I also think it would be cool if there was a show, where each time it ended the characters and situation was kind of - back to how things were at the start.... So no more Netflix style season long arcs. You know, just have each episode be sort of, like a self contained adventure.
The expanse
The Pirates of Dark Water.
Please. For fuck's sake. Please just complete this part of my childhood.
They set out and started an adventure that should have been many many seasons, but one day I went to watch it and it was just gone.
As a kid I had no ear on the ground about shows getting canceled and back in the 90s I don't think anybody really did.
It's like if it was DBZ and they got the dragon ball locators to revive Goku after he died and they collected like 3 of them and then they just stopped airing it.
I honestly have never gone back and watched Pirates of Dark Water, and it's probably trash, but I will never forget about how I was so invested in a story as a kid and it just... Stopped.
It was gone like a fart in the wind.
The SNES beat em up was also super difficult and not that good. It seemed like an idea that was built around sucking up quarters at the arcade, but apparently it want popular enough.
Fucking Pirates of Dark Water, man... I will never forget.
Technically a nice idea but I think you could be 100% assured that the plot lines would look like they were written by AI.
netflix is that anthology. recently blood of zeus and sandman is cancelled(despite neil gaimans allegations its most likely cost and low vierwership from other sources), BOZ is the same situation.
If they could get the original writers for each show back together and do it as a sort of documentary interview format with some BtS stories, and this could legitimately be really good TV
Similar idea. A show called Payoff, where each episode is an alternative ending to a show with a shitty finale.
monkey's paw closes
"Here's what our AI thinks would have happened!"
This is one of the few "internet ideas" that actually made me wonder why it hasn't been done. Not only would it please fan bases, it would draw huge viewership to shows announced to be on the upcoming episode list. Show would have to release an episode once ever X months
The most impossibly expensive show in history
I still love how Batman Beyond got cancelled to get the animation team on a new show, Static Shock, so they just wrote the ending to Batman Beyond into a time travel episode of Static Shock lol.
Oooh oooh, make it a comedy show where they do it with a low budget, mediocre impersonators of original actors, and zero respect for the source material.
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Why? Just so Netflix could cancel it partway through the first season and Paramount or Max could pick it up and eventually shelve it?
My nomination for both the first episode and the theme song:
(Closure Song from Last Man on Earth)
I'd rather a reality show where we put a dozen billionaires on an island, Hunger Games style maybe, and the last one alive gets to keep their money. The rest have it donated to social programs like housing for the homeless and free medical care for the disabled.
"Well, that all stinks. No wonder you all got canceled"
Counter-pitch: WIDE OPEN, for shows that had a solid ending, good or bad. Still one episode each. Set up an ongoing premise and leaving the audience wanting more. Demonstrate how you can always build on what's been established... so would showrunners please fuck off with unfinished stories? It doesn't work and it wouldn't matter. Netflix is not giving you a third season. They just aren't. Have the self-respect to admit it, and write a damn ending.
Andor only exists because its movie finale came first. Everyone friggin' died, and they still made multiple seasons about it.
Episode 1: We examine 'Firefly' & determine it wouldn't have been as legendary had it been longer than a single season.
Episode 2: We examine 'Weird City' & determine that it would've went to shit because.. ya know; YouTube.
Episode 3: We examine 'It's Bruno' & determine that it would end up like 'The Bear' had it been renewed.
Episode 4: We examine 'Jury Duty' & determine that the first season was all that was necessary.
Episode 5: We examine 'Moonbase 8' and break the mold. We want more.
Episode 6: We examine 'Other Space' & determine that it was fun, but a good call to end it before it outstayed it's welcome.
Episode 7: We examine 'Police Squad' & get distracted with advertisements for the new 'Naked Gun' reboot.
Episode 8: We examine 'This Show' & determine that it is not necessary & it's fine for things to not have an extended life.
I haven't heard a better idea in a long time. Only problem is it might need more than one show to tie up all the endings for a lot of shows.
Alternately, I'd watch a season of a show that was 12 episodes of unconnected cliffhangers because there is something deep down inside of me that needs to be punished.
Sliders
isn't that just the youtube series how it should have ended
This could be done as a fanfic table read podcast.
As an April Fools episode they could do Lucifer.
A genuinely useful application of llms.
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