RETURN OF THE SPIN-OFFS: Stargate Universe and Caprica are coming!
Fans of TV based science fiction shouldn’t worry following the opinion-dividing end of Battlestar Galactica and the damp squib that wasthe end of Stargate Atlantis, as the universes of their favourite shows will live on in the much-anticipated spin-offs Caprica and Stargate Universe.
You’ve known about these new projects for a while now, but finally there seems to be movement on both projects that we can check out. This week, seven clips from the Caprica pilot were released online and promptly pulled down, with the promise that they would return with new material. I guess this is a production issue, as the clips didn’t look quite finished to these eyes.
We shall soon see.
The other show, Stargate Universe, also had a brief trailer released this week (see the embed below), which is a tad underwhelming due to it being essentially some shots of the cast running around on set. The premise, nicked almost directly from Star Trek: Voyager (or even Farscape, for that matter) doesn’t seem that compelling, but with such a strong cast I think it will turn out to be a very enjoyable show.
I doubt these properties will be anywhere near as successful as their forebears, but there will still be some very happy fans out there.