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Mizerous Pet Owner from Hell Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: Brewing the love potion
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#526: Dec 6th 2021 at 8:11:10 PM

Not sure if season 2 is locked I don't think the show is doing hot like Arcane or Squid Game.

Edited by Mizerous on Dec 6th 2021 at 11:11:29 AM

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Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#527: Dec 6th 2021 at 8:19:58 PM

It’s certainly doing better than Jupiter’s Legacy.

Dirtyblue929 Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#528: Dec 6th 2021 at 8:22:26 PM

I feel like I heard a report that it's performing very well, though not top-tier like either of the ones mentioned above. Like, safely in the "Lost In Space reboot" zone of being well-received enough and performing well enough that it'll probably get at least a couple more seasons to wrap up the story it's setting up.

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#529: Dec 7th 2021 at 5:07:00 AM

[up] That wouldn't surprise me. It's easy to forget, but a vast majority of the audience for a lot of shows just quietly watches and enjoys them without doing any clear engagement on social media. And Netflix benefits from that a lot. Another Life isn't good from most perspectives but it did well enough, somehow, to get a season 2.

And if you're not familiar with the anime, the live action show is a quirky sci-fi series with an interesting tone that's pretty easy to watch, so it's not that surprising that a lot of people are watching it.

It also helps that it's one of the ones Netflix actually bothered to do any significant level of advertisement for. People know this one exists and it doesn't quite resemble anything else out right now, so it got some attention.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#530: Dec 9th 2021 at 3:22:29 PM

Annnnnnnd it's gone. The show's been canned after one measly season.

Uh...yay? Good thing the OG anime series is on Netflix, right?

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#531: Dec 9th 2021 at 3:44:41 PM

Oh my God what a waste of time.

I mean Cho put a lot into this, he got injured onset. Jesus the poor cast.

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#532: Dec 9th 2021 at 3:45:32 PM

Man the ratings must have tanked for this to happen.

Like this was meant to be a flagship show for Netflix.

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EchoingSilence Since: Jun, 2013
#533: Dec 9th 2021 at 3:51:56 PM

That's exactly what did happen. The ratings took a nosedive plummet and Netflix decided it wasn't worth further effort.

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#534: Dec 9th 2021 at 3:55:47 PM

Oh,shit.

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Snoketrope Barb / Temporary Kylo from California Since: Oct, 2020 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
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#535: Dec 9th 2021 at 3:56:09 PM

Not sure what to say other then that's fucking disappointing

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#536: Dec 9th 2021 at 4:04:04 PM

Looks like the show got Screwed by the Network.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#537: Dec 9th 2021 at 4:06:43 PM

So like Jupiter's Legacy, a very expensive show they invested a lot into did not perform to their expectations.

Netflix is not exactly doing well here.

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#538: Dec 9th 2021 at 4:13:49 PM

It just really sucks, there was a ton of potential for it and room to possibly improve. Just....Dammit

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#539: Dec 9th 2021 at 4:59:32 PM

Unlike Jupiter's Legacy, it was actually good, though.

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#540: Dec 9th 2021 at 5:03:50 PM

It is nice seeing that the show did have a pretty sizable fanbase online, as I've seen quite a few people upset about it.

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SgtRicko Since: Jul, 2009
#541: Dec 9th 2021 at 5:59:12 PM

I know the show had some flaws, but to be cancelled after one season? Sheesh, Netflix didn't even give the show a chance to redeem itself.

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#542: Dec 9th 2021 at 6:58:39 PM

Let's be honest here, live-action adaptation of animated show are almost always bad. It always seem condescending to me when Hollywood take an animated property and try to make it live-action with darker elements, like they are saying "We gonna make this a real show and improve on it."

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#543: Dec 9th 2021 at 7:25:23 PM

Netflix: It's time to blow this scene.

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#545: Dec 9th 2021 at 7:54:18 PM

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#546: Dec 9th 2021 at 8:24:26 PM

I haven't finished the show yet, on episode 8, but this news does seem to imply they took a big financial gamble and didn't get the response they were hoping for. The uphill battle trying to stand next to one of the most iconic and multi-national appealing animes every created was not in their favor either.

There are some isolated moments of the show I really like, but I feel it suffers from bloat that makes the end product just not as slick as they want it to be. Julia and Vicious have a passable subplot in principle, but it's not strong enough to endure 10 minutes of every episode.

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#547: Dec 9th 2021 at 8:31:59 PM

One Piece is so fucked...

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#548: Dec 9th 2021 at 9:00:57 PM

Damn I have no love for the show (didn't get past the trailer) but canned after 21 days? Netflix did a lot of advertising and press releases before the show started (more than most shows on their platform get tbh) so I thought they had confidence in it. I know the reaction from anime fans was weak to say the least but this also means the general audience didn't have much love for it too (or wasn't high enough to justify their initial investment)

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luisedgarf from Mexico Since: May, 2009 Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
#549: Dec 9th 2021 at 9:24:34 PM

Let's be honest here, live-action adaptation of animated show are almost always bad. It always seem condescending to me when Hollywood take an animated property and try to make it live-action with darker elements, like they are saying "We gonna make this a real show and improve on it."

I think the elephant in the room in this case would be the strange and bizarre admiration the Japanese have for Hollywood, and especially the love/hate relationship they have with Americans.

Even if we leave aside the economic reasons, I, who live in Mexico, a country that also has the same love-hate relationship with the U.S., for more than obvious reasons, find it more than bizarre that the Japanese are more than willing to let the Americans trample on their works, as in this case.

Would it be a reverse version of wanting to be great in America, even if it means that their dignity and their works are trampled all over?

And I say this because, unlike the Japanese, Mexican media owners have no interest or desire for Hollywood to make movies based on Mexican franchises, precisely for that reason.

And the same goes for other countries or authors, who do not want Hollywood to make bad remakes of their movies, as it happened with the American attempt to remake Metro 2033, where the author of the novel clearly rejected the Americanization of the novel's story, and preferred not to allow a movie than to have his story altered by Hollywood.

Edited by luisedgarf on Dec 9th 2021 at 11:25:05 AM

Zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#550: Dec 9th 2021 at 9:33:48 PM

Huh. I didnt care for the show, but I kinda wanted to see it continue. It's odd to me that they tried to ape tge original anime so much. The way they left off, they'd be pushed to go in more of their own direction in a second season. That's a bit of a bummer.


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