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From: Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>
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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Amazon cancels "Cruel Intentions" TV series
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 06:31:26 -0700
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On 3/10/2025 5:43 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On 3/10/25 4:27 PM, Your Name wrote:
> 
>>     'Cruel Intentions' Canceled After One Season at Amazon
>>     ------------------------------------------------------
>>     "Cruel Intentions'" long road to TV has ended rather cruelly.
>>
>>     Variety has learned exclusively that the "Cruel Intentions" TV
>>     series at Amazon Prime Video has been canceled after just one
>>     season. The series originally debuted on the streamer in
>>     November 2024. The show served as a TV update to the 1999 film
>>     of the same name, which was itself based on the classic novel
>>     "Dangerous Liaisons."
>>
>>     A TV show based on the film was set up at IMDB TV (a.k.a Freevee)
>>     in 2021 before being formally ordered at Prime Video in late
>>     2023.
> 
> Not surprising. I still haven't even gotten to this series, and not sure 
> when I will, and I'm sure I'm not alone.
> 
> They also were not complimentary about it on Reddit. And it got pretty 
> much zero "buzz", including there.
> 
> 

I finished the season, but didn't bother to post about it.  It was 
pretty forgettable.  It started out OK, but went downhill getting bogged 
down in too many plot threads.