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This series has always incorporated elements of the martial arts, and probably did it with as much accuracy as any prime time TV show did. In this episode we get to meet Tozan (Mako) who is a modern day samurai tasked with defending a priceless object of art with his very life.

Unfortunately, ninja were also part of the 80s and they attack Tozan and abscond with the priceless antique plate. Magnum is forced to blend eastern ways to track down the missing treasure and learns the mindset of the samurai to keep Tozan, who is now a friend, from pointlessly sacrificing his life without meaning.

A few plot twists and turns, but this show was always somewhat clever and had decent writing. The presentation of samurai values was much more authentic than the presentation of ninja, but that's probably another discussion. Definitely as must see for any fan of Mako.

Upon seeing the remake of Battlestar Galactica I was so impressed (despite the questionable ending and some glaring plot holes) that I was immediately interested in this series.

Sadly Caprica seems to be "Battlestar for teens." It is to BG what the second Matrix film is to the original...horrible. Where to start with this nonsense. An interesting "concept" of can we create our own afterlife and download our consciousness into it and attain a digital immortality has been reduced to a teen fantasy of virtual "cool clubs" and "first person games." Add to that the "shoe is now on the other foot" depiction of western looking white kids who believe in the "one true God" and are out committing acts of terrorism to prove it, the stupid pseudo mafia subplot, the requiem "lets make these guys homosexual" gay agenda and top it all off with Zoe the dancing Cylon robot and you have the worst butchering of a decent franchise that I have seen in a long time.

The absolute travesty of course is what it "might" have been. The budget to do something as impressive as Battlestar is clearly there. The idea for a show depicting the genesis, if you will, of artificial sentience, it's evolution and our first war could have resulted in an excellent series.

But if you are really into V clubs, gay Tauron hit men and dancing Cylons this is definitely the show for you.

There are very few movies I consider truly bad. I love B grades, I love cult films. I love chop sockies and Japanese sci fi from the 50s and 60s.

I can watch almost anything and enjoy it.

But there is one thing that is worse than a truly bad film. And that is a truly bad film that actually thinks it is a good film. And that is exactly what we have here. Unfunny, pointless crap that thinks it is clever.

And apparently so do a few other people. If you are the vapid sort who finds art in a ordinary object simply because it is contained in a plexiglas cube you too may find this exercise in mundane satire brilliant.

But if you are looking for comedy, an irreverent examination of the Brucesploitation phenomena or a martial arts spoof you will want to keep looking and not waste your time with this thief of life.