Cool News
Behold Twelve Sci-Fi Minutes Of Ronald D. Moore’s New Fox Spaceship Pilot VIRTUALITY!!
SPOILER ALERT !!
I am – Hercules!!
Longtime "Star Trek" writer and latter-day "Battlestar Galactica" mastermind Ron Moore says his new sci-fi spaceship project “Virtuality” could still become a series, depending how it does among critics and its pilot’s performance in Fox’s June 26 edition of its Friday Night Death Slot.
The pilot follows the Phaeton, captained by one Commander Pike, as it boldly seeks out new life and new civilizations.
Twelve minutes of the pilot:
Thanks to James Hibberd’s Live Feed for the heads-up!
Follow Herc on Twitter!
Mein Fuhrer!!
Shipping Now!! 
The New Book From The Guy Behind THE WRATH OF KHAN, THE VOYAGE HOME And THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY!!
Mein Fuhrer!!
Shipping Now!!
The New Book From The Guy Behind THE WRATH OF KHAN, THE VOYAGE HOME And THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY!!
-
+ Expand All
-
that Ronald Moore retires from TV after that bullshit of a BSG finale
-
great.
-
Isn't that worth mentioning?
Man alive. -
if we started using the word "syfy" for everything that is science fiction, instead of 'sci-fi' just to get the syfy channel lawyers' panties in a bunch.
Isn't "Vulcan" an actual planet in the actual universe? I think it's the closest to the solar system or something like that. -
God did it.
-
I hate investing in new series. Even if this did get a series commitment, Fox would just cancel it anyway. That is what they do. I don't know why Fox puts money into something, only to destroy it. They did with Family Guy, then realized how stupid they were, and brought it back. They did it to Firefly, which was so unpopular that it warranted a feature film.
Why even bother putting this crap on the air if they aren't going to support it and nurture it? Just so they can sell 13 episode "the complete season" DVD sets? -
meant to say "the complete series" DVD sets. Worked with Firefly.
-
wow, come watch people chat and paint in outer space! And I thought they would be using some kind of holo deck rooms, I don't care for those lame eye wear things, what is this, 1992? The ship it self looks drab and dull.
-
This doesn't look interesting in the least. *But* I said the same thing after watching the CAPRICA clips, and I ended up loving that pilot. So, who knows? We'll see in less than two weeks.
-
Fox really doesn't learn from their mistakes.
-
I don't want to waste my whole 12 minutes.
-
Basically, there was nothing in those 12 minutes that would make me tune in. If it goes to series (which I doubt) expect mutual suspicion, blurring of the crew's understanding of reality and virtual reality and probably a sentient computer that is the real culprit. Maybe the computer is called HAL9001? Tedious TV I reckon.
-
is a nice touch. I assume that is a homage to ALIEN?
-
A strong Sunshine vibe from those clips (which is no bad thing). The concept seems ok, except for the reality TV angle. The only part of that I like is the hint that the whole "this mission is now critical to the survival of the species" bit could just be a trick played on the crew by the producers to ramp up tension.One thing: the AI computer says that there's a glitch with the communications array and it needs to be realigned? Has none of the crew seen 2001?
-
"God did it."
LMAO -
I mean, I can't believe how awful this is. The acting. The writing. 'Global climate change will destroy the planet in 100 years'. Yo, Ronnie. You might not want to hinge your story on something 50% of the people are smart enough to know is bullshit.
And where did these get these lame-ass actors? It's nice to have a gay couple on a spaceship though, they were so cute together. -
No, it's not an homage. It's a rip-off. Just like the 'Hal says we have to go EVA to fix the EA-35 unit' line that shows up.
-
Ronald Moore needs to stop this crap and start working on an adaptation of Asimov's Foundation.
-
Vulcan actually orbited around 40 Eridani A, which is 16 light years away compared with Epsilon Eridani's 10.5 light years. However, in Babylon 5, the station itself is above a planet, Epsilon 3, which in turn orbits Epsilon Eridani.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Eridani_in_fiction -
good lord... this will tank HARD if these clips are ANY indication
-
In the end of the series, it's revealed that they are actually cops in the 1970s that are all in comas.
Believe it. -
Count me out...
