"Caprica" is a pale shadow of "Battlestar Galactica"
The Syfy prequel, says Heather Havrilesky, "suffers from the awkward starting block of presenting 'the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the creation of the Cylons,' but it's also charged with exploring the same looming questions that 'Battlestar' did over the course of its run. This means that, not only does every plot point of 'Caprica' feel like a big, obvious explanation for the far more compelling original … but the whole thing is stuffed with the worst sorts of flashy but skin-deep characters.
Way too much information, too soon // Early episodes move with a creaky slowness
NBC finally does something right! // It's just as engaging as the original "BSG"
Check out James Marsters on "Caprica"
"Spartacus" is deliciously, marvelously bad
"I was helpless in its grip," Hank Stuever says of the Starz series premiering tonight. "It's a long way from Kubrick, but what isn't? … It's also just about the grimiest, nastiest, bloodiest thing you could hope to find on TV on a Friday night. Limbs fly. Blood splatters everywhere. One warrior rips off the face of another and wears it as a mask to his next fight. There's lots of soft-core love scenes: Spartacus and his bride frolic around like the original "Joy of Sex" cartoon drawings. Lucretia and Batiatus have their slaves serve as marital aides. And you can't help but laugh at the dialogue."
Chock full of soft-core porn // The most violent TV show ever filmed?
Lucy Lawless: Change the channel if your'e outraged! // It's funny, too!
