Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Caprica
A Battlestar Galactica spinoff?
"Set more than 50 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, Caprica takes place on the capital world of the Twelve Colonies. There humankind thrives, living in a peaceful society with the benefits of high technology. But the development of an advanced, robotic, artificial life form is about to change everything."
I'm not sure what I think about this. My love for BSG knows no bounds, and I've got nothing but faith in executive producer Ron Moore, so I should be optimistic. But television has not necessarily been kind to SF spinoffs (and vice versa). For every Deep Space Nine, there's a Voyager, if you know what I mean. So my primary reaction is just, well, hmmm...
"Set more than 50 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, Caprica takes place on the capital world of the Twelve Colonies. There humankind thrives, living in a peaceful society with the benefits of high technology. But the development of an advanced, robotic, artificial life form is about to change everything."
I'm not sure what I think about this. My love for BSG knows no bounds, and I've got nothing but faith in executive producer Ron Moore, so I should be optimistic. But television has not necessarily been kind to SF spinoffs (and vice versa). For every Deep Space Nine, there's a Voyager, if you know what I mean. So my primary reaction is just, well, hmmm...
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Oh. My.
This could be good. The new Galactica certainly has a rich enough history to be fleshed out. But I have a sneaking suspicion that this is an excuse to simply do a planet-centered version of Galactica for far less $$$. And if by "futuristic" they mean the Capricans are so advanced they drive around in fossil fuel burning humvees just like people on Earth (and--WOW-come to think of it, the folks on the current Galactica) then I'll pass.
I mean, sheesh. Talk about screwing over the verisimilitude. Even my non-SFnal brother was bothered by that. Couldn't they have at least used one of those giant land rover tanks from the original series?
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This could be good. The new Galactica certainly has a rich enough history to be fleshed out. But I have a sneaking suspicion that this is an excuse to simply do a planet-centered version of Galactica for far less $$$. And if by "futuristic" they mean the Capricans are so advanced they drive around in fossil fuel burning humvees just like people on Earth (and--WOW-come to think of it, the folks on the current Galactica) then I'll pass.
I mean, sheesh. Talk about screwing over the verisimilitude. Even my non-SFnal brother was bothered by that. Couldn't they have at least used one of those giant land rover tanks from the original series?
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