-
Jun 16, 2009 6:08:54 PM CDT
Does feel a lot like Sunshine, and thats a really good thing
by dailysportspages
Sunshine was a great movie.
-
ours.
it's 10.5 light years away, dude. -
the worst aspect of the shows that it was used on
-
This will be so boring that people will actually fall into a trance while watching it. Then the mindwashing starts. Fake memories get implanted. We all end signing up to farm animal sex sites.
-
Let me count the ways this looks fucking terrible:
* third-rate Sunshine rip-off
* more climate bullshit? come on!
* incoherent fuckwit commander
* annoying unrealistic characters
* fucking hours of horrible cliche unrealistic dialog
* utterly woeful acting and direction
* dead horse premise (omg, what is real??!!)
* reality show concept (somehow not just doubling but squaring all the shittiness described above)
Umm, wow. What went wrong? Could this be the first time ever I hope a sci-fi show *doesn't* get picked up? -
...was the nuclear bomb propulsion system. This is based on a concept that actually works and achieves significant fractions of light speed. It's never been put into practice for obvious reasons.
-
$344 mil worth of recent moviegoers may remember Captain Pike as the prior "commander" of the Enterprise
-
I think i'd rather watch grass grow.
-
Cause jesus, that into sucked donkey dicks. I felt like I was watching a commercial for a water purifier or something.
-
Anyone remember that show? It kinda sucked.
-
Jun 16, 2009 10:41:23 PM CDT
Good or bad, no one's gonna watch it then it gets cancelled. Wha
by cromulent
Friday night death slot. OK yeah, everyone's gonna watch this, groan. Why even fucking bother FOX? Fringe got lucky it was put on after Idol. I wonder what would have happened if it was put on Fridays like they always put weird but interesting shows. FUCK YOU FOX!
-
Just look at the sexual tension in that last scene...
-
anybody remember a show called VR-5?...it was also on FOX for 1 season before it was cancelled...that show was really cool and interesting...that's how to do a show about virtual reality...this new show looks boring as hell
-
Boring as hell, a few people have written, eh? I disagree. Very strongly.
I like the premise and the actors. If an extra-solar mission ever gets underway, I can absolutely see reality television cashing in as the sponsor. People might groan about it, but corporate versus private versus species-wide interests might get entangled in ugly ways. I like that Ron Moore hasn't backed off this premise.
The show looks promising. I'll definitely tune in. -
We send them out to space on the most important mission ever, to save all of mankind and these douchebags spend most of their day fucking around in videogames?
-
So there.
-
You can tell it's true Sci-Fi by all the comments of how "boring" and "lame" this looks, as true Sci-Fi is considered both of those things by dumb people.
-
After BSG peed on my cornflakes, I'd rather eat my own intestines.
Actually, this does look awful. I laugh at people calling this a Sunshine rip-off, man was that a terrible film - wanted to be Solaris ('72), ended up as Supernova. -
Seriously, looks like an original premise, full of twists and turns and ideas. So the pilot might be a bit slow - not everything has to be filled with CG action. Characters and story always do it for me (which is why Transformers 2 sux so hard!).
-
BTW why no reviews, or even mentions of reviews, on this site? Is there a US embargo? Strange if so 'cause the UK embargo lifted on Sunday 14th.
-
BTW why no reviews, or even mentions of reviews, on this site? Is there a US embargo? Strange if so 'cause the UK embargo lifted on Sunday 14th.
-
....when it was a movie called Sunshine.
Also, aren't those the exact same opening clips found in the trailer for THE ROAD? Hmmmm..... -
Did they select those space candidates for their looks or academic/practical skill qualifications? It seems that American TV characters in this kind of upper lowbrow kind of show have smugness as a main characteristic. I get the feeling that this 'smugness' in many American dramas is result of kids growing up with "I told you so" being their favorite phrase and the times they could use it being the highpoint of their childhood.
-
A good show to watch if you like sleeping in front of the tv.
-
But what do I know, I thought the best part of Galactica was it's ending.
-
...Which is too bad. That clip is cut to the point of incomprehension but it's pretty clear this is something with potential. FOX mystifies me. They continually greenlight awesome stuff but they never, ever give it a chance. I'm shocked and amazed that Fringe ended up with a second season with their track record. Sorry, I guess I'm still stinging over Firefly. And I'll be stinging over Dollhouse this time next year I'm sure.
