frak Caprica... This was the way to go

You should hear the story of Crusade.

It was a sequel series to Babylon 5 - a highly regarded science fiction series that played as a 5-year video novel. Meaning, it was planned out completely before the first episode was aired, so the plot was much richer.

After Babylon 5, the sequel series was being made and was picked up by TNT, I believe it was. TNT was also airing B5 with the hopes that viewers would make the jump to other shows they were airing, but they weren't. People were tuning in just to watch Babylon 5 and nothing else.

So, what did TNT do? Well, before Crusade even aired, it was doomed. First, TNT tried to alienate the show's creator by requiring increasingly absurd things in the various episodes (a random fistfight, for example). This would be so they wouldn't be forced to violate their contract with said creator. Then, when that didn't work, they juggled the books, called the show unprofitable, and cancelled it before any episodes had aired.

Then, to add insult to injury, they prevented any other network from picking the show up. Crusade was offered for sale for a reasonable price (so I am told) but the contract required that anyone who bought the series would also have to purchase the airing rights for B5, which was absurdly priced. No network (like Sci-Fi) could afford the show, so it died, despite it having high potential considering the success of Babylon 5.

The ways of network executives are similar to those of the Gods - mysterious and unfathomable by mere mortals.

Jake Meridius Conhale, at your service!
"Old Man" of the BSG (RDM) boards.

Completely agree. Let's all hope SyFy comes to its senses and picks this up in 2013. It could easily have a good 5 year run if done right. The war lasted 20 years (I think) and this is year 10, so plenty of room. And, they can actually cover the "origin story" with this series to fill out what Caprica so badly tried to do.

So.... Caprica sucked. I don't know if everyone felt this way, but for me it looked like a teen drama and ... well, after a great space opera like Battlestar, it did no good.

Caprica was great for episodes 1 and 2... went teen drama for a few episodes which killed the ratings and SyFy killed it just as the last couple of episodes got good.... the last episode was great.....

really dumb story arc planning... episodes 3,4,5 were coma inducing... it's a bummer cause they had a good story they could have told....

Blood and Chrome is pretty good... and the natural follow on to BSG was to show the first cylon war anyway.... gotta have some space battles with this genre...

its probably 10-1 it will get picked up as a real show.... but here's hoping...

Indeed! I gave up on Caprica half way through. I might pick it up later.

But this is what I was missing from BSG. Good action, likeable characters...ect.

I really do hope this gets picked up for a series!

Caprica was so good. Yes there were a couple of slow episodes early in the season but once you get past the V-World storyline it gets so good. What a pity most people gave up on it. The second half of season 1 really shows the potential of the show. It would have been epic in season 2.

I am so glad that this posting isn't full of hate. I loved the entire pilot start to finish. They can't end it there, there is so much potential. Many things came together and this felt so right, as if it can rise to the top and be THE SHOW that people want to watch. Other BSG's were all right, and I never watched Caprica because I couldn't get into it. Hopefully with this show in the right hands it will take us through a few years and might spark a movie. Only the original BSG from back in the day ever shows what the original creators wanted, the finding of Earth and making a go of it with their lost brothers.

It is just nice to finally see everything come together, from graphics, to the hot shot pilot that can think on his feet proving that sometimes kids can do a task and do it well. I'm tired of seeing botched runs of shows like B5 and its spin-off, Stargate falling by the wayside because these big companies mismanage funds and then backtrack and cancel future seasons and movies or they cancel because ratings are good but not what they want to see? Come on. Fund it, commit to it, give it a chance, and listen to its fans!

it made no sense to ever make a caprica series, they could have and should summed that entire season into one dvd movie that led into blood and chrome, caprica was an abomination to me, had a few great matrix type things about it but it was completely fracked from the get-go, no disrespect to the actors though

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