Little-Mikey I don't understand why so many people hate this remake of the classic series from the 1970s.Actually this miniseries is pretty good. It is definitely different from the original series. For starters, the name of the main character is "Jaime" vice "Jamie". And while most of the plots of the original series involved Jamie Sommers out there dealing withe the bad guys and other members of the criminal element during the day, the new miniseries has our heroine fighting in a darker and more shadowy environment.The plot involves Jaime Sommers, a bartender who is trying to support her younger sister. She is also in love with Dr. Will Anthros, a brilliant professor who is everything that Jaime Sommers is not. A car accident leaves her critically injured until a top secret operation gives her a new lease on life, along with a new arm, new legs, a new eye and a new ear, giving her almost super strength, super hearing and the ability to focus up to 2 miles away.Unfortnately, the more she learns, the less she understands. The comparison of this miniseries to the original series from1976, is not unlike the comparison of the recent Batman movies to the campy Batman TV series from 1966. I must admit that having Jaime Sommers make all those bionic leaps and fast dashes, wearing fashionable footwear, ie. high heeled boots, was an oversight that shouldn't had been overlooked.

free_ride13 This show is everything that a good TV show should be!!!! The acting was good, the plot was amazing and it took time for those moment when you just felt good watching it.The shows plot was always twisting and turning and the character as so down to earth and you could relate. Her sister was a great actor and brought a lot to the show. It as an instant classic due to its ability to pack so much action, drama and comedy into a short episode every week. The canceling does not reflect on its quality whatsoever. I am a proud bionic woman fan and I feel they did an incredible job with this remake of a classic.I recommend this show to everyone. It is a great showOverall this show should never have been canceled and will continue to be a favorite of mine for a long time.

aviran-2 I've never seen the 70's series (and at this point, have no intention to) so my disappointment with this show has nothing to do with my attachment to the original. I had some hopes for this show, and I gave it every possible chance, religiously watching each episode and waiting for it to improve. Guess what, it never did.As many people have noted, this show gets wrong absolutely everything. The cast, the writing, the direction, the special effects. Ryan is very bland as the lead. She is not an incompetent actress, but she doesn't have the presence to carry the show. Clever writing and good direction could have probably helped her to overcome that problem, except she didn't have the benefit of clever writing and good direction.And she was not the only bland character. Even Katee Sackhoff's character was only marginally better. Other than psychotic episodes, fights in the mud and that trademark wicked half-smile of hers, she had almost nothing to work with. All characters in the show were so dull I couldn't care less about them. When one of Jaimie's co-worker died I just shrugged while wondering whether the death was supposed to shock and move the audience. And how can you possibly create suspense if the audience don't care? Most insultingly, the show writers didn't miss the opportunity to insert every single Hollywood cliché: a woman hanging on the edge of the roof waiting to be saved, a mugger in a dark alley trying to mug the Bionic Woman... But worst of all, the show didn't seem to have any direction or coherent story arc. Some story threads hinted at in the earlier episodes, simply disappeared. And don't let's even start on the copious holes in the plots.As for the special effects... are we supposed to be impressed by Jaimie being pulled on wires from one rooftop to another? Pah-lease.Despite all that, I kept watching, and even hoping that there would be a second season, because with a different team the show was not beyond salvage. But, to be fair, far better shows have been canceled. I guess we'll just have to wait for the next BW remake in around 2030...

mjarvis0 Over the past few months us TV viewers have been given two shows that feature strong female characters. Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Bionic Woman. Now both have the potential to be really something but what lets Bionic Woman down can be summed up with two words Special effects. Ever since the late and much respected Christopher Reeve brought us Superman the general TV watching and theatre going public have been treated to what should be seen when a film is portraying and person with superhuman abilities. The scene when Superman has Lois Lane in one hand and a helicopter in the other is a classic. So us viewers know when we are being fobbed off. This is where Bionic Woman lets itself down. first they give us another bionic woman so when she and our Jaime have a fight there's few special effects and then when Jaime fights an ordinary mortal blows that should knock the mortal out still has them on their feet seemingly giving as good as they get! Whereas with terminator you see in the first instance that super strong androids are fighting. Producers must realise that when you embark on a TV show that features enhanced human beings you cannot skimp on the special effects budget.