im looking forward to this series, i was a big fan of the orginal and this one will be good as well
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'Bionic Woman' Producers Defend Hiring Washington
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The recently announced decision to hire actor Isaiah Washington for a role in the remake of the cyborg NBC series “Bionic Woman” came under fire by reporters at this week's Television Critics Association press tour, but producers apparently were already prepared for the onslaught.
Washington was recently fired from the ABC series “Grey’s Anatomy” for making homophobic slurs regarding a co-star on the show.
Ex-EastEnders star Michelle Ryan set for massive success
the ex star from this very successful show in the uk is coming to the big smoke and is going to make this show HUGE
i'm getting behind this show and you should too.
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Former Eastenders actress Michelle Ryan is set for massive success in the US with her new series the 'Bionic Woman.'
Seen here in the first images released of her in the role, Ryan will play Jamie Sommers, a tennis pro who suffers a near-fatal skydiving accident before her body is transformed with £25million worth of bionic wizardry.
looks like kattie is back on battlestar and she is on this show
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NBC and David Eick have spent weeks talking about how Katee Sackhoff was going to share time between "Battlestar Galactica" and "Bionic Woman" with a recurring role in the latter series. But it really wasn't a done deal until this past Tuesday.
Sackhoff signed a recurring contract with the show that will continue a guest spot she originated in the "Bionic Woman" pilot for NBC. The Hollywood Reporter is calling the deal "last-minute," further reporting that Sackhoff -- best known as Starbuck in SciFi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica" -- almost walked away from the series completely.
i hope she does come back to the battlestar it was sad to she her leave
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Mark Sheppard Teams Up With 'Bionic Woman'
some more big names coming to this show
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Crashing your car, in almost any case, it's not exactly a great thing. But Mark Sheppard made up for it later in the day Thursday by signing on as a regular to the new NBC series "Bionic Woman."
‘Bionic Woman’ Will Be Dark, But Not Too
i have the pilot ep atm and i will give a review in the next show
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The re-imagination of classic concepts is no stranger to television these days, with “Battlestar Galactica” and “Doctor Who” still among the most popular genre shows currently in production.
But when NBC first announced they were hoping to replicate that kind of success with their new take on "The Bionic Woman," many were skeptical that it could be made believable and if it would even be a success. Several of the show's actors were among them.
Miguel Ferrer who plays the leader of the shadowy group that saves Jamie Sommers (Michelle Ryan), originally tried to turn down his role on the show until the writers explained that this would be a darker, more adult story for the present day.
A New Bionic Woman Series? Can we expect a New Six Million Dollar Man Series as well?
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we can only wait aND SEE
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Review: 'Bionic Woman' - Pilot
thanks from our good pals at sly portals here is a review of the pilot
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never thought I would be a fan of "Bionic Woman," especially after remembering the original series as a young kid, and not really liking it. It's not that I had anything against a major female character. In fact, that was the only thing I liked. But the rest? It was cheesy for me, even by 1980s standards. (Well, I watched it in the 1980s, since I was way too young in the 1970s.)
Jaime Sommers is back, and this time she is being played with a vengeance by Michelle Ryan. And I have to admit, she looks pretty darn good.
Yes, I have to agree with some other critics that Katee Sackhoff, our favorite Starbuck from "Battlestar Galactica," definitely had more screentime than Ryan, and at times seemed to upstage her. But don't the bad guys always upstage the heroes? I mean, ask anyone on the street to name a character from "Heroes," and I bet the first name you hear is Sylar.
In any event, gone is the skiing accident or whatever that set up the 1970s series, and in its place comes a much more plausible accident -- at least from a story standpoint -- where Sarah Corvis is for whatever reasons seeking revenge on the doctor who created her, going as far as smashing into his car with a semi.
Of course, the pregnant Jaime is in the car with her, and ends up almost dying, until her doctor of a boyfriend saves her life with bionic implants.
Creating a character at odds with the people who made her who she was is always much more interesting than the "them vs. us" attitude we used to get in many dramas, where it was clear that the good guys wore white, and the bad guys wore black.
The pilot is a typical pilot, doing nothing more than introducing us to characters, and advancing a small bit of story at the same time. We find out that Jaime's sister (who was deaf originally) is actually a computer hacker. And her boyfriend has secrets -- like a father he never talks about (an aged Mark A. Sheppard, moving on from BSG's Romo Lampkin to play Anthony Anthros).
It doesn't take very long for Sommers to adjust to her new life as a bionic woman without the corny synthesizer sound effects, and she puts her foot down to the agency run by Jonas Bledsoe (Miguel Ferrer), and there you have NBC's newest hit series. That is, if everyone comes back next week.
What worked
I'm definitely all for the change of Becca Sommers to actress Lucy Hale. I mean, it was neat that "Bionic Woman" was trying to take the "Jericho" route by adding a deaf character, but what exactly would this character have done in this new environment? Nothing more than the occasional victim, in my opinion. Having a trouble-making computer hacker is much better, and Hale at least looks like Ryan.
also love the dynamic of having a real bitch to be the KARR of Ryan's KITT. Sackhoff was absolutely amazing in the role, and it didn't take very long at all to forget all about Starbuck.
What didn't work
The story seemed to be put together rather raggedly, but you can't complain too much. I mean, it is a pilot, and it's very rare that pilots are very good. I think that's why networks work so hard to retool them before airing. I am hoping that transitions are much smoother in Episode 2, and that viewers will be back to see more.
Giving credit where credit is due
The pilot episode of "Bionic Woman" was written by Laeta Kalogridis and directed by Michael Dinner. It stars Michelle Ryan, Miguel Ferrer, Molly Price, Mark A. Sheppard and Will Yun Lee.
"Bionic Woman" airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.
i have saw the first pilot and i enjoyed it. its a different spin on the old show but that the point of reinventing these shows
good luck with the show
laracroft
when is it coming out to oz.
laracroft
its gretting good reviews
ill check it out
it's got katy sarschoff from battlestar
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iscuss and Post about This new re-imaging series here.
Some Basic Info:
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Bionic Woman is an American science fiction television drama created by David Eick, under NBC Universal Television Group. The series is a re-imagining of the original television series, The Bionic Woman, created by Kenneth Johnson and based upon the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin.
The series revolves around bartender Jaime Sommers who is saved from death after receiving experimental medical implants. While adjusting to her new bionic powers and raising a rebellious younger sister, Jaime agrees to work for the organization that performed her surgery.
starring Michelle Ryan as Jamie Sommers, Miguel Ferrer, Molly Price, Will Yun Lee , and Mae Whitman.
