RIVERWORLD miniseries trailer
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
I already knew that Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica, Dollhouse) was the star of the miniseries, but I didn't know that his Galactica co-star Alessandro Juliani was also in the mix. As much as I liked Galactica, I'm kind of getting burned out on seeing various actors from that show clumped together in other projects. Joss Whedon seems to be on a mission to cast every single Galactica actor he can get on Dollhouse, so you have weird scenes like that thing last week where Helo and Apollo were beating each other up (except they weren't Helo and Apollo), and now you've got Helo and Gaeta splashing around together on Riverworld (only they're not Helo and Gaeta). When most shows end, they just end and the actors never see each other again. But these semi-constant Galactica reunions are just getting weird.
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2 comments:
I'm pretty certain we see the Galactica actors clumped together because of where the filming is being done, and not because of directorial obsession. Dollhouse, and Riverword, (and Jeremiah and Dark Angel - two pre-BSG shows where you can see BSG actors togeher) all film in Vancouver
Well, in the case of Dollhouse at least, I'm pretty sure it's a choice on Joss Whedon's part. He's a raving BSG fanboy, and I think he wants to use those actors for that reason. He probably thinks most BSG fans will be thrilled by the reunions, and most probably are. But I'm just burned out... Apparently they have Col. Tigh coming up soon, too!
I suspect the people behind Riverworld are also trying to appeal to BSG fans. I mean, it's another SyFy show, after all. Maybe it's just a question of location... But X-Files shot up in Vancouver for years, and we didn't see the same 9 actors over and over again.
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