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Caprica: Pilot
Jan. 24th, 2010 04:13 pmI watched the pilot of SyFy's new show Caprica, which is a prequel taking place 58 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica. I'm not really into posting plot synopses, because I feel like that is what Wikipedia is for.
Even though I broke up with Battlestar Galactica (I still haven't seen the end of it, but I will some day), the involvement of Jane Espenson [Buffy writer/executive co-producer/executive story editor] as one of the producers was enough to lure me in.
I pretty much dislike all of the characters except for Lacy, for whom I have a lot of hope. Yosef/Joseph Adama might turn out to be cool, but I'm thus far undecided. I hope that William Adama's grandmother stays in the picture, and doesn't just conveniently fade out.
The plot itself was not terribly interesting.
( Spoilers lie behind the cut. )
My hope is that Ron Moore's involvement will be minimal, that Espenson can help pull out the possibilities for strong storytelling.
In the end, this mini-series pilot doesn't really hold a candle to the one that opened Battlestar Galactica. Still, I'm going to keep watching, mostly for Lacy, and also hoping that things get better.
Even though I broke up with Battlestar Galactica (I still haven't seen the end of it, but I will some day), the involvement of Jane Espenson [Buffy writer/executive co-producer/executive story editor] as one of the producers was enough to lure me in.
I pretty much dislike all of the characters except for Lacy, for whom I have a lot of hope. Yosef/Joseph Adama might turn out to be cool, but I'm thus far undecided. I hope that William Adama's grandmother stays in the picture, and doesn't just conveniently fade out.
The plot itself was not terribly interesting.
( Spoilers lie behind the cut. )
My hope is that Ron Moore's involvement will be minimal, that Espenson can help pull out the possibilities for strong storytelling.
In the end, this mini-series pilot doesn't really hold a candle to the one that opened Battlestar Galactica. Still, I'm going to keep watching, mostly for Lacy, and also hoping that things get better.
