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04/22/09
Also, Daniel Greystone wins Worst Father of All Time award for downloading the mind of a neurotic sixteen year old girl into the body of a gigantic ugly robot. I got a kick out of that.
04/22/09
I like the idea of a multiplicity of Zoes, and it would appear to fit with the notion of all of the different copies of the eventual cylon models (although I suppose that comes from the Final Five, and not necessarily from Caprica).
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Real religious terrorism in this world is a complex mix of religion coupled with social and economic revolution. There's no purely "religious" terrorism at all. There never really was. You could accept it at the beginning of BSG because the Cylons could be regarded as insane, or totally inhuman, or simply using their religion as a cloak for genocide. This of course doesn't explain the poor, silly hack writing of the last seasons, but whatever...
But in Caprica it's plain that it's just another limp crutch for lazy writing, just shoveling the plot along. And I find it offensive to suggest that all religious characters in all sci-fi dramas have to be pure fanatics. I know it appeals to their audience of self-righteous atheists, but can't we nuance it a little bit, ever? Or write about terrorism accurately?
04/22/09
It's a little too early to say that Caprica over simplifies religious zealots since they've made both sides sympathetic, but we'll see.
Out of curiosity, have you see Caprica yet?
04/22/09
The terrorist attack that sets the series in motion was done by someone who follows the One True God, who really IS the One True God. So the killing of people on the train -- for reasons that completely escaped me (did they even attempt an explanation?) -- was a GOOD thing.
Presumably the reason Zoe died was so that Zoe-A could have a crisis without the relatively harmless guiding influence of Zoe, and could instead be corrupted by Lacy, her only friend, who is, by movie's end, on the side of the "fanatics," which presumably leads to the Cylon war itself.
04/21/09
One thing I am confused about though is why would Zoe's boyfriend take her down with him, as it seemed like everyone in the religious cult they belonged to held her in such high esteem because of the work she was doing? I can see him wanting to martyr himself, but why would he rob the very movement he was sacrificing himself for of one of it's most promising followers? I found that to be a weak bit of RDM plot devicing, but eh I'll forgive it.
04/22/09
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04/21/09
If Capricans had the technology to project virtual realities in their minds, the holo-band thing, why didnt we see that in the fleet? I'd imagine it'll make everyone's life in the fleet SO MUCH BETTER!! I know, it'll just be like holo-decks in Star Trek, but still, it would make sense.
04/22/09
Aside from the fact that Graystone tech likely wouldn't be purchased if they led to a big war, I got the sense that they intentionally rolled back the state of high-tech for a while after the first Cylon war.
Also, weren't the Cylons made to make life easier for the colonists? Does a soldier fit that bill?
04/21/09
04/21/09
Everything is awkward- the dialog, the acting, the forced-in sub-plot about Tauron organized crime- hell, even the CGI backgrounds look clumsy. Everyone looks like they are waiting for some off-screen cue to give them the backstory to make their words mean something as they interact. Don't even get me started how on the uber-cheesy "holo worlds" are presented...
Caprica doesn't feel close to extinction, because it doesn't even feel alive.
The showrunners seem to think that putting an old school hat on a character gives him gravitas. Alas, that seems to be the level of nuance and subtly going on here.
I'm not going to write off the show based on this movie, but most of the time I felt I was watching a futuristic version of a soap opera written by someone who has never seen one.
04/21/09
I don't need any more Luddite preaching thankyewverymuch.
No more Ron Moore programs for me.
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04/21/09
I want to like Caprica, but they'll have to involve better teen actors to make it work. I must admit though - the Cylon prototype test-scene is excellent.
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But I went to download it off the Playstation Network, and it's $14.99. That's just too damn expensive for a television episode.
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04/22/09
It's 90 minutes. That's like a movie.
You'd pay that anyway if you got it on DVD.
04/22/09
On a tv shows budget.
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