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Weekly Sci-Fi Thread (1/2/11) Tues: 6/5 -- Caprica -- SyFy 9/8 -- V -- ABC Fri: 10/9 -- Merlin -- SyFy

It likely will cost Syfy on premiere night Jan. 22, but there appears to be some tremendous interest in the "Battlestar Galactica" prequel series "Caprica." Since releasing the entire pilot episode online several weeks back (and months after first releasing it on DVD), more than 1.5 million people have watched the "Caprica" pilot through the Internet or on DVD, according to trade publication Multichannel News. The episode has been offered through Syfy.com, Hulu, and other places.

Nine months after bringing the pilot episode to DVD, and just weeks from its highly-anticipated debut, Syfy president Dave Howe told reporters Monday the network was going to release a censored version of the pilot online so that anyone with an Internet connection can watch it for free. The move is a bold one for Syfy, and Howe admitted to Airlock Alpha that it could make the audience tuning in for the same episode in January smaller than reality.

In anticipation of Syfy's upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel series Caprica, QuantumMechanix is selling this beautiful "Evolution of the Cylon" poster, tracking the rise from humble toaster to toothsome Six.

It doesn't take much to stir up fandom, but if there's one word of advice: Be wary of uncorroborated information. CinemaSpy this week kicked up some concern that the new "Battlestar Galactica" spinoff series was in trouble. Using a single anonymous source they said had been "100 percent accurate" in the past, the site described the behind-the-scenes of the show that is set to premiere in January as if it were a part of the new Roland Emmerich film "2012." "A trusted industry insider informed CinemaSpy on Saturday that production faces suspension on 'Caprica' due to serious script problems/shortfalls, and...

This is the official thread for Caprica.. This thread is talk all things Caprica... Still downloading the file will look at it, but it looks good.

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SCI FI Channel has given a green light to Caprica, ordering 20 hours of the much-anticipated prequel to its hit series Battlestar Galactica, the network announced. The drama, which kicks off with a two-hour pilot movie, stars Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson and Polly Walker. Set 50 years before the events in Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families--the Graystones and the Adamas--as they grow, compete and thrive in the vibrant world of the 12 Colonies, a society recognizably close to our own. Enmeshed in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the...

By the Lords of Kobol ... The SCI FI Channel has stunned fans today with the announcement of Caprica, a spin-off series from its top-rated Battlestar Galatica. SCI FI calls the potential new show "television's first science fiction family saga," centering on the history of the Adama family and the birth of the Cylons. Set more than 50 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, Caprica takes place on the capital world of the Twelve Colonies. There humankind thrives, living in a peaceful society with the benefits of high technology. But the development of an advanced, robotic, artificial life form...