Plot:
Two families, the Graystones and the Adamas, live together on a peaceful planet known as Caprica, where a startling breakthrough in artificial intelligence brings about unforeseen consequences. A spin-off of the Sci Fi Channel series "Battlestar Galactica" set 50 years prior to the events of that show.
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| Maril Davis | .... | co-producer / associate producer (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Clara George | .... | producer (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| James Halpern | .... | co-producer / associate producer (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Glen A. Larson | .... | consulting producer (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Paul M. Leonard | .... | co-producer (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Gregg Tilson | .... | associate producer (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| David Eick | .... | executive producer (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Jane Espenson | .... | executive producer / co-executive producer (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Patrick Massett | .... | co-executive producer (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Ronald D. Moore | .... | executive producer (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Jonas Pate | .... | co-executive producer (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Michael Taylor | .... | co-executive producer (17 episodes, 2010) |
| John Zinman | .... | co-executive producer (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Drew Z. Greenberg | .... | supervising producer (10 episodes, 2010) |
| Kevin Murphy | .... | executive producer (9 episodes, 2010) |
| Jeff Diaz | .... | financial line producer (8 episodes, 2010) |
| Kath Lingenfelter | .... | co-producer (8 episodes, 2010) |
| Erin Smith | .... | co-producer (7 episodes, 2010) |
| Wayne Rose | .... | producer (4 episodes, 2010) |
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| Kenneth H. Hawryliw | .... | property master (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Shay Hilliard | .... | fabricator (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| David McLean | .... | first assistant art director / storyboard artist (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Ken Palkow | .... | prop fabricator (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Ivana Vasak | .... | first assistant art director / assistant art director (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Teresa Weston | .... | set designer (16 episodes, 2010) |
| Claire Yargeau | .... | props (12 episodes, 2010) |
| David Goodman | .... | key props buyer (11 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| John Chaschowy | .... | head greens (10 episodes, 2010) |
| Santino Barile | .... | assistant property master / first assistant props (9 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Denise Hutniak | .... | art department coordinator (8 episodes, 2010) |
| Charlie Schrodt | .... | set dresser (4 episodes, 2010) |
| Michael Corrado | .... | set designer / assistant art director (3 episodes, 2009-2010) |
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| Daniel Colman | .... | sound designer / supervising sound editor (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Jack Levy | .... | supervising sound editor (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Sam C. Lewis | .... | adr recordist / supervising foley editor (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Doug Madick | .... | supervising foley artist / foley artist (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Ken Kobett | .... | re-recording mixer (17 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Rick Bal | .... | sound mixer (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Jeff K. Brunello | .... | sound designer (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Andrew Logan | .... | sound recordist (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Mike Olman | .... | re-recording mixer (13 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Candice Baldwin | .... | sound editor (8 episodes, 2010) |
| Monique Reymond | .... | foley artist (8 episodes, 2010) |
| Greg Hewett | .... | boom operator (6 episodes, 2010) |
| Devin Joseph | .... | dialogue editor (4 episodes, 2010) |
| John W. Cook II | .... | re-recording mixer (3 episodes, 2010) |
| Vince Balunas | .... | dialogue editor / supervising dialogue editor (2 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Richard Partlow | .... | foley artist (2 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Matt Dawson | .... | adr mixer (2 episodes, 2010) |
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| Greg Behrens | .... | senior visual effects coordinator / visual effects coordinator / ... (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Manuel Choi | .... | render coordinator / render assistant (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Doug Drexler | .... | CGI supervisor (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Mike Gibson | .... | visual effects producer (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Gary Hutzel | .... | visual effects supervisor (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Jeremy Lang | .... | IT / tech / ... (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Eric Lea | .... | visual effects editor (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Derek Ledbetter | .... | compositing artist / digital compositor / ... (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Heather McAuliff | .... | compositing artist / digital compositor / ... (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| David Takemura | .... | senior visual effects coordinator: LA / visual effects coordinator / ... (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Farrah L. Welch | .... | cg artist / visual effects artist / ... (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Christopher Grandel | .... | compositing artist / digital compositor (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Johnny Wilson | .... | compositing artist / digital compositor / ... (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Kelly Whitfield | .... | visual effects data wrangler (16 episodes, 2010) |
| Les Foor | .... | render assistant / render assist (15 episodes, 2010) |
| Joseph J. Lawson | .... | cgi artist / CGI artist / ... (12 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Pierre Drolet | .... | cg modeler / CGI modeler (10 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Sean M. Jackson | .... | cg artist / CGI artist (10 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| David R. Morton | .... | cg artist / CGI artist (10 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Ryan Schroer | .... | compositing artist / visual effects compositor (10 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Kyle Toucher | .... | cg artist / CGI artist (10 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Jesse Toves | .... | cg artist / CGI artist (10 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Neal Sopata | .... | cg artist (7 episodes, 2010) |
| O.T. Hight | .... | visual effects artist (4 episodes, 2010) |
| Shannon Noble | .... | compositing artist / visual effects compositor (3 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Michael Davidson | .... | CGI artist / visual effects artist (2 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Lloyd Lee Barnett | .... | compositing artist (2 episodes, 2010) |
