Caprica (Series)/Jp:カプリカ (シリーズ)

新シリーズのコロニーについてはカプリカ (新シリーズ)を参照。他はカプリカを参照のこと。

カプリカ
Created by	レミ・オーブション
Starring
Theme music by	ベア・マクリアリー
Statistics
Production company	NBC Universal
Number of seasons	1
Number of episodes	18 (2時間のパイロット版と16のエピソード) (list)
Debut channel	Sci Fi Channel
US first-run airdates	2010年
UK first-run airdates	2009年春
DVD release
Production staff
Executive producer(s)	ロナルド・Ｄ・ムーア デヴィッド・エイック レミ・オーブション (パイロット版のみ) ジェイン・エスペンソン ("Rebirth"から) ケヴィン・マーフィ ("Unvanquished"から)
Producer(s)
Supervising producer(s)
Associate producer(s)
Co-producer(s)
Story editor(s)
Online Purchasing
Available at iTunes – [ Purchase]
Related Media
			@ BW Media

カプリカは米サイ・ファイ・チャンネルのバトルスター・ギャラクティカ (新シリーズ)のスピンオフ番組である。プロデューサーはレミ・オーブション、ロナルド・Ｄ・ムーア、デヴィッド・エイック。惑星カプリカ (新シリーズ)のアダマとグレイストーンの家族と１２コロニーでのサイロンの開発を描いた前日談である。パイロット版はバトルスター・ギャラクティカ・序章の58年前が舞台となっている。ＤＶＤは2009年4月21日にリリースされた。

概要

バトルスター・ギャラクティカが宇宙での戦闘だけではなかったように、カプリカもSFというよりも家族のドラマである。パイロット版の脚本はレミ・オーブション(The Lyon's Den, 24)とロナルド・Ｄ・ムーアが執筆し、制作総指揮はギャラクティカのベテラン、ロナルド・Ｄ・ムーアとデヴィッド・エイックの2人がを務めた。2時間のパイロット版を監督したのは ジェフ・レイナー (Friday Night Lights).

あらすじ

舞台はバトルスター・ギャラクティカ序章の58年前。グレイストーンとアダマ（ウィリアム・アダマの家族）の２つの家族と、パイロット版の最後から始まるサイバネティック・ライフフォーム・ノード、サイロンの誕生を描く。

コンピューター科学者の父ダニエル・グレイストーンと外科医の母アマンダは、娘のゾーイを宗教テロで亡くす。テロを起こしたのはゾーイのボーイフレンドのベン・スタークだった。ダニエルは、ゾーイ自身が作った人格のデジタル・クローンを手に入れると、盗んだ技術を利用して、娘をロボットとして甦らせようとする。これが後にサイロンの誕生の切っ掛けとなる。

同じくジョセフ・アダマもテロで妻シャノンと娘のタマラを失っていた。彼はダニエルと共に娘たちを甦らせようとするが、ダニエルのやり方に恐れをなす。皮肉にも、この悲劇でジョセフは11歳の息子ウィリアムとの絆を深める。

キャストとキャラクター

• Eric Stoltz as ダニエル・グレイストーン
• Esai Morales as ジョセフ・アダマ
• Paula Malcomson as アマンダ・グレイストーン
• Alessandra Torresani as ゾーイ・グレイストーン
• Magda Apanowicz as レイシー・ランド
• Polly Walker as シスター・クラリス・ウィロー

追加されたキャスト:

• Avan Jogia as ベン・スターク
• Sasha Roiz as サム・アダマ
• Brian Markinson as ジョーダン・デュラム特別捜査官

Avan Jogiaはパイロット版のみメイン・キャストとしてクレジットされた。Sasha RoizとBrian Markinsonは第2話からレギュラー・キャストに加えられた。

Production history

初期コンセプト

IFmagazineのデヴィッド・エイックへのインタビュー]によると、シーズン２が始まった頃から、前日談のスピンオフのアイデアを考えていたと言う。ちょうど同じころに、『24』の脚本家がレミ・オーブションがサイロンのストーリー・ラインに似たシリーズのアイデアを練っていた。バトルスター・ギャラクティカとスピンオフの両方にフルタイムで加担するのは無理と考えたムーアとエイックは絶好の機会とばかりに、オーブションに話を持ちかけた。「我々が成し遂げたものと、彼の物を合わせたのさ」。

公式Scifi.com掲示板のロン・ムーアの妻テリー・ドレスバックのhttp://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1818631#Post1818631 投稿]]によると、レミ・オーブションが"Caprica"の脚本家スタッフの責任者になるであろう。ロン・ムーアはストーリーやキャスト、セット、脚本のチェックはするが、おそらくカプリカのエピソードの脚本は執筆しないと思われる。

In an interview in Dreamwatch Magazine in May 2006, Remi Aubuchon said that he originally pitched a series which was an "allegorical story about slavery with robots", when approached by Moore and Eick. Aubuchon stated that William Adama will be 11 years old when the series begins. Aubuchon described the new show by saying, "This is a very human story about how our own hubris can lead us to disaster". He goes on to say that Caprica is meant to stand on its own from BSG: while still addressing backstory issues from Battlestar, it will not be required to have watched it to enjoy Caprica. However, "certain elements have been embedded into the first few episodes of season 3" of Battlestar Galactica, which might refer to things which will be further fleshed-out in the prequel series.

