Here's the thing about Almost Human: The entire season was a long, unsatisfying tease. Fascinating topics were briefly mentioned and then immediately dropped again
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Oh god, some shows really should be cancelled to prevent canon from going completely off the rails. Sometimes it'd simply be better to stop the show while it's good(ish), before TPTB manage to ruin everything that was good about it.
My fannishness thrives on possibilities and unanswered questions, so I generally become less and less happy with things the longer they go on.
This is interesting! Is it just that you don't want every loose end tidily tied up with a bow and every backstory explored? Or does the fact that long-running shows often take a nosedive in terms of quality at some point (and/or start doing Weird Shit (TM) because the writers are all out of ideas and/or have lost all control of their own mythology) factor into it?
Personally, I have serious trust issues regarding TV shows, and these are the reason that I sometimes wish for cancellation... simply because I believe that if the show continues, I will grow increasingly horrified at the awful things the inept and wrong-headed PTB do to it. In those rare cases in which I trust the creators of the show, I will almost always think that the more, the better. ;-)
(Since you mentioned it: My trust issues can be traced cleanly back The X-Files. OMG. That was such an unholy trainwreck in the end.)
Is it just that you don't want every loose end tidily tied up with a bow and every backstory explored?
Yes, I think so? But also, you know, you read between the lines of what they give you, and sometimes the stories that you tell yourself are more satisfying than the eventual reveal. :) And also, the longer a show goes on, the more possibilities are closed off (by characters dying, relationships falling apart, etc.) and it's the possibilities that excite me.
Generally, two seasons seems to be ideal, although some of my very favorites have lasted only one.
My fannishness thrives on possibilities and unanswered questions, so I generally become less and less happy with things the longer they go on.
This is interesting! Is it just that you don't want every loose end tidily tied up with a bow and every backstory explored? Or does the fact that long-running shows often take a nosedive in terms of quality at some point (and/or start doing Weird Shit (TM) because the writers are all out of ideas and/or have lost all control of their own mythology) factor into it?
Personally, I have serious trust issues regarding TV shows, and these are the reason that I sometimes wish for cancellation... simply because I believe that if the show continues, I will grow increasingly horrified at the awful things the inept and wrong-headed PTB do to it. In those rare cases in which I trust the creators of the show, I will almost always think that the more, the better. ;-)
(Since you mentioned it: My trust issues can be traced cleanly back The X-Files. OMG. That was such an unholy trainwreck in the end.)
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Yes, I think so? But also, you know, you read between the lines of what they give you, and sometimes the stories that you tell yourself are more satisfying than the eventual reveal. :) And also, the longer a show goes on, the more possibilities are closed off (by characters dying, relationships falling apart, etc.) and it's the possibilities that excite me.
Generally, two seasons seems to be ideal, although some of my very favorites have lasted only one.
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