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What the frak?! Blood and Chrome casting decision bites

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Okay, now I'm really worried about Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.

Not only did the released concept art make me cringe — depicting cylon models and technology neither mentioned or seen in the previous 80+ hours of BSG — but now they've cast some guy (Luke Pasqualino) I've never heard of as young William Adama.

No offense to Mr. Pasqualino, but why the frak are they messing with a known good thing?

Nico Cortez turned in a brilliantly nuanced and intense performance as Adama in Battlestar Galactica: Razor. He was so good that I never questioned he wasn't a young Edward James Olmos. Scores of other fans obviously felt the same way, which I thought made the casting of Adama a no-brainer: Don't mess with Bill, go with Nico.

But noooooooo.

I suppose I should be accustomed to disappointment by now with SyFy being associated with the show. The network is, after all, the one that canceled the visionary Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica after mishandling it a dozen different ways — then blaming ratings — and deciding to fill their schedule with reality show crap and wrestling.


Which one of these guys looks like he could fill the shoes of Edward James Olmos and Bill Adama, humanity's savior from the cylons? Hint. The guy on the right has already worn the boots convincingly!

I guess we should just shut up and be satisfied that they let Battlestar finish its run and tell its story, even if some fans didn't like the ending, but I can't…

I WANT NICO!

Frankly, I have been on the fence about watching Blood and Chrome but now I have no reason to do so with this casting choice. It shatters my faith in the people helming the show on a network that has completely lost my respect.

What I fear most, though, is that Blood and Chrome will be a show with all style and no substance — in other words, nothing like BSG. And, unlike Caprica, which had both, Blood and Chrome has the potential to be a big, ugly blemish on the legacy of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica.

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  • http://www.mysocialpower.co.uk Tara

    I honestly thought the part of Adama was in the bag for Nico. I wish they would either get some for of continuity or leave the BSG universe the hell alone. I personally will find it hard to see an actor other than Nico in the younger Adama role as I was so totally convinced by Cortez in Razor. I know a lot of people feel the same about this.

    With Caprica it is different, you can separate it from the BSG universe to an extent, but it won’t work with this. My honest opinon with this whole prequel,sequel,bits in between thing, is that the more they tell us, the more background we are given, takes it away from the whole reason I LOVED the show in the first place. I liked the mystery, I liked not knowing and I liked making my own mind up what kind of people they might have been when younger. Adama does not strike me as the type of guy who would have got off on “war porn” and been totally full of himself (http://t.co/18vTaWt)

    We saw in Razor that he wasn’t like that at all. Once again it’s being changed.

    /Ending rant

  • KD

    I think it's a HORRIBLE choice.  I'm familiar with Pasqualino and the dude can't act his way out of a bag.  I was so disappointed when I read that he was going to be young Adama.  What are they aiming for here Adama: The High School years? o_O

  • http://twitter.com/cqbsg75 Dawn

    I know. If they make it Beverly Hills 90210, I’m just gonna gag. Your opinion of his acting abilities only scares me more!

  • jennyKubrick

    So disappointed in casting’s call here (excuse the pun). Mr. Cortez was made for that role. Very skeptical about the direction this production is taking. We can only hope production listens to fans and at least incorporates Nico for continuity. I will be heartbroken if it’s a teeny-bopper spin…

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