Caprica

Schumi · 12-14-2009, 02:52 AM

So I've never seen an episode of "Battlestar Galactica" before... but just watched the pilot episode of "Caprica" on Hulu which from my understanding is some sort of prequel.

Pretty frakking good. I'm hooked.

legion · 12-14-2009, 05:23 AM

Yep. Series starts in January. I hope it can live up to the pilot.

I was a HUGE BSG fan I didn't see how "lawyers in space" could translate well.

I was wrong.

Z-man · Z-man's Garage

Can't wait. I feel Ron D. Moore is one of the better producers of scifi shows. I'll miss the old BSG cast, but the new show looks promising...

-Z-man.

creaturecat · 06:20 AM

Lead actress, Paula, was at our home for lunch yesterday. Absolute gem, she is.

Schumi · 12-14-2009, 07:25 AM

This will be what I watch now that Dollhouse isn't coming back.

Which is sad because Dollhouse is getting insanely good. I'm hoping for a movie a la Serenity.

I liked how the Caprica pilot packed in so much stuff. It didn't really sow down to explain things, just wham, stuff is goin down. No cylons to cylons in 1 episode.

legion · 12-14-2009, 07:42 AM

Dollhouse was REALLY good on Friday.

Too bad the my cable (on both the analogue and digital feeds) cut out the audio for the middle 20 minutes of the first episode.

Oh, and I think DeWitt is a former doll.

I guess they go into the "attic" in the next episode...

creaturecat · 12-14-2009, 07:59 AM

Z man; Pm me with your address. I will mail you some form of Caprica swag.

Schumi · 12-14-2009, 07:59 AM

DeWitt and Topher both cannot be dolls as they both were exposed to the bioagent in the episode of the first season that makes them really high, whereas the dolls glitch out and go nuts. Topher's evolving moral compass is what makes the show interesting to me. Earlier this season where he had to hack up the dead guy because he let Sierra out and she killed him... brilliant.

But back to Caprica... as with any movie or TV series, I have to go read up as much as I can to spoil it for myself before I see the rest... and so I've been reading about the BSG worlds..

If I'm getting this gist of this, it is that there are 12 colony planets that were inhabited by 12 human tribes long long ago, all 12 of the planets are in the same solar system and are governed together but all are different cultures and slightly different beliefs. Originally there were 13 tribes, but 1 tribe decided to inhabit a far away planet called Earth.

this is neat-o.

legion · 12-14-2009, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Schumi

DeWitt and Topher both cannot be dolls as they both were exposed to the bioagent in the episode of the first season that makes them really high, whereas the dolls glitch out and go nuts. Topher's evolving moral compass is what makes the show interesting to me. Earlier this season where he had to hack up the dead guy because he let Sierra out and she killed him... brilliant.

I said "former" doll. The un-named boss made a comment that she "used to be pretty" in the last episode. Knowking Joss Wedon's style, this was an intentional clue. She probably had the "active architecture" removed, but like Hotel California, "you can check out, but you can never leave".

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Originally Posted by Schumi

But back to Caprica... as with any movie or TV series, I have to go read up as much as I can to spoil it for myself before I see the rest... and so I've been reading about the BSG worlds..

If I'm getting this gist of this, it is that there are 12 colony planets that were inhabited by 12 human tribes long long ago, all 12 of the planets are in the same solar system and are governed together but all are different cultures and slightly different beliefs. Originally there were 13 tribes, but 1 tribe decided to inhabit a far away planet called Earth.

this is neat-o.

There is so much more to it than that.

Z-man · Z-man's Garage

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Originally Posted by creaturecat

Z man; Pm me with your address. I will mail you some form of Caprica swag.

PM Sent! Thanks!

creaturecat · 01-04-2010, 08:45 AM

Well Z-man, the much coveted crew "dash card" is on it's way. Number 189 of 200. Enjoy!

Z-man · Z-man's Garage

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Well Z-man, the much coveted crew "dash card" is on it's way. Number 189 of 200. Enjoy!

AWESOME! You are the best!

-Z

Sapporo Guy · 01-04-2010, 10:19 AM

Is that the one where the Cling-Ons rule over New Caprica?
Metal chassis really does something for the body line ... I wonder if they get fat?

Watched parts on and off ... way different than the Original Galactica story.

Schumi · 01-04-2010, 10:25 AM

The network season premier is on Jan. 22.

I'm anxiously awaiting the second episode. The premier covered a hell of a lot of ground in an hour and a half... can't wait to see where it goes.

Z-man · Z-man's Garage

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Originally Posted by Sapporo Guy

Is that the one where the Cling-Ons rule over New Caprica?
Metal chassis really does something for the body line ... I wonder if they get fat?

Watched parts on and off ... way different than the Original Galactica story.

No - this is a whole new series - it is a prequel to the Battlestar Galactica series. It goes through the whole creation of the cylons and such...

-Z-man.

legion · 01-04-2010, 01:35 PM

Well.....a creation of the Cylons...

creaturecat · 01-04-2010, 01:48 PM

I have 1 more Caprica dash card.
Want it, Legion? pm me with your address.

m21sniper · 01-04-2010, 01:54 PM

I read that they'd ran out of Ideas for Caprica after a few episodes and shut down production. This was some months back. Is that true?

creaturecat · 01-04-2010, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by m21sniper

I read that they'd ran out of Ideas for Caprica after a few episodes and shut down production. This was some months back. Is that true?

Bit of a shake-up went on, including a re-write to modify a character.
Still shooting season 1, until the end of January.

m21sniper · 01-04-2010, 02:16 PM

OK, thanks. The way i'd read the article, it made it sound like the show was practically stillborn.