-
urgh.
-
I too like the reality show thing. I mean, I hate actual reality shows but this looks like a decent post-modern take on the issue. It's just another indication why FOX has their heads up their asses though. The great purveyors of shitty TV (I'm looking at you, American Idol) are going to air something that completely skewers it. And anybody that doesn't read this site won't even get it. Sigh.
-
Yay! Gay Gay Gay!
-
Despite the somewhat cliche and annoying aspects, it looks solid enough. Better than Dollhouse or Fringe at least.
-
Wow. Might be the worst show ever. What a pretentious BORE. Ron Moore took his Galactica "god complex" to a whole new level here. Memo to Ron... your babbling tangents killed the last two seasons of Galactica. You had the first two seasons to carry you... this show is new... and is DOA, because you are an arrogant MORON who has obviously been drinking too much scotch or too much of your own BATH WATER. Mrs. Ron better hit you up with some REALITY if she wants to continue to live high on the hog.
ATROCIOUSLY bad. -
A spaceship designed to travel to a alien signal coming from another galaxy. The crew of 100+ will take 5 generations to reach the signal and each generation must continue the journey.
The story would move between the generations...known as Gen 1-5 and tell similar stories but from differnet angles and with differnet outcomes. Crew members jobs would be decieded by IQ test and selective breeding, regardless of partnering would be practiced.
As the crews change, the childern grow to be less/more than human due to the extended space travel until Gen 5 crew reaches the aliens and they have more in common with them than the race that the represent.
God had nothing to do with it... -
The rest looks pretty shitty though.
-
Elton John and The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men..RuPaul - Supermodel, Eartha Kitt - Where is my man, Village People - Macho man, ABBA - Dancing Queen, Clay Aiken and Savage Garden CD's... He has a signed copy of George Takei's (Hiaru Sulu from Star Trek) favorite anal probe that he got at a convention.. Need I say more...
-
i've seen this attitude a number of times around here and it fucking stinks. anyone who doesnt watch a new show that they might be interested in because it may only last x amount of episodes is an idiot. if anything, you're contributing to the low viewing figures it *may* receive, which *may* cause its cancellation. good grief.
regarding the new show: havent watched the clip yet, had to get the above off my chest first, but sunshine was another piece of 'danny boyle' crap so if you sat its a ripoff of that then my hopes are set very low. that and caprica was shit too, so i'm not looking forward to 12 whole minutes of potential bilge. -
I am a huge Sci-Fi fan..I love Star Wars, Star Trek, ST:TNG, etc.. This one looks like some reality show (which I hate) directed by an MTV generation Hollywood 90210 brat who is ripping off ideas from Kubric's 2001 (HALL) and ST:TNG.. 10 year mission.. They will be lucky if it is a 6 day mission...
-
I'd rather watch a movie based on that stupid card game this show..
-
That is really not very good. "Much ado about nothing" problem, also telegraphs that encounter with other life forms is going to come through their VERT systems. Reminds me of "Sunshine" and the American "Solaris". And putting the Enterprise in jeopardy (the earth itself) really doesn't work that well as a long term device. Calling the captain Pike is just too cute for words.
-
Would love to read this. Sounds interesting. Any chance someone could get a copy?
-
This was at Ausiello EW site; where's the discussion?
http://tinyurl.com/6h66xj -
The nods to other shows exceed good taste. The stilted talkiness passes all toleration. The underlying concept makes me want to consider watching, but my imagination will probably give me a better story than I'll get from the show. I dig the hint that the entire mission might be an isolation big-brother/real world/fabrication/biosphere project co-sponsored by TV and science. There's something real there....
-
Just saying....
-
I was nothing more than 2 page proposal and outline of story ideaes (a man in love must have a child with anthe woman for child rearing, a story arch about crew memebers moving beyond there "class" and taking jobs that were beyond their IQ limits, and the overall loss oh humanity of the crews).
The stuff was lost to the god of Bill Gates, when a harddrive crashed 3 years ago.
Glad you like the idea. -
Real ratings, well I don't think so.
-
Sounds great. Give it another shot and try again. You've definitely got something there.
