[ale] OT: who's bought/seen Caprica?

brian bennett bennett.jb at gmail.com
Sat May 2 11:46:06 EDT 2009


I didn't know that, but I'm on my way to pick it up.

On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Sid Lane <jakes.dad at gmail.com> wrote:

> hopefully this isn't too out of bounds - I figure ALE has to have a
> disproportionate % of BSG fans...
>
> in case anyone missed it the Caprica pilot was direct to DVD (though it
> says the series is coming in 2010) and came out last week.  we finally
> picked it up & watched last night and let me say Ronald Moore does NOT
> disappoint!  even if you thought BSG sort of jumped the shark in the finale
> (I didn't, I'd give it an A-) this is a fresh start w/a new arc & new
> characters that gave me the WOW! feeling you had in season one of BSG.  it's
> slightly anachonistic in that a lot of the technology seems more advanced
> than the societs it prequels but that's plausible since they make it clear
> the post-cylon war colonists are somewhat techophobic (at least w/regard to
> AI & networking).  it's definitely got shock value and is overall a fair bit
> darker than even BSG was though it will be interesting to see the series
> since there were things they definitely could NOT show on a regular cable
> channel (if that entices you).  I don't know if that's why they did direct
> to DVD or if they figured they'd take the gloves off since they weren't
> constrained by "decency" limits (which caused which?).
>
> anyway, if you were ever a fan of the last show (even if you lost interest)
> you should DEFINITELY check this out!
>
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