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Yeah, well, they shouldn't have kept up the love triangle.
Dragon Ball Evolution thought they would get a sequel (worst live action adaptation EVER).
The Last Airbender thought they would get a sequel (well, Shyamalan kept saying as such, didn't do him any good).
Sorry, but the love triangle is stupid. In nearly every single thing a love triangle is in, it is stupid, tends to overshadow the rest of the story, and adds nothing to the story itself.
It absolutely didn't help that KRYPTON got zero marketing support from Syfy leading up to the Season 2 premiere and all the way through the season 2 finale. I had no idea when it was returning on SyFy because they wouldn't run promos.
SyFy canceled a lot of well- received shows like THE EXPANSE and DEADLY CLASS.
It's apparent that SyFy is only good for shlock like SHARKNADO.
Screw off, SyFy.
And here's to DC Streaming picking up Season 3 of
KRYPTON soon ...
It's very sad, I really liked the show.
@ daBronze, I saw a lot of promos on Syfy about the season 2 before it started.
I don't know what happened, but I'm not blaming the love triangle on the declining ratings. It didn't take a lot of focus until the end. Honestly, I didn't like Lobo, he was annoying. I really liked Brainiac, Doomsday and General Zod. It was a good story overall. I think the twist about Lyta's clone was well done. Sure, I didn't like her romance with Seg (they put way too much importance on it, imo), but she was a very good actress and I liked her very complicated relationship with her son, Dru.
I hope it can be renewed somewhere else.
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Krypton producer, Cam Welsh on the show cancellation:
https://twitter.com/CamWelsh_/status...03602330279937
That's a really lovely letter. And he forgot Wallis Day, but included some really awesome moments with her in the followup thread.
It's really a shame they didn't get to tell a fully complete story, but I think that what they did should stand as a really inventive, awesome part of Superman lore going forward.
"We're the same thing, you and I. We're both lies that eventually became the truth." Lara Notsil, Star Wars: X-Wing: Solo Command, Aaron Allston
"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date." C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"There's room in our line of work for hope, too." Stephanie Brown
Stephanie Brown Wiki, My Batman Universe Reviews, Stephanie Brown Discord
They cancel this GREAT show. It has heart, story lines, great characters, great sets, etc. but they keep supergirl on air. Why, why!
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I was thinking about this show... Do you think Krypton would have lasted more if it was on the CW?
I think it would, but it probably wouldn't be exactly the same. As long as it was in a different universe, though, I think it could still be good and a bit different to the other DC shows if it kept its original writers.
Keep in mind, SyFy cancelled it because they couldn't afford the budget for it anymore. And CW just fired Routh because they couldn't afford the special effects for his suit anymore. So I doubt this would have had much luck on the CW unless it became their most popular show. And even then, I'm not so sure. CW has never had the budget of the the Big Four networks. It's a shame because I'd love another Superman show. But I don't see network television, outside of Disney, investing in something this expensive. CBS let Supergirl go because they couldn't afford it either. Makes you wonder how Smallville stayed on the air this whole time.
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Smallville wasn't as effects heavy for the most part. Sure there were action scenes, but it was more about the relationship. The actions scenes were more just plot devices to give people on the show
something to talk about. Sort of the same deal with Lois & Clark. While with something like Krypton or Supergirl the action scenes are there to show us how awesome the characters are. So they have
to spend more to at least make an attempt to make them look good, no matter what some people think of the end result. And more people watched TV in those days so they had more money to spend
on Smallville.