Virtuality

Excellent
This was actually supposed to be the pilot episode of a TV show produced for FOX. The show wasn't picked up as a series, but FOX still aired it as a TV movie.

As a TV show, this would have been spectacular. The quality of production, the exceptional performances, the character development, and the many layers of theme and story make merely watching this lone episode a telling experience about the nature of television and creativity today. If nothing else, it makes for a good case study on the problem of TV today, especially in the sci-fi arena, and a telling demonstration of what TV could be like, if TV executives were to risk making their show choices based on quality, rather than on the safety of lowest-common-denominator marketability. By the end of this movie/episode, whether you're generally a sci-fi fan or not, you'll wonder how in the hell a show like "V" got on the air, while this was passed on.

This is a quality, imaginative, original production that...

We need more science fiction like this!
If it weren't for Alan Sepinwall's blog, I would never have heard about this pilot. I am a huge fan of science fiction, and I loved "Virtuality." I'm SO disappointed that Fox burned it off on a Friday night in JUNE when no one is watching to see if it would capture an audience.

Excellent concept for a show. Loved the 'thriller' aspects of it, the cast was superb, the special effects were great. What more do you want, Fox? Why not give this show a chance to find an audience before you kill it? We need more intelligent shows on tv, and with "Battlestar Galactica" now off the air, there is a hole on tv for us science fiction fans.

Here's to hoping the SciFi Channel picks it up...please????

The greatest show that never was...
Like BSG, (and sadly unlike Caprica), this show grabs you quickly and doesn't let go. I was shocked and truly saddended to find out that FOX would not proceed with the program. And now if Caprica fails, it may never see the light of day anywhere. Perhaps a novel? Virtuality had all the right components to make for a brilliant Space Opera, with relative unknown actors and a premise which touches on so much of what is right and wrong with the world of today. A metaphor, a criticism, an adventure and with an underlined mystery that shook me up, I have watched this pilot several times savoring it like fine wine.

Someone get your act together and make this show real! I can understand FOX not wanting to take the risk, but there are many networks out there that can and should.

Absolutely highly recommended!

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