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July 6, 2021: In case you missed it – Melissa O’Neil! Zoie Palmer! And the Dark Matter season 4 virtual episodes!

So, how’d you all enjoy yesterday’s Dark Matter Monday with super secret special guest stars Melissa O’Neil and Zoie Palmer?

What?  What do you mean you missed it?!  Didn’t I tell you it was NOT to be missed?

Well, don’t beat yourself up over it.  The gang at Orville Nation has you covered…

Next week, we’ll be discussing Virtual Season 4 Episodes 4.01, 4.02, and 4.03.

In case you need to brush up…

August 10, 2019: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4, Episode 4.01 gets the video treatment!

August 12, 2019: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4, Episode 4.02 gets the video treatment!

Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.03, Act 1

Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.03, Act II!

Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.03, Act III!

Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.03, Act IV!

Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.03, Act 5!

Today’s Yes/No…

Going to have to give this one a pass.

Pitch deck discussion on the Project F front tomorrow morning followed, hopefully, with some clarification on which K-Pop group(s) we’ll be approaching.  I have two in minds – one male and one female – but would love to hear from their man in Seoul.

Further developments on TimEscape have me feeling cautiously optimistic.  The team has a couple of potential homes in mind.

Once I’ve finished tweaking the pitch for the adaptation of the epic sci-fi comic book series, and follow up on the re-pitch of that classic science fiction t.v. series, I’m going to start beating out my take for the Dark Matter miniseries.

Let’s gooooooooo!

 

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July 12, 2019: More news of note!

Yep.  Details here:

Live At Comic-Con: Stargate: Extinction Movie Script Table Read

And, if you can’t make it, we got you covered:

July 12, 2019: More News Of Note!

And a couple of more surprises in store!

Also…

July 12, 2019: More News Of Note!

July 12, 2019: More News Of Note!

I’ll have more to say about this show in the coming days.

So, big weekend plans?

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May 23, 2019: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.03 Coming Your Way!

I have a window of opportunity to do a little writing  in the coming weeks: completing the pilot script for my (formerly) Untitled Awesome Project, outlining the pilot for that comic book adaptation, beating out the first five issues of my original ship-based sci-fi comic book series, developing that horror novel adaptation, hopefully moving on to the next step on that other BIG comic book adaptation, AND posting Episode 4.03 of the Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 wherein FOUR attempts to make peace with his recent past, FIVE meets her long-lost sister Carina, and the crew suffers a shocking betrayal.

YES!  ANOTHER SHOCKING BETRAYAL!

Anyway, get caught up if you haven’t already…

Episode 4.01 (The Virtual Season 4 Premiere!)

ACT 1  –  ACT 2  –  ACT 3  –  ACT 4  –  ACT 5

May 23, 2019: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.03 Coming Your Way!

Episode 4.02

ACT 1  –  ACT 2  –  ACT 3  –  ACT 4  –  ACT 5

May 23, 2019: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.03 Coming Your Way!

I’ll look to drop the first chapter in the coming days.

May 23, 2019: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.03 Coming Your Way!

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June 16, 2018: Goku, ornery crabs, and shifting gears!

June 16, 2018: Goku, Ornery Crabs, And Shifting Gears!

Well, look who was in town the other day.  None other than Peter Kelamis, aka Yellow Jacket, aka Adam Brody.  Also, aka the voice of Goku from Dragon Ball Z which totally wowed Akemi.  Forget Ryan Reynolds.  Peter Kelamis is her new celebrity crush!

Ivon, Peter and I got together for chicken schnitzel, tasteless chicken wings, a giant pretzel that was really a giant piece of bread resembling a pretzel, and undrinkably sour beer.  Still, it was nice catching up.  Hopefully, it won’t be another five years before we do it again!

June 16, 2018: Goku, Ornery Crabs, And Shifting Gears!

Bar Buca’s soft-shell crab sandwich looks downright ornery but is quite delicious.

June 16, 2018: Goku, Ornery Crabs, And Shifting Gears!

Former Dark Matter VFX Producer and dessert tour veteran Kerrington Harper was in town for a few days so, of course, we had to go for dessert.   On this occasion, Le Gourmand, our one stop shop for everything chocolate…and frozen custard!

I’m halfway through my move AND Dark Matter virtual season 4 Episode 4.02. Meanwhile, awaiting word on two deliveries, responses on two pitch sessions, and prepared to write off another two projects.  Hoping for a little clarity this week so I can start shifting creative gears and put a couple of projects in play…in another arena.

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May 22, 2018: Housekeeping beats!

