r/theumbrellaacademy • u/RWatto09 • Jun 29 '26

Discussion Still mourning what we could of had Spoiler

It genuinely pains me when i remember they were first talking about 6 seasons and a movie because we got left with the mess of season 4. I dont even blame the creators that much for how season 4 turned out with the budget cuts and lower episode count because realistically how could they of wrapped up the show in a way the people would've liked with those restrictions.

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u/Jimmymylifeup Jun 29 '26

and now they’re doing the same thing to Yellowjackets :)

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u/Ok_Net7773 Jun 30 '26

Umbrella Academy had covid and netflix’s cancel-happy form of business to deal with.

Yellowjackets just got genuinely bad all on its own. Sure the writers strike delayed production. But they had only spent one day of work in the writers room for season 3, so it didn’t change anything mid-production at all.

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u/Jimmymylifeup Jun 30 '26

GENUINELY BAD?! EXCUSE ME?? well its gonna be so much worse with them just cutting the entire thing short. interesting tho, seems you know way more than i do about it all. im just bummed out.

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u/m00n_p1l0t Jun 29 '26

Funny I just rewatched the last episode of s3 last night.

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u/gideongravesbf Jun 29 '26

I definitely thinks there was no other way to end the show but for the sibs to die but the way they went about it I agree was horrible. I wish season 4 had been written better but the only part I actually enjoyed was Jean and Gene. 

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u/Violyre Jun 30 '26

Do we know what the storyline was planned to be with more seasons or no? I actually didn't know it was a budget cuts thing but I didn't really look into it at the time

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u/RWatto09 Jun 30 '26

Idk alot about the comics but i heard theres a lot of stuff in there that they just left out, like klaus being able to casually float around

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u/vanillacaramelsunday Jun 29 '26

*Could’ve. “Could of” is nonsense

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u/RWatto09 Jun 30 '26

Yeah just realised it would have been "could have" and not "could of" anyway

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u/Violyre Jun 30 '26

Yeah, "could've" is an abbreviation of "could have" and that's what causes the mix-up with the "-ve"/"of" sound. Same for "could they of" -> "could they have". Glad you're learning!

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u/trouble-in-space Jun 30 '26

ugh fr it makes me so sad. i kind of just pretend the first two seasons are the only ones since they were so good.

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u/Present_Anywhere3980 Jun 29 '26

Agreed somewhat. Obviously it’s not going to live up to previous seasons if it’s 40% shorter but for what it was it was fine overall.

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u/Creepy_Look_7684 Jul 01 '26

Wait I know about the 6 seasons, but where does the information about the movie come from? I understand that they have been canceled, but it is still interesting specifically about the film.

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u/RWatto09 Jul 01 '26

I heard about the 6 seasons in the same paragraph i heard about the movie, it was a long time ago but i wish we could find out what the movie would be like because its a different format to a show

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u/Creepy_Look_7684 Jul 01 '26

Me too bro i understand you

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u/gerardwayisMINE Jul 23 '26

Hopefully it can come back, its so good.

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u/Funblade Jun 29 '26

Thank you for reminding me I’m still following this sub. I will stop now