BSG: Caprica 2 hour uncut unrated Premiere on DVD in April…
PREQUEL The cast of the "Battlestar Galactica" prequel "Caprica" (L-R) Polly Walker, Eric Stoltz, Paula Malcomson, Writer and Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore, Writer and Executive Producer Remi Aubuchon, and Executive Producer David Eick on stage.
From SciFi Wire:
Caprica, the highly anticipated prequel to Battlestar Galactica, will premiere exclusively on DVD on April 21 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment, SCI FI Channel announced.
Wired has details:
Eick called the show “part sweeping soap, part meditation on the dangerous moral ramifications of artificial intelligence,” and promised a show “as daring and shocking as the best of Galactica — and yet … altogether different from Galactica.”
Releasing the DVD so soon after Galactica wraps its fourth and final season — and before shooting begins on the Caprica series — will give fans a say in how the new show develops.
“We wanted to give them a chance to see the pilot in its original form and experience the prequel to the BSG story while that series’ finale was still ringing in their ears,” said Mark Stern, Sci Fi’s executive vice president of original programming and co-head of original content at Universal Cable Productions. “It also affords the creative team an unprecedented chance to get viewers’ feedback before production on the Caprica series begins this summer.”
This from TVWeek is sort of ominous:
Meanwhile, Mr. Moore said “Caprica” won’t feature the same slam-bam action feel of “BSG.”
“This show is really nothing like ‘Battlestar,'” he said. “It has a completely different tone. I was attracted to (the idea of) doing a sci-fi show that wasn’t built on action-adventure.”
Hey I like action adventure!! We shall see, fingers crossed….
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