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Avg. Customer Rating:  155 reviews
Media: Video On Demand
ASIN: B000VU6K0I
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 Great show - Go whine about Amazon and Unbox elsewhere. November 5, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
It is too bad that an interesting new show had to have its ratings abused by the disenfranchised Apple generation - it seems ridiculous to rate a new pilot when you haven't even seen it.
Granted, she whines a bit herself and her sister is a bit annoying (she's a teen - it's her job), but when it comes to riveting action and interesting story-lines the Bionic Woman kicks butt - and she isn't wearing berkies!
Michelle does a excellent job in the title role, but Katee Sackoff grabs you by the scruff of your neck whenever she's in a scene, even when she's unconscious. Hopefully they won't kill her off too soon.
I only have time for a small amount of screen-time during the week and I have chosen Bionic Woman and Chuck to keep watching.
Mac users: Get over it!!! November 4, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
To all the Mac users complaining about Unbox not supporting OS X, my quick response is simple:
Get over it.
Is it any surprise that a company would target Windows with its 90% share of the computer market as opposed to the 5-6% that the Mac has? I also say this as a fellow Mac owner. It's simple economics, not some personal attack on Mac users as some seem to think.
Why don't you write to Amazon's customer service about the issue instead of the wasted effort of writing a review that will be ignored by Amazon? Rate the bloody product, not complain about the lack of support.
Why is the closed iTunes/iPod/AppleTV model any better than Unbox? At least Unbox has expanded it's capabilities to TiVo units, allows for purchases to go directly to the TiVo as opposed to going from computer to AppleTV, allows you to re-download the media later instead of having to maintain a collection of huge files, and is compatible with more portable devices than just an iPod.
As for the show itself, it's a fine show (and I guess we know what the Battlestar Galactica cast was doing during the season break). Hopefully, the writers have some overall direction for the show to go and aren't just making it up as the season progresses. And hopefully, NBC won't leave us hanging with a season finale cliffhanger and then cancel the show.
 Not bad! October 25, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wasn't expecting much since I actually really liked the old bionic woman, but this show was really entertaining! It's definitely different from the old version, but I think that's a good thing. It's its own show. The storyline was engaging and kept me interested the whole time. I'll definitely keep watching!
How things go without Sarah Corvus October 25, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Warning! Spoilers below!
The best and worst thing about THE BIONIC WOMAN so far has been Sarah Corvus. Katee Sackhoff has been so astonishing as the first Bionic Woman that when she is on an episode all I do is sit around waiting for her next appearance. When she is onscreen a good show really does become great. The bad thing about this is that she makes everything else on the show, including the lead character, look rather unexciting in contrast. Because Katee is also a fulltime (and more central) character on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, we knew that inevitably we were going to see less Sarah Corvus as the series progressed. So the question is: how did THE BIONIC WOMAN survive its first episode without the first bionic woman?
The answer is . . . pretty well. Some have complained about a lack of charisma in Michelle Ryan, but I have really come to like her. I like her blend of vulnerability and confidence. She radiates someone who needs more than what she has emotionally and otherwise, but is strong enough to do without. Anyway, without having to fight Sarah for onscreen dominance she does remarkably well. She does very well in romantic scenes and there are several in this one. Jordan Bridges guest stars as someone who could be an on and off again romantic interest for Jaime. My guess is that not much will happen simply because her life is a tad too complicated for romance. I mean, if you have to hide the fact that half of you is mechanical and you have only five years to live, how is romance gonna happen?
Although in the long run I prefer a series to emphasize serial content rather than self-contained episodes, it was nice to see an entire episode devoted to Jaime on a mission. I absolutely do not want to see the show devolve into an adventure-of-the-week series. On shows like SMALLVILLE, it is the ongoing story that draws fans, not the meteor-freak-of-the-week. So I don't want this to become a rule. But we need to see Jaime on some missions to give Jaime's being an operative a feeling of substance.
I did have one complaint about the show on aesthetic grounds. Specifically, the fight scenes near the end. One of the rules of fight scenes or musical scenes is that you need a relatively stable camera in order to make the movement intelligible. I hated some of the dance scenes in CHICAGO because there was vastly too much cutting in some of the musical numbers. Similarly, you needs to keep a fairly fixed camera so that a fight scene will be coherent. But in the climatic fight scene the camera was moving nervously all around. To be frank, I was surprised to see this in a David Eick production. He was one of the producers on HERCULES, which featured several score of extended fight scenes. While I personally found most of the show's fight scenes to be rather dull and silly affairs, there is no question that you could at least tell what was going on. But the scenes here were confusing. It will be interesting to see if they correct this in the future.
So, all in all, I think the show weathered their first non-Sarah Corvus episode rather well. But I still look forward to her return.
 bi-yawnic start October 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought the pilot was so-so. The relationship between Jamie Summer and her boyfriend wasn't convincing at all. I guess we find out why at the end. I actually like Katee Sackhoff better. However, the show is getting better with the recent episodes. I will continue to watch to see how it develops.
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