haverholm@kbin.earth to Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website · 2 days ago‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ to End With Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE)pinvariety.comexternal-linkmessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10file-text
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“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” will end with its upcoming second season, Variety has learned exclusively.
minus-squareStillPaisleyCat@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·15 hours agoI’m always concerned that having an unresolved cliffhanger has the opposite impact. It discourages new viewers from trying a show and undermines the case for a movie. A Firefly to Serendipity outcome is vanishingly rare. And unlike Farscape, the production company partner can’t get the IP back and make a limited series or streaming movie to resolve it.
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoThat’s good point. I enjoyed the Discovery finale well enough but I also can’t deny it definitely felt rushed. I can’t say for sure if I’d prefer a rushed conclusion over a well-considered writing that gets cut short!
I’m always concerned that having an unresolved cliffhanger has the opposite impact.
It discourages new viewers from trying a show and undermines the case for a movie.
A Firefly to Serendipity outcome is vanishingly rare.
And unlike Farscape, the production company partner can’t get the IP back and make a limited series or streaming movie to resolve it.
That’s good point. I enjoyed the Discovery finale well enough but I also can’t deny it definitely felt rushed.
I can’t say for sure if I’d prefer a rushed conclusion over a well-considered writing that gets cut short!