woe, woe, Caprica, the only sci-fi show since the X-Files that I liked a lot

[drownedinink]

Here's hoping "Caprica" won't become my "Firefly"; that is, a sci-fi show whose cancellation I whine about so much people doubt my sanity and virginity in equal measure.

At least it's proof that Americans won't accept sci-fi unless it has authoritarians in uniforms and lots of things exploding.

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[zurcherart]

Caprica was a bit slow to grow on me ... until I was really loving it. The two episodes I've seen since they've come back from the break though have absolutely bored me to tears. But I really can't believe they are holding back the last five episodes. I fear I won't care about them at all when they finally air.

[drownedinink]

Really? I absolutely loved the episodes that have been playing since the show got back, especially the developments with Clarice and Amandda's relationship.

[zurcherart]

I can see that. I thought this bit was brilliant "[It] really did look like it was building up to a really fresh and profound take on the concept of Artificial Intelligence." Also the direction and acting around GirlZoe/CylonZoe was brilliant. Zoe was the best "supernaturally"-"afflicted" troubled, dead teen since Laura Palmer

[chrysalisspirit]

I'm whining about it as well. Sure it can be criticized as much as you'd want, but it was still pretty decent SF and I really wanted to see where they were gonna take the whole monotheism thing. It was one of the things that annoyed me about BSG, that and the emphasis on love as the pinnacle of human experience, so I hoped I'd get more of an explanation for it.

Then again, what can anyone expect from a TV network that changed its name to SYFY. I still can't believe that's not some huge elaborate joke.

[drownedinink]

I actually never really watched BSG, but I do have a faint idea of the show's use of religious themes. I'm kind of glad that "Caprica" at least wasn't afraid to have its most ruthless villain Clarice being a devout monotheist who more than slightly resembles a Christian.

Like I say below, I really hope they release the original story they had planned in another medium.

[ruby_stevens]

Yeah it was finding it's legs, and by brining in AngelZoe was starting to make some facinating connections to BSG but hey, SyFy isn't showing Ghost Hunter repeats nearly enough.

[drownedinink]

And we always could use a sixth channel to show pro-wrestling. Seriously, I bet before the year is over Syfy will become the twenty-seventh channel to show "Law & Order" reruns.

I'm genuinely pissed off by this. Here's hoping they release the story as planned into another medium, because it really did look like it was building up to a really fresh and profound take on the concept of Artificial Intelligence.

[dfordoom]

I haven't heard of it. Tell me more.

The lack of exploding stuff does sound like it could become a major ratings problem.

[drownedinink]

It's a prequel to the new Battlestar Galactica series, but it was much more oriented on character development and much less concerned with action, which of course pretty much insured its downfall in the United States.

I wasn't a fan of its "sequel" series and even then I was fascinated by it. Not just because it was exceptionally well-written, but it had the fascinating premise of AI being developed not on accident or as pure technological advancement, but as a technological cure for grief and loss itself.

Plus it had a kickass intro.

[drownedinink]

Exactly. And I just love the concept of AI developing not out of any attempt to provide technological advancement, but as a technological cure for grief and loss itself. It had the potential to be brilliant.

A friend of mine argued that the show was canceled because of blunders on the part of the network, but honestly I think it's also a sign of our country's anti-intellectualism and preference for rigid genre categories (like I said below, sci-fi is pretty much just a sub-genre of action now, while anything with significant character development and long dialogue scenes are reserved for costume dramas and Oscar-bait.)