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Old 01-30-08, 10:07 AM
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Bionic Woman (2007) Volume 1 03/18/08

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Wow. They should be calling this "The Complete Series". Seriously. I watched the whole thing and have no explaination why I did. Except for the evil Bionic Woman 1.0 Katee Sackhoff, the show was fairly weak mostly due to the main actress' terrible acting.
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Yeah very similar to what I was going to say -- isn't this canceled? If not, I sure hope so.
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I think this is one of those series that technically hadn't been canceled but the writers strike forced into hiatus and probably will not return.

I tried watching the pilot episode, but lost interest in the first 5 minutes. I might try giving it another try sometime but not very soon.

Hopefully they didn't leave any loose ends at the end of the season (possibly series now)
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I never actually got around to watching this show. After reading the MSRP I was thinking about just picking it up for the hell of it, but after reading about the show a little bit I think a netflix will suffice...
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Honestly, not watching it at all will suffice unless you are really hard up for entertainment. Nothing about it is entertaining. I made it through three increasingly worse episodes before I bailed. I had been REALLY anticipating it too.
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I had been REALLY anticipating it too.
Me too. It was on opposite two other shows that I happen to watch and enjoy, so I ended up downloading episodes and watching them. Was never too excited about watching it, but once I started an episode, I enjoyed it. Never really looked forward to it though, the way I did when it was still a new series coming out in the fall. The fact that they are calling it volume one leads me to think there will be a volume 2. Or is that just wishful thinking on the producers part? Anyone know if all the episodes that aired or were shot are gonna be on this set?
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I didn't think this show was as much a train wreck as all of you. I thought there were some entertaining episodes. But, with only 8 episodes and the likelihood of more very slim, I think Universal should have just called this "The Complete Series."

I would recommend this only as a rental.
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I enjoyed the show ... but it's not a keeper. I'll save the $$ for Jekyll.
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The pilot was actually pretty good...it was the rest of the series that sucked eggs.

The network's to blame for this one - ditching key producers and insisting on a change of direction for the series.
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It's worth watching in high-def --- once, with the sound turned off, because Michelle Ryan is hot. But the show itself was a major disappointment.
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On paper this looked like a winner...then after 4 episodes the show was a mess. But seeing Michelle Ryan run around and get sweaty was good enough for me.
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Agreed, this show has been a real mess, changing tone and direction almost every week. I watched all the aired episodes, but I won't shed any tears if it doesn't return. It was pretty dull overall.
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Anybody like the cover art? They could have a least put a picture of Michelle Ryan. She's pretty hot afterall. I agree about the show. So much potential and in the hands of some decent writers they could really have brought a new spin to the 70's show. Instead one big mess but I still watched every episode because Michelle Ryan looks like an ex gf of mine.

I'm hoping they re-tool the show, hire some "good" writers and create some interesting story arcs for next season if it comes back.

Looking at the total runtime on the set (5 hours 38 minutes) for 8 episodes means that we'll get the broadcast pilot. That's too bad. The broadcast pilot was so un-even that I figured there was some deletes scenes somewhere. Would have been nice for them to include an "extended" pilot for the DVD release.
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Any word on the original 1970's show?
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If you have a region free player, you can easily import Seasons 1 and 2.
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Wow, Region free players are amazing, they can import future seasons that don't (and will never) exist!
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Originally Posted by Seantn
Wow, Region free players are amazing, they can import future seasons that don't (and will never) exist!
He was responding to wm Lopez's question about the original series.
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Originally Posted by wm lopez
Any word on the original 1970's show?

That's what I thought I was vote on,not the re-make tv show.
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Originally Posted by cranberries fan
That's what I thought I was vote on,not the re-make tv show.
The original show predates 2007 by quite a few years
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Damn this is a pretty fast release. First of any of the Fall 07 shows right?
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Originally Posted by dhmac
The original show predates 2007 by quite a few years
Yes I know 1975 and that series (( Bionic Woman and The Six Million Dollar Man)).
Will not be come out in USA intill Dimension Pictures and Universal Pictures work out there issues.
Dimension Pictures owns the right to the word Bionic and Universal Pictures owns the footage of the both series that why there is no US dvd's of ether show.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Salty
It's worth watching in high-def --- once, with the sound turned off, because Michelle Ryan is hot.
They never really focused on her breast, .. I mean best feature though:


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