Comments on: NBC Fall TV Preview, Part 1 of 3: Bionic Woman – Season 1, Episode 1 – “Pilot”

By: Miss Guided - Season 1, Episode 1 - “Homecoming” « Media Maven Musings

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:54:00 +0000

[...] will not judge a series by its pilot, a.k.a. The Arrested Development rule. As I mentioned in my post about the pilot of now-canceled Bionic Woman, A.D. had a pretty laughless pilot, in which all the characters and the arc of the series were [...]

By: bytch

bytch — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:34:34 +0000

I’m having Buffy the Vampire Slayer flashbacks. (Come to think of it, Buffy’s name was Summers.) The relationship with the little sister. Of course this Jamie looks more like Eliza Dushku, Faith– Buffy’s dark side.

By: Bionic Woman - Season 1, Episode 2 - “Paradise Lost” « Media Maven Musings

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:39:37 +0000

[...] Woman – Season 1, Episode 2 – “Paradise Lost” Jump to Comments Last week, I wrote less than favorably about the pilot of Bionic Woman. It was the worst new pilot I had seen this season: all exposition, [...]

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:04:46 +0000

Hey BSG. Good lookin out! Ok folks, there ya go. Starbuck is stickin around. Maybe I will give the Bionic Woman some more consideration after all. Thanks!

By: BSG Fan

BSG Fan — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:27:02 +0000

Hi Media Maven, just wanted to let you know that you have incorrect info about Katee Sackhoff and her involvement with the show. She has stated that she will be in 7 episodes of the first season, if it makes it. If it is picked up for a second season, she will then become a regular main cast member on the show.

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:19:12 +0000

Thanks for the comment, David! Let’s take it one at a time:

1. Bionic Woman seems to me a good idea for a remake because it wasn’t so popular that a remake will piss people off, and new cinematic technology will make all the bionic stuff much cooler. Plus, modern day television is much grittier and edgier, so I’m sure this version will have a much darker feel than the original.

2. New tv shows to keep an eye on: Chuck, Journeyman, Pushing Daisies, Reaper, Aliens in America, Dirty Sexy Money. More importantly, old shows you NEED to watch before they get canceled: 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, Dexter!

3. You didn’t like the Prison Break premiere? I thought it was an interesting start, especially now that we’ve got Linc on the outside and Michael on the inside. A nice twist– can Linc help Michael the way Michael helped him?

4. If you watched the first seasons of Heroes and didn’t like it, there’s no reason you’ll like the second season. But if you didn’t give the first season a full-on chance, jump in now.

5. Darn, I thought I was going to get away with it! I haven’t gotten around to that Top 10 b/c lists take SO long and there’s just been too much catching up to do, and with tv premieres starting up this week, I don’t know that I’ll have time to get in to the top 10 for a while. But I will eventually!

Thanks for reading!

By: david

david — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:42:16 +0000

I have this episode downloaded since early this summer and I haven’t found the time to give it a chance… in fact, I don’t believe in remakes, and less if it’s about a TV show… but why Bionic Woman? I mean, aren’t there (many many) other 80-90s series that deserve a remake before Bionic Woman?

Anyway, I have been reading about the new shows that are premiering this week and I haven’t found anything special… would you recommend me special attention for some new TV show?

If there’s nothing else, I’ll keep figuring out how Damages goes on and, of course, I’ll keep laughing with The Simpsons and Family Guy. while I wait for Lost new season in february. Because after Prison Break’s premiere I won’t waste any more minute with it… I already made a big effort watching the whole second season and Heroes… maybe I give it a chance, but the first season never caught me at all.

PS: when are those ‘homemade’ Top 10 coming?