Customer Reviews

Caprica (Unrated)

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Wow! I just finished watching this and I loved it. It really has potential to be as good as Battlestar Galactica. These people really know how to make a quality program. The drama is excellent, the acting great, and of course, the writing was spot on. If you loved BSG then you'll probably enjoy this.

The people giving this one or two stars because they don't like the price do not understand what a review is. You have to actually watch the video before you can review it. Just to be clear, this is NOT a rental. It is a purchase. The reason to purchase it is two fold. For the chance to see the pilot long before it airs on TV, and to see the unrated version. If those two things aren't worth the price to you then fine, just wait for it to come on TV and watch the edited version. Don't post a bad review of an excellent show! Also, this is movie length at just over 90 minutes. There's a lot in the unrated version that will be cut when it airs on TV. There's quite a bit of nudity, some sex and a little bit of fairly graphic violence.

This was a great prequel to Battlestar and will hopefully just be a 1-2 season ride. The price was expensive but I wanted to watch it TONIGHT so I paid the price. Little shocked by the nudity so don't have the little ones around, a little dark but kept with the story line. Cool seeing Bill Adama as a kid. One thing for sure they did a horid job plugging this, I did not know it even was coming out, figured it would be the typical BSG schedule, show 10 episodes then wait 2 years.

Great series, but just buy the DVD series. $9.99 an episode is totally a rip off when u can buy the entire series for $35.

I've purchased this film from amazon.com Video on Demand and just got done watching it for the second time; I've also purchased all four seasons of BSG from amazon.com and just finished watching that again through streaming video from amazon.

As a prequel it is an excellent fit which explains much as to the origins of the conflict explored in BSG the mini series which starts the four seasons of BSG including the decadence of Caprica, the materialism, pride, prejudice, and conflict between the monotheist or the belief in one true God and the traditional idolatry of the 13 colonies.

As a stand alone drama it is extremely good, IMO, with quality casting, good CGI and excellent script writing.

There is always tension and has some surprises, at least IMO, up until the very last scene . . . the last scene being touching, spooky and also full of anticipation as to what will happen during the TV series.

Hopefully, the TV series will be of the quality of this film. If that is the case then we could be in for a treat for the next few years. I am very excited to see the coming series.

If you like BSG, I'm rather confident you will like "Caprica" the film and hopefully enjoy Caprica the TV series.

At your command . . . ha ha.

Spoiler alert so be advised . . . .

I liked the pilot and I also hope its around for 2 or 3 seasons. Now the but . . . that humanity is nearly destroyed by a genius conflicted teenager is a bit much to grasp.

Zoe as the progenitor for the demise of the human race, I'm just not sure its the brick and mortar for a quality run series like BSG.

It will be interesting to see how the BSG story thread of "this has happened before" plays out.

I'll watch, but . . . .

The story is this movie is very intriguing. The actors do a wonderful job. The CG effects are great. Sorry, there were not any spaceships.

This was an enjoyable show and good lead to a decent series. Though I'm not a fan of what M&E did to a lot of the BSG world, this was kind of interesting. If you are not a follower of BSG you can still step into the show and enjoy it. Lots of sex so be careful who is around watching and 1 graphically violent scene. The rest is ready for t.v.
P.S. If you have not seen the show, please don't rant about the price. This is to own and not rent and that is clearly stated. This is also for the followers of a popular series who knew full and well what we are getting into.

As you probably can tell from my title I have some issues with this initial offering from Amazon. 1. Did someone really consciously believe that preview was enough to entice someone into buying this...seriously. How about some QC here...I mean the credits and the blur of a intro scene. I don't think so. 2. So I have to pay $14.99 for a pilot of Caprica. Don't get me wrong I would like to see this but not at that price. I seriously doubt that there will be many casual takers willing to purchase this. Obviously this price plays on the fans out there starving for more BSG. Amazon will be giving this away as soon as this airs and especially if this isn't well received. 3. I can't rent(VOD) this at a lower price??? Like 3.99! Why only the option to purchase? I mean this isn't a Summer blockbuster movie. It's a freaking pilot. I guess I'll wait until this title que's up in my Blockbuster account and watch it through my normal subscription price which is 19.99 a month. You do the math.

I guess I'm too stupid to figure this out. $14.99 for what? I'm thinkin' the marketing department lives in their own virtual world where $14.99 = $1.99 in our world. Come on folks, get a clue....

Do they thing we're stupid? This is an outrage. I can go rent from Blockbuster for $3.99 or wait until it shows up in my Netflix queue. I thought the new VOD was supposed to be a cool thing but if this is the model of things to come no thanks! I wonder how many people have actually paid the money. Highway robbery! Insulting to all BSG fans!