Cha Cha Cha Changes

Turn and face the changes.

From what I can tell so far the Caprica pilot has maintained about 98% of the footage from the DVD's but there have been a few very interesting changes. First off, with the added time between the creation of the pilot and it's new air date there have been a number of added effects shots setting up the various locations seen in the show. I have noticed that they have added much more to Downtown Caprica City. We get to see the apartment building where the Adama's live. A number of the shots also show statutes which I believe are tributes to the Gods that the Caprican's worship. I have also noticed that color-correction has been tweaked and the coloring isn't quite as vibrant as on the DVD. This could be because of the fact that I am watching in standard definition as opposed to a higher definition DVD. I tend to think though that the slightly muted colors are actually better as it provides a more consistent tone throughout the various locations which seemed a little out of place in the DVD.

The only significant dialogue change I have noticed so far is that they have changed Zoe's approximation of the size of the human brain from 300 megabytes, in the DVD, to 100 Terabytes or 300 million times the size she mentioned in the pilot.

Ok big change here. They have re-shot the Pyramid scene as they mentioned in the commentary on the DVD. We see Daniel and Joseph in the Graystone box as opposed to just walking out of the indoor stadium floor as seen on the DVD. An establishing shot of the giant Pyramid outdoor stadium is shown. We can see a little bit of the action from the teams below playing on a grass soccer like field. Very interesting and it does quite a bit to improve the realism of the biggest sport on the richest planet in the Colonies.

Interesting note: They left Daniel's dialogue about Tamara Adama's information being only about 300 megabytes. When compared to the massive amount Zoe mentioned for her avatar it explains why Tamara's avatar deres' so quickly and is unable to adapt. Perhaps the quest for more information will be a point in the series to follow.

So that's it. Caprica is on the air and up and running. I will see you all again next week with my first review for the new series. Can't wait to see the journey we will go on.

So say we all!! By your command.