Caprica Trailer

Six Degrees of James Marsters

By Steven Lloyd Wilson | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (17)

SyFy just released the trailer for the upcoming “Battlestar Galactica” prequel “Caprica.” You might remember that SyFy released the two hour pilot on DVD a few months ago, and according to your intrepid reviewer’s review, it was quite good. The trailer does look quite nifty, aside from the annoying voiceover guy who SyFy seems to use in all their ads. He’s like the poor man’s movie trailer guy: “In a world with no letter ‘I’ left for titles…”

It also manages to sneak James Marsters in there for a few seconds, threatening the odd bit of violence in his role as terrorist leader Barnabus Greele. So this means that he’s played a role in the Whedonverse, the Whoverse, and the Galacticaverse, accomplishing the ultimate television actor’s trifecta of geek. I’d pay real money if he shags a cylon. And I don’t mean one of those skinjobs, I mean mounting one of the toasters, red scanning eye and all.

In other BSG related news, Bryan Singer’s extra special reboot of Battlestar Galactica started pre-production last week. That’s the one pretending Ron Moore never sullied the franchise with allegory and meaning, presumably returning to the franchise’s roots as a low budget two bit Star Wars rip off grafted onto Mormon myth.

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Is it just me, or does this trailer completely undercut the potential awesomeness of the show? It still looks awesome, but the way they frame it in the trailer just kinda puts me off of the whole thing. It isn't epic enough. (And that "SyFy" thing still rubs me the wrong way.)

Posted by: Doctor Controversy at November 9, 2009 9:38 AM

I watched "BSG: The Plan" yesterday and highly enjoyed it. Makes me want to see more movies in Ron Moore's BSG universe to fill in the gaps that the writers ignored in the series. I do so hope that this big screen lets-ignore-everything-about-the-tv-show approach crashes and burns HARD.

Posted by: TylerDFC at November 9, 2009 9:43 AM

You know, Caprica would be a LOT more enjoyable if I DIDN'T have the foreknowledge that all these folks are going to die, horribly.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at November 9, 2009 9:48 AM

Haha true. Everyone is going to die. But not this generation. This is all taking place before the first war, which means that after this series is done (I'm guessing it'll wrap up with the cylons heading into deep space,) pretty much all the characters in the prequel will be dead by the time the actual series starts, but more because of age than from nuclear holocaust. I'm excited for the inevitable Galactica cameo, looking all shiny and brand new. Annnndd with that nerd-tastic comment I'm going to go beat up somebody for their milk money.

Posted by: Aroar-duh at November 9, 2009 10:11 AM

" ... presumably returning to the franchise’s roots as a low budget two bit Star Wars rip off grafted onto Mormon myth."

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Baltar / Adama '12
"Let's get some folks who can really frack things up!"

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at November 9, 2009 10:30 AM

So this means that he’s (James Marsters - ed) played a role in the Whedonverse, the Whoverse, and the Galacticaverse, accomplishing the ultimate television actor’s trifecta of geek.

Also quit / was booted from Juliard, and declined to repay a small "survival" loan from a program at that school established by ... Robin Williams.

Sorry, Whedon, James Marsters is my master now.

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at November 9, 2009 10:33 AM

I think you're all forgetting, or pretending it never happened, that Masters is also part of the DC-universe, thanks to being Braniac in Smallville. Boom!

Posted by: AK47 at November 9, 2009 10:42 AM

A question for debate: Who is the greater Geek God? Marsters or Hugo Weaving, the man who was V, Elrond, and Agent Smith?

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at November 9, 2009 10:45 AM

Hey BSlim,

SPOILER:

We are all going to die.

END SPOILER

Posted by: Cindy at November 9, 2009 10:46 AM

Optimus Rhyme, you forgot Megatron. And Rex the Sheepdog. Considering that, the more interesting cage match would be Hugo Weaving vs Ian McKellen: Gandalf, Magneto, James Whale and Richard III.

Posted by: nigeltde at November 9, 2009 11:07 AM

Well we might as well include Christopher Lee too. Jedi, Evil Wizard, Vampire.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at November 9, 2009 11:16 AM

that was a really lame trailer. it was only a minute long, and yet half way thru i found myself waiting for it to be done.

the pilot didn't really grab me too much either.

Posted by: idleprimate at November 9, 2009 11:20 AM

Oh Cindy, You funny.

So Caprica.
Hmmm.
Really?
I don't know. Maybe I just haven't forgiven BSG for ending on such a soppy wet douchey note, but as HUGE a fan as I was, I am just as skeptical as hell.
then again, my default setting is on 'Cynic'.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 9, 2009 12:28 PM

I’d pay real money if he shags a cylon. And I don’t mean one of those skinjobs, I mean mounting one of the toasters, red scanning eye and all.

Didn't he shag the robot Buffy? And the Buffy-bot before that?

Dark Willow / Warren '12
"The end of the world through malice vs. ineptitude."

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at November 9, 2009 2:30 PM

OK, so I was a wee little peanut when the original Battlestar Galactica was on TV, and my memories of it mostly consist of thinking that Starbuck was "really cute" (in a squeaky clean non-sexual way), liking the robot dog, and of course, the red lights on the toasters. Obviously some things went over my head.

So, um, Mormon myth? How does that figure in? Um, what?

Posted by: MM at November 9, 2009 4:57 PM

Dr. Denethor (John Noble) Fringe & LOTR deserves an honorable mention. I think it's Hugo Weaving all the way, though.

Posted by: BierceAmbrose at November 9, 2009 5:00 PM

I really want to keep liking Bryan Singer, but he makes it so hard sometimes...

Posted by: Daniel Hall at November 9, 2009 7:31 PM

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