Well, it’s taken its sweet time getting over to the shores, but American series Bionic Woman is finally here. Well, in fact, it’s nearly over, never mind finally here, due to the fact that it’s been cancelled in America, a casualty of the exceedingly annoying and hateful writers’ strike (I’ll tell you my opinion of those writers in a bit, but trust me, it’s not very nice). It’s a true shame, because Bionic Woman is proper compelling TV, well-written, incredibly well-shot, and stars Michelle Ryan, ex-Eastenders actress who is, let’s not beat about the bush, one of the best acting talents to emerge from ANYWHERE in the last few years.
Oh, and it has mobile phones in it…
Although, if I’m honest, it suffers from the same phone-related problem Heroes suffered from. In terms of mobile phones, America is waaaaaaaaay behind the times. Which is why us plucky Brits can feel justified in pointing the finger and sniggering…
Mind you, it had an Apple iPhone in it last night. Noticeably, though, the main character’s phone isn’t that great. From the small glimpses of it that we get, it looks like it’s one of Nokia’s L’Amour series. Which is appropriately girly, I suppose. Plus, since the main character, Jaime Sommers, has cybernetic bits inside her, she probably doesn’t need a top-end phone, when you think about it…
So, yes, the mobile phones in it are a bit backwards. Still, never mind, eh, it’s incredibly well-made, and the leading lady is not only one of the most shining new (well, not that new, to us over here, since she was in Eastenders) talents in the acting world, but she’s also a genuinely sweet lass, from interviews I’ve seen, and she can punch a man’s kidneys out through his nose.
I admire that quality in a woman. Plus, unlike the original show, she can run super-fast without inexplicably going into super-slo-mo. Seriously, that’s her in the pic at the top. Watch her, because she deserves to be a MASSIVE star.
Oh, and to top it off, her boss is played by Miguel Ferrer, the man who made me want to be an evil yuppie-with-teeth when he played Bob Morton in Robocop. That’s him third from the right, next to the guy who played the Korean villain in Die Another Day.
What? Need to get out more? Me?! Never!
Shame the writer’s strike killed the show off, then, really. And you know why they were on strike? Because (and I base this opinion on the screen-writers I knew at university) they are, in my sincere opinion, greedy, self-serving, money-grabbing, arrogant little wasters, who should try doing a proper job for a change, instead of living off the royalties.
The post ends here, as Technical Markus is now sitting in his chair, foaming at the mouth, despairing that the actions of an incredibly stupid Union system killed off one of his favourite shows. Leave messages of sympathy, and any other comments you have, and have your say!
