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What I don't understand is SyFy cancels "Caprica" then soon after green-lights a brand new BSG show???
So Early?
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Posted 25 March 2012 - 04:10 AM
Lacy Rand - Sweet, innocent, beautiful, cute, caring and 100% Sexy
How much emotional torment can she take??
How much emotional torment can she take??
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Posted 25 March 2012 - 04:36 AM
$$$.
Caprica did not have the numbers to keep the show alive. They decided to make something involving the Battlestar Galactica and have a lot more action in it.
Caprica did not have the numbers to keep the show alive. They decided to make something involving the Battlestar Galactica and have a lot more action in it.
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Posted 25 March 2012 - 08:59 AM
dsgtdave, on 25 March 2012 - 08:57 AM, said:
Blood & Chrome was not green lit for a tv series
But it still might be an online series.
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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:08 AM
It's a foolish decision, if you ask me. I don't know they're even bothering.
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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:17 AM
ensign edwards, on 25 March 2012 - 09:08 AM, said:
It's a foolish decision, if you ask me. I don't know they're even bothering.
I couldn't agree more...
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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:32 AM
I mean, if they can't stir the interest of hardcore fanboys (and girls) like us, how the hell are they gonna have any kind of mainstream success?
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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:46 AM
ensign edwards, on 25 March 2012 - 09:32 AM, said:
I mean, if they can't stir the interest of hardcore fanboys (and girls) like us, how the hell are they gonna have any kind of mainstream success?
It just seems like the level of pandering to the audience is almost Twilight-ish in it's audacity (IMO, anyway):
"Oh, was Caprica too sedate and contemplative for you? OK, we'll just amp up the action until you get seizures and nosebleeds, then...."
IMO, the story of BSG (from Cylon inception, CW1, CW2, the exodus and eventual discovery of Earth) has been TOLD. Even if bits and pieces of it are only told in flashback ("Caprica" "Razor") or exposition-heavy dialogue (Sam's rushed backstory of the Final Five), we still get it. We really don't need any more. The story is complete.
This is one of those times I wish north American TV was more British; many BBC shows have a followed arc, whether they're successful or not. They begin, and eventually finish. Although lately, some have been following the disturbing trend of bleeding things dry ("Being Human"? You got me worried...).
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Posted 25 March 2012 - 07:22 PM
I don't think Syfy really cares anymore, as long as a program makes them money. All they care about these days are those stupid Saturday movies & wrestling.
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Posted 27 March 2012 - 08:30 PM
Aphrodite, on 25 March 2012 - 07:22 PM, said:
I don't think Syfy really cares anymore, as long as a program makes them money. All they care about these days are those stupid Saturday movies & wrestling.
amen.....
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Posted 02 April 2012 - 07:48 AM
Aphrodite, on 25 March 2012 - 07:22 PM, said:
I don't think Syfy really cares anymore, as long as a program makes them money. All they care about these days are those stupid Saturday movies & wrestling.
They can teach you how to cook with a skiffy edge. Who doesn't want that?
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 07:23 AM
I wonder if they delibarately leaked the trailer to gauge fan reaction. Everyone slammed it so it got pulled. 
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Posted 15 May 2012 - 08:22 PM
p0is0n0us, on 15 May 2012 - 07:23 AM, said:
I wonder if they delibarately leaked the trailer to gauge fan reaction. Everyone slammed it so it got pulled.
And it's back to the 'silent treatment.' I haven't heard a damn thing about B&C since....
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 09:43 AM
Since the effort has been put into the show I would at least like to see the pilot get aired. The whole thing reminds me of how Caprica got launched.
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 05:25 PM
p0is0n0us, on 16 May 2012 - 09:43 AM, said:
The whole thing reminds me of how Caprica got launched.
Yes... badly.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 12:40 PM
kinda begs the question, wy make it and invest time, money and effort into something that's going to be shelved??
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Posted 20 May 2012 - 12:13 AM
p0is0n0us, on 17 May 2012 - 12:40 PM, said:
kinda begs the question, wy make it and invest time, money and effort into something that's going to be shelved??
Well, if they truly follow the Caprica plan (not the best plan, I'll admit), they'll release onto DVD/Bluray first. Then they'll show a 12 episode-length season a year (or two) later; fail to promote it whenever they have the opportunity, air the two halves of the season a year apart, watch it fail in the ratings as as it loses ALL momentum it ever had, and then wonder what went wrong?
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Posted 25 August 2012 - 01:59 PM
Random update on B&C on wiki:
On July 12, 2012, an article written on the San Diego Comic Con Battlestar Panel stated that Richard Hatch and Jane Espenson are convinced that "Blood and Chrome is still on the table as a series for SyFy, and that Bryan Singer’s BSG movie is on track".
There's a modified version of the trailer still on Youtube. They swapped the Immigrant Song for BSG soundtrack music.
On July 12, 2012, an article written on the San Diego Comic Con Battlestar Panel stated that Richard Hatch and Jane Espenson are convinced that "Blood and Chrome is still on the table as a series for SyFy, and that Bryan Singer’s BSG movie is on track".
There's a modified version of the trailer still on Youtube. They swapped the Immigrant Song for BSG soundtrack music.
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Posted 25 August 2012 - 10:32 PM
p0is0n0us, on 25 August 2012 - 01:59 PM, said:
Random update on B&C on wiki:
On July 12, 2012, an article written on the San Diego Comic Con Battlestar Panel stated that Richard Hatch and Jane Espenson are convinced that "Blood and Chrome is still on the table as a series for SyFy, and that Bryan Singer’s BSG movie is on track".
There's a modified version of the trailer still on Youtube. They swapped the Immigrant Song for BSG soundtrack music.
On July 12, 2012, an article written on the San Diego Comic Con Battlestar Panel stated that Richard Hatch and Jane Espenson are convinced that "Blood and Chrome is still on the table as a series for SyFy, and that Bryan Singer’s BSG movie is on track".
There's a modified version of the trailer still on Youtube. They swapped the Immigrant Song for BSG soundtrack music.
Nice trailer overall; but the vipers still look... wrong. I can't quite put my finger on why, but they just do.
At any rate, while I'm NOT optimistic (for either B&C as a series or the Singer movie), I'll try to adopt a 'wait-and-see' attitude...
"HE started it...."
