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What's a show that should've gotten cancelled or ended SOONER than it did? (lemmy.world)

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Too many "what got cancelled too soon" questions, what's a show that went on too long?

Hard mode: no The Walking Dead

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[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

Yeah, and maybe consider a sequel once the rest of the books came out.

[-] MrZee@lemm.ee 17 points 9 months ago

I started reading the series around 2002, when there were 3 books. Martin released book 4 in 2005. In the afterward of the book he said that book 6 was basically already done… book 6 didn’t come out for 6 more years (2011).

It’s been 12 years. We're waiting on book 7. Given his age, it doesn’t seem like the series will be finished by Martin. Hopefully he actually does know what happens through the rest of the story and has it down for whoever takes up the mantle.

[-] UFO64@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

I think he stopped because the show gave us his ending and he knows everyone hates it.

[-] eee@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

GRRM is a cautionary tale, I'll never pick up a series before it ends again

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

74 isn't that old. You're certainly not a spring chicken but you're not knocking on deaths door. He does have a little extra weight though.

[-] Fisk400@feddit.nu 10 points 9 months ago

I think the production team was fully aware that those books weren't getting finished.

[-] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

The actors would have aged way more than their characters at that point. Especially the kids and the very old characters.

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Oh. That makes sense. Damn, wrong timing I guess.

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