“But it’s a very expensive show and, in the eyes of Netflix, we didn’t attract enough of an audience to justify such an investment [for season three]. They took risks to get the show off the ground, gave me the means to do Mank the way I wanted to do it, and they allowed me to venture down new paths with The Killer [his next feature]. It’s a blessing to be able to work with people who are capable of boldness.”
Can’t exactly blame Fincher for that outcome. Jonathan Groff said as much, Mindhunters is Fincher. The creator of the show is part of its DNA. Would you really want Fincher to hand it off to someone and potentially pull a Dexter or GOT S8?
"But it’s a very expensive show and, in the eyes of Netflix, we didn’t attract enough of an audience to justify such an investment [for season three].
It’s like Netflix has never heard of a “loss leader”. People don’t pay exorbitant subscription fees to watch the latest Project Runway knock off show.
I also find it difficult to believe it’s more expensive than the average TV drama, considering Fincher already has a development deal with the network.
I also find it difficult to believe it’s more expensive than the average TV drama, considering Fincher already has a development deal with the network.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, but Fincher is very particular about his shots, and as such there is a metric shit-tonne of CGI in both seasons of mindhunter. There’s a few videos on youtube that demonstrate it. Again, I don’t think that would inherently make it way more expensive than the typical, but his vision comes with a price tag.
It’s like Netflix has never heard of a “loss leader”. People don’t pay exorbitant subscription fees to watch the latest Project Runway knock off show.
Netflix is notorious for spending a metric fuckton of money to the point that a great deal of their shows are “loss leaders” (and usually followed by prompt cancellation). The “Project Runway” comparison is irrelevant - although Netflix has plenty of trash reality shows, by no means that’s all they do.
I also find it difficult to believe it’s more expensive than the average TV drama, considering Fincher already has a development deal with the network.
I don’t have a good sense whether Mindhunters would be expensive or not, but my anecdotal experience says it’s not a mainstream show. It’s just not the hits like Stranger Things, Wednesday or perhaps the One Piece that Netflix needs to survive. 1899 is another victim of the Netflix gambles - an extremely stylish and intricate show that died a premature death, even though it launched to great reception.
I still blame Fincher for using season 2 to set up season 3 and then give us nothing. Given Netflix’s track record and Fincher not being some noob, he should have made sure each season had no whole-story dangling threads. I would settle for a short story tying it up at this point, he could do that.
This should be standard practice when a show is cancelled prematurely: give it a movie to wrap it up. That at least gives your show the reputation of being finished so that others might actually want to watch it in the future.
It’s a great thought, but if Netflix cancelled a show for “poor viewership performance”, does it make sense to expect them to fund an entire movie instead?
I would settle for a short story tying it up at this point, he could do that.
I disagree - I prefer that Fincher do his job, tell the story the best way possible instead of trying to force everything into a single season or two for “closure”.
I also think the only reason why you feel this way is BECAUSE Fincher took his time to make two fantastic seasons and a killer cliffhanger. Had he not done that, folks here would probably be complaining about how Mindhunters is a rushed, crammed, underachieving show and not of the quality that we come to expect of Fincher. It would be a completely different show and not the premise we are basing the discussion on.
I’m glad it’s a quality show but it’s not quality because of the season 2 subplot that ended up going nowhere and leaving viewers dissatisfied. That’s my problem with it. He’s in the business long enough and Netflix have this pattern long enough that he should know better than to do that.
Yeah, well fuck you for not even handing it off to someone who could pick it up and run with it if you can’t be bothered.
Can’t exactly blame Fincher for that outcome. Jonathan Groff said as much, Mindhunters is Fincher. The creator of the show is part of its DNA. Would you really want Fincher to hand it off to someone and potentially pull a Dexter or GOT S8?
It’s like Netflix has never heard of a “loss leader”. People don’t pay exorbitant subscription fees to watch the latest Project Runway knock off show.
I also find it difficult to believe it’s more expensive than the average TV drama, considering Fincher already has a development deal with the network.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, but Fincher is very particular about his shots, and as such there is a metric shit-tonne of CGI in both seasons of mindhunter. There’s a few videos on youtube that demonstrate it. Again, I don’t think that would inherently make it way more expensive than the typical, but his vision comes with a price tag.
Netflix is notorious for spending a metric fuckton of money to the point that a great deal of their shows are “loss leaders” (and usually followed by prompt cancellation). The “Project Runway” comparison is irrelevant - although Netflix has plenty of trash reality shows, by no means that’s all they do.
I don’t have a good sense whether Mindhunters would be expensive or not, but my anecdotal experience says it’s not a mainstream show. It’s just not the hits like Stranger Things, Wednesday or perhaps the One Piece that Netflix needs to survive. 1899 is another victim of the Netflix gambles - an extremely stylish and intricate show that died a premature death, even though it launched to great reception.
I still blame Fincher for using season 2 to set up season 3 and then give us nothing. Given Netflix’s track record and Fincher not being some noob, he should have made sure each season had no whole-story dangling threads. I would settle for a short story tying it up at this point, he could do that.
This should be standard practice when a show is cancelled prematurely: give it a movie to wrap it up. That at least gives your show the reputation of being finished so that others might actually want to watch it in the future.
It’s a great thought, but if Netflix cancelled a show for “poor viewership performance”, does it make sense to expect them to fund an entire movie instead?
I would literally settle for a magazine short story to tie things up.
I disagree - I prefer that Fincher do his job, tell the story the best way possible instead of trying to force everything into a single season or two for “closure”.
I also think the only reason why you feel this way is BECAUSE Fincher took his time to make two fantastic seasons and a killer cliffhanger. Had he not done that, folks here would probably be complaining about how Mindhunters is a rushed, crammed, underachieving show and not of the quality that we come to expect of Fincher. It would be a completely different show and not the premise we are basing the discussion on.
I’m glad it’s a quality show but it’s not quality because of the season 2 subplot that ended up going nowhere and leaving viewers dissatisfied. That’s my problem with it. He’s in the business long enough and Netflix have this pattern long enough that he should know better than to do that.
to make some glorified cheap knockoff without any of the original vision?
no thanks.