Comment on 'Mindhunter' Is Dead — So Stop Asking David Fincher About It!
habanhero@lemmy.ca 1 year agobudget was a curse placed on him by a witch?
What do you mean? The budget is what it takes to make the show. It costs what it costs and the outcome is the show you all love. It’s David fucking Fincher and he is legendary, Netflix knows it going into the deal and of course it’s gonna cost them, as it should.
absolved of the concrete reasons it got the usual Netflix treatment of two seasons and stone dead.
Of course he can, for the exact reason you stated, it’s the Netflix usual schtick and MO. I’m sure Fincher’s scheduling, fees etc are also a factor in the 3rd season not getting made, but I find it unreasonable to pin it all on Fincher.
Bottom line is, if Netflix wanted it made, they will find a way to get it made. The quote from Fincher suggested otherwise.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Responsibility doesn’t mean ‘only the good parts.’ The man made a show that cost a lot, for a tightfisted company that hands out third seasons approximately never, and delivered an incomplete story in two seasons. Who else on the face of god’s green earth is at fault for fans expecting a third season they definitely won’t get?
habanhero@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
?? I’m not following your train of thought.
So you are expecting David Fincher to make a smashing 3rd season for a vastly lower budget, automagically get everyone and their grandma to tune into the show, make Netflix a profitable company again, fix everyone’s scheduling conflicts and close all negotiations, all the while fulfilling rest of his contract obligations to make other films like Mank + The Killers?
Anything else? Why not bring peace to the Middle East and eliminate COVID? /s
Everything you said suggests you have very little understanding of how any of this works and you’re just airing grievances of how Fincher is “failing” your weird expectations.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’m not expecting anything except consistency on your part. You, personally, here, now, said: can’t blame him for the outcome.
Why.
How.
It was entirely under his control.
It was a tiredly predictable situation.
What other human being could possibly be to blame for this outcome, moreso than the guy who italicized-for-emphasis IS the show?
Instead of answering, you’ve chosen to make up a conversation you’d rather be having, with some imaginary idiot who says a bunch of things I sure didn’t.
habanhero@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
LOL wow. You are in a worse shape than I thought.
Listen, there are plenty of things in life that are NOT ENTIRELY under one person’s control, ESPECIALLY a content deal like this. Read the quote again:
In case it wasn’t clear, I’ll spell it out for you: Netflix does not want to renew Mindhunters S3 because it costs too much and doesn’t make them enough money. Netflix made a bet with S1, S2 but folded when it comes to S3. And you still want to pin this 100% on Fincher?
Is it now? I guess Netflix should snatch you up as a VP for Da Future since you’ve readily predicted the whole thing with your crystal ball. Or I propose a more likely scenario: a hindsight of 10/10 because you’ve completely misread the situation?