New Bionic Woman Starts Tonight

[RG]

I felt let down big time last night! I'll give it one more week, but if it sucks again I'm done with it.

[Dave Mc]

Miguel Ferrer plays...well....Miguel Ferrer.

That was about the only positive I could find in the series. Always enjoy Ferrer playing Ferrer.

[K]

Okay...I swore that, as a diehard Lindsay Wagner fan, I would NOT watch this show. But I did watch the first two eps.

My two cents:

#1: There are NO original ideas in Hollywood anymore. They call it "Bionic Woman", but they're trying to be Alias. They took major creative license with just about every aspect of the plot/character with exception of her name. And IMO Michelle Ryan is no Jennifer Garner..and CERTAINLY isn't a Lindsay Wagner.

#2: Irksome stuff:

Why a bionic eye, too? *sigh*

Jamie was pregnant when hit by the car, then loses the baby. I agree with the prior post saying she had zero chemistry with the doc/baby's dad. I found that plot point hard to swallow. Also, she's amazingly angry at the doc for what he did to her (modifying her body without her permission), yet they have a love scene.

She picks up a guy at the bar and makes out with him in the bathroom, only to accidentally break his rib and realize she doesn't even know his name.


She's the "guardian" of her little sister, but is never around when she's needed.

Miguel Ferrer plays...well....Miguel Ferrer.

#3: See...the real problem here is that they're messing with my childhood icons. Don't call it Bionic Woman if it isn't Bionic Woman!!!!

I'm missing Lindsay big-time.

Michele Ryan isn't a bad actress, but IMO they clearly hired her for her gorgeous eyes...that's about it. Her mouth drives me nuts. I'm not sure if it's her little rounded teeth that bug me or if its' just that she does something odd with her mouth when delivering her lines, but the same thing happens to me when I (try to) watch Alicia Silverstone. I'm too fixated on how annoying their mouths are. LOL!

One positive thing: I do like that they work in a version of the original "da-da-da-da-da-da" noise when Jamie runs.

Okay...end of rant.




EDITED TO ADD:

Did anyone else notice that Jamie's name was said to be: Jamie WELLS Sommers? WELLS? As in Rudy Wells?? Was this true in the 70s series as well? It surprised me.

[toys2cool]

I heard Dr.Burke from Grey's anatomy is in the show

[The Toyroom]

I'm still going to watch it for the time being (just say "no" to "Private Practice" ) but I think I actually felt viewership dropping off last night. It was soooo slow moving it was ridiculous (and not in a "bionic slo-mo" kinda way).

[Dave Mc]

I didn't even watch the 2nd episode. Nostalgia got me to watch the first, but you can't feed me crap and expect me to eat it, just for "old time sake". Blah!

[MegoGeek]

(BARF!)

I'm done with it.

I was done after the first episode actually now I guess I'm overdone.

[kingdom warrior]

Man The second episode was Booooooooooooooooooring couldn't follow it gave up and finished watching the Playoffs.......so far the Original leaves this in the Dust!

[Sideshow Spock]

I wish I could say I was more impressed with the 2nd ep.. I can't. Boring story, boring acting, boring dialogue. If I didn't have it taped and couldn't zip thru the commercial breaks, I never woulda made it.

[YoungOnce]

I agree that there wasn't much character developlment... or not enough reason to care for these characters yet.

There is probably a lot of pressure to impress folks right off the bat and to get big viewing numbers... at the expense of building up to someting with a gratifying pay off.

Maybe they have a long term story arc in mind.

As a "Lost" fan, it's fun to think back to the first season when all we knew was that they were on an island. Now we know that there was so much more going on around them.

Then again, "Firefly" had great character development and it was axed.

[Sideshow Spock]

I think they spent a few secs explaining that the anthrocytes (or whatever the F they called them) crossed the blood/brain barrier, and that's what "programmed" her to suddenly have great fighting skills, as well as the ability to react fast reflexively, etc.

One stupid thing that I didn't get was the whole truck/car thing. This was an attempt by the Corvus bionic babe to murder the doctor, right? So lemme get this straight.. you're a bionic killing machine that's already slaughtered a bunch of people, and so to kill this guy (instead of, y'know, waiting for him somewhere and snapping his neck), you steal a big rig, get a big ol' head o' steam with it, and perfectly time it so you can T-bone the guy as he's speeding down the road. And you hit the passenger side, even tho he's the driver.

Makes sense.

But hey, I guess if she doesn't do that, we don't get to see one of those kinda cool three years ago side window sudden impact scenes. And we don't get Jamie splattered all over the car.

Stoopid.

[andawaymego]

I wasn't feeling it. No character development whatsover and boy did it seem like the whole thing was rushed.

It's funny how she was able to fight like a champ with no training. Just because you have the strength doesn't mean you have skills....

Will watch the next few with hope that it gets better.

[Hulk]

I'm down with that, but the line where the little girls says "It's just nice to see a woman running that fast" or whatever she said---that was so cheesey my own empowered woman groaned loudly.

You know, the whole show just kind of happened--like it was just racing to get to the premise. The chemistry between the Doctor/boyfriend and Jaime was nonexistent in the first place. Then she's freaked out at this insane thing they've done to her---but not that much. "What did you put in my brain, you monster?" Fade to them sleeping together. Huh? Wha?

I got the distinct impression that this was probably a 2 hour pilot cut to shreds to make a faster flowing episode.

[Mawni]

Quote: You know, the whole show just kind of happened--like it was just racing to get to the premise. The chemistry between the Doctor/boyfriend and Jaime was nonexistent in the first place. Then she's freaked out at this insane thing they've done to her---but not that much. "What did you put in my brain, you monster?" Fade to them sleeping together. Huh? Wha?

I totally agree.

[megoscott]

It will remain on the season pass. Jaime's pretty cute ( but she has a way to go to earn Lindsay Wagner stripes), and the wife enjoyed the show. Must be that empowered woman thing I guess.

I'm down with that, but the line where the little girls says "It's just nice to see a woman running that fast" or whatever she said---that was so cheesey my own empowered woman groaned loudly.

You know, the whole show just kind of happened--like it was just racing to get to the premise. The chemistry between the Doctor/boyfriend and Jaime was nonexistent in the first place. Then she's freaked out at this insane thing they've done to her---but not that much. "What did you put in my brain, you monster?" Fade to them sleeping together. Huh? Wha?