Lower Decks & the curse of ending too soon (midwest.social)

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It is not my intention to ignite an EMACS/vim war; I will say that I find it baffling that Lower Decks is ending while Strange New Worlds is being continued. I like Strange New Worlds, despite disagreeing with some of the artistic licenses being taken. But if I had to choose between the two shows, it'd be no contest. Not only as a viewer do I prefer LD, but it has to be the cheaper show to produce. The fact that next season is the last (both by design, it only being contracted for 5 years; and announcement) is sad and incomprehensible in the same way the cancelation of Firefly was - except LD is popular and successful, whereas Firefly merely had a fanatical (🖐️) fan base.

I don't understand it. Yes, you want to end on a high note. Maybe the writers are running out of plot ideas. Perhaps, given an initial life span of 5 years, the actors have all made other arrangements and aren't available. But I just can't believe the One Big Plot Arc that's been building would necessitate ending the series by its resolution.

LD is a strong show. It's lighthearted. It's a breath of fresh air after the more decidedly darker, ethically challenging, and emotionally straining runs of TNG, Voyager, DS9. And Strange New Worlds... the Gorn are basically Xenomorphs from the Alien franchise.Who, despite being the existential threat of the show, somehow get entirely forgotten about by the time in TOS.

But I digress. I'm going to miss Lower Decks, badly. How can this happen? And why?

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

i feel that way about the it crowd

i desperately wanted more content, but realize how that would just tarnish the run. its still so re-watchable

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Gravity Falls is another good example

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

o0o0 yes! i love that weird al had a part. ...such a wild ride

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

I bet they could have made like three more seasons. There is no shortage of nerd topics, stories from IT admins... I used to read those stories. And there are a lot of them that'd make it for a nice story arc for a 25min episode. And I mean there are also some american series depicting silicon valley programmers and stuff. I feel finding good content isn't an issue. But things also get lame for other reasons. And British TV series always end a few seasons too soon. They seem to do it differently than the Americans. Bediedict Cumberbatch also didn't return as Sherlock. And I would have definitely liked more The IT Crowd, Dirk Gently's, ...

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

sobs in Firefly

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