Caprica

[OrangeHopper]

I notice no one has commented that Caprica started on Sky 1 on Tuesday evening. We quite enjoyed this week's episodes. Anyone else watching?

[norrahe]

I notice no one has commented that Caprica started on Sky 1 on Tuesday evening. We quite enjoyed this week's episodes. Anyone else watching?

I've downloaded it but haven't got round to watching it yet.

How does it compare to BSG?

[OrangeHopper]

Wrong person to ask. I'm unable to critique shows other than to say I enjoyed it or otherwise. Not very intellectual me. If the show leaves me feeling I want more then it is good. Things like The Wire and In Treatment.

The story has two main components: the genesis of the cylons and the background to why they were subsequently obsessed with the idea of there being only the one god. I thought it was quite believable.

[PAH]

As someone who enjoyed the original BSG as a kid I haven't bothered with the new version.

Watched a couple of episodes, but just couldn't accept them making Starbuck female (who behaves like a bloke ) after the original was played so brilliantly by Face, before he joined the A-team.

From what I've seen it looks like they've ditched most of the action and gone down the 'you can't trust anyone' route so prevalent in modern US drama.

Am I really missing much or is the original still better?

[VectraMan]

I watched the first one, not watched the second one yet. I thought it was quite good; it has that mesmerising compelling style that BSG often did so well, and you certainly can't accuse them of making it on the cheap.

TBH as much as I loved BSG, I got a bit bored of the whole origin of the Cylons and humans and God story, and stopped caring by the end. So I hope Caprica doesn't go too much the same way.

BTW if you're hung up on Starbuck being a girl, you're missing the point. The new BSG was a very very different series. It's a remake in name and premise only, and you shouldn't watch expecting more of the same.

[HairyArsedBloke]

I've just downloaded ep3.

I must say that I'm struggling with it.

[BolshieBastard]

I notice no one has commented that Caprica started on Sky 1 on Tuesday evening. We quite enjoyed this week's episodes. Anyone else watching?

Yeah watched it. You can work out how the 'human' cyclons arose and why they believe in one god by watching the first two episodes.

Is there any need to watch the whole series? Dont think so!

[PAH]

BTW if you're hung up on Starbuck being a girl, you're missing the point. The new BSG was a very very different series. It's a remake in name and premise only, and you shouldn't watch expecting more of the same.

I'm hung up on them not having the creative imagination to do something different. Instead of 're-imagining' classic shows or films why not do something original for a change.

I think it's just laziness. Much easier to cash in on any past success than try to produce something totally new, yet 90% of the time the new version is piss-poor compared to original:

Bionic Woman
Knight Rider
Hulk
<The A-Team, placeholder for now>
V
Dukes of Hazzard
Starskie and Hutch

Then there's lots of films that were remade and are absolute crap:

The Italian Job
Get Carter
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Halloween
Rollerball
Death Race (even worse than the original and that's dated pretty badly!)
The Wickerman
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
<insert many many more here, there's plenty to choose from>

[BolshieBastard]

I'm hung up on them not having the creative imagination to do something different. Instead of 're-imagining' classic shows or films why not do something original for a change.

I think it's just laziness. Much easier to cash in on any past success than try to produce something totally new, yet 90% of the time the new version is piss-poor compared to original:

Bionic Woman
Knight Rider
Hulk
<The A-Team, placeholder for now>
V
Dukes of Hazzard
Starskie and Hutch

Then there's lots of films that were remade and are absolute crap:

The Italian Job
Get Carter
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Halloween
Rollerball
Death Race (even worse than the original and that's dated pretty badly!)
The Wickerman
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
<insert many many more here, there's plenty to choose from>

Eh!? BSG:TOS used a lot of creative imagination, didnt it? I mean a band of travellers going from place to place finding extremely similar people as themselves, with the same everyday problems too ie bad guy in town, pending disasterous situation they have no way to resolve, etc, etc had never been done before had it?

Oh and the effects, marvellous. Not!

[VectraMan]

I'm hung up on them not having the creative imagination to do something different. Instead of 're-imagining' classic shows or films why not do something original for a change.

I think it's just laziness. Much easier to cash in on any past success than try to produce something totally new, yet 90% of the time the new version is piss-poor compared to original:

I agree with you completely, but BSG is one of the very few that really did work and added something different and original. It's like Joe Cocker's version of "Little help from my friends" - it's essentially a new song, not a cover version.