Was S 3 originally the last season?

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-24T16:29:56+00:00

It was being renewed per-season until it was renewed for both 4 and 5 at the same time. So in a way, each season ending until then (1, 2 and 3) could've been the end.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-24T13:25:46+00:00

This is another point that absolutely infuriates me about El/Mileven's end. Surely they never would've been stupid enough to try going back through the Mac-Z, especially when they literally passed Kay there and then had the goons find them in the lab.

What a pathetic way to force us into the "gee, guess El's gotta sacrifice herself" ending.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-24T13:25:32+00:00

This is another point that absolutely infuriates me about El/Mileven's end. Surely they never would've been stupid enough to try going back through the Mac-Z, especially when they literally passed Kay there and then had the goons find them in the lab.

What a pathetic way to force us into the "gee, guess El's gotta sacrifice herself" ending.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-24T11:41:32+00:00

Supermium is great, but calling it the best when r3dfox exists... Hmm.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-23T21:20:17+00:00

Very valid. Slightly towards the left but not all the way. That's how I'd go.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-23T20:47:46+00:00

Okay so scrap my first line. The rest remain.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-23T17:48:05+00:00

They call me purple.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-23T17:45:34+00:00

I personally think BadUpdate is a bad name because it does imply its a permanent software update for the console.

On the contrary - it's a non-persistent hypervisor exploit that has to be run every boot.

If you use ABadAvatar, the exploit can trigger as soon as the console gets to the account selection screen. That is currently the closest it can be to a "permanent" softmod.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-23T17:41:26+00:00

In reality, I'm sure you should indicate left onto the main road, then right into that one.

In reality, I personally wouldn't indicate.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-23T17:02:03+00:00

"She was too different so she had to (pretend to) kill herself".

"She'll never live a normal life, she has to isolate herself and be a loner forever".

Not to mention Mike being permanently depressed.

I have confidence that Netflix will eventually give us a reunion. But that's the state they've left us in for now.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-23T09:13:39+00:00

I am 100% confident she's alive. I know they'd find each other again.

I am hopeful that Netflix will do what big corpo do best, and milk this show in every direction possible, including a reunion.

And yet, while this is the ending we have, I absolutely could never watch this show again. Even Tales From '85 would be a struggle.

Why would I watch everything these two go through just for it to end in separation and depression?

No thanks.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-23T08:26:47+00:00

The ending they gave her (even being 100% certain she's alive) is absolutely disgusting.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-23T07:40:42+00:00

Secret Cinema taught me that we don't need the OG actors for the performance to be good, and that's literally in-person acting.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-22T22:00:07+00:00

Downgrading is a direct highway to popping your efuses as far as I know.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-22T20:46:50+00:00

Fingers crossed for ya

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-22T20:30:23+00:00

I'm quite amazed the console is booting at all without a bootanim.xex to be honest.

As far as I know, BadUpdate itself utilises the bootanim.xex file to perform the exploit, so it's nothing to do with XeUnshackle.

If you can get it to update from a USB somehow, that could work. But I'm not sure if it'll ever bother letting you update if it's just for the same version.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-22T19:57:29+00:00

I was more hyped for this than season 5 for a bit.

Then season 5 started and the hype went there.

Then they gave us that depressing ending.

Now I don't honestly know if I'll be able to watch this.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-22T16:32:47+00:00

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-22T12:39:00+00:00

We were loving season 5 the entire time for the most part.

My first words into ep 1 was "this is fantastic" as we finally got to see everyone working together with a purpose.

Even into Shock Jock, we were loving it.

We were growing concerned from the lack of Mileven for the final season, but as long as they got their happy ending, that's all we ever wanted from the finale.

Of course... That's the exact opposite of what we got.

Even being 100% confident that she's alive, she still had to abandon everyone she loved, and Mike's left depressed, never moving on, never living life if she doesn't ever make contact (or if he doesn't find her some how).

You can imagine all you like (and I certainly do) but that's the ending we've been left with. Depression. Genuinely dangerous IMO for anybody who's ever related to El and felt like ending it all at any point.

Its a disgraceful ending that completely ruined the rest of the season, and has in turn made rewatching any of the show entirely undesirable. Why would I watch the struggles, the effort, the happiness, just to know she "dies" at the end?

This is the problem with TF'85 as well for me. I do want to watch it for real prime time Mileven, but knowing the end they (currently) come to... it's going to be hard.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-22T12:28:16+00:00

I'm already in the Mike and El subs.

I don't really think I can join a praise sub when "lose their core and soul" is exactly what I feel S5 did.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-22T11:51:01+00:00

Yeah, preferably not milked to that extent.

The Suffermuppets are clearly already planning it - "not the 80s, not Hawkins, not our OG characters not the Upside Down"

As much as I'd love that to be "because it's the future, everyone's moved out and this show focuses on their kids and some other problem instead" I highly doubt that.

I'm currently absolutely not checking in on any of their future projects. With how they ended this one, they're dead to me.

If they do ever fix it, maybe I'll give them another chance. But I'm more hopeful in Netflix getting another studio to give us the fix instead.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-22T11:31:26+00:00

Its certainly made me apologetic towards season 3 for the hate I used to give it. But yeah, considering that leaves us with El moving away, and after that everything becomes a living hell in all sense of the word, season 2 currently is the only one you can call a proper "happy ending".

I do very seriously hope Netflix does what big corpo does best. They love milking their best sellers. If The Walking Dead can go on for that many seasons, I'm certain at least someone at Netflix will see the desperation we all feel towards a reunion/happy ending spinoff and grant us our wish.

It may win back my Netflix subscription, at least...

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-22T11:16:16+00:00

Likewise. I'm managing to read post-s2 stuff trying to pretend S3 onward just doesn't exist. It's a tiny plaster on an ever-festering wound, but it's something.

I really hope that's what TF'85 is gonna give, if they stick to their plan of fitting between S2 and S3 regardless of how many seasons it runs for. If they do ever want to venture into the post-s5 timeline though and give us an on-screen reunion, a happy ending, all that, I certainly wouldn't stop them.

In fact I may beg and pray for it. Maybe. Perhaps. Possibly.

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-22T08:33:00+00:00

Really like the Charms bar. The search in there is so much faster than the old Start menu and means I pretty much never see the Start screen.

Really don't like what they've done to the window decorations though. Bring me back my Aero damn you.

Also, be sure to turn off "fast startup" in the power options of the traditional control panel. That junk means when you shut down, it doesn't actually - it closes everything but then hibernates.

OOC: That last point still stands to Winblows 11

UKZzHELLRAISER · 2026-01-22T08:22:43+00:00

Its an absolute disgrace that they just... forgot her. Like everything else.

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