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> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:51:13 -0800
> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] 5 Reasons Caprica Is The Season's Most Promising
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> --- On Wed, 1/27/10, Tracey de Morsella <tdli...@...> wrote:
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> From: Tracey de Morsella <tdli...@...>
> Subject: [scifinoir2] 5 Reasons Caprica Is The Season's Most Promising New SF
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> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "'Cinq'" <cinque3...@...>, "'glenn'"
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> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 3:11 AM
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> into BSG to piggyback off of its success. But I do like it
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> Reasons Caprica Is The Season's Most Promising New SF Series
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> This Friday brings the first episode of Battlestar Galactica
> spinoff Caprica, a noir-scifi drama set on the planet Caprica 58 years
> before the cylons nuke it into oblivion. Based on the pilot, we think this
> series could become a classic.
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> Of course there are many reasons Caprica might fail, not the least
> of which would be poor audience ratings. Many fans of BSG are still smarting
> from that series' disappointing conclusion, and are predicting that Caprica
> might take an abrupt nosedive into lameness. But the current facts are these:
> Caprica
> is a completely different series, and based on what we've seen so far, it is
> the coolest new SF show on the air. Here are five reasons why.
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> 1. Intriguing, thoughtful worldbuilding
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> a couple of weeks ago, the worldbuilding that went into creating Caprica City
> and the culture of Caprica is simply superb. We're introduced to a
> culture where paganism is mainstream and sexual mores are extremely liberal,
> but immigrants still suffer discrimination and monotheists are outcasts.
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> most SF shows, where worldbuilding is often something like "everything is
> the same except the technology is better," Caprica challenges us
> to imagine a society radically different from our own. Also, the concept
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> of the city - which was shown off to great effect in the broadcast version of
> the pilot - is breathtaking. The futuristic technology isn't bad either.
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> 2. A "birth of AI" story that feels original
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> A lot of contemporary science fiction, from the Terminator franchise to Star
> Trek: The Next Generation, deals with what happens when we finally create AI.
> Will it rise up and destroy us ala Skynet or will it nerdily attempt to fit
> into human society ala Data? We've seen dozens of vengeful bots and dorky AIs,
> but a virtual religious zealot computer genius teen trapped inside the body of
> a killing machine made by her manipulative zillionaire father? Not only is the
> premise fresh, but so are a lot of the emotional and ethical issues it stirs
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> 3. The Adama family
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> Rarely has a family unit in science fiction been as interesting as the Adamas
> seem to be in Caprica. Trapped between two cultures, straddling the
> line between criminality and respectability, Joseph Adama is a character who
> has problems I want to know more about. Plus his brother Sam, a smalltime
> gangster with a heart of gold, is another guy I want to know better. I'm sold
> on the idea of gangsters on another planet.
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> 4. Excellent acting
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> With Essai Morales and Eric Stolz as our leads Joseph Adama and Daniel
> Graystone, it goes without saying that the acting in this show is going to
> rock. (There was also a lot of terrific acting in BSG, so Caprica
> maintains the quality of this aspect of the franchise.) Sasha Roiz as Sam
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> is already terrific, as is Magda Apanowicz as Zoe Graystone's friend Lacy.
> Alessandra Torresani is probably the weakest link as Zoe - she's a little
> one-note - but she could improve over time. Given that this show hinges on
> personal drama as well as epic SF storytelling, it's crucial that the leads be
> able to show us subtle emotion and conflict - and damn, they are delivering.
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> the pilot, Stolz does a perfect job embodying a guy who is incredibly
> manipulative while also being sincere.
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> 5. Drama that depends on science fictional plot points, but isn't
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> I already suggested that drama is one of this show's strong points. One of the
> ways Caprica has already become a standout this season is that it manages to
> give us human drama of the sort we might expect on The Wire, while also never
> losing sight of the fact that its plot arc is centered on something basically
> science fictional. This is a series about how two new technologies - the
> holoband and the cylon - come together to create artificial life. And much of
> the human drama hinges on these technologies as well. In other words, this is
> fiction fueled by drama and science, which is a rare and awesome thing.
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> Who knows where the show will wind up, but for these reasons alone I think
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> Send an email to Annalee Newitz, the author of this post,
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