Our Flag Means Death was cancelled. Its fans are fighting back: ‘Unhinged – in a good way’

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• Mr_Blott@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fucking hell, how can people not realise that less is more?

  Look at all the classic sitcoms. Did they get strung out for 20 series? No, they stopped

  Look at the reviews on IMDb for British shows, almost every one is “Oh my gaaad the Briddish make the best shows, but I wish they were laaaanger”

  They’re better because they’re shorter, you daft cunt

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  • ryan213@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Quality over quantity. However, I think 2 seasons is too short. I’m in the 4-5 seasons camp, especially if there are less than 10 eps each season.

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    • loobkoob@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think two seasons is plenty of they only have two seasons' worth of story to tell. I think trying to aim for arbitrary episode/season counts harms storytelling in general.

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    • dditty@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Three seasons is plenty for most shows. It seems like most fall off right around season 4

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  • JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In typical Internet behaviour, I tried to think of a rebuttal however immediately thought of what happened with Red Dwarf…

    Black Adder had the right formula: different time periods in each series.

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    • ryan213@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I can’t even watch the renewed Red Dwarf. Should’ve ended way before Series 8.

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  • misk@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, I loved the show and was gutted to see it end. And then I remembered that season two ended with a happily ever after (to the historically possible extent) and I can re-watch it in a couple of years.

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  • BoxerDevil@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, I agree for the most part, but I am always scared of shows ending up like My Name is Earl

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  • GlitterInfection@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    On the other hand most of my favorite shows of all time had 22-24 episode seasons.

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  • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re better because they’re shorter, you daft cunt

    Not just because they're shorter.

    The production schedule on US shows is often absolutely insane. Ridiculously long hours, multiple episodes per week, sometimes even writing the scripts and plot as the show airs on network television, which is why you'll have breaks or bottle episodes, to allow the writers to catch up.

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  • dpkonofa@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I totally agree that less is more but OFMD had some unresolved plots and stories. I’m pretty sure it was planned from the get-go for 3 seasons so losing the last one is a big deal.

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• givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If you need some more island Rhys Darby in your life, there’s a great TBS show called Wrecked where he’s a plane crash survivor in modern times.

  It’s not streaming anymore, but my buddy Stede said anything can be found on the high seas.

  It’s a highly underrated show.

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  • Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not to mention it features Whitest Kids U’ Know’s very own Zach “gallon of PCP” Cregger.

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• ryan213@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s *some *dedication! I liked the show, but I’m also lazy, so…I hope it works!

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• GlitterInfection@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Isn’t the real answer piracy?

  Like… Did you learn nothing from the show?

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  • Wumbologist@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How does piracy get the show picked back up for a third season?

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    • GlitterInfection@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      When executives have cannons aimed at their homes and are threatened with walking the plank, things get done quickly.

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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  In 2019, a woman named Emperial Young went on an eight-day hunger strike outside the Netflix building in New York, protesting against the streaming giant’s decision to cancel the cult hit TV show The OA.

  After two seasons, the queer pirate romcom starring Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby was cancelled by HBO’s Max earlier this month – and its fans quickly mobilised.

  They also flooded Max’s social media, phone lines and customer feedback inboxes en masse, and launched a petition that has just under 80,000 signatures at time of writing.

  “It’s been great to be involved in, not just to see everyone’s dedication, but how creative and hilarious some community members are in their tactics, which span from ‘respectful and sincere’ to ‘fairly unhinged’ – in a good way,” McKenzie says.

  In 2023 alone, cancelled shows included Disney+’s Willow, Netflix’s Shadow and Bone and Mindhunter, Paramount’s Star Trek: Prodigy and Max’s Gossip Girl, to name just a handful.

  Anne With an E fans used many of the same tricks as Our Flag Means Death, including buying billboards and social media strategies; they even had Ryan Reynolds tweeting his support.

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• realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wonder if their fans will get as notorious as Zack Snyder's fans if they keep this up

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