Less than 3 days to go before ‘Bionic Woman’ leaps onto our TV screens (though some of you may have seen it on your computer screens)! I’ve already given my review of the Pre-air Pilot and I’ve also stumbled upon a Podcast review of the final cut ‘Pilot’ episode, from John over at Critical Myth.
It’s a nice bite-size podcast and worth checking out if you have a spare 10 minutes or so. But if you don’t, fear not, as I’ve broken-down most of what he talks about:
-He criticises the use of the word ‘Pilot’ for the title. I’ve gotta agree it is pretty unoriginal. On the other-hand it didn’t do LOST any harm..though they were clever enough to actually mould some deeper meaning into it (LOST fans will know what I mean..)
-He hopes that BW goes more the way of the updated Battlestar Galatica than the updated Flash Gordan. Flash Gordan..whatever happened to that?
-He gives the Pilot episode the thumbs up and says that the show is “on a good first step”. Like many people, myself included, he likes to idea of exploring how far we augment ourselves before we become machine and lose our humanity. Other themes that he liked were the military experimentation and nanotechnology angles.
-He notes how Sarah Corvus embraces her ‘machine side’ and suggests that Jaime Sommers will have to find a “happy medium”. I agree, though I suspect that Sarah was once like Jaime..what changed to make her want to ‘strip away her weak (human) parts’?
-He also compare’s Michelle Ryan to Jeniffer Garner and says the likeness is “uncanny”. Gotta say I agree with him there..they’re quite similar, as is LOST’s Evangeline Lilly (Kate).
You can listen to the podcast here - don’t forget if you have an opinion on BW feel free to voice that opinion in the comments sections or in the new shout box (to the right).
