Caprica - The Forgotten Battlestar Galactica Series | Sci-Fi Zone

[@petertrudelljr]

I wish Caprica got three seasons... They were setting up SO much backstory that the second season would have been epic.

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

It's all about ratings & money.....

[@FrosteAto_]

Amazing the reaction some people are having in the comments. It was a great show, and the only reason it didn't 'tie up well' is because it was cancelled, and far too early at that. It was a little messy but I have no doubt a second season minimum would have been a great addition to the BSG universe. I loved how much more bold it was in its approach to philosophy, theology, and ethics. Nice video!

[@roguecapitalist9875]

Caprica was ahead of it’s time and deserves a season 2

[@DanielAppleton-lr9eq]

Its problem was less action & no space battles. Other than that, IT WAS GREAT !

[@trevorwilliams3501]

I watched it when it originally aired, and I've never forgotten it. I'm looking for the 4K Blu-Ray release that's never coming. If it ever does, I'm pre-ordering it. I should add/admit "Caprica" was my introduction to the "Battlestar Galactica" franchise. That may be why I like it so much. I didn't have the main series to compare it to.

[@DavidDouglas-q7v]

It was the last show I actually set time aside for, every week. Cast was fantastic.

[@Clownboy15]

I enjoyed Caprica, especially its art direction. That series actually wanted to make me want to visit Vancouver! But one thing I would like to have seen addressed eventually (and this is in my headcanon) is that sometime during the war, Adama is gravely injured resulting in getting blinded. The result of this is he has transplanted eyes. This is because in Caprica, Willie has brown eyes. In Blood and Chrome, Husker has brown eyes. In BSG though, Commander Adama has blue eyes. I know they did this to help match him with Jamie Campbell, but as an in-universe explanation I think it works!

[@Aanthanur]

found Caprica listed when i searched for new Sci Fi series , had i known it was a prequel to Battle star gallactica, i may have not watched it, but i loved the series.

[@jonny-b4954]

1:02 That's so funny. The studio spent SO MUCH money at the time, that they felt the need to advertise it on the literal cover and film posters, hahaha.

[@PWingert1966]

Thanks for not talking about the cliffhanger ending of the series that is still screaming for one more episode or a fanfic to clean up the dangling loose ends.

[@2011dyrose]

The original series had corruption, prostitution (although seen as an acceptable career), black markets & starvation.

[@scifizone]

That is a great observation and a very good point. So in the end, all the Caprica series did was just show what we already knew about the original Battlestar universe but promptly forgot. It seems the original series wasn't so squeaky clean after all! 🙂

[@ludeman]

I love Caprica so much

[@jitteryjet7525]

Gosh look at all the comments! When I stumbled across the Caprica miniseries I practically had to pick my jaw off the ground. I liked it's V-World and I wonder if it was part inspiration for "Ready Player One". I hope you do a review of "Blood and Chrome" at some point, now that was also a strange miniseries with it's unplesantness and PTSD.

[@Chuck8541]

haha Title says it all, I completely forgot about this spinoff!

[@phexpats]

Caprica did feature the Vipers. They were still atmospheric fighters then, and not space ships yet. It's when Zoe dates the scientist kid (that she later kills) and they go flying in the Vipers.

[@ian.swift.31614]

but he's a good boy

[@cpuuk]

Cool series that just took too long to move the story along.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

I totally agree. If it were on another platform that would have allowed for that kind of pacing it would have been a satisfying story.

[@ayoung2112]

Great series, but like many shows that were on the "Sci-Fy" channel it only lasted 1 season.

[@Pantouflard]

Absolutely underrated. Deserved better.

[@PWingert1966]

I have it on DVD.

[@bomat761]

Forgotten, by who? I actually liked it.

[@luigigarciasaavedra655]

I liked that series. Too bad it got canceled.

[@narimenrhodes-zh7tr]

Revolution, Caprica, among others that are TOO GOOD for the world.😢 I totally agree with everything you said. Also, IT'S TELLING how these great stories are canceled when A.I. comes into play. "REVOLUTION" was a f'n cool show!😢 One more thing I have to say, IF anyone gives a damm, I WISH we could have seen lacy and the robots KFA!😂

[@davepowder4020]

All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again. Or will it?

[@MarbsMusic]

I loved Caprica... was very disappointed when it was cancelled.

