History Trivia / DarkMatter2015

* ProductionPosse: It's not unusual for Creator/DavidHewlett and Creator/TorriHigginson to show up in Mallozzi productions, after playing main roles on ''Series/StargateAtlantis''. Also Creator/AmandaTapping directed "Episode Four" and "Welcome to Your New Home".

** [[spoiler:Technically Acting for Three, as Bendavid also plays the AlternateUniverse Corso in a parallel dimension where the crew's memories were never wiped - at least, his evil behavior seems more consistent with an AU Corso than an AU Moss, though this isn't 100% confirmed]].

* DawsonCasting: Five says a fifteen-year old boy is around her age in season one, and season two reveals that she is 16 over a year after she joined the crew in season 1. The actress playing her, Creator/JodelleFerland, was in her early 20s during the run of the show.

** A scene was cut that showed Five had a crush on Devon.
** Creator/Syfy canned the series after three seasons out of planned five, ending it on a {{Cliffhanger}} of alien spaceships emerging from a tear in spacetime.
** One thing Mallozzi wanted to do (if Season 4 had gone forward) was have Creator/RobertPicardo play the avatar of an alien species. Another was to have the actors who played the original SG-1 (i.e. Creator/RichardDeanAnderson, Creator/AmandaTapping, Creator/ChristopherJudge and Creator/MichaelShanks) guest star as another infamous team of mercenaries the ''Raza'' crew would meet.

* DawsonCasting: Five says a fifteen-year old boy is around her age in season one, and season two reveals that she is 16 over a year after she joined the crew in season 1. The actress playing her, Creator/JodelleFerland, is in her early 20s.

* ActingForTwo: [[spoiler:Creator/MarcBendavid plays both One and Jace Corso, the sociopathic criminal whose appearance One copied through SurgicalImpersonation. One's former self, Derrick Moss, is played by Creator/DanJeannotte instead. An interesting case where Bendavid spends the vast majority of his screentime playing One, the impostor, and only occasionally appears as Corso, the person whose face it really is, whose personality is practically opposite and who speaks with reduced affect due to his LackOfEmpathy. So most of the time that we're seeing Corso's face and hearing his voice they're on someone who's doing and saying humane, friendly things Corso would never say or do, and making actual-feeling-human expressions with genuinely warm smiles and PuppyDogEyes he would never make. Jeannotte appears as One's original face only in "Episode Eight"]].

** Creator/MelissaONeil and Creator/AnthonyLemke play both the Two and Three of the primary universe and the evil, non-mindwiped Portia Lin and Marcus Boone of the AlternateUniverse. Supporting characters Wexler (Creator/EnnisEsmer), Tash (Creator/JessicaSipos) and Commander Truffault (Creator/ToriHigginson) also have Alt versions who appear.

* ProductionPosse: It's not unusual for Creator/DavidHewlett and Creator/TorriHigginson to show up in Mallozzi productions, after playing main roles on ''Series/StargateAtlantis''.

* ActingForTwo: [[spoiler:Creator/MarcBendavid plays both One and Jace Corso, the sociopathic criminal whose appearance One copied through SurgicalImpersonation. One's former self, Derrick Moss, is played by Creator/DanJeannotte instead. An interesting case where Bendavid spends the vast majority of his screentime playing One, the impostor, and only occasionally appears as Corso, the person whose face it really is, whose personality is practically opposite and who speaks with reduced affect due to his LackOfEmpathy. So most of the time that we're seeing Corso's face and hearing his voice they're on someone who's doing and saying humane, friendly things Corso would never say or do, and making actual-feeling-human expressions he would never make. Jeannotte appears as One's original face only in "Episode Eight"]].

* ActingForTwo: [[spoiler:Creator/MarcBendavid plays both One and Jace Corso, the sociopathic criminal whose appearance One copied through SurgicalImpersonation. One's former self, Derrick Moss, is played by Creator/DanJeannotte instead. An interesting case where Bendavid spends the vast majority of his screentime playing One, the impostor, and only occasionally appears as Corso, the person whose face it really is, whose personality is practically opposite and speaks with reduced affect, so most of the time that we're seeing Corso's face and hearing his voice they're on someone who's doing and saying humane, friendly things Corso would never say or do, and making actual-feeling-human expressions he would never make. Jeannotte appears as One's original face only in "Episode Eight"]].

* ActingForTwo: [[spoiler:Creator/MarcBendavid plays both One and Jace Corso, the sociopathic criminal whose appearance One copied through SurgicalImpersonation. One's former self, Derrick Moss, is played by Creator/DanJeannotte instead. An interesting case where Bendavid spends the vast majority of his screentime playing One, the impostor, and only occasionally appears as Corso, the person whose face it really is, whose personality is practically opposite and speaks with reduced affect, so most of the time when we're seeing Corso's face and hearing his voice they're on someone who's doing and saying humane, friendly things Corso would never say or do, and making actual-feeling-human expressions he would never make. Jeannotte appears as One's original face only in "Episode Eight"]].

* ActingForTwo: [[spoiler:Creator/MarcBendavid plays both One and Jace Corso, the sociopathic criminal whose appearance One copied through SurgicalImpersonation. One's former self, Derrick Moss, is played by Creator/DanJeannotte instead. An interesting case where Bendavid spends the vast majority of his screentime playing One, the impostor, and only occasionally appears as Corso, the person whose face it really is, whose personality is practically opposite. Jeannotte appears as One's original face only in "Episode Eight". Technically Acting for Three, as Bendavid also plays the AlternateUniverse Corso in a parallel dimension where the crew's memories were never wiped - at least, his evil behavior seems more consistent with an AU Corso than an AU Moss, though this isn't 100% confirmed]].

