Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome

***Dasquian Belargic*** · Oct 22nd, 2010, 02:29:19 PM

http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/10/22/sy...ood-and-chrome

A few months ago, the Syfy network commissioned an online series called 'Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome,' a chronicle of the war experiences of young William Adama.

The network liked Michael Taylor's script for the project so much that Syfy will air 'Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome' on the network as the pilot for a possible young Adama TV series.

Mark Stern, Syfy's executive vice president of original programming and the co-head of original content for Universal Cable Productions, said the network hoped to begin production on the pilot in Vancouver in early 2011.

"When we read Michael's script, it was so clearly a full-blown pilot for a series," Stern said in a Thursday interview. "The scope is fantastic and bigger, I think, than anticipated, so we said, 'Let's do it as a 2-hour backdoor pilot.' ... We're trying to get up and running as soon as possible."

Ensign William Adama

frak yeah.

Oliver Queen · Dec 21st, 2010, 01:53:37 PM

Concept Art ahoy!

http://blastr.com/2010/12/-concept-a...attles1s.php#1

Not too sure about the JJ Abrams / Star Trek style alien critter... but that vintage Raptor looks so pretty.

***Lilaena De'Ville*** · Dec 21st, 2010, 03:05:58 PM

And they've canceled SG:U for this.

No season three.

***Dasquian Belargic*** · Dec 21st, 2010, 03:25:57 PM

Who said they cancelled SG:U for this?

This isn't the only new series coming to SyFy.

***Lilaena De'Ville*** · Dec 21st, 2010, 03:34:53 PM

You caught me, I am not telling the truth in my anguish over SG:U not being renewed.

Oliver Queen · Dec 22nd, 2010, 12:22:53 PM

It's actually the other way around Holly. Sort of.

SGU was drawing reasonable ratings for Syfy on a Friday, whereas Sanctuary was pulling lower numbers. When Syfy picked up its two hours of wrestling on a Friday, there was only one free hour in the "prime" slot. Because SGU was viewed as the stronger original show, it was moved to Tuesdays because they thought it could stand on it's own, and left the weaker Sanctuary with wrestling as a ratings crutch.

Sanctuary has flourished in that slot, and had a major uptick in ratings; and it looks like it'll be getting a Season 4, which it originally wasn't going to. We also owe the tech behind Sanctuary for the existance of Blood and Chrome: they broke ground on the idea of a series filmed predominantly on green screen and location (rather than physical in-studio sets), and proved that the approach could output the kind of quality they wanted at the kind of price tag they were willing to pay.

(For those interested, Sanctuary uses computer games engines to render environments, rather than the traditional techniques... so it actually works out cheaper, despite being heavy on the CGI and special effects.)

By comparison, SGU is not a "good enough deal" for Syfy. It doesn't deliver good enough ratings in the time slot they've placed it in, versus the production costs. Even if they'd left it on a Friday though, the show's premise and format is less accessible to casual viewers: it's arc-driven, more overtly sci-fi, part of a broader franchise, etc.

The people to blame for SGU being cancelled are the scheduling people at Syfy... but their decision to move SGU "accidentally" made B&C possible, because of the boost it gave Sanctuary.

...yes, I realise that sounds as round-about and convoluted as a BSG / SGU plot.

***Lilaena De'Ville*** · Dec 22nd, 2010, 12:47:29 PM

Lol I don't see how that is 'the other way around' but all I was trying to express was my sadness at SG:U not being renewed. I understand the how's and why's involved, really.

Oliver Queen · Dec 22nd, 2010, 01:21:28 PM

It's the other way around because Blood and Chrome isn't the reason for SGU's cancellation... but SGU being moved is what caused the cause of Blood and Chrome.

Or maybe it was caused by the cause of the cause of ...

... Colonel Young is a Cylon.

***Dasquian Belargic*** · Jan 23rd, 2011, 06:17:56 PM

Aaron Douglas teases us with a shot of the Blood and Chrome 'tone presentation package' - http://yfrog.com/h7bvmrj

It has what I guess are scene / set descriptions for a B&C episode along the bottom of the picture.

***Dasquian Belargic*** · Jan 26th, 2011, 04:01:32 PM

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/26/ba...d-chorme-cast/

Syfy has cast Luke Pasqualino (Skins — U.K.) as Adama. While Ben Cotton (Hellcats, Riese) is the other lead, playing Adama’s commanding officer.

***Dasquian Belargic*** · Mar 21st, 2012, 12:11:26 PM

a mother frakkin' trailer has been released at last

**Inyos Aamoran** · Mar 21st, 2012, 06:19:26 PM

A motherfracking blocked trailer.

**Droo** · Mar 21st, 2012, 08:04:33 PM

That is one jittery trailer. It is cut short and fast to enhance all that action but I would've liked to have seen a little bit of dialogue, a whiff of plot just to whet my appetite, but then considering the damage they did with Caprica I'm not surprised they wanted to shove as much action down our throats as possible the first glimpse we get of it. I liked the music choice what with the hammer of the Gods driving our ships to new lands and so forth, but if anything, apart from that dodgy first shot, it's plain to see that this show has had a fortune spent on it!

Kat Harriman · Mar 21st, 2012, 10:06:02 PM

I hope this means BM is putting some Led Zepplin in the soundtrack.

I see what Droo means about the stacks of money that have been thrown at it. The cast is surprisingly good as well: not big names, but I can vouch for a fair few of them being pretty good character actors, from what I've seen of them elsewhere.

I wonder what's going on with the paint job on those Vipers. The one that Husker is climbing into is all grey, but in the snippets of action we saw, they had the classic white-and-red. Also is it me, or did the Raptor look a wee bit different?

***Dasquian Belargic*** · Mar 22nd, 2012, 05:41:55 PM

Originally Posted by Droo

That is one jittery trailer. It is cut short and fast to enhance all that action but I would've liked to have seen a little bit of dialogue, a whiff of plot just to whet my appetite, but then considering the damage they did with Caprica I'm not surprised they wanted to shove as much action down our throats as possible the first glimpse we get of it. I liked the music choice what with the hammer of the Gods driving our ships to new lands and so forth, but if anything, apart from that dodgy first shot, it's plain to see that this show has had a fortune spent on it!

I think they must have blown all the money which *should* have gone on writing dialogue on inserting lens flares into that trailer

***Lilaena De'Ville*** · Mar 22nd, 2012, 06:59:00 PM

I heard that Syfy is not making this a series and is just airing the two hour movie, T/F?

**Droo** · Mar 22nd, 2012, 07:04:11 PM

Yep, it seems like it's been cancelled before it's even out the door: http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/batt...ancelled-syfy/

***Dasquian Belargic*** · Mar 23rd, 2012, 01:44:24 PM

he problem was that this was not an official trailer but a demo reel not intended for public consumption and thus not put through the process of clearing music and other rights.

Oh. Well that explains the break-neck speed of the cuts in the trailer then, I guess. Anyway, make your mind up Syfy. Either make this good or don't make it at all.