cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/493723
Thought this was an interesting question and I’m sure there’s lots of suggestions out there.
Firefly
At least we got serenity to kinda tie up lose ends
I didn’t want to see them quickly tied off though, I wanted to see them expand into grand story arcs.
A reboot would be very welcome.
I am mixed. A reboot would be nice but everyone, myself included would compare it to the nostalgia in our head.
Also I have heard that Whedon is somewhat problematic now. If that is true we would probably want someone with less baggage at the helm :(Found this that I need to read to see whats up https://www.vulture.com/2021/05/complete-timeline-joss-whedon-allegations.html
Hopefully he isn’t an ass.
Edit: Welp I read that. It is gross. Whedon hasn’t commented on it but a whole host of his cast and crew are accusing him of lots of bad stuff including one part where they said he wasn’t allowed to be alone with Michelle Trachtenberg when she was 14.
I obviously have no idea if any or all of the accusations are true.
Thank you for posting that link. I was unaware.
Honestly I didn’t do my due diligence before. I had heard rumblings about it for years but didn’t look in to it either. It sucks. We have a culture that rewards you for making people money above all else and at all costs.
The one true answer.
Yeah, this. It was such an interesting premise, an engaging cast, and really seemed to be going someplace interesting. Would’ve loved to see it get enough time to find its voice. Even their bottle episode was great fun.
Was gonna say, kids these days don’t know the pain of 2000’s Fox!
Hi Randall Munroe!
Firefly!!! FFS this should always be the #1 answer
Agreed. This is always my immediate response.
I wish the answer here was “Westworld”.
That first season was perfect television. And that season finale? My god. I was so excited to watch season 2 and it… just fell short on all fronts. It has its moments, but ultimately failed to measure up to that first season.
Which would have been okay, but then season 3 and 4 happened, and diluted the overall quality of the show to a point where I stopped recommending the show to anyone and just tell them to stick to S1.
I want to live in a timeline where we left off on that S1 ending wondering what could have been.
The Expanse
Expanse ended on a good point. We would probably need at least 2 seasons to finish up the final trilogy. If one extra season would be all we got, I’d not want it tbh.
They could finish the series with a final season if you cut out the politics after the time jump. Really just take the last book and maybe a few parts from 7 and 8 and you could make a complete story.
It could be done some way I’m sure, but I’m not sure if it would be as good as it could. We saw what a rushed final season can do to a show with GoT (extreme example, I know).
I’m still comfused why they included the Weird Dogs story though, it left the show more open ended for apparently no good reason.
Correct. Such an amazing show!
Me too! So much. At least we have the comics!
firelfy
Firefly. There is no other answer for me.
Came here to say this. The movie helped but not as much as another season.
There is nothing really close. Better off Ted is an obvious if distant number 2 for me.
Pushing Daisies
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With regards to Charlie Brooker productions I’d also love the annual Wipe Series back
Firefly 😭💀
Shiny!
Veronica Mars or Gravity Falls
I second gravity falls. It’s a great show if you haven’t watched it
The VM of the original series or the VM of the movies and reboot? I think her character changes so much and I’m not sure i would want to follow her down her new, dark path.
OK, who am I kidding, I would totally watch another season.
Reboot, a Canadian CGI kids show about happenings inside a computer, the guardians, the viruses, the web, I used to love that show.
It ended in an intense cliffhanger 😔
So, um, kind of a monkey paw situation here…It did get an, ahem, “reboot”…Which was a hybrid live action/CGI show. It’s not another season, and that’s honestly probably the most disheartening part of it. Like you pulled enough together to do something more Reboot-related and that’s where you went with it?
It’s just…There. It’s not very good, and it’s not even so bad it’s good either. It’s more like a live action Code Lyoko than Reboot tbh, and it can’t even get that right.
That used to be one of my favourite shows! That and Beasties. I completely forget how Reboot ended the series though.
And Electrovagrant is right, there was a second show that got made but it wasn’t watchable. It didn’t seem at all related really, just shared the same name.
Omg yes! I genuinely forgot reboot: guardian code exists, I watched 1 episode and I didn’t liked it at all
Deadwood. The movie was too little way too late.
As a HUGE deadwood fan, i agree. Its probably my overall #1 favorite show of all time. I felt like the movie was Milch calling in before his disease took him completely.
The Expanse. The show had a satisfying ending but the books went a bit further into the future and I’d like to see more in the shows.
i don’t remember the details but The Expanse isn’t outright cancelled. they need to wait for some license or something to expire
My understanding is it’s pretty much canceled. I think it was left a little open, but after the whole Cas Anvar thing it’s pretty much dead. To be fair, the last 3 books would be hard (and expensive) to do right.
Mindhunter, without a doubt.
I’m still sad when I think of what could’ve been
Sense8 for sure, that show was awesome but Netflix pulled the plug because apparently it was way too expensive to film.
