"Jaime didn't just teach math. Like all great teachers, he changed lives."--Edward James Olmos
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
An Evening With Caprica
Those of us who made it to the CAPRICA panel event at the New York Paley Center tonight got an unexpected treat: advance screenings of both this week's new episode and next week's mid-season finale! Unfortunately for me, I was late and only got to see the latter (written by BSG alum Michael Taylor btw). It was... astoundingly action-packed, with cliffhangers galore! Also, you get the unique joy of seeing James Marsters say the words: SO SAY WE ALL. Frak yeah.
The Q&A panel after the screening with Ron Moore, David Eick, Syfy's Mark Stern, and castmembers Esai Morales, Sasha Roiz, Alessandra Torressani and Magda Apanowicz was a lot of fun and quite informative. Those Adama brothers are a hoot...
A couple of highlights gleaned at the panel:
- No one would say exactly when the second half of CAPRICA season one will air (although SyFy has apparently told the press October 2010). And despite the rumors from earlier this month, no one mentioned CAPRICA getting renewed, or any other new BSG spinoff ideas. Keep your fingers crossed.
- Ron Moore confirmed that we will visit two other colonies in the next set of episodes after the hiatus: Gemenon and Tauron.
- When asked if an ending has already been worked out for this series, Moore and Eick say they have not done that yet, it is too soon. They see around six organic endpoints, each is a landmark event within the timeline between the current present on the show through to the events of the BSG miniseries.
- Esai Morales says that big changes are afoot for Joseph Adama in the back half of the season, following some crucial developments we saw tonight in the mid-season finale.
- Sasha Roiz got his role as Sam Adama after auditioning for the role of Tomas Vergis (Graystone's business rival). James Marsters was being considered originally for the role of Vergis as well... but his unique talents seemed much more suited to Barnabus.
- To answer a question I got this evening: NO, Michelle Forbes does not have a cameo in CAPRICA 109. That's just someone who looks like her a bit.
OK I'm tired. Goodnight for now -- meanwhile, for the rest of you who attended tonight, please leave your (NON SPOILERY) thoughts in the comments. Did you enjoy this week's new episode? Did anyone post panel video on youtube yet? Etc.
ETA Thursday AM:
The Paley Center did a great livetweet of the event last night.
At the Syfy upfronts this week, Esai Morales elaborated further to io9 about "the wringer" Joe Adama will go through in 1.5, and says that CAPRICA's renewal is still up in the air:
We don't know when we're going to get picked up, so my choices are limited – I can't go out for pilots, but I don't want to because I really enjoy [Caprica]. I enjoy doing television for people with brains. ...I like that the show makes you think, and it sells ideas. It sells questions. It sells perspectives. Do you believe in one god or many or none? There's no good or bad – there's good or bad deeds. As they say in the Bible, God loves the sinner, not the sin. ...This show makes you think. If you want to scratch the surface, you'll get something more than backdrop.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
CAPRICA marathon tomorrow
If you still have any friends who need to catch up with CAPRICA from the beginning, SyFy is running a full marathon on Friday March 12th. It starts with the Pilot at 2pm, and goes through all subsequent episodes leading up to the premiere of new episode “The Imperfections of Memory” at 9pm.
For those of you who just need to see the last couple of episodes, they are still streaming via SyFy Rewind in both regular and Enhanced (commentary) versions.
Speaking of that new ep: here is a clip that features some software we BSG fans will enjoy...
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Paley Center announces NYC CAPRICA event
The Paley Center in New York City has just announced a CAPRICA panel! Finally something for us folks on the East Coast. Here are the details:
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
6:30 pm ET, New York
Appearing In Person:
Ronald D. Moore, Co-Creator and Executive Producer
David Eick, Executive Producer
Paula Malcomson, "Amanda Graystone"
Alessandra Torresani, "Zoe Graystone"
Magda Apanowicz, "Lacy Rand"
Sasha Roiz, "Sam Adama"
Syfy’s new Battlestar Galactica prequel—more futuristic family saga than space opera—is a provocative, superbly crafted drama that, like its predecessor, tackles complex, highly resonant themes, such as religion, race, terrorism, technology, love, and the very nature of humanity. Like all quality drama, Caprica is not just emotionally and intellectually gripping, but also compels viewers to confront their own reality, even as they are swept up in this visually arresting, preapocalyptic world of sentient robots, avatars, and interplanetary travel.
The Paley Center will preview an upcoming episode from Caprica’s first season, followed by a discussion with members of the cast and creative team.
Paley Center Members: $15, tickets on sale now.
General Public: $25, tickets on sale Wednesday, February 24 at noon.
On CAPRICA, ratings, pacing, and the future.
Airlock Alpha spoke to SyFy executive Mark Stern this week and let him expound on why the network is 100% behind their new series CAPRICA. Stern says the network is supporting the show "for the long haul," and fans should not let early ratings news get them down or make assumptions about the show's future. Not surprising for a BSG-based show, the DVR+7 ratings are actually higher than expected despite the live Friday ratings being lower than BSG's ever were.