* ActingForTwo: [[spoiler:Creator/MarcBendavid plays both One and Jace Corso, the sociopathic criminal whose appearance One copied through SurgicalImpersonation. One's former self, Derrick Moss, is played by Creator/DanJeannotte instead. An interesting case where Bendavid spends the vast majority of his screentime playing One, the impostor, and only occasionally appears as Corso, the person whose face it really is, whose personality is practically opposite. Jeannotte appears as One's original face only in "Episode Eight". Technically Acting for Three, as Bendavid also plays the AlternateUniverse Corso in a parallel dimension where the crew's memories were never wiped - at least, his behavior seems more consistent with an AU Corso than an AU Moss, though this isn't 100% confirmed]].

* ActingForTwo: [[spoiler:Creator/MarcBendavid plays both One and Jace Corso, the sociopathic criminal whose appearance One copied through SurgicalImpersonation. One's former self, Derrick Moss, is played by Creator/DanJeannotte instead. An interesting case where Bendavid spends the vast majority of his screentime playing One, the impostor, and only occasionally appears as Corso, the person whose face it really is, whose personality is practically opposite. Jeannotte appears only in "Episode Eight". Technically Acting for Three, as Bendavid also plays the AlternateUniverse Corso in a parallel dimension where the crew's memories were never wiped - at least, his behavior seems more consistent with an AU Corso than an AU Moss, though this isn't 100% confirmed]].

* ActingForTwo: [[spoiler:Creator/MarcBendavid plays both One and Jace Corso, the sociopathic criminal whose appearance One copied through SurgicalImpersonation. One's former self, Derrick Moss, is played by Creator/DanJeannotte instead. An interesting case where Bendavid spends the vast majority of his screentime playing One, the impostor, rather than Corso, the person whose face it really is, whose personality is practically opposite. Jeannotte appears only in "Episode Eight". Technically Acting for Three, as Bendavid also plays the AlternateUniverse Corso in a parallel dimension where the crew's memories were never wiped - at least, his behavior seems more consistent with an AU Corso than an AU Moss, though this isn't 100% confirmed]].

** One thing Mallozzi wanted to do (if Season 4 had gone forward) was have Creator/RobertPicardo play the avatar of an alien species. Another was to have the actors who played SG-1 guest star as another infamous team of mercenaries the ''Raza'' crew would meet.

** One idea bandied about by the showrunners was for the actors who played SG-1 to guest star as another infamous team of mercenaries the ''Raza'' crew would meet.

* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/JodelleFerland cut and dyed her hair blue for the role of Five. According to her, one of the reasons was to make Five more visually distinct from Creator/MelissaONeil's Two.

* FakeNationality: Karl Ang, who is white or mixed race, plays Ishida Hiro, the son of two Asian characters.

* SuppressedMammaries: Creator/JodelleFerland is supposed to be a teenager, and thus she is always padded down and costumed in baggy, concealing clothing to disguise her large breasts.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Par for the course for a Syfy show, it was canceled a week after the third season finished airing despite maintaining its audience numbers from the previous season. According to creator and showrunner Joseph Mallozzi in an interview, the show was passed over by the Los Angeles branch of Syfy but given the greenlight by the New York branch. After watching it outperformed many of the LA branch's original programming, once the person in New York who greenlit the show left for another job, the show was unceremoniously tossed out.

* {{Tuckerization}}: Three's guns are named after showrunner Joseph Mallozzi's dogs.

* WordOfGod: Showrunner [[https://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/ Joseph Mallozzi's blog]] often serves additional explanations, like the convoluted role of Six in the Season 1 finale or the DeletedScene from episode 1x13 that explained how One got the sun pendant from the first episode.

* HilariousInHindsight: This isn’t the first time Six has been [[spoiler: a member of [[Series/{{Continuum}} a militant group fighting to overthrow a corporate controlled government]].]] He is a hell of a lot more concerned about not hurting innocents this time around though.

* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/JodelleFerland cut and dyed her hair blue for the role of Five. According to her, one of the reasons was to make Five more visually distinct from Melissa O'Neil's Two.

* ProductionPosse: It's not unusual for David Hewlett and Torri Higginson to show up in Mallozzi productions, after playing main roles on StargateAtlantis.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The plan was for Creator/AmandaTapping, who directed the second season opener, to also play One's lawyer Felicia; however, she could not fit in taking the role with her prep work for going behind the camera.
** Syfy canned the series after three seasons out of planned five, ending it on a {{Cliffhanger}} of alien spaceships emerging from a tear in spacetime.
* WordOfGod: Showrunner [[https://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/ Joseph Mallozzi's blog]] often serves additional explanations, like the convoluted role of Six in the Season 1 finale or the deleted scene from episode 1x13 that explained how One got the sun pendant from the first episode.

* DawsonCasting: Five says a fifteen-year old boy is around her age in season one, and season two reveals that she is 16 over a year after she joined the crew in season 1. The actress playing her, Jodelle Ferland, is in her early 20s.
* DyeingForYourArt: Jodelle Ferland cut and dyed her hair blue for the role of Five. According to her, one of the reasons was to make Five more visually distinct from Melissa O'Neil's Two.

* FanNickname: Misaki Han has been called "Swords Chau" by some fans because Ellen Wong played Knives Chau in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''.

* ProductionPosse: It's not unusual for DavidHewlett and ToriHigginson to show up in Mallozzi productions, after playing main roles on StargateAtlantis.