Dark Matter: Season 1

I think this show (which I'm pretty sure is by the same parent company) is taking the place of Lost Girl, now that that show has completed its run. While that show was fantasy with magic and all kinds of interesting elves and shape changers and evil people of all sorts along with the heroes and heroines, this new show-Dark Matter is pure science fiction. But just like the first show this one is extremely well written and well acted. It is very engaging and a lot of fun to watch! Of course season one ended on a big cliffhanger and I can hardly wait for season two!It is kind of fun to see the woman who played the the human Dr. in Lost Girl playing an android in this show. She does a really good job! I'd also see some similarities in the stowaway girl of the new show and Kinzey from the first show. Not too many similarities so as to spoil it, I really adored the new girl, and in fact I really like the whole cast. Love the writing- mysteries that span it's overall arc yet enjoying the stories encased in each single episode.It's been a while since I've enjoyed a science fiction show like this one-one that is just pure science fiction without horror and gore!One last note: I don't appreciate the makers of the DVD literally forcing us to watch their "commercials" so I just have to turn the sound off and waited out to get to where I can press play all on each disc. Still the quality of the show makes it worth the wait. :-)

There have been a lot of good reviews written about this show (that's why I purchased it) and I must agree. The basic premise -- six people, waking up from stasis on a stolen starship with no memories of who they are or how they got there -- held a lot of promise and the writers have fulfilled it, in my humble opinion. The characters are all believable and the acting is great: No self-indulgent overacting. The stories are excellent and brim with surprises and shocks. Here's hoping that "Dark Matter" is around for a long, long time.

At its core, good science fiction must have the same elements that good mysteries do.That is to say it needs well-thought-out characters, interesting plots, and a few twists and turns to keep the viewer guessing, which, in turn, helps to keep its audience invested in the narrative."Dark Matter" has all three of those elements plus a fourth: When they are rudely awakened from stasis because of a life-threatening on-board emergency, its crew members cannot remember who they are or why they are on a mysterious spaceship cruising through the galaxy on a course to an unknown destination.Why they have a collective case of amnesia is a mystery; what their mission is, and how they came to be together are also mysteries.It's an intriguing concept; one that helps make "Dark Matter" a cut above many other sci-fi programs that have come along in recent years.That's a tribute to the writers who, throughout the season, do a very good job of gradually revealing who the crew members are and what their original mission was. The writers also do a good job of balancing action scenes with scenes that allow viewers to get inside the heads of the main characters. As a bonus, they also have added just enough humor to balance out those action and introspection scenes.The writers have also done a pretty good job when it comes to creating a universe in which gigantic corporations essentially run things unchecked by any governmental agencies. These corporations have their own armies and run roughshod over anything or anyone who gets in their way. Given the current state of affairs on Planet Earth, that's a believable scenario.The series falls a little short, however, when it comes to the continuity of the narrative. I won't discuss that in detail because to do so would probably reveal too much about that narrative and, thus, spoil the experience for those that have not yet seen the show. I will say, however, that there is a surprise twist in the cliffhanger ending to this season that left me shaking my head because it felt like the writers had decided that they needed something to shake up the narrative even if it meant introducing a whole new storyline.Despite that, this is very good science fiction and worth 4.5 stars.

Awesome, awesome show. The cliffhangers at the end of every episode forced me to binge this show in one sitting. Each character has their time to shine and they get fleshed out pretty well without giving away to much of their back story (yet). Syfy hit gold with their current line of shows, between this Killjoys, The Expanse and The Magicians they've got me hooked.

This DVD set arrived right on time. I loved the series when I watched it on TV and it was nice to be refreshed about plot points. Even if you didn't see it before you should give it a tryif you are a Sci Fan!

This is a great science fiction TV series and the DVD set is quite nice. I can't wait to order season 2.

For it's own merit, this show is really good. The characters, the script and the plot are engaging. My problem is that I have seen sooo-many sci-fi flicks that it seems familiar to other shows, like Farscape (which in my opinion was great), Babylon 5 and some others among the Space movies. Even so, I bought it, I like it and look forward to season 2.

I gave Dark Matter, Season 1 an average mark. I like movies about amnesiacs. I like SiFi. I binge watched the series and enjoyed it. When I went to view the series a second time, I got stuck in the first episode. That was when I realized that I had lost empathy for most of the characters.The character development was really shallow. We see how the characters behave in a variety of situations and we are given news clips of the characters' past lives. Missing is the inner conflict of people rebelling against the shackles of a past life. Missing are genuine motives of people evolving and reimagining themselves.This series could have been more.