It's Weird To Celebrate A Show Getting Canceled

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The idiosyncratic Resident Evil series on Netflix has been canceled just six weeks after premiering its first season. This isn’t exactly a surprising development - given Netflix’s penchant to quickly pull the plug on underperforming shows and the overall negative reaction from both critics and fans - but what is surprising is the way people have been taking the news. I understand why not everyone liked the show, but should we really be celebrating its cancellation?

With very few exceptions, it’s never a good thing when something gets canceled. It devastates the creatives that poured their hearts and souls into the project, it puts hundreds of people out of work, and it’s a disappointment to everyone that watched and enjoyed the show. We’ve all experienced the disappointment of finding out a show we love is getting canceled, and despite what you might see on social media, there are plenty that wanted Resident Evil to succeed. If you didn’t like the show, you didn’t need to watch it. There are plenty of shows I don’t watch, but that doesn’t mean I’d be happy if they got canceled. This is largely a case of, ‘If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.’

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But of course, lots of Resident Evil fans did root against the show, and are elated to hear that it’s been canceled. From a pragmatic perspective, cheering Resident Evil’s cancellation doesn’t make any sense, even if you didn’t like the show. If you love the Resident Evil games you should be enthusiastic about all adaptations - even imperfect ones.

Resident Evil has had more adaptations than any other video game. In fact, the seven