We may have been naive, but until recently we never thought this moment would come. It turned out that online television platforms they can be so cruel when canceled a sequence like any of the traditional sequences. The time when the productions come out seems so far away. Netflix or HBO they ensured stability, and unlike those in competition, they would not leave us unfinished overnight. a hole in the week’s trials. Algorithms assured that this title would find its niche in the market. Today this is no longer the case.
in a year Economic crisisThe executives of these major platforms dictated their diagnosis: either fasten their seat belts or the balloon bursts. Therefore, the world of living very dark daysA place where anything is possible and no one seems safe anymore. And you’re seeing more streams today than ever before. The ultimate purpose of these platforms earn money and not protecting the show we love, even if it’s their job. So if a product is not profitable, we already know what will happen to it.
The last title to comply with this cancellation policy, 1899a German Netflix production shot overnight. The worrying thing is that to date no indication that this is a hearing loss has slipped. Actually, from the platform sold as a hit title, so its cancellation treacherously surprised more than one. 1899 is a series from the creators of Dark that once had a legion of very loyal followers. And also very active in networks against those who dare to put a butt. So, seeing what Netflix is doing with what it aspires to be a cult new series, rage and screams of angerseasoned with calls for boycott.
The first season of 1899 also left us with a great deal of unfinished business that will need to be resolved in later installments, and which seems to remain unsaid. We can always hope they do something like they already did with Sense 8. make a movie to close the story. But we are no longer in those times. The streaming war begins to show its worst side.
1899 coincided with its release date, with the platform’s signature-sanctioned last big hit arriving on Netflix on Wednesday. Tim Burton. I refuse to believe that the difference in audience between one drama and another could be the reason for this sudden end. But what if? Will Netflix compete with itself? The reason behind the cancellation seems to be that the series is too expensive compared to the results obtained. Wasn’t there a chance that the hearings would increase in the coming weeks? Should a show’s continuity be tied to audience numbers for a particular weekend? If there was a potential viewer who could see this series a little later, it seems to me with this sudden cancellation that they have little desire to land on it. Nobody wants an endless array.
When his streaming adventure began, one of his strengths was precisely this: did not depend on mass audiences. The sad thing is that the premature death of 1899 is not something that has just caught us. Other dramas that could not be considered a failure and received more than acceptable criticism suffered a similar fate. There are times when some cancellations surprise no one. Has anyone bet on something like this? blockbuster movies would I continue? puncture it sitcom Focus the last video store on the planet the song of the once great movie rental chain was sung. But other times, it wasn’t so clear. And these are (as some blogs say) series that no one is talking about they became the perfect target of the hunt.
happened with last year file 81, a factory horror production james wan, despite leaving its first season with a cliffhanger, was hit. But it also happened in Mindhunter, which is a great series. david fincher about a unit dedicated to the investigation and profiling of serial killers United States FBI and its third season was left in limbo with no one knowing why. Or with GLOW, this title focused on one show. women’s wrestling this was a hidden gem in the platform’s catalogue. both Shot under the pretext of pandemic and high shooting cost.
There is no clear criterion anymore. There are even those who see dark clouds on the horizon when Panorama confirms that despite Netflix’s unprecedented success in announcing Sandman season 2, it was too late. Like comic book rights DC’sin the hands of the publisher stimulant, the same company that is upending all of HBO right now, because anything was possible. In the same week, it even registered on some websites. Rumored that Netflix may lose on Wednesday and that the entire Addams family moved to Amazon. Headlines smelled easy click busters, but this Friday Netflix had to announce that it is. That Wednesday would be a second season. The courtyard must have been so messy that they had to strike the table and clarify something few doubted. Jenna Ortega can now dance comfortably.
Things don’t get any better in the competition. Shows are no longer canceled on HBO. It is the sudden disappearance of their own produced titles from their catalogs. It is understood that the rights have expired in the series from other chains, but they are not valid for the products of the house. The series, which was called the successor of Game of Thrones at the time, was in Westworld. The amusement park of androids rebelling against humans lived your own red wedding. The first is when its final season is cancelled, despite the protagonists’ salaries being paid for a hypothetical fifth installment. The second blade from the back came as all four seasons were suddenly deleted from the catalogue. sell to the highest bidder. Platform administrators’ relationships Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy He’s not having his best moments, and it might not have helped Westworld get around.
same happened Slutdescribing what happened to a publishing house in a comedy style posting porn aimed at female viewers in the United States in the 1970s. The series was canceled last month as filming for the second season was almost completed, and the first season disappeared from the web overnight. And the same can be said for The Nevers, for which we could not foresee a prosperous future since it fell out of favor. joss whedon but we trusted that one day the second episode of that unfinished first season would come.
They have to cut a tail on HBO 3 billion dollars And until the numbers add up, we’ll have to prepare for the worst. Inside Amazon season has started mass layoffsMeanwhile disney They also Dizziness after throwing gunpowder on a king’s body due to its policy of ignoring premieres on the big screen of titles that have invested millions to present on its platform. Open, numbers are not showing up now. We’re already used to the idea that a show can be canceled if no one watches it, but that wasn’t the stream.