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Caprica Season 1.5 Premiere & Review

by on October 6, 2010

in Entertainment, television, tv review

Caprica A Cylon assembly line

The season premiere of Ronald D. Moore‘s Caprica, in its 1.5th season on the Syfy Channel, kicked it in gear with the story picking it up some weeks after the events that unfolded in the previous episode, the mid-season finale.

If you remember, a car blew up but Clarice (Polly Walker) wasn’t in it.  Amanda Graystone (Paula Malcomson) was stepping off a very tall ledge on a bridge, we also saw Joseph Adama (Esai Morales) get removed from the virtual city by his daughter and Zoe/Cylon (Alessandra Torresani) drove a stolen van into a police barricade, destroying the van.

Most of these and other story lines are continued in the mid-season premiere of Caprica titled “Unvanquished.”

Indeed.

Caprica Episode Review

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We open the episode with Daniel Graystone (Eric Stolz) disheveled on his couch.  He’s lost his wife, the  Virgis corporation has taken over Graystone industries and to make matters worse, they’ve apparently copied the chip from Zoe’s Cylon and have transplanted the fighting skills from that chip into production models rolling off the assembly line.

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Caprica Is Worth Another Look, Especially After ‘Gravedancing’

by on February 20, 2010

in Entertainment, television

The producers of Caprica got it right with the latest episode, “Gravedancing.” I hope that it is in time for the series to come back from its fall in the ratings.

Alessandra Torresani as Zoe Greystone in CAPRICA

Alessandra Torresani as Zoe Greystone in CAPRICA

Although being played by excellent actors, until now there has been little about the characters to like, though they do not have to be admirable. Even a villain can be made interesting and the hero of his own story. There must a be beating human heart at the center of the story or the audience will lose interest.

Caprica is beautifully filmed and the special effects are flawless. However, special effects and CGI are only tools to be used to help convey the story. Some of the best story telling has been done on a bare stage with only the actors imagination and a brilliant script.

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