Even though I knew it was coming, it still doesn't hurt any less.

[rogueslayer452]

++ Netflix have now officially cancelled The Punisher and Jessica Jones, the last of their Marvel lineup, with Jessica Jones still scheduled to premiere its third season despite this announcement. It's not surprising or unexpected considering what they've been doing for the last several months by cancelling these shows one-by-one, but it's still disappointing and disheartening nonetheless.

But as frelling_tralk pointed out with Jeph Loeb's recent open letter to fans, the statement seems somewhat hopeful that these shows might continue elsewhere in the future. I've seen some talk circulating around that Hulu might be where they could be revived, considering that Marvel's Runaways is doing well over there and there is some scheduled Marvel animated series lineup up, not to mention that Hulu is partially owned by Disney, it could be a great way of expanding Hulu's service. It is also a better place instead of Disney+ where they are leaning more towards "family friendly" content which Jessica Jones and the like are, well, not. I really don't want to get my hopes up because it's still just rumors at this point with no real confirmation of any negotiations, but at the same time I want to remain hopeful for some kind of miracle to happen because I want something positive to come out from this massive mismanaged clusterfuck.

++ On a more uplifting note, the other day I watched this amazing video talking about how the fan campaign to save The Expanse worked, and how unique it was that it actually did work the way it did. I already knew about the situation with Syfy only signing for "first-run linear rights", but not about the rest of it. It's just an interesting look at how streaming has changed the way people have started watching content, how it can help in particular cases, and how certain networks really need to catch-up and evolve with the times when it comes to adapting how media is changing.

Comments

[malicat.livejournal.com]

I'm only surprised that they already made it official for JJ,I thought they'd wait to announce it afterwards like they did with the other shows but it's so obvious by now that it was never about vieving numbers so I guess they are done pretentending and it doesnt't matter to them now if people still want to watch JJ's final season lmao. I mean,I went into season 2 of The Punisher knowing that it would be the last and probably almost everyone else as well but it's still different to ~know than to really *know* officially.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was also thinking that they'd at least wait until Jessica Jones premiered its third season, since that seemed to be the trend whenever these cancellations happened, but I guess they didn't want to wait for that long if this was already a done deal. And perhaps it was a way of maybe getting it out of the way so whatever negotiations need to happen for it to move to another home. I mean, I knew that it was going to happen but having it be official still stings, y'know?

I wonder how this will affect how people will view S3, though. Will people care to still watch when the season drops? I'm hoping so, because I want the views to say, "look, you may have broken up with Marvel, but we still love this show and want more". idk