After two seasons, the queer pirate romcom starring Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby was cancelled by HBO’s Max earlier this month – and its fans quickly mobilised. They raised more than US$21,000 for the campaign, which was used to purchase a billboard in Times Square and have a plane fly over Hollywood with a banner reading “Save Our Flag Means Death”. They also flooded Max’s social media, phone lines and customer feedback inboxes en masse, and launched a petition that has just under 80,000 signatures at time of writing.
That’s *some *dedication! I liked the show, but I’m also lazy, so…I hope it works!
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In 2019, a woman named Emperial Young went on an eight-day hunger strike outside the Netflix building in New York, protesting against the streaming giant’s decision to cancel the cult hit TV show The OA.
After two seasons, the queer pirate romcom starring Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby was cancelled by HBO’s Max earlier this month – and its fans quickly mobilised.
They also flooded Max’s social media, phone lines and customer feedback inboxes en masse, and launched a petition that has just under 80,000 signatures at time of writing.
“It’s been great to be involved in, not just to see everyone’s dedication, but how creative and hilarious some community members are in their tactics, which span from ‘respectful and sincere’ to ‘fairly unhinged’ – in a good way,” McKenzie says.
In 2023 alone, cancelled shows included Disney+’s Willow, Netflix’s Shadow and Bone and Mindhunter, Paramount’s Star Trek: Prodigy and Max’s Gossip Girl, to name just a handful.
Anne With an E fans used many of the same tricks as Our Flag Means Death, including buying billboards and social media strategies; they even had Ryan Reynolds tweeting his support.
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Fucking hell, how can people not realise that less is more?
Look at all the classic sitcoms. Did they get strung out for 20 series? No, they stopped
Look at the reviews on IMDb for British shows, almost every one is “Oh my gaaad the Briddish make the best shows, but I wish they were laaaanger”
They’re better because they’re shorter, you daft cunt
Quality over quantity. However, I think 2 seasons is too short. I’m in the 4-5 seasons camp, especially if there are less than 10 eps each season.
I think two seasons is plenty if they only have two seasons’ worth of story to tell. I think trying to aim for arbitrary episode/season counts harms storytelling in general.
The show’s creator had planned a 3 season arc.
Well then three seasons would have been appropriate!
I was just speaking in a broad sense; it’d be great - especially with streaming not needing to fit things into any kind of schedule - if we could have more shows that just take the amount of time they need to tell their story, and then finish.
On the other hand most of my favorite shows of all time had 22-24 episode seasons.
Isn’t the real answer piracy?
Like… Did you learn nothing from the show?
How does piracy get the show picked back up for a third season?
When executives have cannons aimed at their homes and are threatened with walking the plank, things get done quickly.
I wonder if their fans will get as notorious as Zack Snyder’s fans if they keep this up
