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"Caprica" . . . a prequil to Battlestar Galactica., October 22, 2009
This review is from: Caprica [HD] (Amazon Instant Video)
This prequel to the Battlestar Galactica mini series is set 58 year before the first episode. The cast include a young William Adama.
A teen computer wiz, Zoe Graystone (Allesandra Torrensani) has created an artificial version of herself with all her memories which she uploads into a virtual nightclub using a technology called holoband, an invention of her father Daniel (Eric Stoltz).
Although she enjoys a life of privilege as her father is very wealthy, Zoe is rebellious. She plans to leave with two friends and start a new life off-world, one of which, Lacey (Magda Apanowicz) backs out and remains on the train platform. The train is blown to smithereens by a terrorist bomb carried by her friend Ben who is a member of a radical religious group which espouses the existence of a single, all-knowing, all-powerful God.
Via Lacey, Graystone finds out about the copy of Zoe, and, by using his contacts in the business world, his great wealth and influence he obtains a critical piece of new computer hardware into which he loads Zoe's virtual copy; and then he mounts this hardware into a robot very similar to the Cylon "toasters," in appearance.
Thus, the first Cylon is created . .. a Cylon with a religious belief so prominent throughout the BSG mini series,
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This is a film that can stand alone, but it is better appreciated if one has seen the BSG mini series. The first half of the film, the viewer must pay rather close attention to get all the facts straight, but in the later part of the film the action and flow of the plot take over as the tension builds. The acting of Esai Morales as Adama, is, IMO, consistent with the later Admiral Adama and is performed well as is all the acting.
I found the plot development believable and the information I obtained much appreciated in placing BSG the mini series in perspective. After all, who didn't wonder how the Cylons originally were developed. Ironically, the first Cylon was made to create life, and the Cylons virtually destroyed humanity many years later. "Caprica" mirrors the themes and tone of its parent show consistently, IMO, along with thematic concerns such as what does it mean to be human, and makes various references to the BSG such as the appearance of the Cylon "toaster" style.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Still no caption support on Amazon video downloads :-(, May 18, 2009
This review is from: Caprica [HD] (Amazon Instant Video)
I've been using Amazon video downloads to my TiVo for over a year now, and while the service works great, and this was a nice production in HD, I remain disappointed and frustrated that there is no support for captions or subtitles with video downloads yet. While $20 might be cheaper than Blu-Ray, at least with disks I know for sure I'll get subtitles. When are you going to stop discriminating against the hearing-impaired, Amazon ?
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3.0 out of 5 stars
It's ok but.., November 10, 2011
This review is from: Caprica [HD] (Amazon Instant Video)
This movie only makes sense if you've seen the latest version of Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica: The Complete 2004 Series [Blu-ray]. It is also pretty boring unless you've seen that series.
The writing is complicated with a distinct British Sy-Fi flare for complexity over content. The movie and the series Caprica, open several interesting sub-plots and leaves most of them unresolved. The series had great potential and interest, but now it appears to be just another good idea that goes nowhere.
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