Apple TV+ show "Bastards", with an insane premise, has been canceled

[Deleted member 43084]

This tweet is getting traction:

Apple first gave "Bastards" a straight-to-series order in late 2018, after what today's report describes as a "competitive" bidding war with other outlets. The Apple TV+ series was said to focus on two Vietnam veterans and best friends, and would have been Richard Gere's highest-profile TV role:

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Howard Gordon and Warren Leight collaborated on two scripts for "Bastards," but Apple reportedly sent notes with concerns about the "show's tone of vigilante justice." According to the report, Gordon did not want to focus on the friendship between the two characters, but rather wanted to emphasize the "darker elements of the series." Apple, however, wanted to ensure the "series was focused on the heart and emotion of the central friendship."

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Surprised Apple greenlit a show called "Bastards" in the first place.

 

[CloseTalker]

Seemed fine until those last couple words haha. Would have taken way more effort than it would be worth to strike a tonal balance with that show that didn't piss anyone off

 

[chainlinkspiral]

Oh Boomers. Never change. I mean it. Die miserable.

 

[DJ_Lae]

I dunno, that sounds fantastically terrible - I'd watch it.

I also completely understand why it was canceled. I just don't understand why it was green-lit in the first place.

 

[Blue Skies]

Wait, I thought Apple TV was gonna be like PG13 shit

This show sounds disgusting.

 

[Palette Swap]

Dodged a bullet here.

 

[Deleted member 21709]

Why did they even order it? Wow.

Someone got paid.

 

[Ebrietas-]

That sudden dark turn made me laugh out loud

Who the fuck thought this was a good idea?

 

[zainmosni]

Sounds like it would have ended up like that Heathers tv series, obvious boomer "kids these days" but ramped up to 11 by just straight up murdering em.

 

[EvilChameleon]

Boy, that turn a turn for the worse in the last sentence.

 

[Deleted member 8468]

For a second there it sounded like an awful 'Grumpy Old Men' reboot then I read the last line. Wtf.

 

[Lkr]

This is prime example of "well that escalated quickly"

 

[fontguy]

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[SArcher]

How would have this worked as a show? The premise really doesn't lend itself for more than maybe a miniseries.

 

[Kalentan]

That description isn't what I expected at all...

 

[JaredTaco]

I think they also played modern day cupids and were shooting love arrows. A love arrow shooting spree. RIght??

 

[Dalek]

That sounds incredibly bizarre.

 

[Deepwater]

The fact that anybody was seriously considering putting this on their platform when the premise sounds egregiously on-its-face bad is just....

 

[Deleted member 48897]

I read the summary in the image and quickly found myself googling signs of a stroke

 

[Extra Sauce]

ruins financial future of an entire generation, calls them "self-absorbed"

 

[TheIlliterati]

What surprised me is even though I was primed to read "shooting" I somehow read "shopping" and found the premise insane in a totally different way.

 

[Ragnorok64]

That description escalated so so severely in those last few words.

 

[wenis]

So like Frankie and Grace, but like, shootier.

 

[Acorn]

That starts off normal then goes places.

 

[Ragnorok64]

Wasn't there a dark comedy a few years ago with the premise of a guy finding out he has cancer or something then going on a journey of blowing away jerks with a teen sidekick? I seem to remember that being a thing.

 

[Vimto]

Sounds awful 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[Kitten Mittens]

Still better than The Morning Show, I bet.

 

[Breakfast Boy]

Apple TV+ is gonna be a HUGE flop

 

[Keyser S]

That sounds like was written in a shared google doc, and someone's teen child snuck in at the end for the final edit

 

[Deleted member 48897]

Maybe there should be limits on the redemption of characters

 

[PersonAndStuff]

Apple TV+ is gonna be a HUGE flop

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Yep, they've been cooking it so long.

 

[jon bones]

Apple TV+ is gonna be a HUGE flop

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None of it sounds compelling - it's like the opposite of Disney+

 

[iareharSon]

I don't know what's funnier. The premise of the show or that Apple thought that the premise could be salvaged by focusing on the heart and emotion of a relationship between spree killers 😂

 

[Firewithin]

a boomer wet dream. only if it was millennial brown people would have doubled down on it

 

[Galactic Barret]

Wasn't there a dark comedy a few years ago with the premise of a guy finding out he has cancer or something then going on a journey of blowing away jerks with a teen sidekick? I seem to remember that being a thing.

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Super?

 

[Deleted member 3896]

Yeah Falling Down: The Show is not really something that's needed or is going to land particularly well right now.

 

[rsfour]

But who was car

 

[BLEEN]

lmao wtf

Apple TV+ isn't gonna get off the ground, me thinks. Have they confirmed if they're even putting it on Firestick, Chromecast, etc etc?

 

[TheOMan]

What surprised me is even though I was primed to read "shooting" I somehow read "shopping" and found the premise insane in a totally different way.

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I....also read shopping. What does that say about us?

 

[BringBackSonics]

Woof Apple TV.

 

[cDNA]

Reading the article it seem the show was about vigilante justice, not just about shooting random millennial.

 

[grang]

Super?

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It's a movie Bobcat Goldthwait directed (or wrote), can't quite get the name but I watched it a while back and it was...okay IIRC?

edit: God Bless America

 

[Gigglepoo]

How would have this worked as a show? The premise really doesn't lend itself for more than maybe a miniseries.

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There are multiple seasons of The End of the F&#king World, Big Little Lies, and 13 Reasons Why. Even stories with definite ending points tend to go on and on if they're popular enough.

 

[jon bones]

lmao wtf

Apple TV+ isn't gonna get off the ground, me thinks. Have they confirmed if they're even putting it on Firestick, Chromecast, etc etc?

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I have to imagine they will - they put their TV app on Samsung TVs and stuff now.

 

[Kounce]

I don't know what's funnier. The premise of the show or that Apple thought that the premise could be salvaged by focusing on the heart and emotion of a relationship between spree killers 😂

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hahahaha, word. So much money being thrown at complete garbage.

 

[Lunaray]

Wasn't there a dark comedy a few years ago with the premise of a guy finding out he has cancer or something then going on a journey of blowing away jerks with a teen sidekick? I seem to remember that being a thing.

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Yeah, this seems to be the Boomer version of God Bless America.

 

[SchrodingerC]

No chill with that last sentence lmao.

Apple nearly published someone's boomer revenge porn fanfic.

 

[SugarNoodles]

Are showrunners just kept in a cage or something? Is that why we get these bizarre cases of shit like this getting greenlit?

 

[Ragnorok64]

Yeah, this seems to be the Boomer version of God Bless America.

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That's the one I was thinking of. I remember seeing an ad for it.

 

[Deleted member 54292]

Were they gonna be fed up like Michael Douglas in Falling Down and just start murdering millennials for eating avocado toast and killing their favorite Applebees or what?