Comment on 'Mindhunter' Is Dead — So Stop Asking David Fincher About It!
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 9 months agoResponsibility 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 9 months 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 9 months 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 9 months 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?
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
You aren’t listening, at all.
I’ve never seen this show. I’m probably never going to. Apparently I wouldn’t be getting a complete story anyway, and for reasons yooou have outlined, that aspect is the director’s fault. He had two seasons to tell a complete story. He did not. He did not, knowing full well Netflix doesn’t like doing third seasons. He did not, knowing his show was unusually expensive and complicated. He did not, knowing the viewership wasn’t about to skyrocket from the known figures for season one.
And for some reason you said he’s not to blame for the incomplete story he told.
Are you suggesting he’s an idiot? Because even idiots knew about Netflix’s two-season limit. It did not sneak up on him. It was tiredly predictable. It was, and remains, the most likely outcome for any Netflix series lucky enough to get a second season. No crystal ball is required for this basic pattern recognition. Sneer all you like; it is common knowledge.
Cliffhanger endings at the best of times are a frustrating gamble against cancellation. Creators are as responsible for them as they are for every the rest of their story.