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   From: janeanddano@yahoo.com   
      
   "Davej"  wrote in message   
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   On Jan 23, 8:16 am, "George Avalos"  wrote:   
   > "Pilot"   
   > 1-22-10 Caprica   
   >   
   > 5 stars (Katee Sackhoff)   
   >   
   > 0-1 stars (Dirk Benedict)   
   >   
   > -George   
      
      
   As a two-part mini-series: 3.5   
      
   As a pilot to begin an entire series: 2.5   
      
   Ok, the pilot was alright, but I just don't see much need to continue   
   with it. Who is there to like in this thing? Who or what is there to   
   care about? What is there to develop? We know what happens in 58   
   years. Do we need to break Zoe out of her cell and return her to the   
   freedom of cyberspace, or get her into a human-looking sexbot with   
   skin? Do we need to learn more about the tattooed gangsters? Do we   
   need to learn more about the moral confusion of this high-tech   
   polytheistic society?   
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   "Need" is a funny word to use.  Do you "need" to watch any show?   
      
   Watch or don't.  I'm finding myself intrigued and even entertained.  That's   
   really all I ask.  The whole theme of "this has all happened before"   
   reverberates through this for me.  The differences and similarities of the   
   society interest me.  The idea of this AI based on the real girls and their   
   real "pain" is a fascinating conundrum to me.  Think about how this all   
   impacted what the Cylons became as an artificial lifeform that became self   
   sustaining and evolving.  How the religious differences shaped them as well   
   because of a couple of teenaged girls and their wrestling with the decadence   
   in the society they are growing up in.  I like it.  There are layers upon   
   layers yet to be explored.   
      
   Or you could simply watch vampire teens and monster fighters and   
   superheroes.  To each his own.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)