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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:42 pm Post subject: The Bionic Woman (1976 TV pilot) |
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Lindsay Wagner stars in this pilot of the spin-off series inspired by "The Six-Million Dollar Man".
Wagoner, the girl friend of "Six-Mill" star Lee Majors, is seriously injured in a skiing accident, and Majors arranges to have her irreparably damaged body parts (one arm, one ear, both legs) replaced with bionic versions.
She goes to work for Richard Anderson ("Forbidden Planet"), head of the Office of Scientific Information.
The special effects mostly consisted of slow-motion shots that were supposed to depict Wagoner moving super-fast (?). But the concept was appealing, the star was attractive, and the action was plentiful enough to gain the show a solid following. Directed by Henry Mankiewicz.
The short-lived reboot of the series in 2007 was extremely well done, and if the writers strike hadn't cut it off at it's bionic knees, it would have run for several years -- or that's what I think, anyway.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Enjoy this fan-made compilation of scenes from the three"fem-bot" episodes (two from "The Bionic Woman" and one from "The Six Million Dollar Man". Lots of familiar faces from 70s television, and several gorgeous ladies — some real and some playing the lady robots.
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__________ The Bionic Woman: Fembots Trailer
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)
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Pow Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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Both incarnations of the Bionic Woman were fun sf tv shows.
A shame the reboot did not last longer.
Katee Sackoff steals every scene she's in. |
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scotpens Starship Captain
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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Minor correction, Bud: There's no "o" in Lindsay Wagner's name. Maybe you're confusing her with Lyle Waggoner? |
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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scotpens wrote: | Minor correction, Bud: There's no "o" in Lindsay Wagner's name. Maybe you're confusing her with Lyle Waggoner? |
Thank you! I fixed it. _________________ ____________
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Pow wrote: | Katee Sackoff steals every scene she's in. |
I agree!
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I was mighty impressed with Michelle Ryan, too.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)
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johnnybear Mission Specialist
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Wasn't the first part of Welcome Home, Jaime, the pilot for The Bionic Woman TV series, filmed as part of the third Six Million Dollar Man season? Unlike the later crossover shows this one remains with The Bionic Woman I believe these days and has been edited to fit!
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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In my humble opinion, the execution of both The Bionic Man and The Bionic Woman are so impossibly lame that they rate right down there with insulting series like Lost and Space!
They have virtually no FX, and all the alleged "powers" of the two main characters consist of reverberated electronic sound effects while they perform simple acts filmed in slow motion!
Modern TV series wouldn't be caught dead accepting crap like this on TV today. Despite the flaws we've discussed in modern TV series, they're never as lame and embarrassing as these two! _________________ ____________
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Pow Galactic Ambassador
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While The Six Million Dollar Man & The Bionic Woman were never going to join the ranks of superbly done science fiction television shows, they were a step up from the atrocious and silly fantasy sf shows produced by Irwin Allen. He never even attempted to present logic or consistency to his show's. The Bionic shows at least tried to have plotlines that made some reasonable sense to 'em. Allen's shows rarely worried about that kind of thing. His series were simply "running & jumping" shows (Irwin's words) with nothing more to offer. |
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