Caprica - Season 1 - Part 1

This prequel was based on the epic BSG series and draws on many of the same elements. Unfortunately it looses a lot of the sense of peril and uncertainty that dominated its predecessor. The drama is quite slow and the plot so convoluted that it is hard to follow whose betraying who at any given moment. Overall die hard fans will love it, anybody will be bored silly

I've really liked the first half of this series. It's a very different style to Battlestar, but really interesting to see this take on the birth of the Cylons.

Haven't seen the end yet though as for some reason, they don't have it on here. Don't really understand how they can have the rights to part of a series and not the whole thing. Poor effort from Love Film. Really frustrating as I want to see the rest!

Only one Cylon and not any Space Battles. Must be rubbish. Well in fact it is very good and a smart prequel to Battlestar, But the problem is people want the same thing and instead were given an even paced film about the collapse of society. Nicely acted with an ending that causes a mixture of emotions. We know what happens to the Cylons but is that how they started?

I enjoyed it and will have to buy the series to see what happens. Shame it never lasted and a shame it suffered from being the child of a great parent.

Caprica is a prequel to the phenomenal revision of Battlestar Galactica, and suffers immensely from comparison to the parent series.

Like the Galactica mini series the pilot opts for a slowburn intro (although still managing to fit in a cyber club, a train bombing, a murder and the creation of the first cylon) but lacks the sense of impending doom that so characterised the mini series. It also suffers from the expectation that this will be another Battlestar Galactica, with space flight and set piece battle scenes underpinning the philosophical questions.

Don't be put off. The slowburn storylines are what made Galactica so addictive, the philosophy takes time too, otherwise the series is entirely it's own beast. This is a whole new world for fans to explore, and it will take time.

Unfortunately the main problem is going to be, who is the series aimed at? I think that the Galactica fanbase may be disappointed with the series, and the new audience put off by the fact this is a prequel to an established universe (And Galactica was always hard to get into with it's extended story arcs).

I will be watching, both as a hardened fan of the original series and someone intrigued by the pilot episode, but, from what I've seen so far, I don't expect this to get beyond 2 seasons.