Caprica is a science fiction drama television series. It is a spin-off prequel of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, taking place about 58 years prior to the events of Battlestar Galactica. – Wikipedia
First episode: January 22, 2010
Final episode: November 30, 2010
Network: Syfy
Why on earth did it take me so long to watch Caprica? Oh, I know. Because like most awesome sci-fi TV shows it was cut down before it got a real chance. So I put it off, like so many other things, in favour of stuff that won’t end up disappointing me. Like work.
So this Easter I decided to sit down and watch all nineteen episodes. It’s more impressive than it sounds, believe me. I barely have time to read and write as much as I’d like let alone watch an entire series. Currently, I’m eleven eps in and it hasn’t been half bad. The writing is good. The story is intriguing. The acting good enough to keep me interested.
The world building is wonderful and builds up toward the conflicts that are prevalent in Battlestar Galactica. It explains the origins of the Cylons and the human struggles that lead up to their creation.
I can see how fans of Battlestar could have been less enthused about Caprica. The former was more about space battles and all-out war between humans and cylons where the latter is about the people and their clashes with race, religion and family.
I’m dreading it ending. I know it’s going to be yet another series that I’ll want more of.
My little rant may not mean much to some but it suhold mean something to the bean counters at MGM and Syfy. The entire reason why SG1, SGA and now our late friend SGU were canceled is because of ratings people. It had nothing to do with whether or not the show was viable or if it had a story line or if it had potential but just pure ratings. The idiotic bean counters at MGM and Syfy looked solely at the ratings content for the north American region and of the united states and determined that the show was not worth running due to lack of viewer interest. The retards didn’t even take into account that the ratings across the globe would indicate a much higher support and interest for the shows for the rest of the people that live on this planet not just the Americans and the Canadians. Further more the retards at the programming department changed the time slots for the shows so many times that viewers didn’t know what days the show was on and didn’t realise when it was still on this led to the biggest drop in the shows ratings. Dedicated fans out side of the US had to resort to the internet for their weekly dose of stargate action and that again led to a further drop of the ratings again. If you ask me its high time that the silly fat cats at MGM and Syfy start adding the ratings from popular websites as an indication of how strong a show is because lets face it we live in a very digital age where everything is literally at our finger tips and people in this generation hardly get to sit in front of the TV but spend hours upon hours on end in front of their computers at home or at work. God forbid for people to loosen up with the whole copy right laws they might miss out on getting a few cents that could of fallen through their pocket in their cars. For all those out there that think any of the SG series is lame or crap in any way they can suck it!!! I’ve grown up on SG my entire life and its the best damned show i have ever seen full of action drama suspense aliens guns and gun fights explossions every other episode and cool technobable what more could you ask from a show? I say bring it back