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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

firefly. didn't continue after finishing the first season and the movie.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I’m not sure if this is a joke but that’s all there was of that show, no?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Attack on Titan, my god. Not even between seasons, literally in the middle of a season and they're just like ok we're gonna take a 2 year break now!

At least One Punch Man has the courtesy to put their breaks in between seasons properly.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If I ever have "Fuck you money" Im going to buy the western distribution rights for a bunch of Animes, hire an editor to go through Animes, and edit out the recap of the previous episode, the title sequence, the annoying mid episode break and the next episode preview then smash the whole season into one long movie.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

a friend tried to get me to watch One Piece, I looked up how many episodes there were and I said fuck that lol

there probably are fan edits

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I was curious so I looked up how many episodes there were. I agree, fuck that haha

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

The fan edit is called One Pace. But I would just recommend reading the manga, the anime is pretty crap

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

IMO you can just watch the last episode recap and next episode preview and get 99% of the content.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, still haven't watched the finale. I mean, how often did they pull this "final episodes of the final half of the final part of the final season" shit?!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

oh yea that was insane, like 4 seasons over almost 10 years. i compare it to INvincible which also had a huge gap in between seasons. why the fuck is it 4 months between half of season 2, everyone forgot about that. then the animation started to get worst and worst. at this rate invincible might take as long AOT to finish the series(estimated 8-10years). and its only 8 episodes per season, surely they can finish it quickly since its not like its a 20-30 episode arcs. by that time everyone already have read the comics/or watched a live narration of said comics of the invincible series and are probably over it already.

and AOT around the last seasons , the animations were pretty bad too.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel like Stranger Things is headed for this (for me at least). It's been so long since S4 and the hype around it, it feels increasingly difficult to get that excited about S5. The longer it takes, the more I forget about ST.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I love that show but it's been so long I barely remember the last season

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Caprica, the 1-season Battlestar Galactica prequel. I liked it more than most people, but even I dropped off when they had a 6 month gap in the middle of the season.

Stranger Things. Season 4 took almost 3 years, during which time I had finally cancelled Netflix. I'm vaguely interested in watching the rest of the show, but not until it's done.

Westworld. Never quite finished season 3, and having yet another 2 year wait (after similar gaps between earlier seasons) meant I stopped caring.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I forgot how bad the Stranger Things scheduling was. I guess it's supposed to finally finish this year?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes. But I've forgotten them.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Not entirely.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Firefly - the new season is taking FOREVER man!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Setting up https://wiki.servarr.com/ helps with the latter since it'll just turn up in Jellyfin one day when a new season miraculously appears, huzzah! 🎉 Also is great when you suddenyy get movies you have no idea what they are about years after adding them 😸

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nearly every show cause I have ADHD.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm kind of there with "From" but it's my fault for discovering it just before the 3rd season aired. Binged seasons 1 and 2, watched 3 aaaaannnd... 4? Helllooooo?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_(TV_series)

Season 3 finale was 11/24/2024.

Plan is to shoot season 4 through 2025 so season 4 in 2026? Maybe?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I gotta rewatch it from the start to even start watching S3... So tiring

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

S3 was really good! but maybe wait until we're closer to S4 lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Haha yeah probably a good idea

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I got sick of that show. It's worse than Lost with the constant hints that there's some greater mystery but then refusing to give any solid details about it, just more cryptic clues that lead nowhere. At least in Lost they got off the damn beach after the first season.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Walking Dead. I started because it was popular when it came out, plus Frank Darabont directing. Season 1 was good, then AMC fired him. Seasons 2 and 3 dragged so I stopped after 3. Fast forward to the end of the series and my fiance wanted to watch the episodes as they came out. My first reaction was "why the fuck are there Stormtroopers in this zombie show?"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i heard it was only good in season 1.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah it pretty much is, they fired Frank right before shooting season 2, they demanded 13 episodes a season up from 6, as well as budget cuts out the ass. YMS has a short series about the differences between 1 and 2 if you're interested.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Under the Dome, there was quite a lot of hype because of the book of the same name by Stepfen King, but the show was not good. I stopped watching in the middle of the first season.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pretty much all modern TV series nowadays. You can't make a proper TV series when your actors/actresses and the rest of the crew have such long breaks. At a certain point, you just end up losing critical actors or writers or other members of staff.

The Expanse just kept going until the end, and SyFylis cancelled then, and then when Amazon cancelled them for good. Five and a half seasons in seven years, and that's even with the cancellations and COVID.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

expanse had some problems, i think one of the actors was ejected due to being a creep of woman. and then the books take place in the future, so it dint make sense to make a series so soon in post season 6, i heard.

i cringe at the 8episode per season arcs, its the studios execs trying to save money because they spent too much on a-listers, theres no harm in using other actors that arnt super famous, rare exception is STD the (nobody actors were just not that good for the show)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was only 6 episodes for the last season. I truly believe that they were trying to save as much money as possible for their LotR series, which is a shame because that series didn't fair so well, especially with the billion or so dollars they spent on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

oh right ROP, cost like 2billion per season. i reasoned why invincible went down in quality as well, the money got sucked up by LOTR. its good thing they are not trying to reboot STARGATE Though, because the showrunner actually said its not a good idea to do so.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

IASIP, after 10-12, the show went on for too long, and the actors clearly are getting too old and tired, but they are addicted to the money, and hollywood lifestyle. SPN, after season 8, most fans are wtf is even going after that, eventhough 11 had a good run because it something different. every season after 8 was fanfiction/slashfiction. eventhough they dint go on hiatuses, the show went on for too long for its own good, just because the fans would have a parsocial panic attack if they ended it early on.

and allegedly the actors in isaip did 2 year per season stints, and it worked for a while, but since its such a long length of time between seasons, they aged so much after reaching into thier 40s, they had to use botox and plastic surgery to catch up with appearances, it was so cringey. and rob was famous for going on PEDs to get jacked(which he tried to downplay)

[–] farngis_mcgiles 3 points 1 week ago

i still love isaip

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Damn near everything since streaming exploded over traditional television. Used to only have to wait through summer before a show's next season. Now it can be several years between seasons. Walking Dead was one of the first ones that did this to me... I watched to season 4 or 5 and totally thought that was it; fucker only ended in 2022 and had 11 total seasons.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I almost never watch the second season of any shows, the gap just kills my interest. When I do, it usually are finished shows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

especially if its only 8 episodes, which is very short, and not very entertaining even if the series is good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I almost always binge so this can happen with any show. Most notably with Game Of Thrones; I stopped watching after I'd caught up with the last episode that came out in real time, and even lost interest.

Then over a year later I watched the rest and was flabbergasted at myself for losing interest in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lost and Game of Thrones.

Who in their right mind can watch every episode for almost a decade to keep up?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The context here is time between seasons. I don't think Lost and GOT had big gaps between seasons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Okay, so all of them, I guess. 3 months every season over 8 years is still two years of break that kills the series.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I couldn't finish house MD. I say this as someone who prides themselves on watching the longest series all the way through. That final season became too much, they ran out of ideas and were pulling at grass.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

yea people said the final seasons were lackluster, the scene lighting seemed to be darker than normal.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Tried hard to get through the first airing of Heroes. One episode, halfway through, we just looked at each other and turned off the TV. Turned out to be the second-last episode. Still feel good about that decision.

Bailed on Dexter a season or three before the end.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Bailed on Dexter a season or three before the end

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oz. It may have been the original "we'll give you more when we feel like it." Gave up around the time they blew it up.

Also lost Haven at some point soon after they explained the barn, I think

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