Comments on: Bionic Woman: What Does Lindsay Wagner Think?

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:34:57 +0000

Too bad the concept has now been destroyed with this insipid 2007 hack job. Bionic entertainment deserves to be front and center in the 21st Century. I guess I’ll just stick with my 70s reruns.

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 31 May 2010 23:50:04 +0000

I always loved the show with Lindsay Wagner and Lee Majors. The six million dollar man and The Bionic Woman was something that you could grasp and feel that little tingle of excitement. The new one however turned me straight off because the one with Lindsay in it was able to get my attention right away but the other one didn’t. I remember wishing I could be like her with bionic limbs and smarts to go with it. Maybe centric or someone can do reruns of it someday.

By: Bess

Bess — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:05:53 +0000

David Eick – the creator of this “re-imagined” Bionic Woman is Ron Moore’s sidekick. Moore re-imagined Battlestar Galactics with Eick’s help.

The original BSG was cheesy, yes- even silly at times- but it also had a lot of warmth, a family appeal, and a clear definition of what made a hero. Moore’s version, in contrast is dark, edgy, even scary at times.

So, it’s no wonder to me that Moore’s Padawan Learner would come up with a re-imagining of a 70s series that had a little camp, a bit of cheese, and a lot of audience appeal- and that he’d ruin it the same way they did with BSG.

Up next form Ron Moore and David Eick , a re-imagining of Welcome Back Kotter where Washington is a not black, and Kotter sells drugs in the school (and yes, that’s meant as sarcasm – I know nothing of Moore & Eick’s true plans… but I’m sure they will be the cause of many a televiewer’s craving for amphetamines)

By: MSD

MSD — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:00:28 +0000

This show was pointless it had no storyline connection to the original unlike say SNG did to star trek in fact Steve Austin did not even exist in this show
it was totally different in feel and style and storyline so too different for fans of the old show to like and the fact it was a remake of an old show would have had no appeal to new viewers

if they had of maybe made the character a new bionic person rather than a re doing of Jamie sommers that might have given the show more appeal since it might have been more possible to view it as connected to the old shows rather than a destroyer of them.

in the end it just felt they had remade the show for the same reason there are so many other remakes of movies and tv shows these days it seems people have totally run out of ideas.

in fact as well as being a poor remakke of an old classic show it also felt like another copy and part of the set of young ass kicking female shows such as Buffy alias nikita and dark angel that have become a trend since Buffy the vampire slayer was a hit.

By: Penny

Penny — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:36:51 +0000

I have to agree with everyone else.. This remake was a farse to a wonderful family show, I couldn’ t wait to watch what Jamie and Steve would do next.. This new show is really nothing like the original Jamie was in a skydiving accident, while steve watched.. This one was in a car accident.. and the way they rebuilt her.. talk about special effects!! It took me only 10 minutes to say.. “Yup that’s enough for me.. Time to get the real one out of the DVD rack to watch”.. Which I did.. What made them think that this show would take? Nope not from the many viewer who watched so very long ago.. my daugher watched both the original and the new, and she like the original more…

By: Ben Bangs

Ben Bangs — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:46:08 +0000

I know Lindsay Wagner personally, and like another poster on here, I had to take a don’t-react-too-fast pill and tune into the new show. Sadly, the new BW seemed more like Robocop, having BOTH Jaime and Steve’s powers. Seeing her BF killed in the first ten minutes and discovering that she was living with just one other person — a younger sibbling she was letting run wild — were further slurs on the character for me. I don’t mind the concept of updating an old series, but “reimagining” it seems doubly pointless, bound to alienate purists like me while not offering a reason for its own existence not tied to the original. Why not invent an all-new superheroine? And while you’re at it, why not make her sweet and compassionate even toward her adversaries like Lindsay made sure the REAL Jaime Sommers was? Think about how cool it would have been if the new Jaime (called something else) had decided to oppose everything that Birkhead did, but discovered as she did so that her bad-boy boss was on the side of the angels every once in a while? There would have been potential for character development there, for some healthy moral ambiguity, which is certainly more in keeping with today’s tastes than the original was. As aired, though, I can see why the new BW didn’t survive the strike: the writers were hamstrung, stuck in two-dimensional thinking of necessity since the legal battle with Dimension forbade them from giving their lead the depth that only context can provide. Yuck! Good riddance!!!!!

