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or do you just imagine them whilst achieving ultra-super-cilmax from bashing during pon farr?

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[–] themoken@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago

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."

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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.