New Netflix David Fincher series - Mindhunter

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  1. NickCarraway

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  2. daglesj

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    Yayyy dump a really popular show to make a movie no one cares about.
     
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  3. Wildest cat from montana

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    The least they could is make a two hour finale to tie up the loose ends.
    What a shame.
     
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  4. mr. steak

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    Damn. After BCS this was probably my favorite show from the past couple of years.
     
  5. GentleSenator

    GentleSenator what if

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    understatement!
     
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  6. kwadguy

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    Well, I liked Season 1 a lot.

    I thought Season 2 got bogged down with the storyline about the son, the storyline about the gay woman and her girlfriend, etc. The profiling stuff was good (though that was better in Season 1), but the personal life stuff wasn't so much. The trajectory, for me, wasn't in the right direction. So while I would have watched Season 3, I'm not totally bummed it's getting delayed/canceled.
     
  7. GodShifter

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    The thing is, despite the gripes about the second season, the show was still pretty good and with the basis of the series there was a wealth of material to explore. Yeah, shows get bogged down or lose their way, but this one had enormous potential, great acting, and a story arc that is now completely left in limbo (BTK). The fact that the plug has been pulled from this show really sucks.
     
  8. Brenald79

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    Excellent. I’ve been recommending this show on this forum since 2018. You’re the only other person besides me to mention the show. Here’s what I wrote in another thread:
    “You (Netflix). Very addictive, sexy thriller. Very Dexter-ish. Highly recommended. Season 2 just dropped yesterday.”
     
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  9. formu_la

    formu_la I'm not a robot

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    Same thoughts here. And to much of those righteous mothers. It dropped in quality after season 1.
     
  10. kwadguy

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    Season 1 was better, although both seasons are quite watchable in a pulpy sort of way.

    The main character is interesting. But in both seasons, and in particular season 2, it pushes progressively harder on plausibility envelope as it goes along.

    I don't think You has much relationship to Mindhunter, though.
     
  11. A movie and a cartoon series? Fincher really needs to get his priorities straight.
     
  12. Chrome_Head

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    Possibly unpopular question, but: couldn't Mindhunter have carried on without Fincher's involvement?

    He's set the stylish template for the show, but could new show runners not run have with the baton?
     
  13. GodShifter

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    I was wondering the same thing unless he has some exclusive deal with Netflix involved with the series.
     
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  14. Is there a thread for that show on this forum? You run a search for You + Netflix and pull up all sorts of random stuff.
     
  15. Chrome_Head

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    That's probably what it is--Netflix likely has a contract that he has to be hands-on involved with the series.

    Still, he was able to get House Of Cards off the ground for the streaming service and then moved on to other things.
     
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  16. GodShifter

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    Good point re: HoC. I dunno, but I’m frustrated.
     
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  17. Ken_McAlinden

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    Hearing this brings me down almost as much as watching the show. ;)
     
  18. rebellovw

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    Totally bummed out - hopefully they rectify the this. Just like Deadwood - with Milch leaving to do that stupid surfer series.
     
  19. Simon_LDT

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    Deadwood was cancelled though wasn't it? Too expensive to produce, same as what happened to Rome.
     
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  20. rebellovw

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    Milch left to do something else - that is why it ended. That is what I believe anyhow - from the interwebs - says something different:


    John From Cincinnati was a television show created by acclaimed television writer David Milch for HBO as a follow-up to the quite popular show Deadwood. Deadwood had been cancelled abruptly after its third season, with neither a satisfying conclusion nor a satisfying explanation for its cancellation. When John From Cincinnati debuted, people wrongly believed that Milch had abandoned Deadwood to make it, so their ire was already way up, primed to hate whatever it was because it wasn’t what they wanted. In addition, JFC made its debut immediately following the beguiling and controversial series finale of The Sopranos. Seen in this context, it’s no surprise that the show was vilified, and cancelled after only 10 episodes. It could have been about anything—there was no way audiences would embrace it.
     
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  21. Johnny66

    Johnny66 Laird of Boleskine

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    'Indefinite hold' doesn't outright mean 'cancelled', and Fincher was likely doing right by his cast. Given the time frame of the show, maybe Fincher was always playing the long game - with an eye to return to the series in a few years, set 10 years later. That could work, given the rise of (romanticised) 'profiling' in the post-Silence of the Lambs world; indeed, that would allow us to catch up with Tench's son as a troubled teen...
     
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  22. TeddyB

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    No. I was a series writer and producer on Deadwood. David did not choose to leave the show and allow it to be cancelled. HBO publicized John From Cincinnati as it’s replacement after news leaked, but that was basically a coverup to try and appease disgruntled Deadwood fans. The reasons for the cancellation of Deadwood were complex but did center to a great extent on contract expenses, particularly David’s. Deadwood was developed for Paramount TV, which limited the international cash flow into HBO’s coffers, as Paramount had to be repaid for David’s very expensive development deal ($17M) out of the profits. HBO asked Les Moonves, then running Paramount TV, for a renegotiation, but Moonves refused. In short, the plan was then to have two Deadwood movies to tie things up but, as we know, it took almost fifteen years for one to get done.
     
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  23. rebellovw

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    Thanks - you are my hero - loved the show - my entire family loved that show.
     
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  24. Scott222C

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    Yes I remember now, it was your post that made me check out that show - thank you ! :righton:
     
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