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[The Perilous Dreamer]

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[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

I've always been interested in this show, but I haven't watched a single episode for some reason. I need to fix that.

[The Perilous Dreamer]

This was a show my wife and I watched together, we both loved it. The writers kind of went off the rails towards the end of the original show IMO unfortunately. I never saw the attempted reboot. I think the first season was just awesome and it had a ton of potential. I linked to the wiki as a source of ideas and, yeah, you should watch it. In spite of the fact that I did not like where they ultimately went with the show, I really liked the characters.

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Oct 8, 2022 11:08:05 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

This was a show my wife and I watched together, we both loved it. The writers kind of went off the rails towards the end of the original show IMO unfortunately. I never saw the attempted reboot. I think the first season was just awesome and it had a ton of potential. I linked to the wiki as a source of ideas and, yeah, you should watch it. In spite of the fact that I did not like where they ultimately went with the show, I really liked the characters.

I shall make the effort.  Now to find out where I can stream it...

[Kujik]

That was a really, really cool TV show, another cool show was Dark Angel with Jessica Alba which also suffered from the writer's painting the characters into a corner and then the show was canceled leaving us high and dry. I think Dark Angel also had three books part of which was in the TV show.

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Oct 8, 2022 13:54:08 GMT -5 Kujik said:

That was a really, really cool TV show, another cool show was Dark Angel with Jessica Alba which also suffered from the writer's painting the characters into a corner and then the show was canceled leaving us high and dry. I think Dark Angel also had three books part of which was in the TV show.

Dark Angel was another show that my wife and I watched together. She never read science fiction, but she enjoyed a lot of science fiction shows. I think I have the two seasons on DVD and the three books, there were gifts.

[hengest]

Never saw this but have heard similar stuff from more than one person—great characters.

Interesting how there are people who don't do a certain genre in a certain format. Watch but don't read SF. I try to do gaming stuff but almost never read fantasy (except Tolkien who is a different animal IMO).

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Oct 8, 2022 22:07:05 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

Oct 8, 2022 13:54:08 GMT -5 Kujik said:

That was a really, really cool TV show, another cool show was Dark Angel with Jessica Alba which also suffered from the writer's painting the characters into a corner and then the show was canceled leaving us high and dry. I think Dark Angel also had three books part of which was in the TV show.

Dark Angel was another show that my wife and I watched together. She never read science fiction, but she enjoyed a lot of science fiction shows. I think I have the two seasons on DVD and the three books, there were gifts.

Dark Angel is on Prime Video.  I'm finally going to give it a shot.  

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Oct 10, 2022 2:41:08 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Oct 8, 2022 22:07:05 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

Dark Angel was another show that my wife and I watched together. She never read science fiction, but she enjoyed a lot of science fiction shows. I think I have the two seasons on DVD and the three books, there were gifts.

Dark Angel is on Prime Video.  I'm finally going to give it a shot.  

I think you will like it. Let us know what you think.

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Oct 10, 2022 18:19:27 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

Oct 10, 2022 2:41:08 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Dark Angel is on Prime Video.  I'm finally going to give it a shot.  

I think you will like it. Let us know what you think.

You got it!

[Kujik]

Oct 8, 2022 22:07:05 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

Oct 8, 2022 13:54:08 GMT -5 Kujik said:

That was a really, really cool TV show, another cool show was Dark Angel with Jessica Alba which also suffered from the writer's painting the characters into a corner and then the show was canceled leaving us high and dry. I think Dark Angel also had three books part of which was in the TV show.

Dark Angel was another show that my wife and I watched together. She never read science fiction, but she enjoyed a lot of science fiction shows. I think I have the two seasons on DVD and the three books, there were gifts.

Really wish season three had been made

Unproduced season

In the DVD commentary for "Freak Nation", the series finale, Charles H. Eglee explained what had been planned for season three. The intention was to bring together the storylines of seasons one ("Manticore") and two ("Breeding Cult") and reveal the mythology of Dark Angel. The season would reveal that thousands of years ago, Earth passed through a comet's tail which deposited viral material that killed 97% of the human race. The breeding cult preserved the survivors' genetic immunity so that when the comet returned, only members of the cult would survive. Sandeman, a cult member, and Max's creator betrayed the cult and decided to give this genetic immunity to the rest of humanity through Max, who would be the savior of the human race. There were multiple ideas on how to spread Max's immunity, including an air burst that would disperse the antibody through the atmosphere, or attaching the immunity to a common cold virus (Eglee detailed how a scene would show Original Cindy sneezing as part of the beginning of the immunity spread).[22] This storyline is expanded upon in the final Dark Angel novel After the Dark though when the comet returns nobody falls ill, and it is believed that the cult simply had a false prediction.[23]

[Kujik]

Oct 7, 2022 13:14:29 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

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I loved heroes too, but then they went off the deep a direction that was not very interesting and it fizzled out. 

[Kujik]

Interestingly enough Jessica Alba has now been married 16 years, has three kids and will be 43 this year. That is a good start on not being typical Hollywood.

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Jan 25, 2024 23:11:13 GMT -5 Kujik said:

Oct 8, 2022 22:07:05 GMT -5 The Perilous Dreamer said:

Dark Angel was another show that my wife and I watched together. She never read science fiction, but she enjoyed a lot of science fiction shows. I think I have the two seasons on DVD and the three books, there were gifts.

Really wish season three had been made

Unproduced season

In the DVD commentary for "Freak Nation", the series finale, Charles H. Eglee explained what had been planned for season three. The intention was to bring together the storylines of seasons one ("Manticore") and two ("Breeding Cult") and reveal the mythology of Dark Angel. The season would reveal that thousands of years ago, Earth passed through a comet's tail which deposited viral material that killed 97% of the human race. The breeding cult preserved the survivors' genetic immunity so that when the comet returned, only members of the cult would survive. Sandeman, a cult member, and Max's creator betrayed the cult and decided to give this genetic immunity to the rest of humanity through Max, who would be the savior of the human race. There were multiple ideas on how to spread Max's immunity, including an air burst that would disperse the antibody through the atmosphere, or attaching the immunity to a common cold virus (Eglee detailed how a scene would show Original Cindy sneezing as part of the beginning of the immunity spread).[22] This storyline is expanded upon in the final Dark Angel novel After the Dark though when the comet returns nobody falls ill, and it is believed that the cult simply had a false prediction.[23]

Yeah, I do too. Although I would have liked season two to have been a bit different and had the show run for 7-10 years. There is so much territory to explore and they only scratched the surface. Same with Heroes, I think they messed up what could have went for 7-10 years.