On November 6, 2006, the Sci Fi Pulse website reported that Ron D. Moore updated Dreamwatch magazine regarding the new series:

"It's actually a prequel, and this would be a one hour pilot not a mini – series. It takes place 50 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica and it's essentially about the creation of the Cylons.

"It's a very different show; it's not action – adventure and it's not even in space. It takes place on the Planet (sic) Caprica and it’s more of a family drama, with political and corporate intrigue. We're well into the writing of it actually; we're doing re-writes on the script right now and Sci Fi has been very happy so far. At the moment, we're just waiting to see if they greenlight it or not. Generally, there’s always a two step process: there's ordering the pilot and then there's ordering the series, but because we're not designing it as a mini – series, I don't know that anybody would even see the pilot if they chose not to go to series with it.

"Tonally, it will be very different," promises Moore. “This is Caprica before the fall. It's a decadent world, but also a world that's going at a very fast pace. It's a prosperous society that hasn’t experienced the devastation of the first Cylon war yet, so this culture has really not been taken down a peg, and their hubris is getting the better of them. It's a go – go society that's teetering on the brink, so it’s not that apocalyptic survival scenario of Galactica. The whole thing is tonally very different."

Development hell

Since April 26, 2006, Caprica was in "development hell" (major rewrites and resubmissions to network executives), until it was seriously considered during the WGA strike of 2007-08. On March 24, 2007, Moore discussed the status of Caprica with Salon.com's Laura Miller:

"It's possible [that the series will still happen]. It's been in development at SciFi for a while and they haven't picked it up. And I don't know if they're going to pick it up at this point. There's talk of doing it as a TV movie and seeing how that works, as a back-door pilot, much as we did with the "Galactica" Miniseries. Right now there's nothing telling me that they're going to move on it anytime soon, so I'm starting to feel that it's going to remain on the development shelf.

"It was a different kind of show. Instead of an action-adventure sci-fi piece, it was more of a prime-time soap, a sci-fi "Dallas." It was about a family, the Adamas, and a company, and it was about the creation of the cylons (sic) 50 years ago. It was not going to be space-based, but set entirely on the planet of Caprica. But it would have sci-fi touches, and it would deal with issues like artificial intelligence and the various schemings and backbitings that you get in the traditional soap opera."

New life

On September 18, 2007, it was reported that with the end of Battlestar Galactica around the corner and Moore poised to leave Sci Fi for NBC, Sci Fi executives were considering green-lighting the 2-hour pilot for production as a means of keeping Moore with the channel. Contingent on the performance of "Razor", it was reported that Caprica might also see a release in the form of a direct-to-DVD movie that is simultaneously premiered on television . Furthermore, with the writer's strike (the first since 1988), networks scrambled to stockpile finished scripts for various productions, and thus Caprica became a front runner for production because its script had already been completed before said strike.

In March of 2008, it was announced by the SciFi Channel during a news conference that Caprica will get a two-hour pilot episode, the filming for which ended June 19th.

Series pickup

On December 2, 2008, SciFi Channel officially announced that Caprica was picked up for a 20-episode first season. According to the press release, production is slated to begin in the summer of 2009 and the series is expected to begin airing in 2010. The reason for the delay is attributed to the fact that they are attempting to regroup the core staff that worked on the pilot and Battlestar Galactica, as these persons have since found work on other projects.

Analysis

In the finale of Battlestar Galactica, our Earth was discovered 150,000 years before the present day. Therefore, unlike most science fiction series, Caprica is a tale of ancient history rather than future history.

Visual Cues

• The shape of the Graystone office building's tower is pentagonal, capped with two concentric pentagons -- the same pattern that was marked on original-series Cylon Raiders.

• The monotheistic movement on Caprica uses an "infinity" symbol to represent itself.

• The Mandala's colors can be seen in Zoe's V-Club room as light shines through the windows as well as on Zoe's wall when her mother visits her room.

• Daniel Graystone's personal computer has the same flowing glyphs that appear abord Basestars and Cylon Installations. In addition, at one point, it is possible to see the words "Datastream" on the screen.

Re-imagined Series definition: Battlestar Group ^{(TRS: "Water")}. It also doubles as an acronym for the television series itself.

Re-imagined Series definition: in military parlance, directive to continue the attack; otherwise used to refer to journalists ^{(TRS: "Maelstrom")}