Dark Matter 2024 (Apple TV+)

pretty decent but could have been better. the middle of the series kinda fell off

for anyone seeking similar shows the old Sliders series is still worth a watch and handled alternate earths pretty well
 
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darkgen said:
Enjoyed it but still can't get past ..
the motivations in the first place. Basically a romance/love story by a version of Jason who pursued his work over a romance which triggered the entire story / technology use for that romantic loss.

I'm still none the wiser how Jason could teleport or enter a world where the technology had not been created. did the box just magically appear and then permanently remain in a world where the technology was not invented by a version of him (or someone else)?
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I don't believe that his motivation on the building of the box was driven by wanting to be with Daniela. The knowledge of the basic concepts needed to build the box were in Jason1 as well, he just chose not to pursue it. I think Jason2 went into the box after Daniela rejected him. I also think Jason2's world, or at least the company he kept in that world, was darker than the others, as witnessed by the CEO and his lacky.

For the magically appearing box, yeah... I made my peace with that early on and stopped questioning it.
 
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D3K said:
What was with his mate and Amanda at the end? That part i didn’t get. I don’t remember a version of him that was in the box but also knew her.
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Seems like Amanda2 is in the same world as Ryan1... you know what they say, it's a small multiverse. But him meeting Amanda or even knowing her existence makes no sense, they don't know each other. Probably done for shock value and as a cliffhanger.

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smokedog said:
Seems like Amanda2 is in the same world as Ryan1... you know what they say, it's a small multiverse. But him meeting Amanda or even knowing her existence makes no sense, they don't know each other. Probably done for shock value and as a cliffhanger.

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There’s gotta be more to it. There was a scene before that showing him working with liquid in a test tube. I guess he made more and then has had some kind of journey with it already, that’s put him on a path to wanting to find her. Quite an abstract and specific thing to show in an otherwise innocuous wrap up montage.
 
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There’s gotta be more to it. There was a scene before that showing him working with liquid in a test tube. I guess he made more and then has had some kind of journey with it already, that’s put him on a path to wanting to find her. Quite an abstract and specific thing to show in an otherwise innocuous wrap up montage.
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Yes, that's a very plausible scenario. But I do understand why the writers left it so ambiguous. There's no more source material and they don't want to commit themselves to something no one has written yet.
 
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Doesn't need a second series, unless it turns out to be a lost in space excepts its a box and not a space ship.
 
Glad it got renewed, started strongly and still kept me interested towards the end, which most weekly releases struggle to do nowadays. Everyone I’ve recommended it to has also enjoyed it.

Apple TV turning into a very decent home for sci-fi.
 
Calling it now,

Being chased angry versions, Kid gets split away from family, lots of angry kids some good kids.
 
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Calling it now,

Being chased angry versions, Kid gets split away from family, lots of angry kids some good kids.
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Doubt it’s gonna have much to do with them. More likely to be all the side stories about his pals
 
I'd like a back story on the technology and perhaps a greater or wider threat from the invention of that technology, perhaps even an off-world element. Please no more family related nonsense.
 
darkgen said:
I'd like a back story on the technology and perhaps a greater or wider threat from the invention of that technology, perhaps even an off-world element. Please no more family related nonsense.
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It wasn't really technology, it was all about the drug that allowed your brain to perceive all dimensions at once and it created that hallway as a way of coping with it all. The box itself was nothing more than a sensory damping device that allowed your brain to be isolated enough from quantum disturbances for the drug to take effect.

And to me this was just enough hand-wavery for the writer to get away with it. I doubt they're gonna drill deeper into the drug and how it works.
 
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It wasn't really technology, it was all about the drug that allowed your brain to perceive all dimensions at once and it created that hallway as a way of coping with it all. The box itself was nothing more than a sensory damping device that allowed your brain to be isolated enough from quantum disturbances for the drug to take effect.

And to me this was just enough hand-wavery for the writer to get away with it. I doubt they're gonna drill deeper into the drug and how it works.
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Well yeah; that's too easy. MY own fault for wanting some tangible albeit suspension of disbelief science versus complete fantasy. Perhaps some extra backstory on the "box" origination multiverse and how it came to be perhaps. I'm really not that interested on the love or family aspect; give me something interesting and add to the outlandishness of it all.
 
darkgen said:
Well yeah; that's too easy. MY own fault for wanting some tangible albeit suspension of disbelief science versus complete fantasy. Perhaps some extra backstory on the "box" origination multiverse and how it came to be perhaps. I'm really not that interested on the love or family aspect; give me something interesting and add to the outlandishness of it all.
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Yeah fair enough on the box - it's technically just a solid lump that prevents any outside interference getting inside and doesn't have a mind of its own or any technology to control its activity... but there's a lot of questions around why it could just appear in dimensions where it wasn't ever created by people in that dimension. Perhaps it just gets manifested around the persons location when they choose to open the door. Which means it was always there in all dimensions? RIP to anyone on that spot when it is realised.
 
Started watching this.
Not impressed.

Only on episode 2.

Acting is dire. Especially the "nice" guy.
The acting seems wooden
Maybe it's the writing not the acting?


All roles seem cliche.
The tough guy.
The nice guy.
Etc

Not sure I'm gonna carry on
 
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