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1y ago

Which shows do you think ended too soon, or went on too long?

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Firefly for too soon
Heroes for too long. It was a strong concept but there’s only so many ways you can write interesting stories with it before it becomes too much
- Did Heroes eventually have a proper ending, or did you also abruptly stop watching as it continued to drag on?
  
  Not sure if it ever truly ended. They had a short comeback season, and I watched it, but I can’t remember anything about it.
- Heroes suffered from lostism. It was a great show until they completely explained it. We love making wild guesses and hate it when the truth is less exciting than what we were thinking it might be.
  
  Can you spoil lost for me? I watched the first season but it was too much of a time sink and I just wanted them to explain it to me already
  
  They also had characters that were way too overpowered and it painted them in a corner. They had to keep handicapping them.
  
  Speaking of Lost, its parody show called Wrecked ended too soon.

Seeing so many people mention Firefly gives me this warm fuzzy feeling inside.
- Iunno. I'm feeling empty about it. Vindicated but empty.

ended too soon, or went on too long
Arrested Development satisfies both of these
- Show needed a season 4. Just not that one.
- So does Futurama
  
  I haven't watched the Hulu reboot so I can't be certain but this feels a bit like sacrilege. Every other Futurama revival has been excellent, so I'd be surprised if the latest one isn't also great.

Too soon:
The Expanse
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Babylon 5: Crusade
- I ferl you on The Expanse but I don't think anyone would have liked it if they'd adapted the last 2 books.
  Because of the time jump everyone's middle aged and interested in meetings and things, Amos isn't himself, and people that fans of the show were wondering about (eg Naomi's son Filip) are just not in it, neither is Avasarala.
  
  They could've made the time jump a bit shorter, it would still work I think. What I don't understand though is why they made time for the Strange Dogs story when they knew the series wouldn't continue.... (I want to believe!)
  
  And Avasarala was understandably a lot older. So they would have had to get another actress (blasphemy) or do some weird attempt to make her look very old.
  Great books and I highly recommend them. I felt it was a good and proper ending to the series