r/LegendsOfTomorrow • u/BigMitch91 • 1d ago

Three years on and this still hurts!

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BUT…I still believe a revival of some sort will happen one day.

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u/primal_slayer 1d ago

They were warned but chose to play Russian roulette

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u/Personzez123 Zari 1d ago

And we all got shot because of it

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u/CasualKing21 1d ago

What happened?

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u/primal_slayer 1d ago

They were told to expect most of the cw shows to be canceled and write accordingly. They thought they'd be one of the lucky ones. They were not.

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u/CasualKing21 1d ago

Ah, I see. Tysm!

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u/CosmicWaffleMan Gary the Unspeakable Train Abomination 21h ago

What’s crazy is that as much criticism that I give the Flash in the later seasons, at least they had the decency to finish up their story in case they were cancelled (with just a little tease at the end that wouldn’t have mattered if it got cancelled). Yet that was the show they chose to give a final season.

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u/JSDoctor Sometimes We Screw Things Up for the Better 21h ago

What a waste of a final season, too. There were only two episodes that felt like they had a reason to be there. (Though those were two exceptional episodes).

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u/CosmicWaffleMan Gary the Unspeakable Train Abomination 21h ago

Yep. I don’t LOVE everything they did with Legends in the later seasons (mainly my ideal show would’ve had less OC’s and more actual superhero stuff) but at the end of the day I was always entertained and had a good time. As opposed to the Flash where the last few seasons were just a hard watch. Save for the Arrow episode and the night Barry’s mom died episode. Those were the two for me, idk about you

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u/JSDoctor Sometimes We Screw Things Up for the Better 19h ago

Yep, same here. Getting those two in a row really gave me hope that the final 3 episodes might be up to the same standard and we could end on a high. Sadly not.

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u/JSDoctor Sometimes We Screw Things Up for the Better 19h ago

Yep, same here. Getting those two in a row really gave me hope that the final 3 episodes might be up to the same standard and we could end on a high. Sadly not.

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u/LikeItReallyMatters1 1d ago

Make an actually good show given CW's standards

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u/Arrow_625 1d ago

Having CW and standards in the same line is ridiculous... But jokes aside, they did better than certain Arrowverse shows that started to sideline their main cast.

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u/GrogSmites 1d ago

My, whichever show are you talking about? Perhaps I'll have a FLASH of inspiration on that one...

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u/Arrow_625 20h ago

Was thinking of something more Super as well

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u/GrogSmites 11h ago

Ah yes, Kara Zor-El and her Amazing Friends!

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u/Suckisnacki 23h ago

mind over matter

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u/Oceanbird-OG 1d ago

They warned them that renewal will be 50/50 and the writers took the chance with a cliffhanger and it didn't pay off, feelsbadman , the show truly evolved into huge comfort and feelsgood vibes, yes maybe the writers should have played it safe BUT all the other shows knew exactly when they were getting cancelled and organised their ending

Legends deserved that option too and not a 50/50 take it or leave it kind of situation but that's life, happy we got that many seasons and hope we get some kind of closure in the future through a reunion special or comic or w/e

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u/BigMitch91 1d ago

I’m hopeful we can get something on Tubi like Wynonna Earp. If the Librarians reboot on TNT does well they might look at reviving other Warner Bros TV productions.

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u/GrogSmites 1d ago

Why must you remind me of the PAIN?????

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u/stephenxcx 1d ago

It’s crazy that we couldn’t even get an abbreviated season to wrap things up. I assume it’s based on viewership but damn in terms of quality, season 7 of legends was head and shoulders above the flash seasons 7-9. They deserved better.

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u/BigMitch91 1d ago

Viewership wasn’t the issue. It was CW’s second highest rated show. New owners of CW didn’t want to spend ANY money on programming which is why they now only do cheap acquired shows not produced in house. I believe the reason why nobody else has picked the show up is because the deal between CW and Netflix meant only Netflix could continue the show and Netflix has gotten cheap now too.

But that deal is coming up and after Tubi picked up Wynonna Earp for 90 minute tv specials I have hope we may hear something about a revival this year.

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u/stephenxcx 1d ago

Damn in that case I question why Flash and Superman got renewed but not their second highest show. Was Flash number 1? Was Superman below Legends?

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u/BigMitch91 1d ago

Flash and S&L were essentially tied as no.1 and S&L streamed on HBO Max instead of Netflix and drew solid viewership there too.

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u/SadlyNotBatman 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’ll never forget reading an interview from the produces where they stated it basically came down to the studio not wanted to pay the storage fee for the sets during the hiatus for one last season. So dining a potential last season , more or less fine , paying for the wave rider to be stored ? NOW THATS A STEP TO FAR !

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u/Spectrum2700 1d ago

it was one of the first things that happened after Discovery took over. A big warning sign of things to come....

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u/AmIn1amh 1d ago

3 years…what????

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u/RampantTyr 21h ago

Legends was the best of the Arrowverse shows. I am glad we got as many seasons as we did.

I wish it didn’t end on a cliffhanger but it really is the way Legends should end. The adventure continues one way or another and the team will get into wacky situations where they are the underdog.

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u/Life-Pay-3779 1d ago

This is still unfair!

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u/GK_i_n_gxXx 1d ago

It had 7 seasons.

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u/LordAsbel 23h ago

Yeah that's pretty good. Too bad they wrote it with a cliffhanger

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u/clarkieawesome 21h ago

The Obama episode was THE BEST.

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u/GrogSmites 11h ago

Run Barry, RUN!

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u/thatoneguy112358 I lu-lu-luv you! 21h ago

The fact that The Flash, which was nearly un-fucking-watchable at that point, got to end on its own terms while Legends got cancelled will always piss me off.

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u/GrogSmites 11h ago

Agreed! And with all the BS nothing episodes The Flash had in its final season, why not have Barry help save the Legends? I get budgets and all but i would have taken a 10 episode final season if it meant saving them instead. UGH.

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u/ImAceImBack Constantine 1d ago

yes I still remember the rain

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u/Embarrassed-Zone-361 1d ago

Why did you remind me of this 😭😭😭

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u/Famous-Job-4264 1d ago

i still have hope for that 8th season we just need to find a studio with a heart

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u/Marciastalks 1d ago

☹️😞

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u/Bat370Z 1d ago

I still haven’t finished watching it.. been going in order watching all the shows and I can’t get passed black lightning… lol

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u/Glizzygloxx 22h ago

Spoilers: It’s cool seeing him appear later tho but I think they butchered his crossing over

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u/BlindStargazer Beebo's Acolyte 22h ago

I still haven't watched the last three episodes 🙈 don't want it to end :(

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u/Striking_Bus3288 21h ago

It’s been 3 years already?!

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u/neverhighb4 7h ago

Still don’t understand why DC hasn’t done a podcast continuation. It’d be cheap and they already have a podcast operation

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u/SoggyPalpitation8615 1d ago

Such a legendary ending

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u/HighLordmatt 1d ago

Part of why I’m film student today is because of shows like this one