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Yep, Kaos has gone the same way as (deep breath) Lockwood & Co, Dead Boy Detectives, The Society, Fate: The Winx Saga, Warrior Nun, Archive 81, 1899, Sense8, The OA, Jupiter's Legacy, and more - cancelled prematurely by [Netflix]. (Griffin, Louise. "Netflix Robbed Kaos fans of a proper ending -- and it won't be the last time." Radio Times. 08 Oct. 2024.)
WTF Netflix.
I had thought that Kaos was safe. Big name star power, consistently in Netflix's top 10 all month. I wasn't worried.
I only heard about the show at all a couple of weeks after it released. I didn't have much idea of what it was about until at least a week after that. Even then, my research didn't give me a great idea of whether or not it would be something that I would like, but I was hopeful.
It's been a busy month -- I still haven't watched it yet.
But Kaos has only been out for 40 days, and now it's cancelled. Same pattern as before; word comes out via one of the cast or crew on social media maybe, and then Variety makes the announcement. Never Netflix themselves.
I just…
It's frustrating, when Netflix won't say why.
It's even more frustrating to feel forced into a way of relating to the service where if I want to see a new show for more than eight episodes, I have to watch all of it within 28 days of it launching, and I have to do my part to make sure the watch numbers only go up each week and never down. Or else there won't be any more of it ever.
And being consistently in the top 10 is not enough.
And I'd get it if we were in the old days of broadcast, but we're not, are we? And I didn't get to watch 8 episodes of a show in a month then, either.
What is the point if my choices are "binge it now or regret not having watched it in time later?" What if I don't want to binge-watch a show?
What if it takes me actual time between "I have no idea what this is, I've never heard of it" and "Oh, hey, I know what this is about and yeah, that does sound like something I'd be into?" Why does Netflix's approach to marketing not ever seem to do anything to help me reduce that turnaround?
(Oh, Netflix will occasionally tell me "we think you'll like this" -- and my response is always "Why?" and "Are you sure? Because sometimes it feels like you push things you'd like me to like instead of things I'd actually enjoy." And then they somehow fail to make it easy for me to get answers to those questions, when it should be the easiest thing for them.)
I just…
It's frustrating. And disheartening. And once again I'm learning more about a show in the wake of its cancellation than I knew about it when Netflix was supposedly promoting it, and I am so, so sorry for all of the fans. Again.
Netflix, WTF.