Sci-Fi channel has announced plans for a new prequel series to the best show on television today, Battlestar Galactica.
Caprica would take place more than half a century before the events that play out in Battlestar Galactica. The people of the Twelve Colonies are at peace and living in a society not unlike our own, but where high technology has changed the lives of virtually everyone for the better.
But a startling breakthrough in robotics is about to occur, one that will bring to life the age-old dream of marrying artificial intelligence with a mechanical body to create the first living robot: a Cylon. Following the lives of two families, the Graystones and the Adamas (the family of William Adama, who will one day become the commander of the Battlestar Galactica), Caprica will weave together corporate intrigue, techno-action and sexual politics into television’s first science fiction family saga, the channel announced.
Okay, I’m intrigued in the Caprica concept … a bit. Hat tip to Dean, who greets the news with even less enthusiasm.
Trapper at the Unofficial Battlestar Galactica Blog, a great resource for news, episode reviews and commentary, has a mixed reaction on the news.
I am really trying to figure out if this is good or bad. Sure more sci-fi is a good thing, but three seasons in? It seems a tad ambitious… Sure I will watch the hell out of both shows, but still… I can’t help but think it is a bit premature. I don’t think I have ever heard of a show that split its time lines being on the air at the same time. Stargate is parallel. Star Trek was parallel. This is going to be crazy!
At least Trapper will probably have a little bit more material to work with for a while.