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Pilot Schmilot!! SciFi May Just Take GALACTICA Prequel CAPRICA Straight To Series!!

Wicked by Charlie Murphy	Jul 20th, 2008 09:23:06 PM
although did anyone expect that this WOULDN'T go to series?
Very good. by skiprat1	Jul 20th, 2008 09:24:18 PM
I wonder if they genuinely think it's quality work or if they just want to cash in on the built-in fanbase? Not that I care, can't wait to see it!
really what the fuck does sci fi have left? by Mr_X	Jul 20th, 2008 09:32:16 PM
another stargate spin off? nope. the lost room? nope. shoudl have taken the opportunity to get journetman.. still no.
BSG and Bad Movie Channel by aversiontherapy2	Jul 20th, 2008 09:33:53 PM

Sci-Fi Can Go Fuck Themselves by Itchy	Jul 20th, 2008 09:38:48 PM
Even if Caprica is actually good, which is doubtful, I don't think I can bring myself to watch it. Those fuckknobs at Sci-Fi would stretch 4 seasons out over 12, because they've got dick-all else to put on the air. So fuck them.
Sci-Fi Does Have Another Stargate Spin-Off... by blhotz	Jul 20th, 2008 09:41:11 PM
Um, someone needs to pay attention. Sci-Fi does have another Stargate spin-off called "Universe". Lol... This could be cool. Sci-Fi has definitely uped their quality minus Dr. Who and Tin Man.
I called this by GregoryHarbin	Jul 20th, 2008 09:42:21 PM
Months ago during the Strike, I predicted in an AICN Talkback that Sci Fi would take 'Caprica' to series. No one believed me....
Fuck Sci-Fi. by teethgnasher	Jul 20th, 2008 09:46:25 PM
there.
Duh??????????????????????????? by snowpuff	Jul 20th, 2008 09:54:35 PM
"I have an idea. Let's tell Ron Moore we can't guarantee him a fifth season of BSG, force him to end the show in four seasons, then order some BSG movies and then greenlight a prequel - when really everyone wanted more BSG!!!" "Dude, that is brilliant, you are hired immediately," said Bonnie Hammer.
Duh??????????????????????????? by snowpuff	Jul 20th, 2008 09:55:56 PM
"I have an idea. Let's tell Ron Moore we can't guarantee him a fifth season of BSG, force him to end the show in four seasons, then order some BSG movies and then greenlight a prequel - when really everyone wanted more BSG!!!" "Dude, that is brilliant, you are hired immediately," said Bonnie Hammer.
Um, actually, it IS a pilot. by Executor	Jul 20th, 2008 10:16:17 PM
“We’re going to take a look at it and maybe just order it as a series from there." That's what a pilot is. It's an initial ep that studio execs look at to decide if it should go to series. If it were taken straight to series, that would mean they would order up an initial run of episodes before filming began on the first one.
So...movie shmoovie, instead, to be technically correct. by Executor	Jul 20th, 2008 10:18:45 PM

