Review of Caprica

Caprica (2009–2010)
6/10
Daytime Soap Opera with Religious and Sci Fi Themes
5 February 2010
Warning: Spoilers
A computer genius, a master of virtual reality, working on military contracts, living in a society of faster-than-light space travel has one of the most exceptional breakthroughs of the modern age. He's about to engage in some very risky experimental work with exceptionally precious data, yet for some reason, he doesn't keep backups.

Now we're taken on a journey where he tries to learn the secret of the data he lost. A journey I just have no interest in.

When you break the rules in sci-fi, the audience loses the ability to suspend disbelief and it all just turns into a lot of crap.

The show plays like a soap opera wrapped loosely around a sci-fi environment.

Plot lines jump quickly from family to family. Each family has its own musical theme like any daytime soap opera. There are slow, cliffhanger dialogs in all of the threads, this seems to continue until plot lines cross and some big episode cliffhanger appears at the end.

Still, the acting, back-story writing and special effects are miles better than the average soap, so I have to say that it's got some potential, but if they don't tone down the plot jumping and the sappy musical themes, I will lose interest very quickly.

It's a shame, it seems like a good cast.
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