By: Albert

Albert — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:55:50 +0000

Agreed – although I lasted about 15 minutes watching the new show, since the new actress is hot
That aside, the original show was indeed far superior. And if anyone is looking for the show on DVD, it does exist – I have it. Check out http://www.ioffer.com – similar to EBay, but based on offers instead of auctions. It’s there….

By: Corey

Corey — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:45:19 +0000

Yes that new version of the show was an embarrassment and the actress was as thrilling as a rectal exam.

By: andrea

andrea — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:18:39 +0000

Hola les quiero contar que la serie de la mujer bionica fue my preferida durante muchos.a?os.
Hasta el d?a de hoy sigo viendo sus capitulos a pesar de

By: skst

skst — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:17:31 +0000

I like[d] the new BW. Michelle Ryan put a lot of energy into the role. However, I also agree with Ms. Wagner that shows today aren’t as kid-safe or fun as they were 20-30 years ago. (OMG, has it been that long!) There’s a lot of TV I won’t let my 13yo watch, but he could’ve watched just about anything aired in 1978.

And Lynda Carter spells her name with a “y.”

By: Graeme

Graeme — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:42:50 +0000

The revamped “Bionic Woman” is a travesty, and a complete waste of time. Yes, the original series may seem campy and innocent compared with today’s hi-tech fodder, but read Lindsay Wagner’s words above very carefully. There was something magical about the original series, as an entire generation of adults and children tuned in week after week to see her running gracefully, jumping over electrically-charged fences and fighting the bad guys, with her superhuman powers. We will never see the likes of Lindsay Wagner again: a gracious, stunningly gorgeous and sexy woman who gave life to the heavenly Jaime Sommers. I lasted all but 10 minutes with the new version of the show before shaking my head in dejection and thinking about what television has come to. Lindsay remains the definitive Bionic Woman. And she always will be.

ps. Michelle: please go back to Eastenders and cause some havoc for Kat. You were much more at home in Albert Square than as a modern bionic woman across the pond.

By: Jim McDonald

Jim McDonald — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:18:41 +0000

I loved the Bionic Woman series! I wish I could get the DVD of the series here in the US.

When watching the new show I had to take my ‘don’t react to fast’ pill…since I knew nothing could compare.

So far I really like it! It’s new, fresh, different…AND they give props to us old fans and throw in a few tidbits to remind us of the older show.

I hope the new BW lives long and prospers. I hope (but doubt) that Lindsay will also profit from this but, like Linda Carter (Wonder Woman), will probably not see a penny from her prior work.

By: Marc Gulatto

Marc Gulatto — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:17:18 +0000

I really don’t like it when people want the new shows that are based on old shows to be the same. That would be boring. It’s a new day and the world is different than in the 70′s. Battlestar Galactica was made different and I believe succeeded because of that. I really like the new Bionic Woman episodes for the same reason. It is different than the original because it wouldn’t be interesting if it were the same. Imagine Michael Keaton dancing around in a Batman suit like Adam West did in the 60′s Batman shows. It would look ridiculous. We thrive on stuff being different; otherwise, what’s the point? Just buy the Bionic Woman episodes from the 70′s on DVD and watch them over and over. No point in making anything new from old ideas since they were already done. When the new Wonder Woman movie is made, I hope it is just like Linda Carter’s show. Then I will be bored with the lame (by today’s standards) plots and hokey bad guys that even I could beat up. There’s a reason remakes are remade to be different. Whether you like the difference is up to you, but I hope they keep trying to incorporate new spins on these shows and characters. I wish they didn’t cancel it. Any Firefly fans out there??

By: Tim Dupree

Tim Dupree — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:55:21 +0000

The new Bionic woman is too unbelievable…Even with fantasy and sci-fi there has to be some believability. I find it humorous that Jaime can kick a metal post and bend it in half and jump across rooftops like spiderman but has a hard time pulling herself up with her bionic arm. Which is it? Does she have superpowers or is she just an ordinary girl with mediocre strength? Having it both ways is just too ridiculous. And the story plots needs to be more like the originals…saving one family at a time instead of being the world’s savior.

