Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012)

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Battlestar Galactica's Blood & Chrome TV movie started out as a video game element that turned into a pilot for a new BSG prequel series with young Adama fighting his way through the Cylon war. This is his first mission fresh out of the Academy and it's got some exciting action, but there's frankly too much of it. If some BSG fans rejected Caprica because there wasn't enough (or any) spaceship action, B&C goes the other way completely, and I miss Ron Moore's thought-provoking writing. David Eick is only half of the equation, and as with Bionic Woman, his Moore-less production does action well, but doesn't avoid clichés very well. I suppose the other thing I should mention is the effects (and the making of is entirely filtered through this topic) because the entire thing is shot on CG sets. The bits with snow stretch the technology a bit far, but otherwise, it's surprising how little you can tell. 8 years 10 months ago