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penny_lane_42 asked to be convinced why she should love Caprica. I don't really have an answer for her, but between that and angearia's squee over early BSG, it's been on my mind, so I might as well write up my thoughts on the first season (or first half? Are they dividing up the seasons the way they did with BSG? All I know is that we're on a break right now).
Overall, unfortunately, my reaction is kind of "meh." I wanted to love it, because I love BSG, but it's just lacking something - and I'm not talking about space battles. I find myself not invested in any of the characters, except for the Zobot and the people around her. I'd love it if we got a whole show of just that, but the other plotlines really drag it down. And the sad thing is, some of it seems like it's ripe with untapped potential, but the show doesn't seem interested in exploring it.
Things started off "meh" when I wasn't interested in the pilot (which I watched on DVD when it first came out). I found my attention drifting, and I think it was just too long and too much set-up. Which were problems I had with the BSG miniseries, too, but I made it past that and fell in deep love with the show after the very first regular-length episode, so I was hopeful for the next episode of Caprica. I did like the pilot more the second time I watched it (when it aired on TV), but I've yet to have an episode where I was just blown away the way I was with "33."
I love a show with good world-building. It helped that I had a familiarity with it from BSG, but I'm enjoying the little tidbits we get that expand our knowledge of this alternate universe. I'm tickled by the retro fashion juxtaposed against the futuristic tech. I want to know more about the other colonies - on BSG we got a sense that there were race/class differences, and that's being expanded some here, but both shows are very Caprica-centric. (It seems kind of silly to say, "I want more of other planets!" when the show's called Caprica, but I liked the Little Tauron stuff, and I'm curious about Gemenon the monotheistic haven. There are eleven other colonies out there.)
Also - this is shallow, but I don't like the opening credits.
( Spoilers! )
penny_lane_42 asked to be convinced why she should love Caprica. I don't really have an answer for her, but between that and angearia's squee over early BSG, it's been on my mind, so I might as well write up my thoughts on the first season (or first half? Are they dividing up the seasons the way they did with BSG? All I know is that we're on a break right now).Overall, unfortunately, my reaction is kind of "meh." I wanted to love it, because I love BSG, but it's just lacking something - and I'm not talking about space battles. I find myself not invested in any of the characters, except for the Zobot and the people around her. I'd love it if we got a whole show of just that, but the other plotlines really drag it down. And the sad thing is, some of it seems like it's ripe with untapped potential, but the show doesn't seem interested in exploring it.
Things started off "meh" when I wasn't interested in the pilot (which I watched on DVD when it first came out). I found my attention drifting, and I think it was just too long and too much set-up. Which were problems I had with the BSG miniseries, too, but I made it past that and fell in deep love with the show after the very first regular-length episode, so I was hopeful for the next episode of Caprica. I did like the pilot more the second time I watched it (when it aired on TV), but I've yet to have an episode where I was just blown away the way I was with "33."
I love a show with good world-building. It helped that I had a familiarity with it from BSG, but I'm enjoying the little tidbits we get that expand our knowledge of this alternate universe. I'm tickled by the retro fashion juxtaposed against the futuristic tech. I want to know more about the other colonies - on BSG we got a sense that there were race/class differences, and that's being expanded some here, but both shows are very Caprica-centric. (It seems kind of silly to say, "I want more of other planets!" when the show's called Caprica, but I liked the Little Tauron stuff, and I'm curious about Gemenon the monotheistic haven. There are eleven other colonies out there.)
Also - this is shallow, but I don't like the opening credits.
( Spoilers! )