Pthbbbbb by FatRat	Jul 20th, 2008 10:37:12 PM
I used to be excited about BSG, but every season it has just gotten worse. Who cares any more? It just never lived up to the promise of the miniseries.
Just so we're clear... by OBSD	Jul 20th, 2008 11:03:11 PM
Caprica will be a two hour pilot, then a year later we'll get the first half of season 1, then 2 years after that, we'll get the second half of season 1. Then five years after that we'll get all of season three, but it'll only be 4 episodes long. Then in anther 10 years we'll get season 4, but they'll only show an episode every 6 months. And after all of that time, we'll still be waiting for the second half of season 4 of BSG. Got it. Thanks, Sci-Fi channel! You aren't retards at all.
"...Minus Dr. Who?" by Kurutteru Yatsu	Jul 20th, 2008 11:29:19 PM
Are you fucking kidding me? Besides Galactica, Doctor Who is the only airing on Sci-Fi worth a damn, unless you count their "All Shitty Original Movie Weekends." Oh, and wrestling on Tuesday nights. Because that makes sense.
This series is going to suffer.... by TVguy4566	Jul 20th, 2008 11:37:55 PM
some of the same problems as the Star Wars sequels. There are 12 colonies and Commanda Adama's family is intrical to the birth of the Cylons and this series? It will be only time before we see little Saul Tigh and little Laura Roslins. I bet there will be a little passing romance between little Laura and little Bill Adama... er... Adams. Was it really that important to use the Adama family for this series? Personally, I think this show will destroy a lot of the mythology of Battlestar Galatica. I would have much rather have seen a Cylon war based series (or at least the time just before the Cylon war) although that might have been too expensive for the Sci-Fi channel. it still think even if they had to cut corners, it would be more entertaining than the show they are setting forth. And then it would make more sense to tie in characters from BSG to the series.
what's wrong with wrestling Yatsu? by the milf lover	Jul 20th, 2008 11:39:38 PM
there's an Irish midget wrestler! That's not sci-fi enough for you?
Oh for Christ 's sake by Sobewankinobi	Jul 20th, 2008 11:48:49 PM
Enough with the shit that is the new BSG. Bad enough the new show was what it was, now you do a prequel to it? Want BSG, just keep the crappy show on so we can get more BSG Alumni on X new show reports, clicking the link to see if ole Dirk was getting some employment to only find out it's some douche who was on three episodes on the new show.
Never watched Razor by krushjudgement	Jul 21st, 2008 12:05:06 AM
I'm sick of prequels in sci-fi. Isn't it too cliche now anyway?
Watch it Krush. by Stormwatcher	Jul 21st, 2008 12:41:01 AM
Otherwise your just procrastinating.
a "preschool-age Cylon Saul Tigh"? by newc0253	Jul 21st, 2008 02:25:13 AM
you mean, a Cylon youngling?! i hope we get to see the BSG equivalent of midi-chlorians!
You people are still around? by Voice O. Reason	Jul 21st, 2008 04:07:29 AM
The "new BSG is crap" crowd? Really? Yawn How ridicules and not a leg to stand on. You might as well be telling me that Adam West's Batman was better than Christian Bale's.
blhotz by kwisatzhaderach	Jul 21st, 2008 05:51:35 AM
Watch the Doctor Who episodes The Impossible Planet, Human Nature and Blink, then come back here and stop talking out of your ass.
Caprica wouldn't work by estacado1	Jul 21st, 2008 06:31:07 AM
The main attraction of BSG is the whole finding earth thing. With Caprica, there's nothing like that. It'll be a weekly moral drama about robot rights, and lame relationships. In other words, it'll be BSG season 3 only not in space.
idiots by the power of GREYSKULL	Jul 21st, 2008 06:42:35 AM
I have very little respect left for SciFi but if this goes anywhere beyond Movie of the Week, it will all be gone
TCA: SciFi says BSG WILL return in January 2009. by Pennsy	Jul 21st, 2008 07:26:10 AM
http://tinyurl.com/5ghdg7 for the official confirmation at the TCA press tour.
Fuck sci fi...sorry had to say it by Conans Sword	Jul 21st, 2008 08:28:16 AM
it could be cool if they show cylon war 1 or something but even then i think ill just wait for the dvd. not giving my ratings to these fuckers
Why didn't they just continue Battlestar? by Samuel Steamer	Jul 21st, 2008 09:29:21 AM
Wouldn't that be better? We know the characters and we like the actors. Look what happened to Star Wars. Move forward. Not back. I will watch this and it will probably be good but why backwards?
BSG 90210 The High School Years by Samuel Steamer	Jul 21st, 2008 09:31:13 AM

Telling the events that lead up to war by veritasses	Jul 21st, 2008 10:14:11 AM
can be great drama. And I'm looking forward to Caprica. But I would've preferred at least 1-2 more seasons of BSG first.
Bring back Farscape by evil twin	Jul 21st, 2008 11:46:02 AM
You fools.
Is Bonnie Hammer still "running" things? by Mahaloth	Jul 21st, 2008 12:07:55 PM
And by running things, I mean running them into the ground by canceling First Wave and Farscape. And where are my Farscape webisodes?
Screw caprica, they should pick up "Cylon Apartment" by cpt. tim	Jul 21st, 2008 12:22:55 PM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/c aptaintim/sets/721576056544534 80/
what's a pilot? by Lord Finesse	Jul 21st, 2008 01:19:48 PM
VINCENT What's a pilot? JULES Well, you know the shows on TV? VINCENT I don't watch TV. JULES Yes, but you're aware that there's an invention called television, and on that invention they show shows? VINCENT Yeah. JULES Well, the way they pick the shows on TV is they make one show, and that show's called a pilot. And they show that one show to the people who pick the shows, and on the strength of that one show, they decide if they want to make more shows. Some get accepted and become TV programs, and some don't, and become nothing. She starred in one of the ones that became nothing. They enter the apartment building.
Caprica Trailer by TVguy4566	Jul 21st, 2008 07:04:34 PM
I'm just not feeling it at all. http://tinyurl.com/6jatfr
Makes sense that the Colonies fought one another... by Prof. Pop-Cult	Jul 21st, 2008 11:20:58 PM
Tom Zarek was considered a terrorist, after all. I hope this series also explains clearly why the Cylons exist -- logically, it makes the most sense that they were created by one of the Colonies (or an alliance of some of the Colonies) to fight against another Colony. I would also argue that it makes the most sense that it would be Caprica/Capricans which the Cylons were originally designed to fight against. Caprica and the Capricans have always struck me as the dominant Colonial culture among the 12. And I get this vibe Capricans are the most militaristic and their society is essentially fascist. Sure, "democracy" exists, but it is not a right of the people -- it is a "privilege" granted to the people by the military. That's just my theory/guess about the cultural divisions among the 12 Colonies, based on what little we've witnessed throughout the BSG series.
Battlestarship Troopers, Prof. Pop-Cult? by Voice O. Reason	Jul 22nd, 2008 06:47:18 AM
Interesting theory, but doesn't exactly really hold with what we were told about Caprica in "Dirty Hands". More elitist than fascist. They definitely think they're better than everyone else, though.

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