Consider, if you will, "Star Wars". The broad outlines of the second series of movies (1999-2005) was well known to anyone who had seen the first three (1977-1983). The same holds true with "Caprica". Consider this synopsis:
Somebody on Caprica invents and builds a sentient robot, which then goes into series production. The robots, called Cylons, eventually tire of being slaves and rebel. The rebellion ends in an armistice. Decades later, the Cylons, now commanded by biological Cylons, return and almost wipe out the Colonials. After several years of running skirmishes, the Colonials and bio-Cylons end up on Earth nearly two hundred thousand years ago. Before they all die of starvation, predation and disease, they contribute DNA that gives the resident humanoid species a jump-start towards Homo Sapiens.The "Caprica" series takes place within the first sentence or two of the above synopsis. There is no suspense to be had, other than in the details, just as any Star Wars fan who saw the "Phantom Menace" knew how, at least in outline, "Revenge of the Sith" would end.
Prequels suck. Why watch them?
Really? Is that how it ended?
ReplyDeleteGod, it's like the old cliché story where the last line is, "His name was Adam, and her name was Eve."
The "reimagined" BSG? Yeah, that's how it ended.
ReplyDeleteDid you see that Lucas now wants to re-release all of the "Star Wars" films in #D, to cash in on "Avatar's "success?
ReplyDeleteWhy?
ReplyDeleteMerely learning that the cylons have the moral worldview of peevish capricious teen-age girls made watching the Caprica season opener worthwhile.
Explains quite a bit, actually.