While I still remember--any of you who are into SF (and if you're not, why are you following this blog?) will be well advised to catch the pilot of Caprica. This is the sequel, or rather prequel, series to Battlestar Galactica, but it has a totally different feel from that series.

I don't want to give everything away, but what drew me was the wonderful world-building of Caprica, as one of twelve allied worlds. The social feel is 1950's, complete with smoking and hats, right off Mad Men--but the tech is 2050, with believable, advanced science.

The world keeps your interest, but no world-building even made a story, and here we have wonderful characters, quirky and strong, all teetering at the edge of just how far their inner desires and very different beliefs as to what's right will take them. Religions clash, cultures clash, adults and teenagers clash, grief and hope clash, and through it all, the tendrils of lives intersect as their pursue desire and duty.

The series will start in January of 2010, and if it's as good as the pilot it should become another megahit. Though perhaps not, looking at how the excellent the Sarah Connor Chronicles got canned--but that's a topic for another day...