Last night I did, in fact, watch the premiere of the new Bionic Woman<\/i> series.<\/p>\n
I was on the fence. On the one hand, it stars Michelle Ryan, and she was nothing short of amazing and gorgeous and amazing in Jekyll<\/i>. On the other hand, I can’t say I was a fan of the original Bionic Woman<\/i> series. And on the Venusian third hand, the villain was portrayed by Katee Sackhoff of Battlestar<\/i> fame, and I can’t say I find her either attractive as a person or compelling as an actress. Really, other than Michelle Ryan — who resembles a young Jennifer Connolly, come to think of it — I’d have no reason to watch this show. It had more strikes against it than for it.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t like there was anything else on. Private Practice<\/i>? Don’t make me laugh. I can’t stand Grey’s Anatomy<\/i>, and it boggles my mind that the show remains on the air to this day, so the chances of me watching a spin-off? Zilch<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Grousing out of the way.<\/p>\n
Bionic Woman<\/i>. Premiere.<\/p>\n
Boring.<\/p>\n
Good production values. Interesting scene composition.<\/p>\n
Boring.<\/p>\n
Did I mention boring?<\/p>\n
The problem? It’s a forty minute infodump. The story exists solely for expositional purposes. And it spent its time planting the seeds that later episodes are bound to pick up on.<\/p>\n
And that made it boring. Because the episode didn’t actually do<\/i> anything. There was beginning. There was build-up. But there was no end.<\/p>\n
Michelle Ryan looked fantastic. I preferred her as a redhead in Jekyll<\/i>. I preferred her native accent as well. She did a good job with the material. She conveyed the character well, especially in reacting to her new body.<\/p>\n
The rest of the cast? Pretty unmemorable. The only person I recognized was Miguel Ferrer. And, strangely enough, I didn’t find Katee Sackhoff as annoying or underwhelming as I have in the past.<\/p>\n
Will I watch Bionic Woman<\/i> again? I don’t know. The premiere didn’t put a good foot forward. It didn’t connect, and I’m not seeing a reason to come back. We shall see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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