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Has there ever been a TV show with a heavily criticized season, that listened to feedback and greatly improved in the subsequent season because of it? (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Frankly, I can only think of shows that got worse.

The Witcher
Westworld
Carnival Row (LOL)
Game of Thrones (no one even expected good past season 7, they just wanted another two good battle scenes like season 6, and satisfying conclusions to the characters they liked)

Now a lot of people are coping that Netflix Avatar, which has been greenlit for 2 more seasons, will listen to feedback and polish out the rough edges, which is obviously not likely.

Maybe it's naive, but I think when a show obviously doesn't work for nearly all viewers, or people consistently make very easily articulate criticisms, you'd try and address it.

it's hard to fathom putting so much working into making a TV show and then not also being extremely invested in what people are saying about it, but most seem either uninterested or contemptuous of it all, and these are hardly auteur projects.--

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

It feels like most TV shows/movies, and I specifically mean TV shows not meant for children, meat one of these failure points:

are being written for viewers who've only seen one or two TV shows before in their lives
are dry riding an interesting tagline or source material's popularity and do not give af about respecting it
most episodes, if not all, usually not the pilot and finale, feel like they were planned and written at the last-minute in isolation by roving bands of ghost writers whose job description is to write filler content and constantly switch between random IPs they have no previous knowledge of.
are Marvelizing
get canceled while considered good and popularity is hot and rising.
get offered no budget while generic stuff gets insane budgets.
get passed over while unnecessary remakes and reboots take their place
remakes/reboots pretending they are sequels (e.g. Star Wars 7)