Stern also has some interesting things to say about what is coming up in the next few episodes before the mid-season break. After we see the rest of the first 10 episodes, CAPRICA goes on hiatus until late summer.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Random Caprican Culture
Sasha Roiz shares with Show Patrol Blog an incredibly detailed history of Sam Adama's tattoos, as written by CAPRICA's writer/producer Jane Espenson. Impressive!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Two clips from this Friday's new CAPRICA episode
SciFiWire led us to two new clips in the SyFy player for this Friday's episode 104, "Gravedancing."
What a way to start your day, huh?
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Haiti Charity Auction Part #3: the Frakkin' Toaster
Maureen Ryan's Haiti Charity Auction continues to add new TV promo items -- this week another great BSG piece: The Frakkin' Toaster.
Bidding is open until February 16.
Mo tells us there will be one or two more BSG items coming up soon as well!
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Haiti Relief Charity Auction
Friend of Sitrep Maureen Ryan is running an Ebay auction to raise money for Haitian earthquake relief, and has put up for sale a ton of great BSG materials that she has collected during her years as tireless TV journalist.
There are a bunch of BSG-related items (here, here and here) -- but the grand prize for our fandom is definitely this Season Two DVD set signed by Ronald D. Moore, David Eick, Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos and Jamie Bamber.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Caprica Titles
This is really well done:
Bear McCreary discusses his score for the episode "Rebirth" on his blog, and includes several samples of his music.
Friday, January 29, 2010
First Episode of Caprica Tonight
So, tonight is the first regular episode of Caprica. Last week's airing of the two hour pilot episode did not have huge ratings, noted The Hollywood Reporter. But:
Of course, most "Battlestar" fans interested in "Caprica" had probably already seen the first episode, since the pilot has been available on DVD and online. Syfy says that between Hulu, iTunes and Syfy.com, they've received about 2 million viewers pre-premiere. The second episode is always more telling than the first, and this time that goes double for "Caprica."
Besides last Friday everyone was watching Coco. But, there's no new Conan tonight, so everyone will watch Caprica, undoubtedly. Even Conan himself might be watching, along with the rest of the people of earth. And if you did miss Conan last week, his last show is still on Hulu.
So, there's no reason to miss out on Caprica tonight.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Auction to help Haiti
Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune is auctioning off items of TV-related swag that she's accumulated over the years in order to raise money for Haiti relief.
So you can get your hands on items promoting Battlestar Galactica, Lost, 24, Chuck, Damages, Deadwood, Torchwood, Life on Mars, and tons of others. And you can help the people of Haiti recover at the same time. So, check it out.
Visit here to find out all the details.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
He's baaaaaaaaack
I have good news for all you fans of CAPRICA and of awesome long recap reviews - Jacob at Television Without Pity has picked his baton back up for the new show. Love it or hate it... Stay excited.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
CAPRICA promos for next week
Here's the promo shown after the CAPRICA pilot last night on SyFy. In it you get glimpses of upcoming roles played by Scott Porter (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS) and Patton Oswalt, and a bunch of new footage.
(larger HD version available here)
A fan has uploaded a cool new promo that aired in Canada on SPACE, as well as a sneak peek scene from the next episode. Enjoy and thanks to the fans for the vids...
Friday, January 22, 2010
Caprica Thoughts
Maureen Ryan in the Chicago Tribune runs down everything you need to know about Caprica:
How's the first episode? The two-hour pilot is quite compelling. Morales and Stoltz are well-matched in their subtle approaches to their characters, and the pilot asks the kinds of questions you'd expect from the creators of "Battlestar": When should we let go of what we've lost and how do we use technology to avoid painful truths? (My full review of the "Caprica" pilot, which came out on DVD a few months ago, is here.)
How many episodes have you seen? I've seen the pilot and two additional episodes, and the post-pilot episodes are less focused and more melodramatic than the pilot. In its early going, "Caprica" doesn't have quite enough narrative drive; there's a certain choppy quality to the proceedings, as episodes jump around among the characters' somewhat separate story lines. Still, it took "Battlestar" a while to find a consistent tone and to hit its creative stride. If the handsome-looking "Caprica" can beef up the urgency, unify the storytelling and make me care more about the characters' dilemmas, it should take its rightful place as Syfy's flagship drama.
Why did you feel a little guilty when watching it? I didn't love it as much as I loved "Battlestar," but I had to remind myself that my affection for that show developed over several seasons. "Caprica" is a different show with a different tone and goals and I'm OK with giving it time to prove itself. If the show is guilty of anything in the first few episodes, it's of trying to do too much, which is preferable to a lack of ambition.
Feel free to tell us what you think about Caprica, in the comments to this post. Enjoy the show!
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