-
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
-
They're on a ten year mission (is that just one way?) so it's known they're gonna screw each other. Rather than risk pregnancies they made sure every crew member is a 100% dedicated gay person and not even bisexual. Potential pregnancy issue solved! Oh, and this show looks god-awful boring. Isn't the purpose of a clip to get us interested?
-
I was surprised by how incredibly low budget and amateurish this looks??? I saw it the other day on another web site, and I am just shocked by how badly it looks...and how bad the writing and acting performances are, and the directon, as well as the overall production as a whole, even the cinematography, the costumes and production design...they are all just lousy??? I guess the actors can't be blamed, other than being generic, and the fact that they were given nothing to do, s the fault of the show's creator and scripters??? The script is just plain bad, and the scenes try to play like reality television docu-style, but it just doesn't play well here!!! It's like "The Hills" on a space craft???This will never become a series, as it is the worst television pilot, for what I have seen of it, that literally, I have ever seen before???!!!
-
Potentially smart sci-fi. Can't wait.
-
Like Ark II from the '70s.
-
It looks good...no 'spolsions and such, no retread casting...and I like deliberately paced sci-fi. It would be interesting if alien life was communicating through the virtual reality. It would NOT be cool if the corporate entity was manipulating the virtual reality and other stuff on the ship for 'ratings' which is what i fear. Cool = no 'hyperdrive' to save the day. Bad = too much cliche potential...problem with the ship and someone will have to go outside to save someone locked in by fire [pull out maps, look if we access this air duct here we can cut through the flux whatchawhosit and just maybe squeeze through the plasma infibulators...but we'll have to shut off life support for five minutes and everyone might die......okay, lets do it!], or, malfunction with virtual reality causes everyone but one to go crazy.
I could write a whole season of episodes right here and now. Please please do something different. Let people bitch cause it's not what they are use to. And yes Margot_Tenebaum, it indeed needs a money. -
I'm done with them & will wait for the DVDs. Fox just cancels them after they start to get good. See Firefly. See TSCC. BSG would have been canceled after season 1 had it been on FOX. Note to FOX: Fanboys don't watch live TV anymore, we have these devices called computers. We are out drinking on Friday nights.
-
This is shit and I hope it gets a quick cancellation.
-
FAIL
-
Hugh G Rekshun, they lost YOU at the teabagger scene? Sounds like you'd be the MOST interested of all in (possibly) gay relationships with that name.
Sounds like raging closet gay antipathy to me. Not that there's anything wrong with gayness. Being in the closet about it must be difficult, though.
And 300Zartans, WTF? Are you even a fan of good science fiction? You sound bitter and unhappy. I hope things get better for you. -
WITH THE JISM FLOATING AROUND THE SHIP AND ALL THE GAY SPACE PIRATES CLAMOURING FOR A TASTE IN A RATHER ARTHUR C CLARK VERSION OF FELCHING. YUM!
-
An Inconvenient Truth meets 2001 meets Silent Running. I'd rather meet the naked dream girl from The Devil's Tomb. I'll check it out though.
-
I kinda dig the concept, but I could barely stay awake watching that. The writing and actors are so unappealing it's crazy. And "Virt" is not a word that should be used over and over. What happened to good old "VR"? WE ARE, WE ARE *VR*. VR TROOPERS 4-EVER!
-
W E A R E V R
-
...from the rest of the world for extended periods supporting research, I'd have to say the characters and the Big brother thing are the biggest crock I've seen in a long time.
The show could work, but from what they show of the set up here I have extremely low hopes. -
the two chicks getting catty over lunch, an then my brain said "this is gonna suck!" and that was it.
sorry ron. arguing in space, wow!
-
...go with hot, lipstick lesbos.
Have 'em fuck and suck as much as possible on TV. Have 'em shower together, eat whipped cream off of each other's cleavage and inner thighs.
Keep the male gay shit on Bravo and give us lesbian action.
Doc -
BSG was painful and very rarely fun. Same goes for a lot of sci-fi today.
How about a fun, non-Trek or Wars show that deals with a crew a century or so out, traveling through space and having adventures?
Firefly was great, but we need something new.
"Virterdality" ain't it.
