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It was a great first season but I knew it would get cancelled.
If a show takes even the slightest bit of concentration to follow, and you can't absorb the plot whilst playing with your phone, then it fails. Not many viewers are looking for a complex, intelligent story...they just want to be double distracted from their lives.
1899 suffered from this too, although in really it never really stood a chance against Netflix’s “fuck you” approach to shows.
They KNEW exactly what they were getting with 1899 due to it’s predecessor Dark. Dark was a slow burn that became immensely popular over time, and 1899 followed the same formula. But no. Netflix demands that shows be binged by half of their viewer base in the first week or it’s history.
1899 was written as a trilogy, the same as Dark. A complex story that would unravel over 3 seasons. Now 1899 sits on a shelf as one season with a fuck ton of unanswered questions. The poor writers were heartbroken (as was the fan base)
Yes I’m bitter, fuck Netflix.
I heard 1899 didn't hook viewers nearly as well as Dark, fwiw.
Dark didn’t in the beginning either. It’s following grew over time.
1899 had decent viewership, just not in the “format” that Netflix now demands (insane amount of views immediately).