What happened to "The Dark"

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What happened to "The Dark"

#1 korik

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Posted 30 September 2014 - 03:04 PM

Whatever happened to "The Dark"? Probably one for the long time members. About 5+ years ago, I remember reading about a space opera web series that Erikson and others were working on. My memory is admittedly hazy but I seem to remember it was fairly far along into the production cycle and then I lost track. There was also an offhand comment in one of the recent AMAs on Reddit but no details..... Anyone able to fill me in?

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Posted 30 September 2014 - 03:48 PM

great writing, shitty execution followed by abandonment of the project.

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Posted 30 September 2014 - 06:38 PM

I still have the tags and the t-shirt

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Posted 30 September 2014 - 06:53 PM

I thought as much.... did anything actually get filmed or did it not even get to that point?

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Posted 30 September 2014 - 10:12 PM

yeah there was an episode - it all fell apart at the pre-screening or whatever event, when I realized that they had taken Steve's writing, which in this case was in the 'building to a convergence' vein and chopped and changed it so much that the convergence didn't happen. Friendships were broken over this but it was a good learning experience.

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Posted 01 October 2014 - 03:42 AM

Morgoth, on 30 September 2014 - 06:38 PM, said:

I still have the tags and the t-shirt

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Posted 01 October 2014 - 08:28 AM

Malaclypse, on 30 September 2014 - 10:12 PM, said:

Friendships were broken over this but it was a good learning experience.

That's sounds like a high price to pay.

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#8 Morgoth

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Posted 01 October 2014 - 08:49 AM

It's such a shame too. The concept was great, and Steve really should be doing more SF writing.

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Posted 01 October 2014 - 10:11 AM

Do you remember the dark?

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Posted 01 October 2014 - 11:57 AM

Some of us never got our tags or shirt. :rant:

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Posted 01 October 2014 - 07:50 PM

Sombra, on 01 October 2014 - 11:57 AM, said:

Some of us never got our tags or shirt. :rant:

You had to be there...

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Posted 01 October 2014 - 10:40 PM

Morgoth, on 01 October 2014 - 08:49 AM, said:

It's such a shame too. The concept was great, and Steve really should be doing more SF writing.

No argument here. Loved THE DEVIL DELIVERED, really looking fwd to WILLFUL CHILD.

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Posted 02 October 2014 - 08:23 PM

Sombra, on 01 October 2014 - 11:57 AM, said:

Some of us never got our tags or shirt. :rant:

It's weird, having been involved with the thing as thoroughly as I was, I feel responsible for this - it's been bugging me a tiny bit all day.

I discarded both tags and shirt, if it makes you feel any better.

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Posted 04 October 2014 - 09:37 AM

What was the dark?

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Posted 04 October 2014 - 02:54 PM

Macros, on 04 October 2014 - 09:37 AM, said:

What was the dark?

The absence of light.

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Posted 06 October 2014 - 03:18 AM

Seriously, I'm also curious as to what The Dark was. Anyone have more info?

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Posted 06 October 2014 - 08:13 AM

It was going to be a sci-fi TV show written by SE and (I think) produced by Patch/Kallor if you remember him. Mal or someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but there was a balls up right from the get-go and no-one got paid for doing the pilot and a bunch of other things never happened (I don't know the full details) and nothing happened after that. A few people on the forum put money into it (I guess an early version of kickstarter or something similar) and there were T-Shirts and dog tags made for those who did give money. That's all that really came of it though What happened to the actors and crew I don't know.

As I said, Mal probably knows a lot more than I do, but that's the basics.

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Posted 13 November 2014 - 10:00 PM

It's actually still out there, if people were of a mind to look. There were two episodes which, now I have just checked, are still up.

http://www.rebelspace.com/

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