So wait... Caprica was not originally a Ron Moore/David Icke thing? Or it was a new series of theirs that got repurposed into BSG?
I would have been up for seeing a completely new sci-fi series of theirs. But I never watched Caprica because I just couldn't visualize a place for it as BSG. I mean I have it (I think? I'd have to check) as part of my BSG Blu-Ray box set, and I still haven't gotten around to watching it. In theory I could pop it in at anytime.
And yeah, Blood and Chrome looked more interesting as a new BSG series. But I haven't watched it either. Something about knowing the movie was edited together from more of those damn webisodes, and that's how (the existing portion of) the show was made has turned me off. But it too sits on my shelf.
I think the thing to do (back to my spaceships and Cylons comment) would have been produce Blood and Chrome as the news BSG spinoff, and then find a way to integrate Caprica into that as backstory. Or otherwise as you say, produce Caprica as an entirely different thing.
With NBC-Universal driving the new show (and I don't know why I didn't consider that), I guess it makes sense they wouldn't want to reboot it. I just feel like they already tried spinning off BSG and they canceled it both times. What are the odds they would consider something like that earlier reboot they were producing for FOX? Probably none, in a world that's already seen Moore's version. Which again leaves me wishing Universal would just go back to pushing BSG as a film franchise, something that more easily COULD exist as a separate entity.
I also don't think CBS Trek is a good model for BSG to follow. Maybe that could change, if STP is a good enough show that CBS can now safely cancel STD without hurting the rest of their Trek machine. But also, BSG isn't ST. It's a show about deliverance and it has a very finite premise.