I personally thought that the later Battlestar was one of the best-produced television scifi series ever. It eclipsed the original kiddy version made years ago by such a huge margin it's laughable. A little strange in places, and with a "spritual" vein running through it, it was nontheless brilliantly done. The first broad-appeal scifi that I can remember which recognises that there are no sounds to be heard in space...
Now - there's a new series (labelled science drama) that concentrates on the years before the current series - and the development of Ai which ultimately led to the Cylon War. Production values look as high as we're used-to in Battlestar.
Sounds interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprica_(TV_series)
YouTube trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQlhlHwXjj0
Apparently it has already been released in the US.
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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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