Do you have Prince Albert in a can?

It’s the middle of winter.

Eh, hiring incompetent people is something philly has always excelled at.

-a philadelphian

Singapore authorities may administer many canings, but to what effect? Got any statistics?

Yeah, was gonna say, old Fox and good niche sci-fi didn't mix.

Absolutely. If someone doesn't change something I see an imminent death spiral. People won't watch new shows out of fear of a cancelation with a cliffhanger, causing Netflix to cancel pretty much every show after their first season. Eventually leading to people leaving Netflix as long as the other streaming services do a better job at telling complete stories.

One possible change would be if Netflix shows were self contained stories each season, no cliffhangers or dangling threads. So that way when they get canceled it will still suck but won't make the shows complete wastes of time

That one was devastating, I still rewatch it all the time anyway

Small groups of fans can become large groups of fans. They also can remain small groups, or even diminish. And the general principle of everything is that successes are much more rare than failures, and the majority of media that didn't catch immediate attention will... just die unknown.

If you gave a chance to every movie that might become popular, you'd be throwing huge piles of money on nothing. Which is not the best business strategy

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OMFG……you should have to have a psych evaluation to even run for office.

One word. Firefly. The show was very successful after it was cancelled. Initial views and retention only define success of you choose that definition. If you are the one defining it, then you are always right. But if you listen to those small groups of fans, they can become large groups of fans. If you cancel a show and never redefine success, then it’s self fulfilling prophecy.

stares at the grave of Altered Carbon

Funny thing about viewership metrics though, it turns out people aren't very willing to engage with shows that will likely be cancelled after one season. I believe Netflix is doing this to themselves to a degree and they might not even realize it.

How many dead people have you killed?

> I am genuinely not sure what the point of your comment is.

To point out the naivety of yours.

Disney+ does that for most of their shows. First week usually has 2 or 3 episodes, then they release 1 a week till the end of the season.

Which teletubby do you think Tucker masturbates to?

No, but I meant even if it did, it was unlikely to gain enough watchers.

Cowboy Bebop had positive reception someplace?

You know, I watched that 90s show. Not the best thing ever, but I enjoyed it enough.

Been googling "That 90s Show cancelled" once a day ever since - just know it's coming.

so, bad judgement AND full of shit. got it

Damn that video was heartbreaking. Assuming you saw the one from the creator.

A detail missing is that Netflix clearly throws too much money, and thus expectations, at a show that is just not likely to meet it. It was obvious that Cowboy Bebop, and Resident Evil were doomed to be cancelled when they released. They were too high-budget, too risky and even a relatively positive reception wasn't likely to translate to enough watchers.

They set shows up to fail too often by doing this.

Not a Netflix production