If there was any TV show that was cancelled or cut short that you could see the planned continuation/ending of, which would you choose? (lemm.ee)

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For me it would have to be The Owl House

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[-] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 week ago

Obvious answer: Firefly

Unpopular answer: Dr Horrible's Sing-along Blog.

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

I for one agree wholeheartedly on both.

[-] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Let's crowdfund Act 4, but done with stop motion Lego.

[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Firefly has aged like fine milk. It is painful to revisit. A few quality moments/episodes here in there, but a lot of problems. The anti-hero thing did not age well

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Also apparently Joss Whedon is a cunt :(

Rewatching old shows is painful. So much homophobia and sexism and racism was played for laughs

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[-] nick@midwest.social 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The expanse. Last trilogy is fire.

Avenue 5.

Deadwood.

Firefly.

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The good thing about The Expanse is that all of the characters are old in the last trilogy, so we could very well see it down the road with most of the original cast.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

Stargate Atlantis

[-] Vedlt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I know not a lot of people liked Stargate Universe, but I would have loved a proper ending there too.

I haven't read the comic, but from what I hear it's pretty different from the show.

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[-] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

I very glad to see so many Browncoats here.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Best show in the 'verse, 我的朋友!

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago

There are a few good ones I'd love to see, but at the top of my list are Firefly and Sense8.

[-] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

I think Sense8 wrapped up okay. It was a movie length episode but it felt honest and closed it up.

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

It did, but I would love to see more of it.

[-] nemanin@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Raised. By. Wolves.

[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 4 points 1 week ago

Yep. Very good show that absolutely needs to be picked up by another studio. Too bad by the time they do, the kid actor will be like fucking 27. Rip.

[-] Davel23@fedia.io 11 points 1 week ago

Obligatory Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles mention.

[-] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

Pushing Daisies.

[-] 211@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Yes, please and thank you!

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago

Crusade (Babylon 5 spinoff)

[-] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

Rome

[-] crpknkr@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Pirates of Dark Water.

Yes, I'm old.

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[-] Lemming421@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Firefly

Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Universe (yes, almost all the characters was unlikeable, but I’d still have liked a resolution)

Star Trek Prodigy

Star Trek Lower Decks

The Lazarus Project

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[-] FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Better Off Ted

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

My one is a show that may or may not have been related to Twin Peaks - after Season 3, Lynch was apparently working on something with a working title of either Wisteria or Undiscovered Night. IIRC it was a tie up with Netflix and was being made by Twin Peaks Productions, which has only ever made TP material, so the chances seemed high.

Unfortunately COVID happened, the project stalled and was eventually dropped, and of course Lynch died not too long ago.

I'd love to know what it was planned to be, TP or not.

RIP David

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you want a trippy show, see if you can find David Lynch's "On The Air".

Apparently following the OG Twin Peaks cancellation, there was still a contractual obligation to fill and Lynch pulled together some of the same cast for a wacky 1950s era show about television production.

There are bootlegs floating around from a Japanese laserdisc, but as far as I'm aware, that's the only home release that was ever made.

7 episodes were produced, only 3 made it to air in the US.

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

Streaming for free on the Internet Archive:

https://www.cbr.com/david-lynch-obscure-90s-sitcom-streaming-for-free/

[-] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I started watching that once, but found it pretty hard to get into. Should have another go though, thanks for the reminder.

Have you ever seen Hotel Room? 3 unrelated stories, set in the same hotel room in different years. One has Crispin Glover and Alicia Witt and is excellent. The other two are decent enough too. I think they're all on YouTube.

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[-] Mamdarijn@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Carnivàle.

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[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Santa Clarita Diet. It's not too late (6 years ago) and they could still bring it back for a finale run of episodes or film.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. It's too late (16 years ago) but the show had just started to figure itself out and setup a HUGE cliffhanger that sadly goes nowhere.

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[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Pop-up Video

[-] czl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I’ll throw in something most people haven’t watched: The Brink

[-] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Absolutely would love more Owl House!

[-] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Sense8

[-] Libra@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Yes, I fucking love this show.

[-] TheCelticPirate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Freaks and Geeks

[-] x00z@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Dark Matter

(The space one)

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 1 week ago

Babylon 5.

Limitless.

Stargate Universe.

[-] sittinonatoilet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Rubicon

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Sandman. Only comic I've ever really read and the show was surprisingly on point. Even given Gaiman's evil history I think it's doing us fans a disservice by killing it.

[-] Maestro@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

Was it killed? I didn't know. Bummer.

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[-] Chookitypok@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

Final Space.

[-] Foreigner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Honestly, I'm ok with where The Owl House ended. It would have been better to have a longer season, but I'm ok with where it ended, I got the closure I needed. There are however other animation shows I'm pissed ended way too soon:

Glitch Techs
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
Inside Job

These were all great shows that deserved better than what they got.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Clone High

Duckman

Mostly because both ended with shocking cliffhangers.

[-] twinnie@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

Pushing Daisies.

Also Game of Thrones.

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[-] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Inside Job could have continued but I am not sure they had a bigger story planned.

[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 3 points 1 week ago

Archive 81. Absolute S tier banger of a show that Shitflix cancelled after 1 season.

[-] _NetNomad@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

seconding Stargate Atlantis. all they needed was one more season, and the outline floating aroind the internet from one of the writers of what that would look like kicked ass

also have to say Super Android Metalder, which is a weird case- the show was cancelled and a rush ending was written, and then the show that was gonna take it's place had delays so they ended up stretching out that rushed ending. that lead to a very wonky set of final episodes for a show that deserved much better

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[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I know netflix has canceled a number of things I liked but outside of that one mexician kunfu anime thing I can't name off the top of my head so I guess the original reboot

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