SO cool that you got an interview here - and I love how it fits into your Substack's theme (with the pitch to comic to screen thing)! Anyway, great questions (and answers). I do wish I understood more about what happened with ONE (it always felt incredibly strange/off to me, but oh well). And I loved learning that Zairon was a reference to Gundam, ha! Hopefully one day we'll get more of a resolution, but oh well. Upsetting to hear that it might have been because of Network Politics and Shenanigans :(.
I'm also interested in the Dollhouse comparison. I've never felt that Dark Matter dealt with super similar material, since Dark Matter had characters that could form new memories out of the gate. [I totally agree with Mallozzi about how cool it was to have: "the audience discovering the world and backstories at the same time as our characters."] On Dollhouse, it was hard to root for Echo when A) she supposedly could not grow (even if later it became clear that she could); and B) she took on Totally New Personalities each episode, effectively reset to zero at the end. Early on, we were basically just following Echo's weekly programmed personality saving the day - not really Echo (or Caroline).
That was such an informative interview. It's unfortunate the show was canceled. You asked very thoughtful questions.
SO cool that you got an interview here - and I love how it fits into your Substack's theme (with the pitch to comic to screen thing)! Anyway, great questions (and answers). I do wish I understood more about what happened with ONE (it always felt incredibly strange/off to me, but oh well). And I loved learning that Zairon was a reference to Gundam, ha! Hopefully one day we'll get more of a resolution, but oh well. Upsetting to hear that it might have been because of Network Politics and Shenanigans :(.
I'm also interested in the Dollhouse comparison. I've never felt that Dark Matter dealt with super similar material, since Dark Matter had characters that could form new memories out of the gate. [I totally agree with Mallozzi about how cool it was to have: "the audience discovering the world and backstories at the same time as our characters."] On Dollhouse, it was hard to root for Echo when A) she supposedly could not grow (even if later it became clear that she could); and B) she took on Totally New Personalities each episode, effectively reset to zero at the end. Early on, we were basically just following Echo's weekly programmed personality saving the day - not really Echo (or Caroline).