Caprica: The Imperfections of Memory (s1e7)
Posted by Simon in Television on 15. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
This episode had characters flying vipers and somebody uttered the phrase: “all of this has happened before and all of it will happen again”. If Caprica is trying to distance itself from its Battlestar Galactica heritage, it certainly seems to have no qualms throwing out universe details to appease it’s BSG migrated audience. By my [...]
Caprica: There Is Another Sky (s1e5)
Posted by Simon in Television on 02. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
Five episodes in, I can’t help but notice that every episode of Caprica starts with a recap of all the plot points that will be addressed in the upcoming hour. This is important to note, because I think the show realizes without these little summaries, people would quite easily lose track of what’s going on. [...]
Caprica: Rebirth (S1E02)
Posted by Simon in Television on 01. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
For many shows, the second episode after the pilot is usually the best indicator of what to expect on a weekly basis. Subscribing to that philosophy, I believe fans of Battlestar Galactica are really, really going to like Caprica. Faux intimacy via cinema-vérité? Check. Original (and catchy) BSG vernacular, BSG universe continuity, attention to character [...]
There's something funny about "V"
Posted by Jef in Politics, Pop Culture, Television on 05. Nov, 2009 | 0 Comments
It may not be a comedy, but V certainly gots jokes. I’m not criticizing – I actually kinda dug the first episode of ABC’s reboot of the old 80s sci-fi series — but when you have evil, deceptive aliens who walk among us imperceptibly and offer ominous “universal health care”, well, I can’t tell if you’re being [...]
