I haven't seen any promos for it yet, but I know it's going to be a series on Sci-Fi soon. More good work bringing a comic book into another media form. It really is a golden age to be an old comic book fan.

They aired a TV-Movie/Pilot for it about a year ago. I didn't see it, so I don't know how good it was.

I saw an ad for this recently on Sci-Fi. Looked okay. Or maybe I'm saying that because Kristanna Loken looked good. Anyway, the date of the premiere is April 13.

This is going to be shit-on-a-stick.

The pilot that aired was weak. Which doesn't say much for the upcoming series.

What is the premise??

Sure wish Sci Fi would get that Flash Gordon remake into high hear like they advertised.

It's based off a comic book...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painkiller_jane ...as a show, I'm guessing it will have some of the elements of an Alias or a Dark Angel, but maybe with a bit of a Matrix vibe as well. I watch a lot of Scifi stuff and like the comics, so it's a must-watch for me.

i wanna see this. dont forget to bump this near the premier cause I dont watch scifi much and will need a reminder

I saw the pilot and thought it was weak also. I read a couple of issues of the comic several years ago and don't recall much simularity between the two beyond the name. I wanted to like it, but couldn't.

I felt the same way. I wanted to like it but there was something missing. Hopefully, they revamped the whole thing. I'm willing to give it another chance.

I don't think it looks weak at all. And I think Kristanna Loken looks really enticing. I've been waiting for her to get a hot action role since T3.

Well, I was referring to the original movie. It's obvious that they did revamp it and recast the roll. So, I'm giving it another chance.

bump*

Premiere night tonight at 10. I'm going to Grindhouse in like 15 minutes but will be back in time for it I believe.

Im looking forward to this series hopefully it turns out to be a good show. Kristana loken looks good in this but i still wish they had the original actress that played jane in the tv movie which i thought was good not great but good. I hope kristana does a good job she was good in T3 but i still havent recovered yet after bloodrayne lol

Well, not that I was going in with high expectations, but that was not good. The dialogue was pretty terrible, the acting not a whole lot better, the story was blah, and the editing was... interesting. But I'm a glutton for punishment and Kristana was looking fine, so I'll give it a few more episodes to try to get it's footing. Hopefully they come up with a better explanation for why she can heal quickly, cause what they offered up was really silly, even for a show like this.

Looks like a show for sadists. My bet is at least one scene each episode where she suffers severe physical trauma.

I was expecting very little and the first episode was pretty mediocre but enough that I am willing to give it a chance. It felt pretty dry but many start out that way and I figure at worst Kristana Loken is damn attractive. I pretty much echo the above reply from wetsprockets.

It was worse than the original movie. I coudn't sit through the whole thing.

Edit: Finally got around to finishing it. It was bad.

Review in one word: ugh.

Review in more words: an unwatchable mess, edited like a bad music video with a predictable plot and characters, and populated by people I couldn't care less about. And those are the good points.

The sad thing is, Joss Whedon couldn't get a show on the air to save his life, and this is taking up air time? Glad I can put that extra hour to good use.

I liked it.

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I liked it also. It could have ended better but the stuff up to that point was good.

I liked it, thanks largely to Kristanna Loken. She is great as the tortured female heroin. The Alias comparisons seem valid to me, and hopefully this show will the void of it.

I kept seeing mass promos for this during Dresden Files, need to check it out.

Note - I am pissed at myself for not starting a Dresden Files thread! I just realized by reading this thread that if Pkiller Jane can get this much traffic, Dresden would have rocked on this forum. Now Dresden just finished the season and my posts will be moot. You know what, f*ck it, I'm pushing for Dresden anyway. Okay, sorry to hijack, back to your thread...

I'll give PJ a couple of episodes to see if it improves. Not as bad as I anticipated so hopefully the pilot will be the low point ... ?

Another Dresden fan here, OBH.

I prefer my heroin male.