Great list. I think you and I might be the only people that actually liked Dark Matter, everyone else seems to write it off as wannabe Firefly and that’s… not inaccurate, but I still enjoyed it, haha.
Dark Matter was fun, so was Killjoys. I watched both when they were airing.
That’s the thing, looking back…it’s easy to compare those types of shows against everything better that came before. However, at the time; it was just new material. I go into these situations with low expectations so as not to be disappointed.
They can’t all be zingers, right?
Edit: after re-reading this in a more enlightened state (1 day older & a bit less intoxicated), I’ve come to a better conclusion…
We generally look back and only remember the best & worst things. Mediocre or “it was okay” get forgotten.
The shoulders or taint of the giants on which we stand get left behind.
It’s been so long between the last time I saw Firefly or Serenity and when I started watching Dark Matter (only a few months ago), the comparison didn’t even occur to me.
There is some overlap, but IMHO not much more than any other “rag tag group of fugitives on a powerful ship” sci fi. Speaking of which, only after I posted did I think “oh, I forgot to find a role for Avon from Blake’s 7.”
Great list. I think you and I might be the only people that actually liked Dark Matter, everyone else seems to write it off as wannabe Firefly and that’s… not inaccurate, but I still enjoyed it, haha.
Dark Matter was fun, so was Killjoys. I watched both when they were airing.
That’s the thing, looking back…it’s easy to compare those types of shows against everything better that came before. However, at the time; it was just new material. I go into these situations with low expectations so as not to be disappointed.
They can’t all be zingers, right?
Edit: after re-reading this in a more enlightened state (1 day older & a bit less intoxicated), I’ve come to a better conclusion… We generally look back and only remember the best & worst things. Mediocre or “it was okay” get forgotten.
The shoulders or taint of the giants on which we stand get left behind.
It’s been so long between the last time I saw Firefly or Serenity and when I started watching Dark Matter (only a few months ago), the comparison didn’t even occur to me.
There is some overlap, but IMHO not much more than any other “rag tag group of fugitives on a powerful ship” sci fi. Speaking of which, only after I posted did I think “oh, I forgot to find a role for Avon from Blake’s 7.”