Comments on: Caprica review: ‘The Imperfections of Memory’

By: lvsxy808

lvsxy808 — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:33:30 +0000

I don’t think Amanda’s hallucinations are an example of “Cylon projection.” I think they were just a way of showing that Amanda was already a troubled person long before this. Thus retroactively explaining the various freakouts she’s had so far in the show.

Rather, I think that the source of “Cylon Projection” is actually ZoeBot’s ability to connect wirelessly to the VR world.

By: philaDLJ

philaDLJ — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:55:12 +0000

Shooting a pyramid ball into a hole juxtaposed with a “Vinagro” ad? Pretty subtle.
In fact, every time they show Pyramid actually being played, including in BSG, it reminds me of Calvinball…made up as they go. Though I guess some people who aren’t fans of football or baseball look at those sports with similar bemusement.

By: Damien

Damien — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:41:33 +0000

I agree that this ep was rather lackluster and felt like filler for the most part. In fact, this is easily the worst of the season so far, as I’ve loved every other episode, especially the next one, which is a standout.

I don’t really understand why the ratings are so low in the US. But then again, I can’t understand why BSG was so loved either (I used to love BSG too – season 1, but then it got too self-indulgent and aimless and I dropped it somewhere around end of season 2).

By: Jammer

Jammer — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:17:48 +0000

I think of each of the 12 colonies/planets as different countries, with the collective 12 worlds being “the world.” You would think that on Caprica itself there would be more states/territories/governments, etc. But considering that we haven’t even left Caprica CITY (save the flashback to Tauron City), I’m not sure the configuration of the 12 Colonies even matters, beyond things like the Taurons and their role as immigrants. Perhaps at some point it will (if the show goes on for long enough), but my guess is that the scope will remain somewhat limited. As it should.

By: alex99a

alex99a — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:06:08 +0000

I wonder, is Caprica (the planet) one single political entity, one big country? A piece of mail is addressed sush-and-such person, such-and-such street, then “Delphi, Caprica”. A car license plate, where we would have the state name, had “Caprica”. Looks about as odd as us saying “Chicago, Earth”.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:28:39 +0000

Wow, I’m surprised by this review. I thought this one was far better than Know Thy Enemy. I’d have gone 3 1/2 on this one, 2 1/2 on the previous week’s.

By: Matt L

Matt L — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:17:24 +0000

I personally like the pace the show goes at, but it’s pretty obvious from ratings that I’m in a minority there. I really don’t think being associated with the fast-paced BSG helps the show very much. And I agree that the Caprica writers need to work much harder at making each individual episode a self-contained unit.

The next episode after this one is much better though (probably my fav in the series).

Just a thought about the visions Amanda is having–I actually see her brother as being a head character. It makes sense to me that the one god, even this early, would have been tweaking things towards the inevitable conclusion. What he’s moving Amanda towards I still can’t say, but that’s my personal theory…

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:19:22 +0000

Unfortunately I have to agree. This series is wonderfully made but it has been slow and plodding so far. This episode is a case in point. Only at the end did we get the big development as Daniel figured it out. I was quite annoyed that I had waited the whole episode for that moment only to be told I have to wait another week.

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:44:56 +0000

“That being said, I can’t say I disliked this storyline or the episode. It just didn’t feel all that crucial”.

I think this quote basically sums up Caprica as a whole for me thus far. I have really enjoyed everything Caprica has to offer in terms of the characters, the amazing setting, the visual effects, and the attention to detail regarding Caprica’s history and culture, but for me, the main thing that is missing in this series is the sense of urgency that we got in every episode of BSG.

In BSG, someone’s/everyone’s life was on the line in most of the episodes, so the A-plot of the episode became the “edge-of-your-seat” story that engaged the audience week after week. Here, (especially in this episode) we have a much more subdued A-plot, that seems more like a chess game rather than a viper dog-fight, when all we want is a dog-fight!

But I have a sneaking suspicion that the writers are using this first half of the season to simply set up the world of Caprica and its characters…only to have the character’s lives fall apart in the second half.

By: Nolan

Nolan — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:43:47 +0000

Hm, strange, I thought this episode was just a little bit better than the last one, personally.

At leas in this episode it seemed like they at least added more to the various stories, rather than the previous one, whihc seemed only to exist to introduce Vergis. Unless I’m forgetting something.

Oh yeah, No mention of the first ever appearance, (Chronologically) of Vipers? And through a qhick shot of the Viper mk1′s cockpit, I’ve learned that DRADIS was not invented for the war, at least not the big war.

By: enniofan

enniofan — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:23:56 +0000

^ Katharine, you are referring to the next episode in series, called “Ghosts in the Machine.”

Have to agree wholeheartedly with the review. Aside from Zoe outing herself to Philo, this was a righteously boring episode. And the Joseph Adama was repetitive to the Nth degree.

my big question of the episode is who is paying the girl to guide Joseph, in light of Heracles getting virtually offed?

By: Katharine

Katharine — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:18:09 +0000

[Comment referred to following episode. Spoilers removed.]