Official Dark Matter "Virtual" Season 4 (Spoilers)
Aug 3, 2018 3:31:20 GMT
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Post by Whovitt on Aug 3, 2018 3:31:20 GMT
Having just finished Season 3 of Dark Matter (that ending...), I was desperate to see if there was any chance that another channel might pick up the series. After a quick Google search, I discovered that one of the co-writers, Joseph Mallozzi, has been irregularly uploading what would have happened in Season 4 on Twitter, collecting all the tweets on his blog. For those who are interested in knowing where the show would have been heading, I've linked his blog with all the episode acts currently available (so far the first 2 episodes in full!). There are a couple of surprises in there, I can tell you! 
The basic structure of the series is a brief summary of every scene in each act, with a limited amount of dialogue. The descriptive nature of the prose is very evocative of the feel of the series itself and it's fun and easy read.
Episode 1:
Act 1 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/may-17-2018-dark-matter-episode-401-act-1/
Act 2 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/may-18-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-01-act-2/
Act 3 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/may-19-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-01-act-3/
Act 4 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/05/20/may-20-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-01-act-4-of-5/
Act 5 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/may-21-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-01-act-5-of-5/
Episode 2:
Act 1 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/june-21-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-02-our-story-continues/
Act 2 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/06/22/june-22-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-02-act-ii/
Act 3 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/06/23/june-23-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-02-act-iii/
Act 4 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/06/24/june-24-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-02-act-iv/
Act 5 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/june-25-2018/
Episode 3:
Act 1 - josephmallozzi.com/2019/05/24/dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-02-act-1/
Act 2 - josephmallozzi.com/2019/05/25/dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-03-act-ii/
Act 3 - josephmallozzi.com/2019/05/27/dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-03-act-iii/
Act 4 - josephmallozzi.com/2019/05/28/dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-03-act-iv/
Act 5 - josephmallozzi.com/2019/05/30/dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-03-act-5/
The basic structure of the series is a brief summary of every scene in each act, with a limited amount of dialogue. The descriptive nature of the prose is very evocative of the feel of the series itself and it's fun and easy read.
Episode 1:
Act 1 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/may-17-2018-dark-matter-episode-401-act-1/
Act 2 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/may-18-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-01-act-2/
Act 3 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/may-19-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-01-act-3/
Act 4 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/05/20/may-20-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-01-act-4-of-5/
Act 5 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/may-21-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-01-act-5-of-5/
Episode 2:
Act 1 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/june-21-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-02-our-story-continues/
Act 2 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/06/22/june-22-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-02-act-ii/
Act 3 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/06/23/june-23-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-02-act-iii/
Act 4 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/06/24/june-24-2018-dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-02-act-iv/
Act 5 - josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2018/06/25/june-25-2018/
Episode 3:
Act 1 - josephmallozzi.com/2019/05/24/dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-02-act-1/
Act 2 - josephmallozzi.com/2019/05/25/dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-03-act-ii/
Act 3 - josephmallozzi.com/2019/05/27/dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-03-act-iii/
Act 4 - josephmallozzi.com/2019/05/28/dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-03-act-iv/
Act 5 - josephmallozzi.com/2019/05/30/dark-matter-virtual-season-4-episode-4-03-act-5/
He apparently offered it to Amazon, but because Netflix has the streaming rights to Seasons 1-3, it was a poor deal for Amazon. I think the reason he's finally releasing these 'episodes' is because, although there's always hope that someone will pick it up, this is probably the only way the fans are ever going to get the rest of the story (which is a shame as this show was brilliant).
That it does! There's something to be said for a show that looked at TOS Trek's high adventure, Babylon 5's myth arcs, and went: "Oh, this is gonna be fun."