Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012)

The adventures of young William Adama in the First Cylon War.

Director:

Jonas Pate

Writers:

Michael Taylor (creator), David Eick (creator)

Stars:

Luke Pasqualino, Ben Cotton, Lili Bordán

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luke Pasqualino	...	William Adama
Ben Cotton	...	Coker Fasjovik
Lili Bordán	...	Dr. Becca Kelly
Jill Teed	...	Commander Ozar
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	Xander Toth
Brian Markinson	...	Silas Nash
Karen LeBlanc	...	Jenna
Sebastian Spence	...	Lt. Jim Kirby
Ty Olsson	...	Osiris Helmsman
Zak Santiago	...	Captain Diaz
Mike Dopud	...	Deke Tornvald
Adrian Holmes	...	Zachary Elias
Carmen Moore	...	Nina Leothe
Jordan Weller	...	Rookie Pilot Seamus
Tom Stevens	...	Marine Baris

Storyline

The first Cylon war has been raging for 10 years and a young Ensign William Adama joins the fleet. He's disappointed not to be assigned to a fighter but to a freighter. His co-pilot, Lt. Coker Fasjovic, isn't too keen on having a rookie flying his aircraft as he has only a short time before he again becomes a civilian. Their cargo is a civilian scientist, Dr. Becca Kelly, but they no sooner leave than she has new orders for them and a new destination. She is less than forthcoming about just what her secret mission is but Adama is keen, particularly as it involves going into Cylon controlled space. Nothing is as it seems however.

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Plot Keywords:

starship name in title | battlestar starship | outer space | battlestar | space combat | 

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tricia Helfer vocally reprises her role of Number Six and recycles both her first line of "Are you alive?" and snapping someone's neck from Battlestar Galactica (2003).

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Quotes

[first lines]
William Adama: Dear Dad, in your last letter, you questioned whether it's my responsibility to join this fight. The truth is we all became responsible the day we created the Cylons. We're the ones who let these robots become our servants, our trusted helpers and even our friends. We let them into our lives, only to see them repay our trust with a violent revolt against us. I know there's a lot of debate about why they hate us. But in the end, does it really matter? Kill the enemy or be killed. ...

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Connections

Spun-off from Battlestar Galactica (2003)

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Soundtracks

The Galactica
(uncredited)
Written by Bear McCreary
Performed by Raya Yarbrough

User Reviews

Back in space where the series belongs

A very impressive pilot (I hope it's a pilot - but a good SyFy movie in any case) for still another addition to the Battlestar Galactica franchise. Creators Michael Taylor and his co-creator David Eick have picked up the saga post-Caprica and pre the 2004-2009 Battlestar Galactica series with a new tale centering on a young Bill Adama. Pasqualino and Cotton were excellent as Adama and Coker and the action filled plot is thankfully nothing like Caprica, which was sort of boring. This time we are back in space where the series belongs, shooting Cylons.

There is still a hint of the philosophical depth in Ronald D. Moore's re-imaging of Glen A. Larson's original series but the Taylor teleplay keeps the politic and morality questions to a minimum and we get treated to a lot of good old fashioned shoot 'em ups along the way. (Taylor and Moore worked DS9 for the Trek Franchise way back when, BTW, and David Eick worked on all the recent BG series.)

My only complaint was too little time for vet character actor John Pyper-Ferguson as a sort of bad guy (no spoilers here because he usually plays a bad guy, although some of us fondly remember him as a very funny bad guy in Brisco County Jr.) If we really do get a new series, maybe he'll be back.

BG fans should be marching for a reboot based on Blood and Chrome. This universe has plenty of room for more episodes.

****UPDATED 23 March 2017****

I just watched the Blu-ray release of Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome and I've added one star as it was even better than I remembered. There is a lot of material that didn't make this, the extended cut, (included in Deleted Scenes) that is worth watching, even though this didn't become the pilot I'd hoped it would be.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, David Eick Productions, Universal Cable Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min 94 min (unrated)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1