caprica

[sophiaserpentia]

I've been watching Caprica with cowgrrl, and she posed this question last night. It's a good one, so I'm curious to see what other people think.

Caprica is a society with legalized pot, sanctioned group marriage, total acceptance of homosexuality, and general sexual freedom. But since this is a prequel to Battlestar Galactica, we know that there is soon going to be a war between Cylons and Humans leading to the eventual destruction of Caprica and the other 11 colonies.

So... is this portrayal of Caprica as a pleasure-permissive society an indication that the writers and producers believe these are features of an advanced human civilization? Or, do they indicate that Caprica is a decadent society ready to fall due to its own hubris? Or is it wrong to interpret this portrayal as delivering any sort of political statement?

Comments

[legolastn.livejournal.com]

I might guess that rather than clearly answering, the series might play on all of those themes. For example, once trouble begins, perhaps some members of the colony will begin to place blame on pleasure-permissiveness as a contributing factor. But these claims might be portrayed as self-serving and/or misdirected.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Yeah. However they handle the relevance of it will likely be very nuanced.