Showing posts with label bionic woman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bionic woman. Show all posts
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Bionic Woman On Hulu - Best Episode Yet - Do Not Disturb
Ok, you now know I'm hooked on the new show "Bionic Woman" and for reasons I've stated already. But the show's writing -- before the strike -- kept getting better and better. Here's an example which can be seen on Hulu, or here if you don't have a Hulu account.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Hulu - I Get My Hulu Invitation, Watch Bionic Woman
I received my Hulu invitation two days ago, which allowed me to take a look around. It's not anywhere like YouTube, and in my view NBC and others that have elected to take down their YouTube channels have made a massive error. These platforms are complementary.
In my view, Hulu is simply network television online. YouTube is a video distribution device that's designed to cause viral video propagation. YouTube clips are generally between three and six minutes. "Bionic Woman" -- shown here -- is 42 minutes long (and you can watch the whole episode "The List" above right now). Thus, the best strategy for NBC is to maintain and explains its YouTube presence and install links to Hulu-based shows. In my view, Hulu will never reach YouTube's level of viewship just by design.
But that written, I like the Hulu system. The video picture is clear, even my Mom liked it and she's used to the standard tube and watches YouTube videos.
Hulu brings up another interesting question: are Hulu views part of the Nielsen ratings for Bionic Woman?
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Bionic Woman - Third and Fourth Episodes Are Terrific!
The Bionic Woman's shaping up to be "must see" TV for me. The last two episdodes -- Sisterhood and Faceoff -- further develop the dysfunctional set of relationshiips surrounding Jamie Sommers, who's played by my new Favorite Actress Michelle Ryan: with her Bionic "sister" Sarah Corvus (Emmy Award-level performed by Katie Sackofff); with Isiah Washington's Antonio Pope, who it seems she both wants to kiss and then killl at the same time; with her little sister Becca, and of course with Jonas, who actually seems to have a heart when it matters most.
What makes the show work is that it's stuffed full of these kinds of relationships. So much so that you can't wait to see what's going to happen next week.
What makes the show work is that it's stuffed full of these kinds of relationships. So much so that you can't wait to see what's going to happen next week.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Bionic Woman - Second Episode Reveals Great Show
Ok, I admit I've developed a love for the show Bionic Woman. It's sexy, smart, hip, and thick. It's got interesting characters and being a kind of sci-fi geek, I'v always found the subject of bionics fascinating. But all that aside, Bionic Woman has the makings of a classic show.
It certainly started off with a bang, the first pilot episode got ratings not seen by NBC since "The West Wing." But can it continue? I think it's going to go beyond it. Why? Well, the technical issue of the pacing I pointed out is gone this time.
But more to the point, the writers and director really get the idea of this normal person trapped in an extraordinary situation, but unable and unwilling to totally lose herself in it and give up her normal life.
Michelle Ryan's doing an excellent job not just playing stranger in a strange land, but with a glint for the dangerous. My favorite scene being a bachelor was when she pulls this guy into a bathroom and starts making out with him, only to break his ribs. I wished I were him, even with the rib problem!
But the whole scene segment was so real and that's what I like about the Bionic Woman. It is grounded in the now and so we have many cultural reference points to draw from, and not get lost in the "super woman" aspect of the program. If the makers of the show can keep that balance, they've got a cult hit on their hands.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Bionic Woman - Bionic Woman Pilot Reviews
 | Ryan leaps into role of ‘Bionic Woman MSNBC - Alan Zenuk / NBC via AP LOS ANGELES - It’s already a phenomenon despite the fact that NBC’s new sci-fi drama “Bionic Woman” hasn’t yet hit the small screen. ... |
'Bionic Woman' needs a tuneup San Diego Union Tribune, United States - By Karla Peterson The heroine of NBC's “Bionic Woman” is a beautiful and powerful fighting machine. The show itself needs a little work. ... |
Faster, stronger - and a lot darker Globe and Mail, Canada - The original Bionic Woman was blonde, pantsuited and perky, Andrew Ryan writes. Reimagined for the 21st century, she's suspicious and even a little ... |
Second chances, second comings Toronto Star, Canada - The pilot for Bionic Woman (NBC, E!, 9 pm) is titled “Second Chances,” so let’s begin with this remake of the `70s series that starred Lindsay Wagner as ... |
 | 'Bionic Woman' Version 2.0 Washington Post, United States - By Tom Shales Once upon a midnight dreary, when so many TV brainstorms occur, a producer latched upon the notion of exhuming the Bionic Woman from her video ... |
 | Women Test Mettle, and Metal New York Times, United States - "Bionic Woman": Michelle Ryan is the title character in this series, beginning Wednesday on NBC. By ALESSANDRA STANLEY When future anthropologists study ... |
'Bionic Woman's' 21st century cyborg Los Angeles Times, CA - Updating the show for our cynical, technology- and institution-mistrusting times greatly improves the cybernetic fun. By Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times ... |
Review: NBC's 'Bionic Woman' Newsday, NY - BY DIANE WERTS | diane.werts@newsday.com September 26, 2007 We'll make her a contemporary, complex, independent woman, the kind who'd tell her ... |
'Bionic Woman' revives the TV female action heroine Oregon Daily Emerald, OR - Forget the 1970s version of "The Bionic Woman." NBC's updated action-drama is essentially beyond comparison. The basic premise is the same - our heroine, ... |
