It was a long shot, still it's sad that we're definitely loosing one of the forerunners in the current spacey sci-fi renaissance.
Dark Matter Season 3
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It was a long shot, still it's sad that we're definitely loosing one of the forerunners in the current spacey sci-fi renaissance.
This is a shame. I haven't watched the series but it is on my Netflix to watch list--now that I know it ends on a cliffhanger I will watch one of the many other shows I have on that list.
It was about the only SF show set (primarily) on a spaceship, at the time.
I'm hoping for a comic book, but with updated style, characters and plot so it can continue the TV series. The original comic used another visual style and partially different characters.
If some rights situation makes that impossible or if it doesn't happen for some other reason, Mallozzi will likely still release his game plan in some other form, possibly in episodic installments on his blog.
I wouldn't mind a novel, but he has already indicated he doesn't particularly like that idea.
Very unlikely, the sets are being taken down and a TV movie is by far insufficient to wrap the series up. I'm confident Mallozzi will find a way to give closure, but not à la "Serenity".
I think movies to wrap up a series work very well. I was very satisfied with Serenity, the Farscape mini-series (which was basically a condensed season), and even Veronica Mars.
Mallozzi has written on his blog that he would have liked a miniseries to wrap things up (one of the interested parties he was in discussion with was looking into a deal to make this work), but that a movie like Serenity would be so truncated that it wouldn't be satisfying.
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Mallozzi has done a twitter Q&A to give some answers about Dark Matter (original plans, some changes to it, and some broad strokes of S4 and S5 that will never be filmed): https://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2017/12/07/december-7-2017-last-nights-darkgate-highlights/
There will be second session aimed at a different time zone, so more may be forthcoming.
There will be second session aimed at a different time zone, so more may be forthcoming.
Extremely interesting post by showcreator Joe Mallozzi, here: https://josephmallozzi.wordpress.co...2017-that-dark-matter-dark-timeline-revealed/
At the link above, he gives the ending to Dark Matter as it was originally envisioned (later changed as the series was actually being filmed).
This is in addition to an earlier follow up to the Q&A session: https://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/december-11-2017-dark-matter-secrets-revealed/
At the link above, he gives the ending to Dark Matter as it was originally envisioned (later changed as the series was actually being filmed).
This is in addition to an earlier follow up to the Q&A session: https://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/december-11-2017-dark-matter-secrets-revealed/
I just want to repeat my earlier comment - fuck you to syfy for cancelling Dark Matter.
A poster commenting on the originally intended series pointed out the Van Helsing has been renewed for another season despite having half the ratings of DM.
Which probably means it costs them half as much to make or to buy. It's not ratings as an absolute that matter, it's the ratio of ratings (and therefore advertising income) to the cost of producing and airing the show. The higher the expenses, the higher the ratings have to be to balance them out.
Shouldn't that read "Fuck you to people for not watching Dark Matter?"
So the alien invasion would've led all the warring factions to unite against a common threat? That's just what I feared would happen, the invasion used as an easy excuse for ditching the conflicts rather than really resolving them.
The story is being continued on Mallozzi's blog (at least ep 1 of S4, hopefully more to come), from here: https://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/may-17-2018-dark-matter-episode-401-act-1/
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