Save Dark Matter.

[rogueslayer452]

Dark Matter just got cancelled by Syfy.

When I read this, my heart sunk. I am utterly devastated and heartbroken.

Dark Matter is honestly one of the best science fiction shows I have had the pleasure of watching in years. It not only features some of my favorite tropes, but has such wonderful representation with a diverse cast, all the characters are three-dimensional and complex, and the storytelling and plot are just amazing. It was a mixture of so many things I enjoy about this genre and it filled this void in my soul that had been missing since BSG ended. This little found family found their way into my heart and it's always been a joy watching as their story continued forward. To suddenly have it be cancelled after three strong seasons (it was not only one of the best shows on the network but also one of their highest performing ones too, and the ratings were continually going up) is a damn travesty and I just cannot fathom what caused such a decision, especially since it was among an amazing lineup of other amazing shows. Then again, this isn't new for Syfy to be completely unfair when it comes to their own shows, so it's not surprising that they're failing to comment on why they suddenly decided to cancel one of their best shows.

I want to believe that the show can be saved, somehow. If only for one more season. I know that this seems impossible and a huge longshot, but this is how I react whenever something I love gets unjustly cancelled. I want to have hope that with enough fan support something can be done, even if it's just a small thing like half a season to wrap things up proper.

Sign this petition to help save the show. Again, like always with these things, there is no guarantee but we can at least try. If there are other petitions or fan campaigns available I'll make sure to update with those. But for the time being this is the only one that was just created. So please go sign that, and if you have Twitter go and share it along with hashtagging with the proper tags with the rest of the fandom to show support in hopes of a possible renewal.

Comments

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

It's so strange since both shows started at the same time and have always been kind of part of that scifi package deal and what many looked forward to during the summer. And to cancel one while renewing the other for two final seasons seems not only unfair but reeks of favoritism. Why not just renew both shows for one final season then if they were going to choose? IDGI. Then again, Syfy has always been flaky and stingy about things kinds of things. I'm still bitter of them canceling some of my other shows in the past for inane reasons. :/

[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

Yeah, there was the whole thing about W13 that couldn't be longer than 5 seasons, and since both the Dark Matter writers and the Killjoys writers were aiming for 5 seasons, I suppose this is still a thing. The DM cancellation comes out of nowhere as far as I'm concerned. :/

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there was the whole thing about W13 that couldn't be longer than 5 seasons

And it barely was even a fifth season, it was like, what, only six episodes or something? Not that any of them were any good, thanks to executive meddling, and most fans of the show don't acknowledge or talk about those last episodes because of it.

The DM cancellation comes out of nowhere as far as I'm concerned. :/

It truly was. The show wasn't even "on the bubble" that I'm aware of, in fact it was doing rather well for itself alongside Killjoys. So this announcement was totally out of left field entirely, for reasons we still don't know or understand. And it makes me so aggravated because this decision makes absolutely no sense. Why have one show reach that five season deal and not the other? Why cancel something that still had an engaging, ongoing arc? Canceling something before its time is bad enough, but canceling something on a massive cliffhanger is downright criminal, imho.