I was a bit bummed to see the news that Syfy has decided not to pick up Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome to series.

“Though the vision for “Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome” has evolved over the course of the past year, our enthusiasm for this ambitious project has not waned,” Syfy's president of original programming Mark Stern said in a statement. “We are actively pursuing it as was originally intended: a groundbreaking digital series that will launch to audiences beyond the scope of a television screen. The 90-minute pilot movie will air on Syfy in its entirety at a future date.”

Despite the "limited scope" of the television screen, TV is still where the big advertising dollars are and I can't really see how the economics will work out, unless someone like Netflix steps in, so this sounds like the sort of inevitable "being shopped to other networks" talk when TV shows are canceled. As a BSG fan, I hope I'm wrong...at least until I've seen the pilot!

Syfy电视网决定,放弃《太空堡垒卡拉狄加:血与铬》电视系列剧制作计划。对于《太空堡垒》系列的剧迷们来说,这是一个沉痛的消息,从2010年通过制作计划到现在的无疾而终,还真是让人难过的一颗苦果。不过Syfy还是放出了一款绝赞的预告片,像是想告诉世界,在这段时间他们还是有潜心创作的。不过很不幸,《太空堡垒》系列,自此当算是终了了。

《太空堡垒卡拉狄加:血与铬》的时间设定是第一次赛昂战争(Cylon War)的第10年。刚刚毕业的战机飞行员William Adama加入太空堡垒卡拉迪加殖民舰队,有幸分配到最新战舰——星舰“银河号”(Galactica)上。20出头的Adama壮志踌躇,想要在塞隆战争中有所作为,不曾想竟然遇到一个厌战的指挥官Coker(Ben Cotton):一个半月之后,指挥官Coker的任期就满,不想在最后一段时间里惹是生非;而新兵上任的Adama正热血沸腾,准备大干一场。开始的时候,两个人意见总是不合;但是当一次例行巡航引发险情,威胁到大家安危时,两个人坚定的战到同一战线上。

曝光的这款预告展现了故事最初的设定:少尉William Adama(卢克·帕斯夸尼洛饰演),20出头,年少有为,刚刚从学院毕业,被分配到太空堡垒卡拉狄加殖民舰队……预告用的是同《龙纹身女孩》预告同款的配乐,Karen O的"Immigrant Song"。

虽然《血与铬》基本上登陆小荧屏无望,不过还是有可能像Syfy的原计划一样,制作成一部极具突破性的数字系列剧在网络播出。另外,已经制作完毕的90分钟导航集也将会在Syfy播出。