[@LeethLee1]

It was a damn good show and I reckon they could have kept it going but it's hard to do. It reminded me of altered carbon season 1 which I also like.

[@Biggarou]

can we find this series anywhere at all? or did it get that buried.

[@scifizone]

It does exist on physical media (definitely DVD, unsure about Blu-Ray), though you'll probably have to do a hunt on eBay for it. It's unlikely to be on a streaming service

[@stickpge]

something to note: you mention how caprica is set 58 years before either the 1978 series and 2003 series, when this is not correct, Caprica is set before the events of the first cylon war, the first cylon war however while using models and designs from the OG series is NOT the 1978 series, the first cylon war uses the designs from the 1978 series as a cute call back and as a way to honor the older series and as a way to show how the cylons and colonial forces advanced technologically and create a link between the 2003 series so the redesign wouldn't feel as out of place. basically the 1978 series is non canonical to the events of the 2003 time line as their in the broad strokes the same story beginning with the destruction of the 12 colonies and then moving into the ragtag fleet fleeing the cylons for earth, but BSG 1978 is basically separate from the 2003 incarnation

[@scifizone]

Most of our research suggested that Caprica was set 58 years before BSG (2003) so we went with that. It's worth noting it was not our intention to go into the nitty gritty of the timeline/s of the shows because we just wanted to focus on Caprica itself. As for the 1978 series not being canon to the 2003 series, yes that makes complete sense.

[@abc-ey4ld]

I passed gas on r2d2 and he got pneumonia

[@brianvogelsong754]

I can’t wait till TV. Lets me watch Caprica for free.

[@NviGWarren]

It was a great show.😢

[@ronaldhamling1027]

I haven't forgotten it I'm just waiting for it to be put on blu rey

[@steveleslie2170]

Loved the 70's BSG...I was able to do 5 episodes (as an extra)...hoping it was going to be good...nope not my cup of tea.

[@RationalistRebel]

I think part of what tanked the show was the wildly varying genres and tones of the plot threads. It's as if the writers had lots of interesting ideas but couldn't decide which one to base the show on, so they tried to do a bit of everything, everywhere...all at once. The common elements between the otherwise separate threads don't quite stitch them together into a coherent show. Instead, it effectively ends up as separate shows in the same canonical universe with an occasional crossover. Even worse, jumping between the random threads so much in each episode made it feel like watching a soap opera, something that didn't really appeal to the wider audience the producers or network were hoping for. Rather than weaving the threads into part of a larger cohesive tapestry, the writers created a mismatched narrative patchwork. While I think they would have pulled all of the threads together eventually...somehow, thinking they were going to get multiple seasons to pull it off was naive. The BSG reboot series Caprica was based on was much better at handling multi-threaded plots. A series that was more adapt at spinning multiple threads in different genres was The Expanse. Unlike Caprica, The Expanse started pulling those threads together _long_ before the end of the season. By the end, you could see how all of the threads weave together, while glimpses of the edges teased at something even bigger. I watched the entire run of Caprica, hoping all of its interesting ideas would come together. Unfortunately, that never happened...and never will.

[@tnikiforov]

Watched it when it was new , somewhat enjoyed the premise but definitely no masterpiece , would still have watched more of it.

[@maq3009]

I remember watching it when I was like 16, and all I remember from the series is that the chick was hot.

[@Arnsteel634]

I think caprica got too culturally relevant with modern problems and couldn’t get backers imho

[@EvilEndz]

Happens to so many shows that are just a bit more complicated than the average trash tv watcher can cope with. This was a fantastic series that could've built out the foundations of the whole BSG universe, but no patience from the networks. I'd include Rubicon as another amazing show that was killed off with just a single season for requiring the audience to be eased into the world they're viewing without being spoon-fed "bad guy there, get bad guy" type crap. We'd have never gotten Breaking Bad if this was every network all the time being this way with in-depth well thought out shows.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

I agree with you. I’m glad you mentioned ‘Rubicon’. As you stated these types of shows are not “easy” or simple and especially at that transitional time for basic cable television they were ahead of their time. I think both shows would have gotten at least another season or more in the current environment.

[@rmcq1999]

As usual, a show I like gets cancelled prematurely. So fucking sick of it.

[@retiefgregorovich810]

Never watched Caprica.

