Chris, I fear you’re missing my point - I’m well aware that BW has fallen short, however LM has attacked the show in light of it being “too edgey” and “too dark” and “not for kids”, when let’s face it, it is none of these things. LM obviously hasn’t even watched the show if he is seriously suggesting that BW is ‘too’ edgy etc. Either that or I find his vision of good sci-fi not in-line with my own because I prefer my sci-fi to have ‘edge’, to be ‘dark’ and to be ‘intelligent’.

Voice of Reason, I am not knocking the original show - I don’t believe I ever have. I’m disagreeing with LM’s comments, because I find his description of ‘too dark and edgy’ to be wide of the mark - if anything BW isn’t dark and edgy enough! I also found his comment about MR to be rather patronising to say the east - note his: “this little english actress” line. Patronising, much?

I can understand him wanting to protect the original series and shows from that time, but if LM was in charge of progression, there would be none..

The original show was great so stop knocking it. I watched it then and re-runs today and I still enjoy it. Just because you don’t like it, doesn’t mean others don’t or that it was bad.

And Lee was not rude about the show, he simply expressed his opinion. He doesn’t have to defend the original show. It was iconic in its day and still is today. As to Bionic Woman 2 it will have to wait a long time to do as good.

I caught the Jonathon Ross UK interview with Michelle Ryan on Friday. She was nice enough. She was modest and made it very clear it was not a remake of the Bionic Woman. Whether it will take off over here is another matter.

So stop misinterpreting Lee alone. He stated an opinion after having watched the programme. After I have watched it next week, I’ll state one, too. Good, bad, or indifferent, I’ll let you know.

Now you have the answear…
The remake is a bad remix of the original bionic woman, the movie s of charlie’s angels, buffy and charmed without soul…

The main character is … Yakk…

Hope the producer will not work for tv or cinema ever again

Very bad show…

I agree “too sci-fi” and “too edgy” are the opposite of what BW is, and that’s part of its problem. However, I wasn’t a fan of the original, “softer” version either, and IMHO both SMDM and the original BW went south once they decided to be kids’ shows.

That said, there’s no denying BW is on life-support, and Lee’s post-mortem — if a tad premature — is as valid as anyone else’s.

If LM thinks the new BW is edgy, he just simply hasn’t watched it. It has no edge at all, which is part of the problem.

MR is just fine as Jaime. Unsympathetic “fans” expecting her to make a silk purse out of NBC’s sow’s ear are dreaming and need to adjust to the reality that the problems with this series so far originate offscreen.