Whoa. I seriously need to decompress. I’ve been going at full throttle for almost a year now from the moment Jay called me up to tell me the show was a go. I went from spinning story ideas to breaking them to writing scripts to prepping the show to producing the show to overseeing elements of post-production. With my return to Vancouver, I assumed things would slow down a little. but it’s been quite the opposite. In addition to weighing in on the music and soundscape, I’ve been all over this blog, twitter, and Facebook, trying to get the word out about the show. Not to mention the fact that, not wanting to be caught unprepared if/when the announcement comes, I’ve gone ahead and arced out season 2, come up with the 13 stories (in various stages of detail), and gone ahead and broken our opening two parter.
Back in the day (oh, going back a couple of weeks and far beyond), this little lady used to be my stress-buster:
I’d prop her up onto my chest and, as Akemi would, we’d “gaze lovingly into each others eyes. Fifteen minutes…thirty minutes…forty-five minutes…”. Bubba is more of a momma’s boy and Lulu is a little more aloof so I find myself endlessly perusing senior pug rescues or flagging down owners so that I can stop and say hi to their elderly dogs.
As crazy as it sounds, and despite the fact that Jelly couldn’t really get around the last few years of her life, the house now feels quite empty without her. This can go one of two ways: I sell the house and move OR I keep the house and adopt a few senior pugs (yes, “few” implies more than “a couple”). Much will depend on whether or not the show goes for a second season.
Reading usually relaxes me. And I truly have to make time for the many, MANY books I’ve been meaning to get around to, among the them Alastair Reynolds’ Slow Bullets, John Scalzi’s The End of All Things, “Claire North”‘s Touch, and these…
Started on them and, for you comic book fans, would highly recommend you check out the following:
Descender: http://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/reviews/image-comics/descender/1
ODYC: http://www.excaliburccg.com/odyc-1-from-image-comics-retells-the-tale-in-psychedelic-fashion/
ALEX + ADA: http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3329937/comic-book-review-alex-ada-12-high-point-sleeper-hit/
The Disciples: http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/the-disciples-1-black-mask-2015
Arcadia: http://io9.com/its-the-matrix-vs-the-apocalypse-in-this-arcadia-1-co-1696811184
Hey, all! Remember to post your questions for Dark Matter Executive Producer Jay Firestone! He’ll be dropping by this blog for a Q&A soon!
Your daily dose of Dark Matter links:
http://noeentertainment.com/2015/06/dark-matter-review/
“Most people have a “5 star” rating, I however like a more authentic grading scale. I like when things are so good that I involuntarily thrust my clenched fist into the air in excitement. A.k.a a “hype-fist”. So I give this show, a 5 out of 5 on the Hype Fist Meter.”
“One of the great draws of science fiction is simply the visual bliss it can bring to one’s mind and life, and in both Dark Matter and Killjoys, the art of camerawork, VFX, set-design, and costuming are all top notch. These shows are why HD TV and Tumblr were invented.”
http://talknerdywithus.com/2015/06/21/nature-versus-nurture-the-emerging-personas-of-dark-matter/
“As the second half of SyFy Channel’s pilot episode of Dark Matter is completed, I’m left pondering one of the deeper questions in life: how much of our personality is based on our life experiences, and how much is ingrained in our very makeup?”
http://www.syfy.com/blog/dark-matter-origins
“Dark Matter has some serious science fiction auspices behind it, you could even say that Dark Matter has been a show years in the making. Creators Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie worked together on Stargate SG-1, Atlantis and SGU before bringing the team back together for one more ride to create a gorgeous, epic comic-book. Wait, what?! That’s right Dark Matter began its illustrious voyage to the small screen as a comic book mini series that debuted back in 2012. If you’re looking for full-on submersion in the Dark Matter canon look no further.”
http://io9.com/dark-matter-wonders-how-much-an-unremembered-past-reall-1712951352
“So, is it better to find out who you were and be disappointed or to know nothing? And among the five who discovered a criminal past, whose reaction is the right one? One’s denial? Two’s determination to not let a file dictate her identity? Three’s shrug and good humor ? Four’s conscious choice to ignore it all? Six’s simple happiness at being able to fly?”
http://www.scifivision.com/interviews/2909-exclusive-joseph-mallozzi-on-creating-dark-matter
“I was inspired by the types of shows and the types of stuff I read, like I said a cable show in terms of the structure and the pacing, and then kind of a narrative style. I worked on Stargate for many years, so there’s that. Then I’m a big fan of sort of the Japanese influences, and anime, and comic books, and I think you’ll find all those elements in Dark Matter.”
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