| Daniel Raschko | .... | compositing artist (2 episodes, 2010) |
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| Dylan Paul | .... | balloon light technician (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Iván Maldonado | .... | camera operator: "c" / camera operator: "a" (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Colin Mullin | .... | first assistant camera (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Guy Paterson | .... | rigging gaffer (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Mike Sankey | .... | digital imaging technician (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Jeff Trebenski | .... | gaffer (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Herb DeWaal | .... | key rigging grip (16 episodes, 2010) |
| Tim Spencer | .... | camera operator: "a" / camera operator (15 episodes, 2010) |
| Glen A. Dickson | .... | camera operator: "b" camera / camera operator: "b" (14 episodes, 2010) |
| Lawrence Lau | .... | playback operator (12 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Dorian Perodie | .... | key grip (12 episodes, 2010) |
| Paul Akehurst | .... | lightboard operator (8 episodes, 2010) |
| Miles Schick | .... | grip (8 episodes, 2010) |
| Harvey LaRocque | .... | camera operator / camera operator: "b" camera (6 episodes, 2010) |
| Brian Smith | .... | key grip (5 episodes, 2010) |
| Rod Frew | .... | rigging electrician (4 episodes, 2010) |
| Shai Vera | .... | grip (4 episodes, 2010) |
| Tenzin Lhalungpa | .... | camera operator: "c" (3 episodes, 2010) |
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| Michael Baber | .... | music editor (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Chris Bleth | .... | musician: Woodwinds / featured soloist: woodwinds (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Tom Brissette | .... | additional engineering / additional recordist (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Paul Cartwright | .... | musician: violin (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| M.B. Gordy | .... | musician: Percussion / musician: percussion (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Andy Harris | .... | scoring assistant (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Dan Rimas | .... | music licensing (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Laurence Schwarz | .... | assistant engineer (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Steve Kaplan | .... | scoring engineer / score mixer / ... (17 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Edward Trybek | .... | orchestrator / composer: additional music (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Henri Wilkinson | .... | orchestrator (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Michael Beach | .... | composer: additional music (15 episodes, 2010) |
| Jonathan Ortega | .... | composer: additional music (15 episodes, 2010) |
| Christopher Moscatiello | .... | supplemental score material (11 episodes, 2010) |
| Alicen Catron Schneider | .... | music supervisor (10 episodes, 2010) |
| Bear McCreary | .... | composer: theme music / score producer (5 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Alexander Bornstein | .... | music copyist (3 episodes, 2010) |
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| Vincent Dela Luna | .... | assistant location manager (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Rachael Dudley | .... | production assistant / producers office assistant (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Bonnie Judd | .... | animal coordinator - head trainer (18 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Rey Astronomo | .... | computer/video playback coordinator (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Laurie Boyle | .... | production accountant (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Corey Bramall | .... | computer playback designer (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Corey Jones | .... | script supervisor (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Fawn McDonald | .... | production coordinator (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Tara Mews | .... | asst. production coordinator / assistant production coordinator (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Kim Rome | .... | script coordinator (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Tara Strauss | .... | assistant: David Eick / assistant to david eick (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Geoff Teoli | .... | location manager (17 episodes, 2010) |
| Jilene Dyck | .... | second assistant production coordinator (16 episodes, 2010) |
| Ben McGinnis | .... | assistant to writer (16 episodes, 2010) |
| Dennis Rawe | .... | payroll accountant (16 episodes, 2010) |
| Sean Meade | .... | trainee assistant location manager (11 episodes, 2010) |
| Tamara Harland | .... | production assistant (10 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Scott Firth | .... | location scout (10 episodes, 2010) |
| Ross Framo | .... | computer and video playback supervisor (10 episodes, 2010) |
| Katie Lilly | .... | post production assistant (10 episodes, 2010) |
| Gary Hutzel | .... | main title design by (9 episodes, 2010) |
| Karen Lo | .... | assistant location manager (8 episodes, 2010) |
| Lee Jeffrey | .... | stand-in (7 episodes, 2010) |
| Bonita Mackay-Larson | .... | payroll clerk (5 episodes, 2010) |
| Alan Bartolic | .... | location scout (4 episodes, 2010) |
| Len Carter | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 2010) |
| Larie Stoley | .... | production assistant (2 episodes, 2009-2010) |
| Kerry Hansen | .... | horse wrangler (2 episodes, 2010) |
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I was blown away by the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, a show that always kept me guessing and brought me to tears on more than one occasion. A hardened sci-fi fan, I like to think I can pick out the good stuff from the BS, and this was good stuff.
As such, when I first heard about the prospect of a prequel series some months ago I got a sick feeling in my gut. I was afraid that the formula that made Battlestar so successful would be reused in Caprica, which wouldn't work at all. BSG's story, of a mournful ragged band of survivors, trapped aboard decaying star ships and guided by prophetic vision and a sequence of pseudo-miracles, was perfectly complimented by extraordinary music and a better cast of actors.
Caprica feels different. Where BSG takes place after the fall of a great civilization, Caprica portrays that civilization in it's cold and decadent heyday. The overall vibe I got from Caprica was similar to that of Minority Report, minus excessive and counterproductive theatricality. In true BSG form, Caprica has in it's first few hours of programming already tackled the issues of religious freedom, racism, the morality of playing God and the nature of the human soul.
The casting for Caprica is also excellent. Each character is unique and deep, from the obsessive and distant scientist-turned-entrepreneur, to his troubled and willful daughter, each actor and actress throws themselves into their respective roles.
Music, which was used so powerfully in BSG, also plays a significant role in Caprica. Battlestar's powerful rolling drums and mournful duduks served it's themes very well. Caprica uses a more orchestral sound, which gives the show it's own feeling quite distinct from either of it's predecessors.
The new Caprica is definitely it's own show, pulling from the Battlestar franchise only as much as it needs. I look forward to the full series.