Dark Matter: Canada's Firefly Or Something More?

[@TheHispanicHombre]

This show should have gotten another season to bring closure to the each characters ark. I loved this show and enjoyed every episode.

[@VonOutlaw]

I'm from the US and I actually loved this series I started watching it when it very first aired on Syfy. I'm still quite upset that I never got an ending to my questions

[@merm7th]

I watched and enjoyed it a lot. Android was my favorite as well. I found its vibe closer to farscape than firefly.

[@johnwiebe8581]

I remember watching it a long time ago, It was definitely interesting with the amnesia plot and the characters discovering themselves. As the name suggests it was a dark, gritty world they portrayed which can be refreshing or psudo-realistic compared with ST:TNG. I do remember a significant cliffhanger on the last episode I watched, but honestly the characters didn't come to memory; even after watching this video. I might rewatch it but I'm in no rush.

[@nanoflower1]

I remember watching it as it came out. I loved the show and was saddened by the cancellation of it without a proper end.

[@JunkVWs]

Was watching when it came out, loved it. felt like a guilty pleasure some episodes, but overall was awesome. I should rewatch it 🙂Number 3 was my favorite

[@ruidykeman7422]

1. How you made this without sitting the source material is impressive 2. Firefly was a trope blender all be it an extremely entertaining one. 3. Nether show is that original motley crew of adventures is as old as Odyssey. At minimum. 4. Dark matter was a fun low budget show with some grate moments and if given one more season it would have finished its story see source material. Ps they stretched that comic min sires for all it was worth lol.

[@mattbosley3531]

Dark Matter was a good show. I enjoyed it. One of Syfy's better efforts.

[@sortasurvival5482]

Ya know. I never thought about it till now, but the show shameless did that firefly thing too. Self contained events that are chronologically dependant.

[@richardgoddard37]

Syfy cancelled the wrong show...

[@Ravenous1369]

I loved Dark Matter, and share most of the same sentiments about it. I really wish it could've been finished properly and feel like it would've done way better had there been a concrete ending planned from the beginning. Also 5 is my favorite, Android is a Very close second with the rest of the crew solidly tied for 3rd because despite everyone's flaws I love em regardless.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

Watched it some years ago after a recommendation from a friend. It was OK but had a few hackneyed tropes that were already boring at the time, specifically the girl boss, nerdy techy and the metal (wo)man wanting a soul. The series dying on a cliffhanger was also a shitty move by the studio. Ultimately it was fun to watch but the disappointing ending ruins it.

[@YoMamma-dy8gu]

And the most hackneyed of tropes: a mirror universe where everyone is EVIL. 🙄 I liked Android because she already HAD basic emotions and it was considered normal. I remember reading that the actress was given the direction "Don't be Data."

[@LeeCarlson]

Dark Matter was based (very loosely) on a comic book series by that name.

[@bjones6381]

This show (Dark Matter) which I truly like is more along the lines of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda than Firefly which I also liked. Firefly is more of Outlaw Josey Wales. I know I am mixing genres. The reason being is Josey and Firefly is about a ragtag group of people who have chosen to be together. Were Dark Matter the crew is forced to be together in this series. Also, with Dark Matter the series goes back and explains each person motivations and quest to get back to their normal after memories are returned.

[@misty3195]

If you had trouble getting into Stargate, try starting with Stargate Atlantis or Universe. I had the same problem and instead jumped to over to watch Atlantis. Once I really got into the story, there was points were they would bring up or tie in with Stargate SG1. Truth be told, I never truly got into Stargate SG1, but Atlantis and Universe were just so amazing that I had to go back and watch it for the sake of the universe it was in and I can now appreciate SG1. But yes, it is much more dry and taks way to long to figured out what they were going for. The later seasons are much better.

[@37jsully]

I liked Dark Matter when it was out. Man sad it was canceled.

[@TJH1]

No, it's a Canadian remake of "Blake's 7"!

[@Lucian028]

It was okay for a time

[@ElMistroFeroz]

If you haven't seen Firefly, don't. After you're done watching serenity and realizing that was the end, you will be scarred for life.

[@rmartinson19]

It's funny how immediately dismissive you were towards Stargate, because Dark Matter's set deign, ship designs, space battle sequences, cinematography, and often its character interactions and general vibe were all much closer to the middle and late seasons of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate: Atlantis than it ever was to Firefly. Which is fitting, since Joseph Mallozzi (one of the co-creators of Dark Matter) was one of the main writers for all three Stargate tv shows.

[@ElMistroFeroz]

Maybe some people weren't really taken in by a 120 lb woman taking down men twice her size. The series could had been good regardless, but to some people it's like a cockroach egg on their favorite ice cream.

[@bobb4you]

Three all the way,

[@YoMamma-dy8gu]

I liked this show for the first 2 seasons but then it suddenly veered into painfully stupid territory. The whole mirror universe thing. The "Blink drive." The Asian guy's whole Hamlet thing. All terrible. Honestly I wish the show had focused more on Android.

[@TheeGreyGalaxies]

I agree that it constituted a major shift in the plot, and made for a 3rd season that barely felt like it was the same show. but in all fairness, the groundwork for those elements was being laid all the way back in season one, so it's not like they just ran out of ideas and decided to go full star trek on us.

[@jameskillbot2867]

Dark matter more interesting than stargate? Big nope.

[@YoMamma-dy8gu]

@Reulorics It's so good to re-watch with your kids too. You can pick up any random episode and trust that it's okay for your 9 year old kid to watch.

[@madcapmonster]

it was a good show but not on the level of firefly

[@joecardinal2930]

I cannot focus on what this dude is saying because of the music... I hear words but they mean nothing.

[@plasmabazooka4403]

Please drop the music. It is so annoying.

[@johnlee3899]

Sy-Fy cancelling Dark matter to keep running killjoys a 3rd wave intersectional feminist wet dream was bloody criminal.