not as good as all the hype

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

This rehash of the Bionic Woman saw the same light of day as Battlestar Galactica and The Sarah Conner Chronicles. Both of those sci-fi shows had characters to care about. This one didn't. There was a soap opera relationship between Jamie and her kid sister, but it never sent anywhere. Plus, audiences are more savvy than they were back in the 70's. Just because someone has bionic legs or a bionic arm would not endow them with super strength. Try punching through a brick wall and your bionic humerus bone will shatter your shoulder blade. Try lifting a car and you'll crush your pelvis and back. Clearly, from a scientific point of view, while bionic replacements are within the realm of possibility, to create a bionic superman, one needs to replace most of the skeletal system with titanium, and then you have to worry about where, without a skeleton, blood is going to be made by the body, as blood, both red blood cells for oxygen and white blood cells for immunity, are manufactured in the marrow. Furthermore, just by having a titanium skeleton, does now endow someone with super strength. So, even if she were able to leverage herself to lift a lamp post, if she attempted to throw it, she would rip half of her muscles and tendons in her shoulder, which is not bionic, and would probably fall backwards with the lamp post coming down on top of her. Running at 60 miles per hour represents another problem. Although she might be able to jump high from the servos in her knees, running would involve the use of muscles to move her entire legs, and human muscles are not capable of this feat, especially driving legs that are made of titanium alloy that is a lot heavier than bone. To accomplish what this series purported to do, they would have had to turn her into Robocop. So why did the original Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman last as long as they did? I think it was because audiences liked Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner more than they cared about the concept of the shows, and it was a different time.Meanwhile, the pilot seemed to launch the character in a more human direction. The story arc with her sister never really sent anywhere, so why bother giving her a sister at all? The same happened with Nikita, which became a total bore after the first season. Alias went a similar route, as did 24. All action. Nothing and no one to care about. The best part was Katee Sackhoff as the bad ass villain, who had a reason. And again, her character was short-lived, as was the series. I don't think that many will miss this show, because the show really missed its mark.

Michelle Ryan is gorgeous and adds to Jamie's character the "human touch", still learning and making mistakes.The low key technology stuff just adds to the main objective of the show being a thriller first rather than an all-singing, all dancing extravaganza of computer generated effects.I have just seen a few episodes, but already I can sense the evolution of the characters.It is a shame if the series is cancelled after the first episode, because it has great potential.Michelle has come a long way from "Eastie". Brits playing iconic figures like Jamie Summers, and Sarah Connor, we (the Brits) should commend their achievements.

When my Dad would teach Sunday school, his approach was very scholarly. For instance, concerning the virgin birth, he'd say "If it doesn't make sense, or if it's outdated, then DON'T believe it. Inevitably, a little old lady would chirp up and reply "Please don't take away the virgin birth. I've believed in it since I was a kid. It's special to me" I come here now as the old lady, where concerning the shows of my childhood. Don't take away my childhood by raping the classics. Ron Moore has pretty much raped the noble aspects of BSG and gotten every TV whore/critic to back him up. My childhood heroes have been turned into whiners, alcoholics and pussies in the name of "good drama".And now, someone has tried with Bionic Woman. Guys, there are fans, I'm sure, for the whole "ultra dark brooding" approach. But you know what? Today's generation should have a chance to have heroes of some kind. The TV heroes of the 1970s, however corny or cheesy, enriched my childhood. All this brooding crap today is embarrassing. Good drama be damned, give us a show with redeeming qualities.

Over the past few months us TV viewers have been given two shows that feature strong female characters. Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Bionic Woman. Now both have the potential to be really something but what lets Bionic Woman down can be summed up with two words Special effects. Ever since the late and much respected Christopher Reeve brought us Superman the general TV watching and theatre going public have been treated to what should be seen when a film is portraying and person with superhuman abilities. The scene when Superman has Lois Lane in one hand and a helicopter in the other is a classic. So us viewers know when we are being fobbed off. This is where Bionic Woman lets itself down. first they give us another bionic woman so when she and our Jaime have a fight there's few special effects and then when Jaime fights an ordinary mortal blows that should knock the mortal out still has them on their feet seemingly giving as good as they get! Whereas with terminator you see in the first instance that super strong androids are fighting. Producers must realise that when you embark on a TV show that features enhanced human beings you cannot skimp on the special effects budget.