[@TheUsmc0802]

It took too long to get going. Great prequal, but slow to develop. It wasn't until the last episode that we got to see a cylon.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

I totally agree.

[@margarethorrall8621]

Caprica was an attempt to cash in on the reboot Galactica with a series that wouldn't have such an enormous FX budget. The problem was the story was weak and aimless. It hit the stage with great fanfare and then just sort of wandered off, long after I had stopped watching.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

I don’t agree with the characterization of the story. The plot was a bit slow to develop but I wouldn’t refer to it as “aimless”.

[@margarethorrall8621]

@@BlackDoveNYC That's fair. But it developed so slowly that it might as well have been aimless and ultimately didn't really go anywhere.

[@Berkner80]

Hoping for better cause I liked the original Battlestar Galactic but this was pure trash. I turned it off after just 2 minutes. Too bad cause I got the full first season from the library.

[@ereceeme]

After caprica syfy became a wasteland of trash tv

[@crazedvole]

I could never get into it because it seemed to me that mankind would one day be all but destroyed because of some teen-age girl's angst.

[@BTScriviner]

Yes, exactly.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

Making her the focus was a mistake. As much as I liked the show overall her character was not that interesting to me. I think the corporate world steered it towards this with the objective of attracting certain types of viewers and therefore gain more advertising revenue. In other words she was a gimmick.

[@raymondstpaul6474]

It felt more like a Days of Our Lives boring soap opera rather than an actual scifi series. Caprica was completely forgettable.

[@bumfie]

forgotten .not surprised it was RUBBISH

[@BTScriviner]

I lost interest when I realized the original Cylons were created with the personality of a petulant teenage girl.

[@jitteryjet7525]

Ha ha. But I think you missed the point.

[@kristinaF54]

Blood and Chrome (despite its mostly garbage-looking CGI) was a million times better than Craprica storywise and pacing. Unfortunately B&C wasn't spun-off into a series because they'd already put too much money into Craprica to afford it (which if you've heard the showrunners' interviews, Craprica initially had nothing to do with BSG; it was a standalone sci-fi concept series that they "tacked on" to the BSG universe to get it 'green lit' by the network).

[@JeremiahDouglas]

it's not forgotten it was terrible!! all they did was reuse shots and added in a little bit of story!

[@everybuddy5924]

Caprica is not forgotten, it is a disgrace to the Galactica name and very lame. It was not forgotten, it was buried deep so as not to be seen again

[@PWingert1966]

If they had ended it with the Cylons planning to take over and leading to the original battlestar galactica invasion it could have tied up and tied in nicely.

[@everybuddy5924]

@@PWingert1966 It ended because of poor reception. But if it had continued, it would have ended with the Cylons leaving the colonies and heading for their new home world. It would have never actually tied into BSG directly. It would have taken time to design and build all the cylon models, build the basestars, ect. and for the 5 to arrive to the Cylon world.

[@PWingert1966]

@@everybuddy5924 I was wondering since its set less then 60 year from when BSG starts. I thought it had potential to lead up to the first attack.

[@everybuddy5924]

@@PWingert1966 In truth for the number of basestars and the number of cylons other than the toasters, it would have taken more than 60 years.

[@ViroVV]

It wasnt forgotten. I watched every episode. It just wasnt very good. Sure, it may be important in the mythos but It was incredibly slow paced and boring AF. It was an intentional deviation from the source material that honestly came WAY too soon after BSG ending. (good idea, awful execution) It was marketed way too close to BSG which was such an avoidable error because it was also built to be a demographic shift away from the war driven space opera which drove the predominantly male audience (I know I remember being made fun of by my ex for the whole "frackin" thing every time I dared to watch an episode) It was also a LOT heavier subject matter, delving into theology, philosophy, issues of the modern world from organized crime to same sex relations. It lost BSGs pacing and comparatively more simple premise. Space battles had nothing to do with it. You couple that with the emerging ramp up of woke ideology in tv/film, general audiences did not appreciate being preached to in that manner, (which is funny considering how on the nose the preaching was with its own actual religious revolution based plot.) So to try to play it off as people just not liking it because it wasnt action/sci-fiy enough is incredibly misguided or actively trying to ignore what actually happened during its run. Honestly, it was not forgotten. It was outright rejected. Back in an era where TV producers still cared about what general audiences want and dont.