Battlestar Galactica Gets Spinoff Prequel Series

It was recently announced that sci-fi remake series Battlestar Galactica is getting a whole new spinoff prequel series called "Caprica." Signed on for twenty hours worth of finished product, including a two-hour pilot, the new series is to be set 50 years prior to Battlestar Galactica, and will focus on two rival families, the Graystones and the Adamas. "Enmeshed in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the creation of the Cylons, the two houses go toe-to-toe blending action with corporate conspiracy and sexual politics. 'Caprica' will deliver all of the passion, intrigue, political backbiting and family conflict in television's first science fiction family saga."

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Remember 1980

[Templar]

Presumably they're doing this because the last Galactica spinoff went so well? Invisible ships and flying motorcycles. How ever can they top that?

Re:Remember 1980

[elrous0]

Both have something already in common. They're both being sold to their networks as cheaper-to-produce versions of their predecessors. SciFi is probably thinking "If we set it on a planet and forgo all the FX, it will attract the same old Galactica audience but be a lot cheaper to make." Unfortunately for them, that is exactly what NBC execs told themselves about Galactica 1980. The audience won't follow over if the material is crap, Galactica name or not.

Clueless Network

[StormReaver]

"One of the network's frustrations with [Battlestar Galactica] has been its dark and increasingly complex mythology."

If *that's* why the network was frustrated by the show, then the network is run by morons. The dark, complicated mythology is part of what made the show so good. Multidimensional characters with complex motivations were a great added bonus to high quality, space-based visual effects.

The frustrations that *should* have been keeping network executives up at night involved huge downtime between seasons. That, above all else, is what caused viewership to decline. People simply lost interest in a show that appeared, for all intents and purposes, to be canceled every year. People were actually surprised when the next season began, and had already decided to watch something else.

Granted, season 3 lost a lot of credibility when the space opera turned soap opera (that season sucked really bad), but the main problems came from scheduling mismanagement by the network.

I saw this - man did it suck!

[K8Fan]

I was walking through the mall connecting two Las Vegas hotels with my brother a few months ago when a someone asked if we have "a few minutes to watch a program". After signing up, we were in a room with two TV sets, holding a pair of buttons on cords - press the green one when you liked what you were seeing, the red one when you didn't. That red button got quite a work-out. After the sucking stopped (nearly an hour later!), we answered an electronic questionaire where we could explain why we thought it sucked, and in what ways. I took it as the opportunity to mention other non-dreadful SF programming like the new Doctor Who. In brief, I hated every character in this show and didn't much care for the actors playing the characters. If I ever see an episode of it again, it will be far too soon./pP