By: Andrew Kelvin

Andrew Kelvin — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:50:24 +0000

Um… Sorry, why does anyone care what old robot thinks about the show? The new and improved, obviously more SEXIER and okay I’m just going to say it, deliciouser, and better actor did a way better job that the old drab and boring one did. When I think of Old Robot I think of top ramen noodles. New one, I think of … well I shouldn’t write that kind of stuff. But it invokes those kinds of feelings is the point.

I truly think the hammer that didn’t hit the nail on the head had nothing to do with the talent, but the direction and writing. The pilot and perhaps the first 2 episodes had me at “Hello” but after a while I got lost and the plot began to become confused as if the writers themselves were working it out as they went along. It began with mystique and something behind the shadows that wanted to get out, but now it’s like “dang, how do we get the thing out of the shadows.”

Again I say, not the talent, the direction. The talent was perfect.

By: mike d

mike d — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:46:26 +0000

Seriously I watched the bionic woman when i was small – i think it was one of 2 shows posting that night – the new bionic woman is dominating!!! Use alittle imagination and let the character develop like everything else good or bad in this world.. Morons!!

By: FirstStateDE

FirstStateDE — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:47:52 +0000

As some of you may know there are legal reasons the show is so different than the original. One entity owns the rights to “Cyborg”, the book SMDM and then BW was based on, and someone else owns another major part of what we remember from the 70′s. These two not being able to work out some sort of agreement is also why these shows have not been released on DVD in the United States.
My problem with the new show is the main character having the name Jaime Sommers. So much is different about the show, why redo the main character of the original in every way then give her the same name? There is no other link between the two characters except their name. I have been watching the new show and I am enjoying it for the most part but hearing her referred to as Jaime Sommers just doesnt seem right. There was an episode that had Jaime sitting at a bar and professing she was “no longer looking for Mr Right, but Mr Right now.” After that wonderful statement the drunk Miss Sommers is now in the throws of passion with a stranger, in the restroom of all places. After things are interrupted he is asked his name, I don’t think it was a coincidence that it was Steve. If its a new show they should stop the little tongue in cheek references to the classic.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:41:21 +0000

I agree with Lindsay Wagner that shows have gotten so dark and broody and its depressing when they are all like that. But I also agree with the cast of the new Battlestar Galactica that it can be annoying when fans judge a show only by how much its like the original version, no other criteria. I think the new BW has potential.

By: Hellcat

Hellcat — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:18:34 +0000

I like the new Bionic woman. I think it would have been bad if they would have just done a remake of the original. This one here she torn between her life outside of the agency and her live in. I’ve watched every episode and I enjoy it because its fresh and I can see a lot of promise if they decide to keep it going. Maybe it should have been aired on Sci-fi. Look at Battlestar Gallactica, they changed that majorly and people still love it and I think its because it has the sci-fi geek base behind it. On NBC people where thinking it was going to be just like the original but with a different cast which would have made things really dull. The new explanation of the bionics, the humanity she the new show shows, where she has to look over her sister and keep things from her so to protect her, the distrust she has in the agency, was she picked on purpose all make for a great story.

By: albe

albe — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:05:26 +0000

I say give it a chance. I say that and I am a die-hard Lindsay Wagner and BW fan. I think the new lead in BW is a good actress and the writing is getting better and the stunts and effects are stronger now too. It must be hard in these days of instant information to let a series develop!

By: marquis

marquis — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:31:09 +0000

I was sooooooooooo looking forward to the new bionic woman, like so many others fans, I tried to watch for a couple of episodes, but i just can’t….I am heartbroken….NBC–SHAME ON YOU FOR DESTROYING SUCH A GREAT WORK

By: Glinda

Glinda — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:23:40 +0000

I loved the origional series of Bionic Woman and even named my daughter Lindsey. I was looking farward to the new series. I watched it twice and tried too the third time but I just hate the show!!!!!!! I can’t wait untill they cancel the show!!!

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:32:23 +0000

The original Bionic Woman’s name is spelled “Jaime.” I remember because I thought it was a very cool and pretty name/spelling at the time.