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Post by shadyvsesham on Jan 16, 2018 4:27:41 GMT
First, I dedicate this thread to my man @screamingtreefrogs awesome thread and I hope you dont mind me taking this route.
So his thread did get me thinking....what about the other way? Shows that ended way too soon with so much potential to do more with it?
Beavis and Butthead - It ended imho way too soon. I guess go out on top. (When they did bring it back, wasnt the same. To little too late).
Sonic Show (2nd one) - Doomsday episode ended with a new villain and a new story line. NOPE, sorry, canceled!
Spartacus - Andy's death hurt it, but it seemed so rushed on the last season.
So any shows you guys wish would have gotten a longer run?
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Post by sdm3 on Jan 16, 2018 4:31:58 GMT
Hannibal - It was planned to run for seven seasons. I was really interested to see it explore the material from The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal.
Boardwalk Empire - got a shortened episode order for its final season and had to have a huge time jump rushing through lots of key events. Clearly not how it was supposed to go. I still think that Terence Winter ended up getting bored of the show and wanted to focus on making his (shitty) 70s music drama, Vinyl.
Deadwood - No explanation required here. One of the greatest shows of all time, cruelly cut short. The good news is that, miraculously, plans seem to be going ahead with a movie but that can't replace what a full fourth season would've given us.
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Post by MCDemuth on Jan 16, 2018 4:43:21 GMT
Stargate Universe...
I would have liked the origins of the mystery pattern embedded in the Cosmic Background Radiation of the Universe to have been solved.
At least we found out that was Destiny's mission before SyFy cancelled the show.
I Hate SyFy... They killed so many great science fiction shows... They should have stayed the SciFi Channel!
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jan 16, 2018 6:27:07 GMT
Firefly
Veronica Mars
Star Trek Enterprise - cancelled just as it was getting good.
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Post by MCDemuth on Jan 16, 2018 6:49:01 GMT
Star Trek Enterprise - cancelled just as it was getting good. I was a big Enterprise fan, and I too would have liked to have seen additional episodes and perhaps more seasons.... At least there was an ending to the show, even though it was a bit controversial, being featured as a holodeck episode of TNG... However, I have heard somethings that might have happened in Season 5, which might contradict the finale... so I don't know if the Finale was written after they were cancelled, or what the deal was... 1.) Commander Shran was supposed to join the crew. I find this doubtful. Why would he? How would that affect the chain of command for the rest of the crew? 2.) The Enterprise would receive a refit, that would give it a secondary hull, like Kirk's Enterprise. I've seen this design, and it is pretty neat looking... But... Obviously this would contradict the Finale. Since Columbia was launched a year earlier, with very little difference in design to what Enterprise was... This Seems unlikely, that there would be a refit like this in Season 5... Then you have the "Romulan War" that everyone wanted to see. Not sure how that would have fit in with the premise of "Exploration". Also you have the constant issue of not breaking established Cannon from the earlier future shows. I don't think Enterprise ever broke it, in fact, several times it tried to straighten out many issues (For Example: The Klingon Augments)... but it sure BENT IT several times! Not sure how well more episodes would have been received. Perhaps, it was best that it did end, at the end of the fourth season... |
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Post by GiantFan1980 on Jan 16, 2018 8:13:19 GMT
Duckman. Great adult cartoon comedy of the mid/late 90's era that ended on a big ol double bird fuck you viewers cliffhanger and writer Michael Markowitz went on record saying that they never formally planned a part 2 to the finale and he went on with some cryptic bullshit that he knows how it ends and he will never tell anyone and it's up to future generations to restart the show. Guy sounds like a pretentious ass!
The Critic was another great adult cartoon for it's time and despite a ratings gain in the second season it was cancelled. The show was ahead of it's time and still holds up well and I think the criticisms it had about the movie industry are even more relevant today. The writers brought it back for a "third season" consisting of 3-5 minute episodes. They got John Lovitz back but because of the low budget they weren't able to bring back the main cast and they were simply left out and not mentioned. Now that half the main cast is dead, I think a lot of the magic would be gone if they did try a legitimate revival.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 8:43:09 GMT
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Post by WarrenPeace on Jan 16, 2018 10:47:32 GMT
Soap
It ended on a cliffhanger where a bunch of the characters were about to meet some kind of doom or fate.
It was supposed to continue into the next season but ABC pulled the plug on it.
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Post by WarrenPeace on Jan 16, 2018 10:48:21 GMT
Police Squad!
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 16, 2018 10:58:28 GMT
The Sopranos. It never got stale.
Fargo. What the fuck? Why go out on such a mediocre season. That cow had a lot more milk in it.
The Honeymooners and Fawlty Towers. One season only?
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Post by No_Socks_Here on Jan 16, 2018 10:58:51 GMT
Deadwood & Rome. The morons who run HBO have a nice reputation for killing off shows that are very popular and whose stories aren't finished. How do these assholes keep their jobs?
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Post by Marv on Jan 16, 2018 11:00:17 GMT
Firefly
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Post by MrFurious on Jan 16, 2018 11:18:39 GMT
Firefly and Dark Skies(96)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2018 11:19:38 GMT
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 16, 2018 12:50:28 GMT
And here I thought I was the only person on Earth that remembered that show. Great pick. |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 16, 2018 12:53:10 GMT
Deadwood & Rome. The morons who run HBO have a nice reputation for killing off shows that are very popular and whose stories aren't finished. How do these assholes keep their jobs? Loved both of those shows. The backstory behind both of those is complicated if I remember correctly, and had more to do with the creative minds behind them than simply being canceled by the network. |
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 16, 2018 13:04:18 GMT
There was a show back in the mid-90s that I really enjoyed called Strange Luck. It was about a guy who survived a plane crash as a kid and now worked as a freelance photographer. Weird stuff always happened when he was around, it was kind of a case of the week procedural with a larger wrap around mystery story. He would hang around at this diner and pay for his meals with whatever he won from scratch tickets, fun stuff like that. DB Sweeney in the starring role. You can find the show on youtube and I have to admit the show feels very dated if you try to watch it now. It only lasted one season, but you can't beat the premise. It's noir at its finest with limitless storytelling potential.
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Post by sdm3 on Jan 16, 2018 13:40:55 GMT
I forgot about Rome. Incredible show but as I recall it was the BBC pulling out of funding which brought about that show's ending. It was just too expensive especially at the time. However HBO didn't anticipate the massive sales of DVDs later on. If only they'd kept it going.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Jan 16, 2018 15:47:56 GMT
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