Seller:Amazon Video On Demand Rating:6 reviews Sales Rank:11,755
Genre:Action Media:Video On Demand Running Time:93 Minutes
Original Air Date:April 21, 2009 Release Date:April 21, 2009 Season:0 Episode:1 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Synopsis:
An astonishing breakthrough is taking shape on the planet Caprica. The rapidly evolving spheres of human and mechanical engineering have collided, along with the fates of two families. Joined by tragedy in an explosive instant of terror, two rival clans led by powerful patriarchs, Joseph Adama (Esai Morales) and Daniel Greystone (Eric Stoltz) duel in an era of questionable ethics, corporate machinations and unbridled personal ambition as the final war for humanity looms. The latest phenomenon from the executive producers of Battlestar Galactica (Ronald D. Moore and David Eick), set in a time over 50 years earlier, Caprica is entirely its own world - provocative, thrilling and startlingly relevant to our own.
Outrageous price, but cool movieMay 2, 2009 S. Wainner(USA) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I really liked this movie. Weird ending. Amazon's price was insane-- I guess they knew they could get it from BSG fans.
Still no caption support on Amazon video downloads :-(May 18, 2009 Keith Mitchell 4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've been using Amazon video downloads to my TiVo for over a year now, and while the service works great, and this was a nice production in HD, I remain disappointed and frustrated that there is no support for captions or subtitles with video downloads yet. While $20 might be cheaper than Blu-Ray, at least with disks I know for sure I'll get subtitles. When are you going to stop discriminating against the hearing-impaired, Amazon ?
"Caprica" . . . a prequil to Battlestar Galactica.October 22, 2009 That Was Cool.(Phoenix, Arizona, USA) This prequel to the Battlestar Galactica mini series is set 58 year before the first episode. The cast include a young William Adama.
A teen computer wiz, Zoe Graystone (Allesandra Torrensani) has created an artificial version of herself with all her memories which she uploads into a virtual nightclub using a technology called holoband, an invention of her father Daniel (Eric Stoltz).
Although she enjoys a life of privilege as her father is very wealthy, Zoe is rebellious. She plans to leave with two friends and start a new life off-world, one of which, Lacey (Magda Apanowicz) backs out and remains on the train platform. The train is blown to smithereens by a terrorist bomb carried by her friend Ben who is a member of a radical religious group which espouses the existence of a single, all-knowing, all-powerful God.
Via Lacey, Graystone finds out about the copy of Zoe, and, by using his contacts in the business world, his great wealth and influence he obtains a critical piece of new computer hardware into which he loads Zoe's virtual copy; and then he mounts this hardware into a robot very similar to the Cylon "toasters," in appearance.
Thus, the first Cylon is created . .. a Cylon with a religious belief so prominent throughout the BSG mini series,
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This is a film that can stand alone, but it is better appreciated if one has seen the BSG mini series. The first half of the film, the viewer must pay rather close attention to get all the facts straight, but in the later part of the film the action and flow of the plot take over as the tension builds. The acting of Esai Morales as Adama, is, IMO, consistent with the later Admiral Adama and is performed well as is all the acting.
I found the plot development believable and the information I obtained much appreciated in placing BSG the mini series in perspective. After all, who didn't wonder how the Cylons originally were developed. Ironically, the first Cylon was made to create life, and the Cylons virtually destroyed humanity many years later. "Caprica" mirrors the themes and tone of its parent show consistently, IMO, along with thematic concerns such as what does it mean to be human, and makes various references to the BSG such as the appearance of the Cylon "toaster" style.
Sci-WishMay 3, 2009 Aaron A. Bryan(New Jersey) 0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Strange Days meets Matrix in Star Wars, not sure this makes a good series. I do like the MyVu attempt to commercialize the holoband idea. I am sure the "VClub" (virtual night clubs) attracts many young people. I would like to see my Avatar participate in a show episode, the story might benefit from viewer participating in a virtual community as a part of the show experience.
Please give content advisories...January 3, 2010 D. Hoskins(Georgetown, SC United States) 1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I wish there had been a content advisory. I started to watch this movie with children in the room and within the first minute or so there were scenes that are completely inappropriate for kids (nudity, sexual content, and extreme violence). I have no problem if adults want to watch this, but it would have been very helpful to know what I was getting before I started. I didn't finish watching it, but usually when a program has to introduce that kind of material at the start it's because the acting and storyline aren't strong enough to "hook" people so they resort to appealing to the baser urges within us.
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