Caprica Canceled
#1
Posted 27 October 2010 - 06:07 PM
Frak. It's not shocking, but if you're a fan like me, it's disappointing to learn Syfy has canceled Caprica. The Battlestar Galactica prequel had struggled in the ratings, and with production on Season 1 wrapped long ago, it looked increasingly likely the show wouldn't be back. Syfy recently said they would make a decision on whether the show would be renewed by November 15th (no doubt they had to soon, due to actors' contracts), and now EW.com's Michael Ausiello is reporting they have indeed canceled the series.
This news comes on the heels of Syfy ordering another Battlestar prequel/spinoff, Blood & Chrome. A complaint some had about Caprica was it was too slow-paced and lacked the action elements BSG, despite also being quite a thoughtful series, contained. Blood & Chrome seems designed to counter that, being set during the Cylon War, focusing on a rookie William Adama, long before he becomes Galactica's commander. Discussing Blood & Chrome, Syfy's EVP of Original Programming, Mark Stern stressed that it was "very much an action-adventure, war series."
Right now, Blood & Chrome is only officially ordered as a TV-Movie pilot, with the potential for it to become a full fledged series. Stern said characters from both BSG and Caprica could appear on Blood & Chrome. [Click Here for more on Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome.]
#2
Posted 27 October 2010 - 06:58 PM
#3
Posted 28 October 2010 - 05:46 PM
I think SyFy jumped the gun on this one; see my post in the Blood & Chrome thread (didn't realize that this one existed) for more thoughts on Caprica's cancellation and what I think hurt it. I hope Blood & Chrome doesn't suffer the same fate; I have high hopes for it as I did for Caprica prior to the cancellation announcement. What sucks is that the episodes that just aired was easily one of my favorites and then SyFy had to drag out the bad news.
I immediately thought of DS9 as well when I read about this; I think SyFy jumped the gun here; they could have tried to rework the series (they tried with BSG when they shouldn't have and went back to what worked,) before nuking it Cylon style. Part of me thinks that Blood & Chrome may have been developed specifically because Caprica wasn't doing well, and if ratings had picked up, it would have been pushed back until Caprica ended, much the way Caprica kept getting pushed back until BSG ended. It seems like B&C almost gave SyFy an excuse they were looking for to can Caprica, and it's clear that dragging it into 2011 is an attempt to buy time until B&C is ready.
#4
Posted 29 October 2010 - 05:32 AM
Snore, snore, zzzzzzzzzzzzz, snore, cough, snore, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
LOL
#5
Posted 29 October 2010 - 06:26 AM
I agree that Caprica's last couple of episodes are the best to date. The storyline is picking up and you can see the potential directions it could go in are very exciting. Now it will never get the chance to fulfill its potential and I am disappointed that I won't be able to see where these story threads lead. For those who are so hard on Caprica, think about how so many people didn't like DS9 until the third or fourth season or how Enterprise was canceled before its time by UPN just when things started to pick up.
#6
Posted 29 October 2010 - 09:35 AM
Snore, snore, zzzzzzzzzzzzz, snore, cough, snore, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
LOL
you are killing me FHC.. it cant be!!!! say it ant so . this is enterprise all over!!!!
#7
Posted 29 October 2010 - 03:10 PM
Yep, I dropped out 1/2 way through the 1st season of DS9, but I picked up a show here and there, and like you say, by Season 3 it was hitting its stride, and season 4/5 are generally considered to be the best... in the end run analysis, I think DS9 ended up being the best overall series of the franchises! So yeah... had they not stuck with it and given it a chance it would never have developed.
#8
Posted 29 October 2010 - 03:50 PM
I do feel bad for the fans though. I have had more than enough shows that I loved canceled over the years. The ones that are the worst are the ones that never have a resolution in the end. Here's hoping that the new BSG will have something we all can like and enjoy and talk about.
#9
Posted 05 November 2010 - 10:09 AM
#10
Posted 05 November 2010 - 10:31 AM
And, sadly, therein lies the problem of all would-be great shows. If you watch any show that lasts beyond 3 seasons, it almost always takes a season or two to pick up steam.
#11
Posted 14 October 2011 - 12:51 PM
#12
Posted 14 October 2011 - 05:13 PM
Uhg..... Vulcan Fanatic I tried.... but I just couldnt give Caprica a chance....It just seemed silly to me....too contrived perhaps.... That would have been a good idea though to have run BSG: B&C along with Caprica. DS9 on the other hand..... I definitely thought it was brilliant the second time around..... The final season was just plain epic.
#13
Posted 16 October 2011 - 10:27 AM
#14
Posted 16 October 2011 - 08:09 PM
#15
Posted 13 November 2011 - 05:20 AM
I get both arguments... it did move too slow in developing the characters, but it also had some really interesting aspects that were ment to flesh out how cyclons come to be, and why they believe in a one god while the humans believe in many.
part of the thing I thought it suffered from was this need of producers or sysfy execs or whomever to tie all the series together by including the "Adama's" in it.
That was just unnecessary IMO and the story gets fractured by trying to follow too many threads. If the stuck with the development and creating of sentient cyclons I think it would have been more successful.
All that aside, I rather enjoyed it the first time i watched it... but then I tried watching it agin months later and I was back with FHC watching paint dry! And I think thats one of the problems... after seeing it once you just don't care to watch it again.
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