Doc -
...to judge a show on the basis of 12 minutes of clips—here are my thoughts on the clip collection:
As presented, it comes off as a bizarre kit-bash of several other shows, notably Harsh Realm, Earth 2, and with just a little of Moore's Galactica (predictably) mixed in. Unfortunately, that latter bit showed up at the worst time, making Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's (an actor I greatly enjoyed in the otherwise worthless New Amsterdam) Pike character in to the same kind of whiny bitch as Lee Adama in that go/no-go meeting. C'mon, we all know the caliber of people who are REALLY selected for spaceflights, let alone the kind that would be chosen for actual long-duration voyages of this nature, e.g. Mars. They will be uniquely stable folk, dedicated to their mission and fairly sure of themselves. Certainly the mission commander will be the most direct and level-headed of them all, so even the idea of putting the go/no-go decision to a vote, let alone the way that he did it?! I would be DEEPLY concerned about the success of the mission having such a fucking little girl in charge!
I also REALLY FUCKING HATE the God-damned eco-fascist hand-wringing that gave us this “oh, the planet has only a century left to live and the fate of the world rests on the success of the Phaeton's mission” bullshit. Come fucking on, people. First off, aren't we already doomed? And in a shorter period than 100 years? Didn't Algore tell us a few years back we had only 10 years to “stop the destruction of the environment before it's too late?” Beyond how damnably ridiculous this particular type of apocalyptic thinking is, would someone tell me how one fucking space mission is gonna save the planet? What're they gonna do, find a habitable planet over there and ship all 6.5 BILLION of us over? And didn't they rip this idea off of the execrable Lost In Space movie, as well as Red Planet? Fer Christ's sake, people! Still your jerking knee and THINK for one motherfucking second (if you can!) before you trot this unmitigated tripe out even as fiction!!!
Those big ol' caveats out of the way, there might be something to this. The sketches of the crew interactions we got show some potential (I could do without the homosexual couple, but whatever). The VR stuff reminds me A LOT of Earth 2 (a VASTLY underrated series), which made wide and even touchingly poetic use of the concept. It naturally has the potential to go all Trek holodeck on us, which would be a MONUMENTALLY bad thing, but benefit of the doubt for the moment. And speaking of bad things to copy from other genre efforts, what's with the DIRECT lift from 2001, with the friendly semi-sentient computer warning about communication problems? As I just said, benefit of the doubt, but that seems to at least begin the step beyond loving homage and towards insulting rip-off. Major props, though, for the scientific realism of the thing. I note that they use a rotating ring to simulate gravity, and their propulsion system is also very real-world.
Overall, I'm not especially jazzed up to see the show from just these clips, but I'm not entirely put off of it, either. I'm more than willing to at least sample any new genre effort, so my PVR's suitably programmed. I hope it's good, but this preview doesn't sell me on it. -
zjuIbxUp ungoQR
-
VMjqDD ZBpkpY
Readers Talkback
User Login
Top Talkbacks
- SPACE 2099!! -- 98 total posts 98 posts
- OK. So Harrison Ford Isn't In Talks For The New BLADE RUNNER. But... -- 138 total posts 94 posts
- Check out Colin Farrell in these new pics from SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS -- 91 total posts 91 posts
- Nice And Splattery MACHETE KILLS Promo Art!! -- 87 total posts 85 posts
- Thursday Is Sweeps Day Eight!! Yack Here About OFFICE, ROCK, UP, WIPEOUT, PERSON, FINDER, MENTALIST, IDOL, BANG, ROB, ANATOMY, JERSEY & More!! -- 113 total posts 81 posts
- Kurtzman And Boborci Producing An Adaptation Of Anne Rice's Lestat Novel TALE OF THE BODY THIEF?? -- 338 total posts 74 posts
- In That New 300 Movie Spin-Off Thingy, Xerxes And Artemisia Will Be Played By... -- 77 total posts 66 posts
- Quint travels to Barsoom and visits the John Carter set!!! -- 65 total posts 65 posts
- WETTER HOTTER AMERICAN SUMMER? -- 61 total posts 59 posts
- Crom! Grant The Behind the Scenes Pics of the Day revenge! And if you do not listen, den to Hell witchu! -- 55 total posts 55 posts