Caprica was doing terribly within the coveted 18-49 year old demographic. I imagine those ratings got even worse with the return of the NBA last night.
I was intrigued by the first ten episodes, but mostly because they were such a freak show, I could not help but watch. The series could have been Mad Men meets I, Robot, but it got too bogged down in the virtual reality stuff while the religious terrorism aspects meandered aimlessly. What happened to the original idea Caprica was to be about the creation and eventual revolt of the Cylons? That sounded like an idea worth watching.
It is not over for the Battlestar Galactica franchise. Not only will SyFy burn of the remaining Caprica episodes sometime in 2011, but the channel ha ordered a Cylon War I pilot called Blood & Chrome for next year. It will follow a young Bill Adama as he fights against the original Cylon revolt. Just on the surface, it sounds like they are trying to fulfill Caprica’s fan expectations with a new, potential series. At least they are not giving up on the franchise.
Since I may not have much of a chance to post these now, here is what is left of my Alessandra Torresani photos:
