The Continuing Story Of Young And Slow Bill

Syfy has ordered a pilot for a new Battlestar Galactica series.  It will be about a young William Adama fighting in the first Cylon war.  Its name: Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome.

“The ‘Galactica’ universe as re-imagined by Ron Moore and David Eick is rich with possibilities and backstory,” said Syfy programming head Mark Stern. “We jumped at the chance to revisit the William Adama character and explore this exciting chapter in the BSG narrative which falls between the events of the original series and the prequel, ‘Caprica,’ currently airing on Syfy.”

I don't watch Caprica (which was just canceled) and I don't plan to watch Blood & Chrome.  The Moore reboot of BG was a fine idea, but messing around in the past, when we know where it's all headed, isn't.  Even if I were a huge fan of Adama, seeing another actor play him in his early days isn't the attraction.  It was the character living in the "present," trying to run a ship and save humanity while being chased across the galaxy by Cylons.

Even if I didn't always like the direction the series was going (particularly in its second half), it was the basic situation which made it work.  Seeing older fights in the same storyline isn't the same thing.

(And that completes this week's trilogy on sci-fi sequels and prequels.)