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'Mindhunter' Is Dead — So Stop Asking David Fincher About It! (collider.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Bloodyashes@lemm.ee to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film

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[–] habanhero@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (20 children)

"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?

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] habanhero@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I would literally settle for a magazine short story to tie things up.

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