Dark Matter

It's sci fi for for sci if fans. This show fills a gap that was left by galactica and stargate universe and the like. I liked it so much I decided to get on and leave a review in hopes that it wouldn't get canceled by the anti sci fi overly critical critics. It is a major challenge to take on a show set in space with the ships, technology, characters, plot, and in this case they are on the right track. Just look at the ship set, it's awesome. After seeing the typical bad reviews I am convinced there is a plot to keep sci fi from staying on the air. The bad reviews sound like the people who originally hated firefly and look what happened there. It's nice having a new show without vampires, zombies, and high school drama that you can turn to when you want something in outer space with FTL. This show is great, has a smile on my face, and has me waiting for the next show.

If you love Firefly, you will love this. Although Firefly's characters are more lovable, Dark Matter's characters are more interesting. Dark Matter has better effects, production value and plots but you will grow to love the characters as much as Firefly's characters.

I didn't get into this show when it first came out in 2015, because the first episode implied a dour, serious and depressing sci fi show. Thankfully this time around I believed the IMDB ratings and sat through the first few episodes. After establishing the back stories and the world, Dark Matter starts to shine with gripping twists and plots that make you come back for more.

Much of the time watching it, I think to myself how thankful there are 3 seasons because the episodes are so great. It's the Firefly we could have had, the Firefly we deserve.

I just finished watching Dark Matter Season 3 on Amazon Prime & was frustrated to see this 9 out of 10 show ( would be 10 out of 10 with 2 more series no doubt ) was another victim of NBC's Syfy channel ridiculous cancellation policy ( just as the show gets really good they cancel it, instead of promoting the show so TV fans actually watch the first few episodes & see how it grows into a very good show. Many great shows such as "cheers" as a classic example take time to build an audience but great writing & acting will win out eventually & build that loyalty ).

For TV stations & streaming services to build up a loyal fan base you have to at the very least give your viewers the "the promise of closure" as now I do not want to watch anything made by NBC or Syfy ( & thinking of cancelling Amazon for cutting short "Sneaky Pete" which was awesome & now letting us watch a great show in Dark Matter but without taking over the project with a promise of some closure.

If you don't give your TV viewership the respect of closure then you can not then expect any of them to give you their loyalty. It really is simple that any TV show that is cancelled should be given an extra 6 episodes ( or a movie ) with sufficient notice to tie up any loose ends if at any point the show is cancelled in mid story arc.

So like many TV fans now if I see something is made by NBC or any of their subsidiaries such as the SyFy channel I now choose not to bother to start to watch as no one wants to start reading a great book but then not have it end with the necessary closure any great story needs ( unless a sequel is guaranteed ). The only way to make these people learn is to boycott their products until they take responsibility for their past cancellation errors & give each show a fair chance to give closure to the fans. So simply put give all these cancelled shows someone a movie to tie up the story ( as bring back original actors even if you have to book them up 2 or 3 years in advance to get the key actors, as you can tell the fans the closure will happen ( guaranteed ) in the next 2 to 3 years & get them back as your TV station fans ASAP. You already have a fan base that will once again return as loyal fans so long as you first give the fans their respect by finishing the stories.

Respect & loyalty all come from TRUST you build up as a brand over time.

I wasn't too happy with the storyline in the 3rd season, but overall I enjoyed M more than almost any other sci-fi show in recent years. I include Expanse in this comparison---clearly a better show in many ways, but not much damn fun, to be honest. Dark Matter's writers kept us entertained for three seasons with some frolicking interstellar hijinks. The actors made a good ensemble. Whatever the secret sauce the DM team used to turn a pretty silly concept into a tight, interesting show, I wish they would share it with the Expanse team.

I won't go into detail with spoilers, BUT abrupt cancellation of this series that has a rabid cult following left the plot hanging at the most unspeakably bad critical point I could possibly imagine!

Similar situations with the wonderful but woefully short lived Firefly and the earlier but much longer running and similarly popular Farscape led to fan outcries and wrap up movies, though I'm not sure this cliffhanger could have been resolved in less than a season short of actual unabashed divine intervention...

Premature cancellations seem to have become a far too common occurrence - one almost wonders how the redoubtable Babylon 5 was allowed to finish gracefully, though its sequel series did not fare so well