First off, thanks to all those who weighed in with the kind words regarding our virtual Dark Matter season 4 premiere episode.  As I said, more than anything it was, for me, an exercise that allowed me to put the story (a story I’ve been sitting on for longer than you can probably imagine) out there.  Time and interest permitting, I’ll get around to Episode 4.02 in the not-too-distant future, a heist episode that reveals, among other things: an unlikely alliance, the fate of SIX and Tash, and the future of both Wexler and Ryo Ishida moving forward.

A great day today, highlighted by what was probably one of my best pitch meetings ever.  Of course, only time will tell if one of my ideas gets the nod (I’m holding out hope for either the sci-fi pitch, the other sci-fi pitch, the other sci-fi pitch, the other sci-fi pitch, or the horror pitch), but I’m feeling good about the chances and look forward to the possibility of collaborating with some terrific heavy-hitters.

A question from the comments section –

Liam asks: “Quick question on something unrelated.  I’ve recently discovered that there is a stargate universe comic, called “back to destiny”, which continues the SGU story after the end of season 2. Did you have any input in this at all? Is it what you would have done in season 3, had it been picked up?”

Answer: I had absolutely no input into the comic book and haven’t a clue what direction they took the story.  If you’re curious, here are a couple of ways we could have gone given the chance –

Stargate: Universe Beyond Season 2 – What Might Have Been

At one point, Paul and I were in talks to adapt the Stargate: Extinction script to the comic book format (the feature that would have seen Atlantis make its return to Pegasus), but we never got the chance to tell that particular tale.

FirstName writes: “For the future story, maybe consider a novel (not graphic novel). I would buy that for the greater depth it would provide. Is that a possibility?”

Answer: Sadly, not possible.  The time and effort required of me to write novels covering the show’s final two seasons ensure this’ll never happen.

David Walters writes: “Now after Dark Matter and The Expanse, maybe people will finally realize we need a Sci-Fi channel, not the SYFY channel?”

Answer: The Top 10 Sci-Fi Broadcast/Streaming Homes

Meanwhile – Oh, hey, a buddy of mine just got his top secret show picked up!  Congrats, my friend!  Shhhhhhhhh.

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May 21, 2018: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.01, Act 5 (of 5)!

Our virtual season premiere concludes…

May 21, 2018: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.01, Act 5 (of 5)! May 21, 2018: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.01, Act 5 (of 5)! May 21, 2018: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.01, Act 5 (of 5)! May 21, 2018: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.01, Act 5 (of 5)! May 21, 2018: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.01, Act 5 (of 5)! May 21, 2018: Dark Matter Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.01, Act 5 (of 5)!

And there you have it.  Everything I had planned for Dark Matter’s fourth season premiere.  It would have been a blast.

Well, I feel much better having gotten that off my chest.  Of course, it’s just 1 of the 26 episodes I had burning a hole in the back of my mind since the show’s cancellation.  Still, it was a most satisfying exercise and, who knows, should I ever again have the urge, the motivation, and the fan support, I may well offer up a second installment of Dark Matter’s Virtual Season 4 – Episode 4.02 – somewhere down the line.

Thoughts?

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May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

I experienced a range of emotions upon hearing of Dark Matter’s surprising cancellation: disbelief, anger, sadness, and a lot of frustration at the thought of leaving this story incomplete.  As most of you know, I went in with a game plan from Day 1, a thorough narrative blueprint encompassing every story and character arc over the show’s outlined five season run.  Of course, I know fans were equally frustrated given the fact that the show ended on the promise of aliens and androids and their disappointment compounded my own.  Over the course of the eight or so months since syfy dropped the ball (and us), I’ve been keeping busy with various development projects.  I’ve written scripts and overview and takes and, while enjoyable and creatively fulfilling to a certain extent, the process made me miss my show and my characters all the more.  And then, yesterday, while perusing the Dark Matter subreddit, I happen across a thread titled Season 4 Premises.  On a whim, I clicked replied with an overview of what I had planned for the first act of the first episode of season 4.  It was incredibly cathartic.  So, I headed over to twitter, and announced that I would do the same there, in more detailed fashion, offering up a breakdown of Dark Matter Season 4 Episode 401, Act 1.

In truth, it was really just a therapeutic exercise, but the fan response was overwhelming.  And so, I’ve decided to follow up with Act 2 tonight – and Acts 3, 4, and 5 over the next few nights – to give fans a glimpse at what might have been. And, also, to finally get this story off my chest.

Depending on how things go, who knows?  Maybe I’ll do the same for Episode 4.02.  And beyond.  It won’t be season 4 and 5 on the small screen but, hopefully, at the very least, it will offer fans some satisfaction and, most importantly, a degree of closure.

So, what did you miss last night?  Here’s the rundown of Dark Matter Season 4 Episode 4.01, Act 1…

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

May 17, 2018: Dark Matter Episode 401 – Act 1!

What do you think?  Leave me a comment in the comments section.