K-Ville Peers: Bionic Woman
Ok, today we look back on a K-Ville sibling in the shortened 2007 Fall TV season: Bionic Woman.
Wait. Maybe it should be a cousin, because it is a different network.
Ok, today we look back on a K-Ville cousin, Bionic Woman. BW falls into K-Ville category #1 and #2. It was developed to piggyback on the popularity of Heroes, as well, as the penchant for remakes. And it lasted all of eight episodes, not even a respectable season, even on NBC.
At least the ad design was cool.
I for one had high hopes for Bionic Woman. I am a bit too young to remember the original, although I am pretty sure I was alive during the original’s run. Just looked it up and it ran from 1976 to 1979, so I was alive, but just barely. That didn’t sound right, but you know what I mean. I was plenty alive, just barely within the time frame in question. No matter, let’s get back to BW.
Personally, I am a big fan of anything cyborg, but bringing back what I remember being a pretty cheesy show made me nervous for the prospect of a new bionic lass. I know that is not fair as I have no true memory of The Bionic Woman (get it, the original had The attached, the remake did not), but even the little clips I see here and there don’t really do anything for me. And that bionic woman now sells adjustable mattresses on the teevee, so that is not really making me want to go back in time to relive those other, less cheesy moments of The Bionic Woman.
Again, no matter.
Bionic Woman was fairly lame. It started out pretty good, and despite the show’s growing suckiness, I kept watching, and kind of missed it when it went away. I was hoping that Bionic Woman was going to find its voice and get some kickass writing going, add some more fight scenes — a lot more — but alas, it never got better. In fact, it was getting downright silly by the time that eighth and last episode aired. Still, I really wanted it to work out. But then, maybe it was just because I wanted another hour a week during which to watch Starbuck, er, I mean Katee Sackhoff. But her character was a part-timer, and I’d rather wait for her to get better material with more screen time.
K-Ville, Bionic Woman, The Bionic Woman, NBC, Starbuck, Katee Sackhoff
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