#hbo our flag means death

[euroblog]

saveOFMD.com

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

Man, I genuinely was not fucking worried. OFMD did amazingly well, and they gave us such a fucking good season on a 40% budget cut? It makes no fucking sense to cancel when they only wanted one more season.

It sucks, that they fought so hard to give us a fucking awesome second season, and this is the reward they get for it.

[mr-and-mr-mitchell]

Shows that got cancelled despite being good, popular, and having tonnes of potential to go on to become classics:

Kaos - 1 season - Netflix - Ends with set up for a following season

Shadow and Bone - 2 seasons - Netflix - Season 3 was already mostly written when cancelled

My Lady Jane - 1 season - Amazon Prime - Story not resolved, set up for a second season (in fact the show shows you what's supposed to happen in the second season)

Half-Bad: The Bastard Child and the Devil Himself - 1 Season - Netflix - Main story wrapped up but easily open enough for a second series exploring the world

Star Wars: The Acolyte - 1 season - Disney Plus - First series feels mostly like set up for a second series we'll now never get

Dead Boy Detectives - 1 season - Netflix - Set up for a second series with a minor cliff hanger and an open continuation for the characters

Lockwood and Co - 1 season - Netflix - Potential for a second season

I Am Not Okay With This - 1 season - Netflix - Story not properly resolved, needed a second season

National Treasure: Edge of History - 1 season - Disney Plus - Story concluded, but lots of potential for a second season

Gentleman Jack - 2 Seasons - HBO Max/BBC - So much more potential, it had so much real life basis it could have followed

Our Flag Means Death - 2 Seasons - HBO Max - I actually liked the ending we got, but I feel like the show had more potential, particularly with the crew

First Kill - 1 season - Netflix - (Not one I watched, it was on my tbw but it got cancelled and I didn't see the point)

Grease: Rise of The Pink Ladies - 1 season - Disney Plus - So much more potential And Insult to injury they've all but wiped it from the platform

A running theme for these shows are that they have a pretty high amount of LGBT rep, with a lot of these shows centering on queer characters and stories, as well as representation for POC. There are also a lot of fantasy/supernatural shows.

I just find it fascinating that there seems to be a lot of similarities between most of these shows.

[streammaxeurope]

Our Flag Means Death really said 🌈 rainbow 🌈

[evelina-maar]

You've heard of Girl with the Pearl Earring, now get ready for Boy with the Onions

(Everyone say 'thank you for the bts footage Samba'!)

[spirker]

Since HBO have decided to start straight up lying to us (see here) these are the facts:

Thank you @figmentof for these bits of beautiful evidence.

Remember, this was AFTER they cut the show’s budget by 40%, did practically zero promotion or advertising, no awards push or campaigning - nearly all the promo for Season 2 was done by cast and crew off their own backs (million thank yous again to Samba)

Season 2 still hasn’t even aired here in the UK yet!

Don’t let them get away with this bullshit, remember the truth. We won’t forget.

[kiwistede]

Fuck you, HBOMax.

[queeraspirates]

the full version of the new Ed pic, look at him oh my god

[mjulmjul]

very useful fencing lessons

[jupiterslifelessmoons]

[phonoix]

I'm so tired, I'm so so tired.

Watching TV shows has become the most tiring thing in this dystopian, late-stage capitalistic hellscape.

It doesn't matter how much we love those shows, how much we talk about them, how much we promote it online. Big streaming services will just cancel them on a Friday night and then let them slowly fall into oblivion. If by SOME MIRACLE the show doesn't get cancelled after the first season, it'll just decline over the years, some crazy writer will cook up a poorly written plot, or they'll just lose interest in the project and then leave the fans in the trenches.

Big corporate streaming services just think that views are gonna materialize out of thin air??? They barely promote their new shows and they DEMAND high views just to let them keep going? It's THEIR JOB to promote shows, but obviously they couldn't care less, they only care about money, and they leave the promoting job to the fans which is batshit insane if you ask me.

Streaming services were supposed to be the solution, the chosen one if you will, but they turned out to be the villains.

Owning a movie or a show is now absolutely impossible because God forbid they release DVDs anymore. Streaming services will just randomly DELETE their cancelled shows and movies from their platforms. Fans are now supposed to be PR teams for Netflix, HBO, Prime and whatever other stupid streaming apps out there because they couldn't be bothered to,,, idk,,, do their job and promote their own shows!? They're literally acting like villains.

It feels dystopic really.

I know I probably sound like a person yelling at a cloud but it's starting to become exhausting.

And I know that there are far worse things out there, that there are more important matters to focus on, but I'm so tired.

They're killing art. There are so many people out there that put all their love and all their passion and skills into creating amazing shows that SO MANY other people love and they feel represented by, but they don't care.

This is literally my last straw.

They're killing art with their greed.

[clemm00n]

(I know I say it a bit too late But !)

The death of Izzy wasn’t a bury your gay. The cancel of the show was.

(psst, tell me if you agree)

[celesmaxwell]

SEE NEW POST FOR UPDATE!

CHECK OUT WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.

In about 20 hours, OFMD nearly doubled engagement and shot up 154 spots in popularity! It was the #4 show on Max yesterday, now it is at #1.

KEEP STREAMING. KEEP INTERACTING. KEEP REVIEWING, EMAILING, WRITING LETTERS! We can do it, crewmates! 🫡🏴‍☠️

And please - KEEP IT POSITIVE!

http://www.renewasacrew.com for more on how to help!

@renewasacrew

Source: https://televisionstats.com/s/our-flag-means-death

[streammaxeurope]

Flower crown + Ed

[hazeofhearts]

emergency news

[dear---moon]

Okay so do we think they're gonna drop the trailer on September 1st or September 2nd?