habanhero

Question for you since you work in dev. How annoyed do you get when users confuse beta with prod?

The shareholders elect the BOD and they can remove them if they like. So in theory if you want to burn the house down then go after the shareholders too and the capitalistic society, but in my opinion that's another battle for another time.

In practice this is the reason why companies have CEOs. They are practically accountable for exactly the stuff like this, it's a well known part of their job description. That's the reason why I don't really consider him a scapegoat because, well, it's literally his job.

OK, how about the shareholders that elect the Board of Directors? Should they be "removed" as well?

My point is the function of the Chief Executive Officer is specifically to be accountable and responsible for the business functions of the company. Yes, BOD has made a bad call selecting him as a CEO and the shareholders will have an opportunity to re-elect the BOD, but how the business is run (the "Chief Executive" part) is owned by the CEO. And in this case he fucked up especially if he championed this pricing structure.

He can't be a "scapegoat" if he is the CEO. The buck stops with him, there is literally no one else left up the chain who can be responsible. It's his job.

Why tf would a map update be 22GB? What is it, a CP2077 patch / DLC?

SOMA. Go in blind.

Business and the economy is doing pretty good atm tho.

Interest is high which is why you are seeing pushes from all these companies to monetize and generate revenue. Borrowing money isn't cheap or near-free anymore, and investors are on their backs.

Yeah but with the macroeconomics nowadays, this is not a good time to be losing users.

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.

Okay, you've gotta be jerking me around. You can't actually be serious. And you haven't even seen the show, so I don't even know what you're on about.

I'll just leave you with this - Mindhunters had two FANTASTIC seasons and were setting up for bigger stories to tell. The scope of the two seasons are already huge and a season 3 is completely not out of the question, i.e. they are not milking it just for the sake of continuing the show. And remember, these guys were making this back in 2017 so I guess you are wiser than them for being in 2023 and knowing more about their future?

It was entirely under his control.

LOL wow. You are in a worse shape than I thought.

Listen, there are plenty of things in life that are NOT ENTIRELY under one person's control, ESPECIALLY a content deal like this. Read the quote again:

"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]."

In case it wasn't clear, I'll spell it out for you: Netflix does not want to renew Mindhunters S3 because it costs too much and doesn't make them enough money. Netflix made a bet with S1, S2 but folded when it comes to S3. And you still want to pin this 100% on Fincher?

It was a tiredly predictable situation.

Is it now? I guess Netflix should snatch you up as a VP for Da Future since you've readily predicted the whole thing with your crystal ball. Or I propose a more likely scenario: a hindsight of 10/10 because you've completely misread the situation?

What other human being could possibly be to blame for this outcome, moreso than the guy who italicized-for-emphasis IS the show?

Uh... the powers that be at Netflix? Plenty of people there are involved in the decision. Take your pick.

Listen, just because you are unhappy with the outcome of the situation, doesn't change the reality that this is closer to a partnership situation than David Fincher calling all the shots. It's just not how things work. But continue to play it off like Fincher some how victimized you and owe you something, if you like.