Although Netflix often receives praise for greenlighting many ambitious projects from the future of the industry, it can also receive outrage for ending the run of a popular project way before its time. The latest egregious decision from Netflix that is already causing widespread outrage is the cancellation of The Boroughs after its first season. Created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, and executive produced by Stranger Things duo Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, the show opened to impressive figures, earning 5.6 million views in its first weekend, which grew to 9.5 million views in its first full week.
Alas, a third week drop to 3.7 million views indicated all wasn’t well with the potential longevity of the series, and, despite earning positive reviews and reports that a second season writers’ room had been opened, The Boroughs was given the chop. This has left many fans of the series looking for a way to dry their tears, and they’ve found it via one of The Boroughs‘ stars, Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2), previous projects.
Released in 2001, the Western flick Texas Rangers surprised many by promising plenty of action and a star-studded cast, which included the aforementioned Molina, Ashton Kutcher, Dylan McDermott, and Usher (yes, that one). Sadly, the film was undeniably a mess, earning an impressively low 2% average score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and being dubbed “a dull, laughable cactus costume drama that has no significant appeal” by one critic. The film also failed at the box office, scoring just $600,000 against a reported $38 million production budget in one of 2001’s biggest flops. Surprisingly, 25 years later, Texas Rangers is a hit, landing a spot among the ten most-streamed movies on Paramount+, at the time of writing.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Personality Quiz Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky
Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing to back down. Eight questions will tell you which one.
Paul Atreides
Capt. Kirk
Princess Leia
Ellen Ripley
Max Rockatansky
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How do you lead when the stakes couldn’t be higher? The way you lead under pressure is the most honest thing about you.
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What is your greatest strength in a crisis? The quality that keeps you alive when everything else fails.
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What is the thing you’d sacrifice everything else for? Your deepest motivation is your truest compass.
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How do you relate to the people around you? Who you are to others under pressure is who you really are.
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You’re facing a threat that no one else believes is real. What do you do? How you respond when you’re the only one who sees it defines everything.
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What has your heroism cost you personally? Every hero pays. The question is what — and whether they’d pay it again.
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How do you feel about the rules of the world you’re in? Every hero has a relationship with the system. What’s yours?
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When everything is on the line, what keeps you going? The answer is the most honest thing about you.
Your Hero Has Been Identified Your Sci-Fi Hero Is…
Your answers point to the iconic sci-fi hero who shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of facing the impossible.
Arrakis · Dune
Paul Atreides
You carry a weight most people would crumble under — the knowledge of what you’re capable of, and the burden of what you might have to become.
You see further ahead than others and you plan accordingly, even when the vision frightens you.
You are driven by loyalty to your people and a sense of destiny you didn’t ask for but can’t escape.
Paul Atreides is not simply a hero — he is someone who understands the cost of power and chooses to bear it anyway.
That gravity, that willingness to carry what others won’t, is exactly you.
USS Enterprise · Star Trek
Captain Kirk
You lead with instinct, warmth, and an absolute refusal to accept a no-win scenario — because you’ve always believed there’s a third option nobody else has thought of yet.
You take the mission seriously without ever taking yourself too seriously.
Your crew would follow you anywhere, not because you demand it, but because you’ve earned it.
Kirk’s genius isn’t tactical — it’s human. He reads people, bends rules with purpose, and wills outcomes into existence through sheer conviction.
That combination of warmth, audacity, and relentless optimism is unmistakably yours.
The Rebellion · Star Wars
Princess Leia
You are the kind of person who holds the line when everyone else is losing faith — not because you’re fearless, but because giving up simply isn’t something you’re capable of.
You lead through conviction. Your voice carries because your belief is unshakeable.
You gave up everything ordinary the moment you chose the cause, and you’ve never looked back.
Leia is not a supporting character in her own story — she is the moral centre of the entire rebellion.
That same fierce, principled, unbreakable core is what defines you.
The Nostromo · Alien
Ellen Ripley
You are not reckless, not grandiose, and not particularly interested in being anyone’s hero — you just refuse to stop when it matters.
You see threats clearly, you document the truth even when no one listens, and when the time comes you handle it yourself.
Ripley’s heroism is earned, not performed. She doesn’t have a speech — she has a flamethrower and a plan.
You share her composure under the worst possible pressure, and her refusal to pretend the monster isn’t there.
When it counts, you don’t flinch. That’s everything.
The Wasteland · Mad Max
Max Rockatansky
You have been through fire that would break most people — and what came out the other side is something the world underestimates at its peril.
You don’t ask for help, don’t need validation, and don’t wait for anyone to tell you the rules no longer apply.
Your loyalty, when it finally arrives, is absolute — but it’s earned in silence and tested in action, not in words.
Max is not a nihilist. He is someone who lost everything and found, against his will, that he still has something worth protecting.
That bruised, stubborn, ultimately human core is exactly yours.
Another Western Is Topping the Paramount+ Charts
Texas Rangers might be a surprise hit on the Paramount+ charts, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise to see a Western reach the top ten. This is thanks largely to the prolific producer Taylor Sheridan, as his continued dominance of the genre on the small screen materializes into several streaming hits, including Dutton Ranch, one of the darkest spin-offs in the Yellowstone universe, starring Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly. The finale of Dutton Ranch is now just weeks away, and its place atop the streaming charts is likely to last much longer.
Texas Rangers is one of the ten most-streamed movies on Paramount+. Stay tuned to Collider for more streaming stories.
