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[HRK69]

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[YCoCg]

Do you want to follow the earlier years of a character you know ends up on literal ice?

 

[HRK69]

Do you want to follow the earlier years of a character you know ends up on literal ice?

That's exactly my issue with prequel and flashback content. Some series dedicate an entire episode to it and honestly, I just straight up skip those

 

[Moondoggy]

Here's hoping this is the same situation as the Game of Thrones franchise, shit final season, mediocre first spin off series, followed by a legitimately good 2nd spin off series that takes place long enough before the main show that you can ignore the disappointment that comes after.

 

[AJUMP23]

Do you want to follow the earlier years of a character you know ends up on literal ice?

Captain America?

 

[IntentionalPun]

Do you want to follow the earlier years of a character you know ends up on literal ice?

Do you ever watch historical films where you know the ending?

While I understand the complaint in theory, in practice this never was how I looked at any piece of entertainment. If the only value of the entertainment is "I don't know the ending yet" then it's probably not very good.

I'm guilty of sticking with TV shows that started to suck because "I wanted to see the ending" but that's really representative of how flawed the thinking is to me. I shouldn't care that I don't know the ending of a shitty show, I should stop watching it. Just like I shouldn't care TOO MUCH that I know how a character turns out far off in the future after a prequel.

It's not like we know the individual stories that are going to be told, there will be lots of characters we know nothing about, etc. Knowing the 2 mains survive and what happens to them 70 years into the future doesn't take away from that for me personally. It's so rare main characters die anyways.

Historical films are an extreme version of this. I know most of the details going into any given historical epic, that doesn't take away from the enjoyment of seeing what is put on screen.

 

[apocaliptic]

Another crap series that I will not watch

 

[Lightbreak]

They are trying to get the hype up and running again after the season finale disaster they pulled... im not going all the way in this time, will be more cautious

 

[Smiggs]

I'm always down for more Jensen Ackles, so sign me up.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Despite that trailer making the show look good especially since I do like Dean Winchester, this show is a skip from me

 

[Spyxos]

 

[Fbh]

Trailer doesn't look bad, but I'm done with the Ip.
Just like GOT, Star Wars and a bunch of other stuff. If you let your mainline story go to shit and you don't give it a decent ending, I just won't really give a crap about your spinoffs, even if some of them are decent.

 

[Arcane0ne]

The budget for season 5 of The Boys went to this.

 

[Hugare]

Yeah, that's where Season 5 budget went to

Funny how even the cinematography is leagues better than Season 5 of The Boys.

They invest in the first 2 seasons (sometimes only the first one) to get viewers, than as the series goes on, budget starts getting drained out until it ends up looking like a CW show

Looks interesting, but I doubt I will give them any views

 

[jason10mm]

Does it share ANY of the writing team of the last 2 seasons of The Boys or Kripkie? If so, I'm out.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Valonquar]

 

[March Climber]

Trailer doesn't look bad, but I'm done with the Ip.
Just like GOT, Star Wars and a bunch of other stuff. If you let your mainline story go to shit and you don't give it a decent ending, I just won't really give a crap about your spinoffs, even if some of them are decent.

I would have agreed with this before A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms and Andor.

Now I just consider both I.P. as anthology-types. Some stories will be good, and some will be bad

Maybe The Boys can be molded into an anthology I.P. too. It's already halfway there anyway.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Prequels. Thats when you know they got nothing left, but want to still milk the IP dry.

 

[jason10mm]

If I do watch this show, it'll be for this girl.....hope she doesn't pull a Starlight

 

[CGNoire]

That's exactly my issue with prequel and flashback content. Some series dedicate an entire episode to it and honestly, I just straight up skip those

Remember clip shows.....ugggghhhhh!

 

[jason10mm]

Remember clip shows.....ugggghhhhh!

in the pre-dvr/internet days those were helpful in summarizing events for shows where you had 1 change to see an ep and that was it until summer reruns. Sure, they were a cost saving measure, but there was some value to them if they were constructed well.

 

[Kacho]

It will be a waste of time just like The Boys. Hope that helps.

 

[HRK69]

It will be a waste of time just like The Boys. Hope that helps.

 

[Bojji]

I don't know what to think about this...

 

[Grenseal]

 

[CGNoire]

in the pre-dvr/internet days those were helpful in summarizing events for shows where you had 1 change to see an ep and that was it until summer reruns. Sure, they were a cost saving measure, but there was some value to them if they were constructed well.

I could never stand them...not even in the 90s. Immediatly changed the channel.

 

[Novaex]

Is Kripke involved? If no I might give it a watch. If he is involved I won't even bother with the first episode.