James Marsters: 'Caprica' A Lot Like Rome

Science-fiction has always tried to take a position of creating allegories of what we're experiencing in our own environment, and "Caprica" has a very special message it's trying to share, according to its newest guest star, James Marsters.

"Well, I don't want to get too morose about it, but we are much like Rome, you know," Marsters told reporters, including Airlock Alpha, during a conference call Wednesday. "There's something amazingly dramatic in that. But also, it kind of reflects where we are. And you know, it gets pretty depressing if you really go there. But if you talk to climatologists, if you talk to the people who are providing energy for the world. if you talk to the food [producers], you talk to people who are experts on water, fresh water supply, it just gets depressing, you know."

Marsters, best known for playing Spike in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," isn't saying Earth is necessarily heading down a path of destruction, but "Caprica" provides some of the warning signs just in case we are.

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