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My thoughts on caprica:

First 10 minutes - Holy shit there's a lot of titties and women licking each other.

Next 20 minutes - this is some decent setup here. And quite the nice scene between the grieving fathers.

Next 30 minutes - I think I see where this thing might spin off into some pretty interesting areas. The head nun is sorta annoying and OH SHIT ROBOTS. I didn't think they'd actually have the robots already.

Last 30 minutes - Well, this whole gangster plot is sorta...well, I don't know how well this fits, but I guess you could spin it some interesting ways. I gotta remind myself this is a pilot. Stoltz is pretty damned good, Malcolmson is pretty damned good, Morales is nice and reserved, no explosive histrionics, unlike his kid, who called time out the last 10 episodes of his show so he could cry, puke, or puke/cry while kicking things, and also painting.

Overall, I thought the show was pretty decently directed, mostly well-acted (Zoe is pretty fuckin annoying, which could be a problem since she's a central character) and left me wanting to check out the first 3 episodes at least to see if it'll spin these threads into something interesting and unexpected.

It's not as good an intro as the Miniseries was to Galactica, but if the show makes a similarly sized jump in quality from pilot to 1st episode as "33" did for BSG, it'll be worth it.

My biggest problem is this: I don't see why Joe Adama needed to be there. I understand that he's a foil for Greystone's character, he's there to present the other side of the coin, but looking at the Pilot, there's almost no reason to make the foil Joseph Adama. It's damaging in the same way the Star Wars prequels damaged the original works: It shrinks the universe arbitrarily. Like, Bill discovered the very first hybrid (which some people are baselessly speculating IS Greystone himself) and it turns out his dad is in on the very first Cylon being created? There's no reason that character needed to be an Adama at all. It's not as bad as finding out Darth Vader created Threepio, but it's pretty suspect.
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I liked it.

I liked the idea that the one true God could very possibly be Eric Stolz.

And I loved the poor little house robots. They reminded me of Mr. Handy and Mr. Gutsy from FallOut 3.

Mostly, on the serious, I am fascinated with the idea of one stupid mopey teenager being the catalyst for a robot uprising which almost destroys humanity. ALTHOUGH, I think she's some sort of angel like Starbuck. She's clearly being guided by those God nutjobs and the hot nun.
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Short version; it was pretty good. Its not Galactica, its got more of a Kings/Rome feel to it, (sidenote- Kings rocks).

Longer version; the V-Club was a bit of a surprise, not for the plot, but yeah, the nudity, (I would say gratitious, but I remember being a teenager, so...). Once it got going, it was much better- I am looking forward to the Adama/Greystone interactions. The mafia aspect can be either great or craptastic, but I'm going have the faith. And the little things fans of BSG should notice, (the Pentagon shaped tower, the sports team names, (will we get rules for Pyramid? A-Bucs wanna know...), etc...), are a great touch. The storyline has promise- much like FbR said, the Mini to 33 jump was a great one; a similar one will give this series a place on my list.

By the by, does anyone recognize the "Tauron" language?

My main question overall would be where the belief of the One True God came from- I truly hope they delve into the history of the two mythologies/theologies.
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I liked it or at least was surprised by how much it didn't totally suck.

The Adama connection is a bit much, but it is nice to see the lies get passed down to the next generations (the famous civil rights lawyer is really a first generation immigrant/mafia stooge). Interesting how this Adama has lost one child and a wife, yet presses on stoically to get the job done. With the help of drinking. It apparently happened before and will happen again.

(Also, the Taurons speak Ancient Greek.)
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I found the whole thing kind of bland, but with the caveat that it's a pilot. Pilots aren't necessarily supposed to be masterful in their own right (even though, sometimes, they are), they're supposed to set up a series. As such, it does its job. I can't really tell from the pilot whether I will like the series. My impression is that I won't like it as much as BSG, but I will definitely watch it for a while to see where it goes. As most others pointed out, there are a number of intriguing possibilities and those could play out in ways interesting or not.

There wasn't a single aspect of it that got me whipped up, and I found all the early club scenes and somewhat disconnected storytelling irritating. I thought there was too much jumping around from character to character, scene to scene at least up until the bombing. Made it hard to get too involved. And I'm not sure about Eric Stoltz. I've always found him just fine, at least, but I wonder if someone with more force or gravity would be better for the role. EJO, for all his bluster, really anchored BSG; Caprica feels a bit rudderless.
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Dude, check your facts. Fonz jumped the shark on WATER SKIS. Not a motorcycle. Therefore, you avoid the whole needing to explain the pit thing....

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