Rubin Farr Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 It's only 2 episodes into the first season, but so far I think it's an excellent show. The budget is definitely there, some of the CG is better than Galactica. Several very cool themes running thru the plot, religious conflict that was referred to in Galactica, the rise of AI and virtuality via a global network, and even an organized crime element ala Sopranos. The only real downside is it took so long between the pilot and the series, the child actors have noticeably aged, especially the boy playing young Adama. Otherwise, this should become a tentpole of the new Syfy schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 i have a feeling it will be canned after this season. not enough pew pew lasers to keep the scifi crowd happy. but i'll enjoy it until then. it has interesting ideas to explore for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest underscore Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 i'm obsessed. the pilot was pretty fuckin awesome. i loved the dark tone of the whole thing. its pretty cheese, but as someone who has seen all the seasons/movies for the re-envisioned bsg series (..and firefly), i can tolerate a fair share of cheese. also loving mccreary's music work here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maus Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 Otherwise, this should become a tentpole of the new Syfy schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeshi Posted February 6, 2010 Share Posted February 6, 2010 I've liked what I've seen so far and it seems like it has a lot of potential. But I'm new to the series, I've only seen a few random episodes of BSG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 yeah the music is awesome, gives it a very operatic vibe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest underscore Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 yeah the music is awesome also, for those with comcast, it looks like they fucked up and have next weeks episode on on-demand right now (at least for me!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 i watched like two episodes, didnt jive with me. worth actually giving a fair go? i did love BSG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest underscore Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 i watched like two episodes, didnt jive with me. worth actually giving a fair go? i did love BSG. i'd say if the pilot didn't do it for you then don't bother. it did a pretty epic job of setting the tone for the rest of the series imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I unno, I'm actually getting to the point where I like Caprica moar than the last season of BSG. The first season, I think, escalated in tension quite a bit as it went on, and I didn't love the first few episodes. It's also really subtly filling in and "materializing" some of the glaring holes/uneasy mystical Glenn Larson-mormon BS that started to pile up at the end of Galactica. But it's doing it in a way that can fly under the radar a bit, by exploring the origin of cylon consciousness: some messy thoughts: So, for instance, you have the first essentially cylon consciousness in the form of Zoe, or a fusion of Zoe's memories and personality and (military-purposed) AI. Zoe and her mother seem especially susceptible to indoctrination. Zoe's mother also seems to have some kind of lucid-dreaming ability which needs to be explored a bit more, but when brought up in S1 it seems to have echoes of Cylon "projection". There are further echoes of this in the cyberpunkish VR world of the holoband; Zoe's consciousness can exist in the physical world but she's also a part of--and has internalized--that VR world (to the extent she's basically immortal in the projections). When Zoe becomes Zoe-cylon, she's also already internalized the "One True God" meme. Season 2, so far, appears to be exploring the meme-ness of this explicitly; see discussions over building up the monotheistic religion over the idea of an "afterlife" -- one based on the "reality" of the VR projection world and the ability of an intelligence to inhabit that realm post-physical death. Also, the militant wing of the monotheistic cult is explicitly indoctrinating via the holoband projection world [there's some serious echos of the Hashshashin there]. The way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised if Caprica explores the orgin of the "Cylon God" as an explicit cyclically recurring bit of Artificial Intelligence at some point. Don't actually know where any of that will end up, but it's been interesting so far in a way saying "starbuck's an angel" and having her vanish into thin air wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I don't think I wrote "explicit" nearly enough in that post. It's also entirely possible that I like this more than I should because of :is only human: :trashbear: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest underscore Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 but it's been interesting so far in a way saying "starbuck's an angel" and having her vanish into thin air wasn't. so fuckin true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 i like this show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 the show has been cancelled, and the remaining episodes won't air until next year. way to fuck up, Syfy. instead, we get yet another Galactica prequel about the young fighter pilot Adama, which we already saw in Razor. http://io9.com/5675106/caprica-has-been-ripped-from-our-bleeding-fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 SyFy is such a piece of shit channel. Edit: can't wait for the six hours of Ghost Hunters fart-in-mic "EVP" phenomenon that'll replace this before the bang-bang hero Adama Cylon-Boom No-Terrorism-Depicted YEAH AMERICA replacement series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 fuuuuuuck! fuckyousyfy! seriously. we had to wait the summer to get the end of season 1, which we now have to wait to get the end of the end of season 1. wtf? my girlfriend and I watch this together... we both love it, and now it's been ripped away from us. i hate you syfy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted November 18, 2010 Author Share Posted November 18, 2010 new eps are airing on Canada TV for those of you wishing to download them. fuck Syfy and their schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahrk Posted November 18, 2010 Share Posted November 18, 2010 I've been watching it on Hulu and honestly, the pilot and first season were pretty cool, but this new season kinda blows. I'm basically just watching it now in hopes that it'll get cool again. I refuse to lose hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayhook Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 canceled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 Having seen the finale now, I can say they wrapped it up nicely with an epilogue. There were a lot of forgotten storylines though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 The meandering start was what was killed this show. The last couple of episodes were a marked improvement over them but then it was too late. The cylons at the stadium was great and the epilogue was well done and tied it up pretty well. Nice music too. I wonder if the new BSG spin-off, Blood & Chrome will be any good. It's about Adama's days in the Cylon war. Lots of CGI scenery stuff. BSG was pretty much the only worthwhile franchise for SyFy and they are going to milk it for all it's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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