Caprica is a television series set 58 years before the events in the television series Battlestar Galactica (the 2004–2009 series, not the 1978 series). The pilot starts out with a terrorist attack (a bombing) in which several characters lose family members. I imagine that this was intended to invoke the zeitgeist of post-9/11 America. The show explores the ramifications—both good and bad—of virtual reality and artificial intelligence. It also explores the origins of the Cylons, their religion, and their need for intimacy with human beings as well as their paradoxical desire to exterminate them. It was canceled midway through the season.[1]
My verdict: If you liked the new Battlestar Galactica, then you'll probably like Caprica, too. It was billed as a family drama, but contains a lot of thematic content [2] and violence not really suited to families. Several of the main characters are teenage girls even though this is not the type of show that would attract young female viewers. While the story was intriguing and added to the mythology of the new Battlestar Galactica, it was a little too edgy for my taste.
Notes:
[1] The remaining episodes were aired in a burn-off marathon' by the SciFi Channel last month. Caprica ended with a coda or epilogue at the end of the final episode, entitled "The Shape of Things to Come", which gave hints about the trajectories of most of the characters. One notable omission was the V-world avatar of Tamara Adama. I also would've liked to know how things turned out for Jordan Durham, the government agent investigating the bombing.
[2] e.g. Having already used homosexuality and bisexuality for their shock value in Battlestar Galactica, this time around they introduce polyamory. Nothing explicit is shown; just a dozen or so men and women living together, raising children, and saying they're married to each other.
My verdict: If you liked the new Battlestar Galactica, then you'll probably like Caprica, too. It was billed as a family drama, but contains a lot of thematic content [2] and violence not really suited to families. Several of the main characters are teenage girls even though this is not the type of show that would attract young female viewers. While the story was intriguing and added to the mythology of the new Battlestar Galactica, it was a little too edgy for my taste.
Notes:
[1] The remaining episodes were aired in a burn-off marathon' by the SciFi Channel last month. Caprica ended with a coda or epilogue at the end of the final episode, entitled "The Shape of Things to Come", which gave hints about the trajectories of most of the characters. One notable omission was the V-world avatar of Tamara Adama. I also would've liked to know how things turned out for Jordan Durham, the government agent investigating the bombing.
[2] e.g. Having already used homosexuality and bisexuality for their shock value in Battlestar Galactica, this time around they introduce polyamory. Nothing explicit is shown; just a dozen or so men and women living together, raising children, and saying they're married to each other.
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