| bionic woman & life I finally sat down and watched our DLed copy of Bionic Woman , which I didn’t catch that night because of groceries and Mrs. Pritchard. I didn’t hate it but that doesn’t say much. It was typical TV, typical origin superhero stuff (to steal thoughts from Kent) but to be honest I am tired of the whole, “I am a freak,” reaction when people are made stronger, faster & better. Oh sure, she plays with her power a bit and has fun with her abilities by beating up a thug, but it’s all been done before. If BSG Guy was given the reigns of this, why didn’t he do the reinventing thingy he so successfully did with Battlestar? This is retread shite. With that said, I still didn’t hate it. I don’t expect that much from TV. I think it can get better. Note. Michelle Ryan was hotter in Jekyll; much hotter. Life was much much better. Basic but interesting premise: cop is frame for murder (framed or just wrongly convicted?) and his fiesty lawyer gets him out with a new cop job, tons of money and a new (weird) attitude. He spent 12 years inside and it wasn't pretty. He was a cop in jail and got the shite beat out of him regularly. So he was moved to solitary and lived a solitary life of zen meditation and learning. Now that he's out and getting used to freedom again, he bounces between a fish-out-of-water attitude and zen responses to the situations. Cops don't like him, crooks don't like him & his druggie partner is set with catching him doing something the department can dismiss him for. It's new. It's not a retread. Damian Lewis is one of my favourite actors whom I haven't seen much of. Of course, he made his name in my love-love war series, Band of Brothers, playing the ultracool and capable Capt Winters. He plays an odd & quirky Det Charlie Crews, which is appropriate considering his time away. Seeing how he deals with the conviction and the conspiracy that caused it, should prove intriguing. October 02 07 |
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