Jordan Bridges Falls For BIONIC WOMAN

Bionic Woman is a handsome production, but seemed strangely truncated and uneven. The lead actress, Michelle Ryan, who stars in the title role, is quite charming and lovingly--in short, she is a wonderful actor. Also Katee Sackhoff delivers as her seemingly bi-curious rival, who appears to be as interested in beating up the new Bionic Woman as flirting with her...and perhaps bedding her. Here's hoping we see that in the future!!!

In the end, I found the show more invested in trying to emulate the cues of the new Galactica with its endless hand-held moving camera shots, fast film camera rate effects, and an equal obsession with trying to match up with NBC's Heroes, instead of finding its own way.

The climatic action scene was fun and film worthy...clearly inspired in part by the Wolverine battle with Sabretooth atop the Statue Of Liberty in the original X-Men film...but better. However again...strangely truncated. Sackhoff just tried to kill Sommer's fiancee...but she, Sommers, doesn't seem the least upset about it...or emotional in any way??? Also...earlier when Sommers first realizes she has the power to throw a man across a room and run fast, well...out of the blue...having nothing to do with the other two events...she just decides to jump from one roof to another, without ever considering whether she has the strength or ability to accomplish such a feat??? One would think she would have been forced into this risky jump...as opposed to just doing it for the hell of it. It would have been fun to see her, surprised at her own unexpected and accidental, yet successful venture--speaking of the jump...one that should have come as a shock to her, not expected.

Truly the pilot of the original Bionic Woman worked better as we were first introduced to Jamie Sommers through the beloved character Steve Austin. We see their romance unfold...and knew they had a rich history, love and respect for each other...so when Sommers' accident occured it was more horrific and...unlike the new show, it was unexpected...as the incident occured in The Six Million Dollar Man. Hell, we thought there was no hope for her and that she was going to die. Intended as a pilot for The Bionic Woman...I believe the episode was a two parter...and that extra two hours was used to fully and properly establish the character. To that end...the new Bionic Woman was missing that fully rounded establishment. I think the story would have worked better if we were introduced to the new Bionic Woman as someone who the original Jamie Sommers comes to assist and train...rather than destroying the canon and remaking the original show.

I agree that the show was a little uneven. It definitely has potential, but it almost seemed like it was edited poorly. Jamie accepted her new role a bit too quickly, not to mention adapting too easily. I wanted to see her accidentally breaking something or tripping over her new legs a bit before she started running full tilt through the forest. Not to mention successfully engaging in one-armed combat against her predecessor, who had years of experience versus her hours. Oh, and a little less shaky-cam, please.

My review will remain a little simpler: 2 hot chics kicking the crap out of each other in the rain. That never gets old.

Some of the uneven feel stems from the fact that this is (depending on how one counts) the third or fourth version of the pilot. What I saw at Comic-Con was different. The most obvious difference was the complete revamp of Jamie’s sister from a deaf teenager to a computer literate genius. The sequences involving the Doc’s father were also trimmed a bit.

The fact that they are still tweaking the cast this late in the game shows that the producers still don’t have a real feel for what they are doing. While I see the potential of this show I very worried that the lack of clear vision will end up killing it.

I think they wanted to avoid a slow build up, knowing that NBC will pull the plug real fast if the show doesn't catch on fast.

What acidsquall said.

I agree with you metalwater. The Sommers character didn't show the proper dramatic realism at which Battlestar Galactica excels. I thought much of the show was obsessed with being cool, especially the way she walks off defiantly at the end. Still, Heroes is about a hundred times worse, not even aiming at dramatic realism and employing commercial stunts and cliche drama that rips off other media constantly and blatantly without any originality. Awful show.