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Caprica Pilot, Part 1

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Wow - the great enterprise continues. These guys, these writers are beyond first rate. Every wonder how it all started??? This is really interesting, especially after all the seasons of BG and the twists and turns. Slower in pace, far more time to fill out the details.

Highly recommended. Will follow it to see where it goes.

Ever wonder where the Gods come from, how the different planets see things, or why the one god is so big amongst the Cyclons? There are a lot of things that work as answers setting here. We start out by seeing two men from two very different walks of life; one is a man that created an interface that takes internet living to another level and the other is a guy that does "favors" for people and makes the deaf hear. While their lives seem totally different, the two will find a connection in the most horrific of ways, leading them on the road to create A-I that ultimately causes a war.

The things that happen in the pilot episodes are really amazing. They take the idea of what a technological planet is and then show you its dark underbelly, basically helping you to understand the minds of three young kids. Then you see the parents of these kids and you wonder about the motives of everyone and what will spark this Cyclon revolution.
and then you get your answer.

I know a lot of people loved B-G but, in the end of its run, I questioned the why behind it all. I really felt myself slipping away and did not want a taste of that again. The way B-G started out felt good but, really, the ending left much to the desires of many of us. Hopefully, Caprica is not the same. The acting is great, plot is twining, and the lines are fresh. There are even oddities in sexuality - things not expected, not oddities in the "bad" sense - and I loved that. I honestly loved seeing inside the guarded shells of the lives of such predominant people, too, and knowing what makes them tick.

If you NEVER watch the series, check this out as the two - parter. I doubt you will be disappointed.

I was initially disappointed with this show because it moved very slowly. I mean, come on! BSG moved so quickly and managed to flush out each character. I think it remains the best show on TV. But in the last 5 shows of this series, it kicks it up to the point that my rating jumped from 3 to 5 stars. Float through episdoes 1-14 and then feel the gravit pull on the last 5! It answers so many questions. Now just waiting for Blood and Chrome.

I'm new to the world of BSG. I finished all four seasons of the newly, re-imagined BSG just a couple of weeks ago and wanted more, so I decided to check out "Caprica" and have to say I was very disappointed. Not so much at how the story doesn't really fit the backstory provided by BSG, as I understand the idea of creating a new story, but mostly because I couldn't stand the main characters so much. Zoey Graystone was whiney and annoying, I couldn't sympathize with her at all. I would have slapped her around too. And her parents were not any better. The only storyline I really loved was the Adama one. Their rich history should have been the center of the show, not the Graystone's storyline.

I was also very annoyed with the use of religion. I liked how it was done on BSG better. It was very present, but not annoying. I understand the use of it was to perhaps set-up the reason why the Cylons worship one god and how that is important in the BSG universe, but I really don't think they went about it the right way on "Caprica." That added to my inability to sympathize with anyone but the Adamas who mostly stayed out of religion and stuck to family and their own national issues.

In the end, I am hoping that this sort of prequel can be given another chance. I think there could be something amazing to work with, but the main character, the Zoey sort of character, needs to be a likeable character. Even if she's an evil character you love to hate. In this case, I wanted to slap her as often as her mother did and I really felt no love towards her or her cause.

After watching BSG I immediately moved to Caprica, and was instantly disappointed. I did not finish watching the season. A year later craving BSG, I gave Caprica another try, and fell in love with it's slower pace, and less stressful scenarios. It's much more mild, but it's good.

I don't know if I can swallow the philosophic premise for the show ~ though

Is religion really the culprit for man's ills or is it simply man
attempting 2"scapegoat" the issue by blaming religion

It seems that the religion in question harkens heavily to
Judeo/Christianity

Strange that Zoe's religious revelation wouldn't have had a much more varied ~ paganistic flare ~ since the construct is supposed 2b
the product of life in Caprica ~
&
Does man have a soul or just a wild imagination
The show doesn't really deal w/ origins for life ~ just the sentient origins for life

As for machines & man ~ what's the difference:
I suppose man will always be the un-predictable & volitional organisms that machines may never b - as Richard Hatch was fond of saying :)

Finely written cliff-hanger- intellectually ~ it's either pedestrain w/ it's thinking - propagandist
or still a wrk in progress

This series was one of the best things to appear on my television in a very long time. It was riveting, engaging, heartbreaking and basically edge of your seat type stuff. There wasn't one single character I didn't care about, which is rare in a series, and it hooked me from the pilot. Usually, you have to give a series time to develop, but not so with Caprica, and I'm saying this as a person who has only seen a handful of episodes of Battlestar Galactica. Amazing stuff, and each episode one up-ed the last. I can't even begin to understand why it was cancelled.