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Ronald D. Moore Says Caprica Will Be Character Drama

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By GustavoLeao / 07:56, 3 June 2006 / General Genre/SciFi

The latest issue of SFX Magazine, just out in the UK, features an exclusive interview with Battlestar Galactica producer Ronald D. Moore, in which he talks for the first time about Caprica, the upcoming Galactica spin-off prequel series. Here are a few excerpts.

"It's a different kind of show. More of a drama." he said "It’s corporate intrigue and interfamily politics...there are rival companies that are trying to develop the same technology. The government plays a role in trying to sort of get certain military aspects of the technology in place. It’s all coloured by the fact that we know none of this is going to come to a good end. This is a doomsday scenario that we know is leading to something really, really bad, that you’re watching unfold before your eyes."

"...the interesting thing is that in this stage in Caprican history, they’re more advanced than the people we see on Galactica, because part of the mythos of the show is that it was a result of the Cylon War that made the [citizens of the Colonies] take a large step back from the technology they had developed. So [despite the fact that the show takes place 50 years before Battlestar Galactica], the society in Caprica will look more modern that Galactica's."

"[The show] will take place in a SF Universe where space travel is quite common and where the technology is such that houses clean themselves. It’s a futuristic society on the verge of a major breakthrough in artificial intelligence...it's not an action-adventure show and it wasn’t set up to become one. We’re dedicated to making it a character drama."

More from Moore, including spoilers for the third season of Galactica, can be found at The Great Link.

To read the full article, get the new issue of SFX Magazine at your local newsstand.



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By: The Magrathean (Odo's file, contact) @ 11:54:57 on Jun 03, 2006

I hope it's good too, but my gut's where everybody else's is. And while the underlying darkness could provide some added richness to the series at first, couldn't it also get old after a while? How many times can the "irony angle" be played every time one faction or another comes up with an advance in A.I.? And the fact we all know what ultimately happens kind of kills the suspense factor.

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RE: My Gut Says.... by steveleenow @ 12:32:33 on Jun 03
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