good products available.

Beckland t1_j0cbuux wrote on December 15, 2022 at 4:48 PM

Every show runner has a responsibility to have an ending ready at any time, and build their show in a way that it feels like a satisfying end whenever, because they know the media environment they exist in.

thebruns t1_j0coms6 wrote on December 15, 2022 at 6:09 PM

Youre entirely missing the point. They are not just cancelling shows, but completely removing them. Westworld Season 4 only just aired in August.

>backlog of great scripted shows that have come out in 2017-2022,

How does one go through a backlog if the titles are removed?

Beckland t1_j0dtle0 wrote on December 15, 2022 at 10:34 PM

I get it. But it’s not like they are deleting ALL the content, so of course there are still lots of shows to watch.

More broadly, I guess maybe I just never believed that streaming services would hold content in their service forever…or even for very long.

It’s in the streamer’s best interest to create “windows” as they always have…from first-run to re-runs; to the Disney Vault; to sending shows to Netflix 90 days after DVD release.

This has always been a part of the industry and I see no reason to expect that they would have changed just because the delivery mechanism has changed again.