Pilot
- Episode aired Jan 22, 2010
- Not Rated
- 1h 33m
Caprica, 58 years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, are bound by a tragedy with unforeseen consequences, including the development of the C... Read allCaprica, 58 years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, are bound by a tragedy with unforeseen consequences, including the development of the Cylons.Caprica, 58 years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, are bound by a tragedy with unforeseen consequences, including the development of the Cylons.
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- TriviaThe V-club was filmed in the Orpheum Theatre, which is the same theater in Vancouver, Canada that served as the Kobol Opera house in Battlestar Galactica (2004).
- GoofsWhen Dr. Graystone first enters Zoe's room and finds Lacy, the bedroom door is open behind him with a metal hook at the top but nothing hanging on it. In the next scene the same door now has a large item that appears to be made up of green discs hanging on the hook.
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Joseph Adama: [Puts on the VR band] Baby? Baby?
Tamara Adama: Daddy?
Joseph Adama: Tammy? My Gods!
Tamara Adama: Daddy?
[Runs to and embraces Joseph]
Joseph Adama: My Gods.
[Tamara cries]
Joseph Adama: It's okay, baby. I'm right here.
Tamara Adama: I'm so scared.
Joseph Adama: I'm right here.
Tamara Adama: What is this place? What's going on?
Joseph Adama: It's okay.
Tamara Adama: I feel so strange.
Joseph Adama: I know, but, but you're fine.
Tamara Adama: [Starting to get hysterical] It's not fine. It's not fine. This is wrong. This is so wrong. No.
Joseph Adama: I know, I know, I know, but the important thing is we're together. We can be a family again.
Tamara Adama: I can't remember how I got here, and I can't remember where I was before now.
Joseph Adama: It's confusing. I know this is gonna take some time...
Tamara Adama: This isn't real. This doesn't feel real, Daddy. I don't feel real, I'm not real, this isn't real, it's not real!
Joseph Adama: No, baby, Willie misses you. I miss you. We can be a family together. We can be a family again. We...
Tamara Adama: My heart isn't beating.
Joseph Adama: I miss you.
Tamara Adama: Daddy, my heart isn't beating. Daddy, why isn't my heart beating? Why isn't my heart beating? Why isn't it?
[Joseph takes Tamara's wrist and can only shake his head, mouth agape, as he tries to feel a pulse that isn't there]
Joseph Adama: [Rips off the VR band and struggles to catch his breath] My baby.
Daniel Graystone: I know.
Joseph Adama: She couldn't feel her heart. She couldn't feel her heartbeat!
Daniel Graystone: She'll adjust. She's probably very confused by everything. It's only natural.
Joseph Adama: No! No, it's not natural. No, it's, it's wrong. It's an abomination!
- ConnectionsReferences National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
First the production quality is really good. There're still a few mistakes, like some bad lighting at times, but overall it's top notch. The interior designers worked really hard and the comfy-techy Graystone house should blow away most viewers. The digital visual effects are so well mixed to the real settings that it dramatically smooths the immersion process. All the high-end gadgets and technologies are also quite interesting because they're in fact just improved versions of the cellphones or ebook readers we daily use for example.
All these elements contribute to anchor Caprica in our reality. It's not just fiction, it's a vision of what our world could be in fifty years or less. It's the whole point of science-fiction but the events never felt so palpable. Moreover the casting is impressive and even if I had never seen the performers before I'm already convinced by their talent and found Eric Stoltz was perfect as Daniel Graystone. He should be the Gaius Baltar of Caprica as he invented a virtual reality device and is working on a robot. eXistenZ and Terminator were the first referenced that came to my mind but more recently I also think Virtuality should be considered.
The story itself is just fascinating and all the contemporary topics covered make the show even more interesting : Religion, terrorism, mind (Dollhouse ?), death In fact the beginning was slow because the writers took the time of properly introducing the characters but once some major and dramatic event occurred, the arc unfolded and then the minutes became like seconds. Moreover it was really unexpected and it felt like if I was actually watching the news. Moreover the action takes place 58 years before BG so we know what's coming but as with the Terminator franchise it makes the story even more intriguing. It's the how that matters the most here and not the "What will happen ?".
However I can't help pointing out a few mistakes and a certain lack of attention to details. For example even if the fictional world is believable I think it's still a bit too contemporary and at times I even thought the action was occurring years ago when the visuals should depict a relatively far future. However it didn't repel me and somehow it even seduced me because it made the collision between the traditional and technological worlds even more impressive. An other disappointment was the solution Daniel found to his research issue. How he managed to get things done was interesting because it was like solving a puzzle but his decision was a cliché because the idea has already been used dozens of times. I'm sure the writers could have come up with something more original if they had the time. The drone-like robot at the house seemed misplaced because its actions didn't really require mobility. Is it some sort of twisted reference to WallE ? But again I'm probably just picky because that mechanical pet made the scenes more entertaining in the end. Last but not least I also didn't quite like how the virtual club was depicted as it looked like a messy mash-up of dark underground fantasies. I think the writers should have focused on a single room with one type of event happening. Moreover the scenes were rushed and it was nothing like Eyes Wide Shut for example.
But beside these few cons I already consider Caprica as a true sci-fi masterpiece. It was both scary, smart and fascinating. Morever according to Wikipedia the show "will have a story arc-heavy format" like BG so the writers will have the time to deeply cover the events and make them as accurate as possible.
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- Oct 23, 2009
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