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Movie Reviews of Caprica
Movie Review: off to an incredible start!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
In old episode of stng, Data is confronted with the possibility that he might become property of Star Fleet, however a greater question is asked, does he have a soul? in Caprica this moral quandry of man and machine is magnified to the 100th power and the results are disturbing!! Ronald d. Moore has taken all of sci fi's most delectible moral confoundments and has wrapped them up in a prequel worth its weight in gold! not your mother's holodeck from Star Trek, we begin the story with our protaganist Zoe in a virtual night club that is something akin to a sadist's version of the Matrix, replete with virgin sacrafices, group sex, fight clubs, and teenagers who happily engage in virtually murdering each other with semi automatics, we only then realize Mr. Moore has dropped us off in Sodom and Gomorrah. welcome one and all to Caprica before the fall! he is not done yet! throw in a suicide bombing, two families torn apart as a result, corporate espionage, the mob, religious intolerance, and a tragic and foolhardy attempt to form a human conciousness with a cybernetic killing machine, and you now have a modern day tale of a frankenstein monster! Mary Shelley is quietly applauding Mr. Moore's gall on this one!! fantastic!! do not miss this dvd! the ending will send a shiver down your spine!! Well done Mr. Moore. Well done!!Movie Review: WHY NO BLU-RAY...?!?!?!??
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, the good news is, we're being given an *option* here to see Caprica well-ahead of it's premiere date, AND in an extended version of the movie that we won't be seeing on the air...I myself, am very looking forward to it, as Battlestar Galactica was my very favorite show EVER, and if I get even a fraction of that enjoyment out of Caprica, it will be WELL worth it...HOWEVER...
WHY ON EARTH would there not at least be the *option* to buy this on Blu-ray especially considering how RABIDLY fans are looking forward to FINALLY getting the entire series of BSG on Blu-ray...? Who wants to buy this on standard DVD when we'd like to keep our series media uniform in one format, AND get the best possible viewing pleasure available, especially on a series-related show where the fans prefer to get it in high-def? Shows like BSG (and most modern sci-fi shows) are preferable in high-def. I myself don't mind a double-dip in buying this separately from the eventual season-1 box set in another year and a half (I have no regrets from buying Razor), but now that Blu-ray is AVAILABLE to these shows, why not make them AVAILABLE to the consumer...? With BSG coming out on Blu-ray, I feel cheated that the prequel isn't (so far) being offered in the same quality format...
Movie Review: The Battlestar Galactica back story
Summary: 5 Stars
Challenge: to write the review that this deserves, without spoilers... "Caprica" is set fifty years or so prior to the events of "Battlestar Galactica". It's the story of the first Cylon, Admiral Adama as a boy, his father Joe Adams, the monotheist resistance to the sanctioned polytheism, and the other groups, people, things, and events that led to the Cylon attack that annihilated the Colonies.
"Caprica" deals with issues of loss, ambition, parent/child relations, rebellion, and the unintended consequences of technology in a science fiction setting. Conspicuous by its absence from "Caprica" are military issues, but they have been dealt with at length in BSG. The closest thing would be the relationship of research to the military, but this is approached from the corporate end rather than the uniformed end.
I enjoy it greatly. "Caprica" is a complex tale, with several threads being addressed on several levels each. After watching it once, I immediately wanted to watch it again to pick up on cues and hints throughout the flick. For something made for TV, it is surprisingly good, and though part of the BSG universe, has elements that were never addressed before, and stands alone well.
E.M. Van Court
Movie Review: Phenomenal
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD was simply phenomenal. I've watched it twice, and I've also watched the commentary for a total of three viewings. That's a lot more than I normally do. It's only an hour and a half, but already I feel some interest in many of the characters, it's as though they're real people. Joseph Adama, Daniel Graystone, Zoe Graystone, Lacy Rand... they're all already interesting, and many of the secondary characters are interesting as well.
The cinematography is absolutely fabulous on this film. It's surprising they managed to pull this off on TV... it looks much better than BSG did in my opinion. There are many different environments and sets, a futuristic house (Graystone's), a regular house (Adama's), a government office, public parks, the inside of the mainframe where Zoe lives, a sports stadium, a medical office, a scientific lab ... you don't normally see all these for what is a TV production. I really loved the use of colour... the background colours tended to be consistently orange-brown for the Adama scenes, whereas there was a greyish-blue for the Graystone scenes.
I think Moore has learned from his mistakes in BSG. I hope this series lasts multiple seasons.
Movie Review: This ain't your Daddy's Battlestar Galactica
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow. There was more skin shown in this pilot movie than in all five seasons of BSG. All young nubile naked bodies in a free for all virtual night club of orgies, virgin sacrifices, fights, assassinating any virtual public figure you wanted - whew. And that was just the opening sequence. There is a lot of teen angst in this pilot so please be patient. It does figure into the story with the grown ups.
Ok, without giving the plot away you know religion, politics and the dawn of the first Cylons created on Caprica is what sets the wheels in motion.
That aside, I found this to be a 90 minute soap opera setup for the series to come. This is not an action packed military romp through space. There are mafia like figures, political and government drama as well as the teen angst and family theatre between the Greystones and the Adamas.
Still, I liked this settling into a city and the more deliberate pace.
If the drama in Caprica is as compelling and well written as the drama on LOST, then this series will be around to stay and may garner more viewers than die hard BSG fans.