[beloch]

This was a brilliant show, but it had the misfortune to come along at a time when Netflix was cancelling even moderate successes after one season and slashing the budget of hit shows for their second season before cancelling them too (e.g. Altered Carbon). Only very rarely does a show turn into the kind of pop culture sensation that seems to make the bean-counters want to go past two seasons (e.g. Stranger Things), unless it's some executive's idea of a tent-pole for their platform (e.g. Rings of Power).

Given how fragmentation and enshittification of streaming services is driving users back to piracy, one can't help but feel like the current model may not persist much longer. Heck, I wonder what the impact of the trade war is going to be! A lot of people in a lot of countries are cancelling Disney Plus, Netflix, Amazon Plus, Apple TV, etc. just because they're American.

[whywhywhywhy]

>A lot of people in a lot of countries are cancelling Disney Plus, Netflix, Amazon Plus, Apple TV, etc. just because they're American

Think you might be over-estimating the size of your algorithm bubble there. Normal people don't even make that connection.

[metabagel]

I think it's likely that many people do make that connection.

There has been a surge of antipathy towards the U.S. in Canada and Europe; owing to Trump's threats with respect to trade wars, annexation of Canada and Greenland, and undermining NATO and the ability of Europe to defend itself.

[ziddoap]

I mean, I wouldn't say "a lot of people" but... "normal people" absolutely make that connection, and some moderately-sized portion of them are indeed cancelling some services.

The antics of the US have been a perfect excuse to clean up under-used subscriptions.

[icu]

Yeah I was upset at Altered Carbon being cancelled. It was very good. I've been hoping a video game studio picks up the rights and makes a good AA or AAA game. I sadly didn't find Altered Carbon: Resleeved as good as the main series.

[Kipters]

IMO only the first season was really good, while the second one was very bad, I almost wish they had cancelled it after the first instead.

[trentnix]

The first half of the first season was absolutely great. It went downhill quickly when his sister showed up. By the end of the season, it was awful.

Season 2 is simply forgettable.

[icu]

I didn't find it bad, but it was different, I think the show was trying to find a new direction to make the series last, which obviously didn't work.

[entropicdrifter]

Personally, I found the second season to be a decent show in its own right, but comparison is 100% the thief of joy in this case. Season one was one of the most gorgeous pieces of sci-fi media I've ever seen and season two just looked OK by comparison and had a much slower pace and felt more emotionally vulnerable compared to season one's hardboiled tone.

If they were separate shows I would be tempted not to compare them at all.

[gopher_space]

The main actor was Space Philip Marlowe in two different shows and I just wanted more of that.

[sleepybrett]

IMO the first book was really good, the others are pretty bad. So they were always going to have the problem... and frankly they altered the original book in ways that were worse without actually resolving any problems with length.

[lsllc]

Loved the books, 1st series was great, not so much for the second.

[cultofmetatron]

> cancelling even moderate successes after one season and slashing the budget of hit shows for their second season before cancelling them too (e.g. Altered Carbon)

I seriously don't understand who's in charge of this idiocy. its not like they are relying on nielson boxes. they have good data on what is bringing people to the streaming platform. there's no reason for them to be cutting shows prematurely that people love.