Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  路  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

I can't remember seeing season 3 of Dark Matter the first time I watched the series, but I definitely don't remember a big cliffhanger ending followed by ... cancellation 馃槶

Imagine The Expanse being cancelled after 3 seasons. Or Orphan Black. Why? Why?!?

I thought at least there were comics it was based on, and I could read those to find out how the story ends. But it seems there were only 4, telling the story of the first few episodes of season 1. Gutted.
Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  路  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago
@LovesTha
TV industry cancellation practice dates back to a time when TV used to be mostly episodic. The exception being the "mini-series", basically what high-budget streaming shows now call a season. A long movie cut into a short series of 20-50min episodes.

Anyway, in the horse and cart days of TV, the story arc was complete at the end of each episode, or mini-series. So cancellation meant you didn't get any more stories, but you weren't left hanging due to stories being left incomplete.