Bionic Woman

[jaerdaph]

Plus Oscar Goldman would never marry a shiksa.

 

[Grymar]

Of the 70s/80s SciFi reboots, this is how I'd rate them:

1. Battlestar Galactica - wonderfully done
2. Terminator: Sara Connor Chronicles - pretty good
3. Bionic Woman - good moments, bad moments, but mostly just "ok" TV
4. Knight Rider tv movie - Not good, but some nostalgia fun
5. Flash Gordon - Terrible in every sense of the word.

Did I miss any?

 

[Ebon Shar]

Of the 70s/80s SciFi reboots, this is how I'd rate them:

1. Battlestar Galactica - wonderfully done
2. Terminator: Sara Connor Chronicles - pretty good
3. Bionic Woman - good moments, bad moments, but mostly just "ok" TV
4. Knight Rider Miniseries - Not good, but some nostalgia fun
5. Flash Gordon - Terrible in every sense of the word.

Did I miss any?

I didn't realize there was a Knight Rider miniseries. I saw the 2 hour pilot and thought it was pretty much crap. Then again, I hated the original series, but I had to watch it for my wife, who loved it.

I pretty much agree with your list, though I never watched the last two. The brief previews of Flash Gordon I saw looked horrible, so I never tuned in.

Here's what I'd LIKE to see for '70/'80's revivals:

1. V: Done well, this could be a great concept.
2. Space: 1999: Again, pretty cheesy, but was fun.
3. The Man from Atlantis: Since the excellent Aquaman pilot failed, let's try this!

 

[Firebeetle]

Bionic Woman? Bionic Girl is more like it. The lead actress is WAY too young to be a strong lead. They might as well have placed her in high school and called it "Bionic Cheerleader" The Bionic Woman should be a, well, WOMAN. Someone that's been somewhere and down something, not a college underclassman.

I really like the previous post on continuity from the earlier series. That's a cool idea. Jake 2.0 touched on this too. I think acknowledging the past of a series gives it strength, as the new Doctor Who certainly shows.

 

[Grymar]

I didn't realize there was a Knight Rider miniseries. I saw the 2 hour pilot and thought it was pretty much crap. Then again, I hated the original series, but I had to watch it for my wife, who loved it.

I pretty much agree with your list, though I never watched the last two. The brief previews of Flash Gordon I saw looked horrible, so I never tuned in.

Here's what I'd LIKE to see for '70/'80's revivals:

1. V: Done well, this could be a great concept.
2. Space: 1999: Again, pretty cheesy, but was fun.
3. The Man from Atlantis: Since the excellent Aquaman pilot failed, let's try this!

Sorry, I edited my list to show the Knight Rider tv movie, which is what I meant.

V could be really good...frankly I'd like to see someone like HBO take a crack at this. The resistance angle could be simlar to BSG on New Caprica. HBO could add a layer to this that couldn't be done on network TV.

I barely remember Space 1999 other than the woman with the eyebrow dots and I never wated the Man from Atlantis.

 

[Mistwell]

Bionic Woman? Bionic Girl is more like it. The lead actress is WAY too young to be a strong lead. They might as well have placed her in high school and called it "Bionic Cheerleader" The Bionic Woman should be a, well, WOMAN. Someone that's been somewhere and down something, not a college underclassman.

She is nearly the same age of the original actress when she started the show.

 

[Mallus]

I barely remember Space 1999...

Space 1999 was a British remake of Star Trek where Gene Roddenberry was played by Gerry Anderson, the Enterprise was played by the Moon, and no matter who or what the crew faced each week, they lost.

As for the Bionic Woman... the best I can say about is that the 4th season of Battlestar Galactica starts next week!

 

[Ranger REG]

I just couldn't get by the bartender becomes superhero secret agent thing.

What do you have against bartenders? They're weaker than tennis players (the original Jaime Summer former occupation before going bionics)?

 

[Ranger REG]

Plus Oscar Goldman would never marry a shiksa.

I never said anything about marriage. I only say they have a child together.

 

[Ranger REG]

Bionic Woman? Bionic Girl is more like it. The lead actress is WAY too young to be a strong lead.

AFAIK, there is only a four-year difference between the new Jaime Sommers and the original Jaime Sommers when they both premiered in their respective Bionic Woman series (Michelle was 23 when the 2007 NBC series started and Lindsay was 27 when the 1976 ABC series started).