FleaInNYCbanner.jpg

? Technical difficulties | Main | Imperial fleet invades San Francisco ?

August 17, 2008

Ten seasons could be a stretch

Say you are Ron Moore, fresh from the success of your derivative synthesis of Firefly steady-cam shots and leftist equivocation in the face of genocide ground-breaking series, Battlestar Galactica. If your prequel plans are colouring even the hardcore fans skeptical, there is always that stack of unused Next Generation holodeck one-offs to fall back on.

Virtuality, Ronald D. Moore's SF pilot for Fox, is shooting in Vancouver, Canada, and SCI FI Wire got an exclusive peek at sets and costumes and talked with cast and crew, who said the show is not about ships and aliens, but about characters and conflict. The show takes place aboard the Phaeton, Earth's first interstellar starship, whose 12-person crew is on a 10-year voyage.

"To keep them occupied and give them an outlet for privacy, they've been given these virtual-reality modules," writer/producer Michael Taylor said in an interview. "They each have a little corner to call their own, and it can be anything they want it to be. A place they can be alone, they can do some sort of activity or be in some time period. It's whatever they want."

I can hardly wait until a virtual-reality module malfunctions and crew members can no longer tell whether they are back in reality or stuck in a recursive simulation. And the Virtuality Robin Hood episode. Oh, the fun they will have. I still do not envy the droid stuck with module cleaning duty.

Also, I like shows about ships and aliens. They don't call it skiffy for nothing.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at August 17, 2008 12:23 PM