Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

croetoan This was a better stand-alone series than it was a prequel.I thought the first two seasons of Battlestar Galactica were great, and I was immensely pleased with the shift presented in Caprica. Instead of an action-packed, space-warring, post-apocalyptic survival series; we are given a stylish business and crime science fiction drama. That vision was excellently conceived and adequately executed. The plot was interesting, and the subplots contributed to a pleasantly complicated picture.It all fell apart, however, in the areas where they tried to hard to connect it to Battlestar Galactica. They didn't need to make the "Adams" family that particular family. They did it for the connection to Battlestar Galactica, and it actually undermines (or replaces) what we knew of them in BSG. We didn't need to see the first use of every BSG phrase - Cylon (okay maybe that one was permissible), Toaster, and Skin Job (this one, in fact, shouldn't have been around until BSG). The final episode was the worst in this regard. It gives a contradictory account to many of the factual (and major) elements of BSG. The origins of _______ are contradicted, and the whole god thing (which was, admittedly, bewildering in BSG) is undermined and redirected in the final episode. I'm sure they were hoping for a full second season, but I think we were spared a disaster when the show was canceled. Had they kept going, they looked on track to make everything worse.

scottsulway I'm a fan of Battlestar Galactica and was excited to hear about a prequel show. Watching the pilot, one is instantly transported into a vibrant world that the shows creators should be congratulated for producing. The depth of character development is truly outstanding and the acting is excellent. However all too soon the show starts to slow down and becomes rather dull at times. Now I understand that you can not have it all, but I felt that ultimately less time should have been spent on some of the character development and used to quicken up the pace of the show. Around the middle of the series it seemed like the writers were in two different minds about where to go with the show, this showed with some of the random tangents and characters that came and went. By the final act I had gone from an emphatic viewer, caring for the cast to someone who just wanted the series to be over and wrap up. The series is indeed well made and has an excellent cast, really could have developed into something more, but as the ratings showed, it is probably best left as it is, cancelled.

flarepunk I first heard about Caprica when it had already been cast, FAR outside the rumor mill, and the first commercial was aired on Scifi. I was less than impressed - since I absolutely loathe the main actor *primarily for one role, the first role, I saw him in as a child, and I can't get OVER it)In any case, I watched the first few seasons of BSG, and then found another program (stupidly) that was on at the same time, that I watched while my mother watched BSG, and just figured I'd catch up at some point. Later, after the show ended, I decided we should buy the episodes and I should finally find out what all the hype was about for the cylons plan, etc. I was less than impressed, although the ending wasn't horrible - it seemed to come out of left field (though it seems to support the 'ancient alien' claims certain programs like to hype up.BUT, none of that has to do with Caprica. When I first STARTED the show, and this is the first episode, I was blown away. Not only did they portray children as terrorists, but it was so nice that this entire society really brought home something that was said in passing in BSG, and that was the ridiculous concept of a monotheistic God. (I am not saying this is ridiculous, I just think it's interesting) Aside from the details of the belief systems, every single person is believable, in my opinion, in a world where so much is handed to us. These kids have a LOT... in such an advanced place, they understand a LOT, but they are numb to a LOT as well. I found that really interesting.I loved everything about this show, and for those of you who thought it was boring, I don't think that is fair. This show couldn't have had the same urgency that BSG had because things weren't happening at large. The human population was fine... probably TOO fine, if it's anything like today... there was no sense of urgency, because at the flick of a button, most things could be done FOR these people. Once people developed a cause was when they really took up action, and realized they had to have agency to realize what they needed to do.

chriscalvert I have just watched almost the whole series over a 1 week period. After about 4 episodes I knew it wouldn't get to a second series and almost stopped watching the rest. It suffers from what I call the Stephen King Syndrome. Very little of real substance told over too long a period and huge amounts of information about what the subject had for breakfast months ago. Up to about episode 13 now and will watch till the end only because of the time already invested. In other shows these 13 episodes could have been told in about 4 episodes. I do admit that when I started watching I wasn't really aware that it was a prequel to BSG hence a lot of it made no sense. For any show to last several series it has to stand alone and this didn't. I do think that the actors aren't too bad but the story is abysmal. Too much "fracking". Too much violence that appeared to be added for the sake of it. And a society at this level should be well aware of the health hazard that smoking is.And what a society. At episode 13 I am having a hard time thinking (now that I know BSG is to follow) that anybody except the Cylons should win.