We watched the new show Bionic Woman last night (we typically tape shows and fast forward through the commercials). We’re on the fence about the show and we both agreed it should get another viewing before making a final decision on whether to add it to our watch list or not.
I loved the original version of the show and thought Lindsay Wagner was the bomb back when I was eight. I’m not sure how that show has held up over the years because I don’t know when I last saw it. I’d like to think that I wouldn’t be too embarrassed by how much I liked that show. Strong female character kicking ass, being compassionate and funny, ripping phone books in half and running fast. You can see the attraction.
This version of the show went from very explainy to not enough. The scene where the new Jaime and her doctor boyfriend explain why they are together was pretty false. It did bring up a good point of why is Jaime a bartender—will she be killing people in an upcoming episode by flinging vodka bottles? Also, what’s the point of the little sister? I predict she’s going to be kidnapped and held at knifepoint more than once.
The unexplained and slightly confusing is why and how The Chief! let the doctor out of prison. You see him using a cell phone and whammo the doctor is freed. Have all these shady characters just been waiting for Starbuck to figure out how to get free and crash an 18-wheeler into the car of the doctor/boyfriend and soon-to-be bionic woman? If the doctor/boyfriend can trigger alarms and bust Jaime Summers out of the mountain lab then what took Starbuck so long? Oh yeah, she was busy replacing other body parts. So, no one knew Starbuck was alive and stealing bionic eyes and other parts? No wonder the government is always accused of mismanagement. Parts worth millions just disappear and no one notices for three years.
The question is will the bad guys start making fembots and try to take over the world?
In a final note, the new Jaime Summers needs to quit with all the screaming. I was seriously annoyed by all the screaming, crying and pouting. Buck up. You can run like the wind.
I didn’t realize they were going to keep the same character name.
At this time of year, with baseball playoffs and all, I just can’t get involved in any of these new shows. We are probably one of the only families left that don’t have DVR.
No DVR at my house either…we still use a VCR.
The better-half has plans to build his own DVR at some point.