Seven ‘Caprica’ Clips Remind Us That Battlestar Galactica is Over

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on March 23, 2009

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The email attached to the press release for the following clips had this to say: “Thank the gods. Just when you thought you were running low on BSG awesomeness…” No, anonymous publicist who wrote this press released, I am not thanking the gods. This does not make me happy. While I am excited about Caprica, I am also devastated at the loss of Battlestar Galactica, which aired its final episode this past Friday. And while it was a sweet release, bold and beautiful and the best possible send-off for the old girl, I still wish that there was more to come.

Alas, there will be a series called Caprica. Set 50 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families and their patriarchs – Daniel Graystone (Eric Stoltz) and Joseph Adama (Esai Morales) – as they compete and thrive in the vibrant world of the 12 Colonies, a society recognizably close to our own. Enmeshed in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the creation of the Cylons, the two houses go toe-to-toe blending action with corporate conspiracy and sexual politics.

Caprica hits DVD on April 21, 2009 and is available for pre-order now over on Amazon.

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RobertFure

You know what my problem is with prequels - the condensed time frame. 50 Years? That's all it takes to go from No Cylons to Cylons to an Uprising to a prolonged War. Seems kind of short. The humans must have been real big dicks to the Cylons considering they went from servants to destroying humanity in a very, very short period of time.

I had the same problem with the Star Wars prequels. They were set like 30 years before A New Hope. So the Galactic Senate existed 30 years before ANH. About 10 years later, the Galactic Senate is turned into the Galactic Empire. So the great, evil Empire only ruled for 20 years. Ridiculous.

Michelle_FSR

Thank you, I was beginning to think I was the only one with issues over that! The way I was interpreting it, the centurians are on the cusp of being created, or maybe some form of centurian already exists but not one with a personality?? 40 years are spent in "peace" with a treaty, so that leaves 10 years in which to develop a massive cylon population with fully conscious personalities, have them become aware of oppression and rise up against their masters and then fight a full scale (and supposedly LONG) war... I'm amazed the final five got back in time! Not to mention that one of the big plot points mentioned for this series was that the inventor of the cylons wanted to find a way for his daughter to live on, so he puts her personality into a cylon body... When I read that the first time I thought skinjob but that doesn't really fit the timeline as we now understand it, does it!

Aside: Can centurians speak? (either old models or new ones)

Seven ‘Caprica’ Clips Remind Us That Battlestar Galactica is Over

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