Syfy's Dark Matter(Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie)
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heisenberg
Earl Grey
so
is there a movement/fundraiser/twitter campaign to get DM fan made or picked up by netflix/amazon/hulu yet?
it seems this happens to every cancelled show these days-good or bad
https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/14...ncelation-mgm-stargate-command-crossover-syfy
heisenberg
Earl Grey
https://josephmallozzi.wordpress.co...e-we-came-to-a-dark-matterstargate-crossover/so
is there a movement/fundraiser/twitter campaign to get DM fan made or picked up by netflix/amazon/hulu yet?
it seems this happens to every cancelled show these days-good or bad
PussyGalore
Meow
Interesting piece on Mozz' blog. And David Reed from Gateworld is in the mix? That's odd....
PussyGalore
Meow
I'm not getting the crossover idea between DM and Stargate. It doesn't make much sense and seems like a gratuitous scheme to get SG fans to tune into DM.
Also, I'm doubting that DM lost its chance to get a 4th season due to vague and unexplained "contract issues". It simply wasn't that great of a show and not enough people were clamoring for more of it, certainly not enough for a different network to take a chance on it. That's the truth of the matter.
It's sad how it went from hit to shit in a season and a half. They had everything going on until they did the memory reveals. They should have kept that "I don't remember who I am" thing going on for multiple seasons, and it would have made perfect sense. They could all pick up bits and pieces and after three or four season, then have somebody find a backup of their memory or something. As soon as they revealed the characters identities, everything went to shit. Sword Boy 4 was interesting until he became a space Yakuza prince. 2 was cool until she became a robot, etc.
PussyGalore
Meow
The show wasn't horrible but it wasn't great either. I found I could take it or leave it (especially when they began riding the cliche' story line of the android searching for her humanity. My God that gimmick is tired! 
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The cast of characters was too big and frankly I'm surprised the show lasted for 3 seasons with that many different stories to tell. A live action production of that size, replete with CGI, is hard to sustain unless it has a huge audience backing it.
) The cast of characters was too big and frankly I'm surprised the show lasted for 3 seasons with that many different stories to tell. A live action production of that size, replete with CGI, is hard to sustain unless it has a huge audience backing it.
The show wasn't horrible but it wasn't great either. I found I could take it or leave it (especially when they began riding the cliche' story line of the android searching for her humanity. My God that gimmick is tired!
The cast of characters was too big and frankly I'm surprised the show lasted for 3 seasons with that many different stories to tell. A live action production of that size, replete with CGI, is hard to sustain unless it has a huge audience backing it.
I was starting to like Android.
It was the whole thing that crumbled at the same time. All of the characters changed into new characters, and it was disappointing because we were seeing the same actors playing the parts. They started it with the dumb double number 1. They killed the first one, then killed the second one too. Why did he have to be a bad guy at all?
PussyGalore
Meow
I was starting to like Android.
Because it was a poorly thought out story concept.
Looking back at SG-1 seasons 6 on, and Stargate Atlantis from season to season, it is like they thought out each season on the fly (like soap opera writers do), and changed things around to fit whatever was popular, or adjusted to the availability of new actors which became available. Connor Trineer was fresh of the newly canceled Enterprise, and Cameron and Vala had come from Farscape together after that was done. They just wrote them in. Dark Matter seems to have been following that same creative path.
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PussyGalore
Meow
Wasn't DM supposed to be a TV version of Mallozzi's comic book? If so, why didn't they know where they were going with the show? They had a template right there. And if there wasn't enough source material to work from that's Mallozzi's fault. So was having a top-heavy production that priced itself out of the running with SyFy.
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Tonberry
GateFans Noob
The Ego on this SOB... why would he want to mix his trashy show with the SG universe and try to launch this show on their new platform? he really doesnt think his shit stinks does he... tbh i would throw such a hissyfit if he was allowed anywhere near Stargate in the future....
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I wont lie i love that they canceled this
#dancingforcancellation
I actually liked it a lot the first season. I would look forward to the next episode. But then they lost it when they did all the reveals and ruined the characters with them. Mallozzi has some talent, but then he loses direction. I think he is best on a team he is not leading? I don't know...I am just a lowly netizen with no shows!
Tonberry
GateFans Noob
SHAME on you! have you forgotten all the bad episodes of Stargate? he wrote them ALL!
PussyGalore
Meow
I'm the last person to defend Mallozzi but, as OM1 stated, he does have some talent that's best employed in concert with other writers (who oversee the work). When he's on his own his work is "derivative" and uninspired. He was very, very fortunate to get three seasons out of Dark Matter. He should be grateful for that.