 | Ex-EastEnder Ryan debuts as The Bionic Woman - but critics brand ... Daily Mail, UK - She's come a long way from Albert Square, and last night ex-EastEnder Michelle Ryan made her debut in the much-hyped remake of the hit 70s show The Bionic ... |
 | Michelle Ryan Oozes Sex, Power in the Bionic Woman National Ledger, AZ - By Josh Hart Michelle Ryan is the bionic woman and that alone was enough to get me to set the DVR for NBC's new prime time drama on Wednesday night. ... |
Bionic Woman to make grand modern entrance The Daily Titan, CA - Re-imagined for a new generation, NBC is premiering a remake of The Six Million Dollar Man spin-off "Bionic Woman" in the fall with a darker edge and social ... |
Babe of the Day: Michelle Ryan IGN, CA - by IGN Babes September 26, 2007 - Lindsay Wagner has nothing on Michelle Ryan. Sure, she might have played the original Bionic Woman in the famous 1970's ... |
 | Get Ready for the “Bionic Woman” Premiere TV Fodder, CT - For all you sci-fi fanatics, action junkies, “Buffy” lovers and “Alias” obsessors, the time has come for something new. That’s right, “Bionic Woman” ... |
 | 'Bionic Woman' Needs Dose of Adrenalin AdAge.com (subscription) - By Brian Steinberg NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- With the fall season upon us, Ad Age TV Editor Brian Steinberg casts a critical eye on some of TV's new and ... |
The week's big new dramas stick to what's become expected of TV The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - L ife and death, love and sex, money and greed, spies and secret agents, marriage, divorce and extremely hot chicks beating each other up in the rain. ... |
Interview: Michelle Ryan of NBC's "The Bionic Woman" First Coast News, FL - JACKSONVILLE, FL -- She is taking on the role of the 1970's bionic woman. The star of NBC's most buzzed-about new show is telling us all about it. ... |
Tonight's new season newbies: 'Bionic Woman,' 'Private Practice' Knoxville News Sentinel, TN - This is the curse of being a TV critic: Pilots sometimes go through major changes after the network sends out copies to critics. This is what happened with ... |
New `Bionic Woman' is no slo-mo clunker The Birmingham News - al.com, AL - There is absolutely no cheese in "Bionic Woman," the NBC remake of the 1970s Lindsay Wagner show. The new model is a dark, humor-free series that has none ... |
STAINLESS STEAL New York Post, NY - September 26, 2007 -- THIS show is such a total loss that you couldn't rebuild it for $50 million or $100 million. Fifty-million dollars happens to be the ... |
Bionic Woman gets stylish update Montreal Gazette, Canada - Among the everyday people masquerading as superheroes on TV this season is the new Bionic Woman (NBC - 9 pm). This brisk-paced, stylish-looking but ... |
Bionic actress Metro.us, NY - by amber ray / metro new york INTERVIEW. All of those strong, no-nonsense women on TV you’ve been reading so much about lately? ... |
TV Review: 'Bionic Woman' dark, but intriguing Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - By Rob Owen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A poll that shows which of the new fall series viewers are most interested in has consistently ranked NBC's "Bionic ... |
She-borg for a new millennium Tulsa World, OK - By RITA SHERROW World Television Editor The new "Bionic Woman" (Brit import Michelle Ryan) admits she's "a real adrenaline junkie. ... |
Chick Fight: Round Two IGN, CA - by Scott Collura September 24, 2007 - When NBC's new spin on Bionic Woman debuts this Wednesday, viewers can expect an almost complete reboot of the tale of ... |
Bionic Woman -- An early look TV Squad, CA - When I first heard that NBC was going to remake the 1970s The Bionic Woman, a spin-off of The Six Million Dollar Man, I got more giddy than a schoolgirl ... |
 | Return of the Bionic Woman Edmonton Sun, Canada - By BILL HARRIS, SUN MEDIA So does 23-year-old British actress Michelle Ryan have any idea what she's getting into as she tackles the role of Jaime Sommers? ... |
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Bionic Woman On Comcast On Demand - Saw It
I just saw Bionic Woman on Comcast OnDemand. Click on this -- Bionic Woman -- to read my review of the pilot episode.
Bionic Woman - Just Saw It; Michelle Ryan's Intense
I just found and watched NBC's new program Bionic Woman on Comcast ondemand. First, it's good actually great and intense. It has a lot of characters that are well intervoven. The trouble is that it moves too fast -- so fast that scenes that need more time to unfold to have real meaning last in seconds.
The version I saw is without commercials, so I thought maybe I was "fooled" by a shorter version. But then I thought of the Star Trek episode "Balance of Terror" and it seemed longer than the Bionic Woman even though they're both about 35 minutes of screen time.
The "problem" is the Bionic Woman's so rich with story, scenes, people, and tech that you want to taste a scene, only each one's too small a bite to enjoy. That's a problem the writers and Dave Eick, it's producer, have to work on. It's a nice problem to have.
Overall, I did enjoy Bionic Woman. It's not anythng like the Bionic Woman I remember as a kid. This is much darker and has subplots that you beg to be unraveled right then. For example, who's the Russian guy who seems to be Katie Sackhoff / Sarah Corvus's love interest and likes to sew his arm with string? (An apparent signal that this is some kind of bionic man?)
The special effects are a seemless part of the story -- no sound effects. The fight scene between Jamie Sommers and Sarah Corvus is very well done and includes one really cool and real-looking action scene where Jamie throws Sarah like she's a sack of trash.
What about Jamie's bartender life? How can she handle it and work for the organization that re-built her? And how can she make love to her boyfriend Will without harming him? That he was on top was a start -- it's where I'd like to be -- but the whole orgasm matter was skipped over. Ah, details.
I look forward to the Bionic Woman, but it's days could be numbered if the matter of this rapid pacing isn't adressed right away. But they've already got the episodes in the system, so we'll just have to wait.
I can't wait.
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