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Better!! Stronger!! Faster!! BATTLE ANGEL Screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis Reimagining THE BIONIC WOMAN For NBC!!
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It’s only a script commitment so far. Laeta Kalogridis (“Birds of Prey,” “Alexander,” “Pathfinder,” “Battle Angel”) is scripting. David Eick (“Battlestar Galactica”) is producing.
Nanobots will be involved this time around.
(A semi-related digression for faithful readers: There’s a lot of buzz about “Galactica” moving from SciFi to NBC primetime real soon. Which would be strange, but not unprecedented. An announcement may come as early as Tuesday. Stay tuned.)
Read all of Variety’s story on the new “Bionic Woman” here.
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...firmly into the "We're officially out of ideas" file.
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Sucks. Majorly.
I worry that Galactica in primetime would mean no "gods damnit." No stories involving abortion, or rape.
Hell, the FCC fuckers would probably fine NBC for every Cylon backbone shown on the series, for fear that America's precious tiny innocent children will try to explore their own rear anatomy to see if they enjoy sex in the same illuminating way.
Plus, does it have the kind of audience for NBC? Do the creators want that kind of audience? I don't know... bad vibes all around, though. -
interesting possibility. seems like they'd have to clean it up for network tv though. lord knows you can show all the violence in the world on tv, but the second sex enters the equation the network execs' sphincters snap shut like a bear trap.
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then they have to go balls out. I mean Ads on NBC primetime that promote it as the #1 show according to Time, NY Daily News, etc. and it has to go into a 10pm slot somewhere Mon-Thurs. No banishing to Friday or Saturday. Sunday is a maybe, if only b/c it follows football (on the west coast, could be a problem for east coast being aired early) and the stuff on ABC and CBS at that time blows. NBC also has to be hands off in terms of creative notes. Sci-Fi has to remain the network in charge.
As for the Bionic Woman redux. The writer wrote Birds of Prey AND Alexander? uhh..well at least Eick is there. -
Don't do it Universal...do-not-do-it! It will ruin this show...DO NOT LET NBC FRAK UP THIS SHOW!!!!!!
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I don't know. Seems like NBC could easily fuck up the show. Note from NBC suit: "Do they have to say 'Frak' so much? And does Starbuck have to be a woman? Our core nerd test groups say they prefer a man to play the part..."
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Only it had a guy... and it was called Jake 2.0.
And it had that Buffy guy that Herc loves.
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I don't see it as that big a problem. They hype it like balls and start with 3.5 in Feb/March. I don't think NBC would make them change anything. Hopefully they air in HD, and Wednesday or Tuesday at 9.
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Cyborg = COOL
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Well it would give me an excuse to stop watching Lost, but i don't know of other people.
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Most of the people who watch Lost and Battlestar either have TiVo or DVR or know what a torrent is. Going to Tuesday would set it against House though. So whatever.
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Cider78, I agree. My guess is they'll keep showing it on Sci-Fi as well, tho. As for FRAK, Veronica Mars picked that one up last week as her new favorite swear word. We should all use it often and religiously, and see if we can push it into the general vernacular to the point that preachers ascend the pulpit and tell their faithful that it really is the same as using the f-bomb. And I'll get behind that even tho I still hold a soft spot for FREL as a sci-fi expletive.
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SciFi isn't. Although as soon as it flinches in ratings it will be pulled for the spade and trailer trash friendly Deal Or No Deal or somthing along those lines.
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Frak is great and all, but 'spoo' works for a lot of stuff; "you got my spoo all over your face girl!"
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Please I still have nightmares about bionic saquatch and the Bear from BJ and the Bear
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Kalogridis is one of the worst writers currently working in the industy. Her BIRDS OF PREY was disappointingly bad, with painful dialogue, poor depicitions of characters (a teenaged Black Canary with "visions" instead of a sonic scream, for example) and cheap attempts to capitalize on other hot concepts (i.e. focusing the show on "metas," who are social outcasts like X-MEN's mutants). I don't like to call people "hacks," but it her case, I think it genuinely fits...
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...with the nanotechnology thing. And we saw how well that went....
At any rate, if sci-fi can't be bothered to broadcast in HD, then by all means, move BS:G to NBC. I have a 100" screen and I want my damn shows in HD. -
I watched all 13 episodes of Kalogridis' Birds of Prey and hardly found anything to enjoy. Okay, there were two: The chemistry between Ashley Scott and the black cop dude. And Mia Kirschner as Harley Quinn. As her first appearance as a live-action character, Harley was depicted a crazed soccer mom type. Yet somehow Kirschner sort of made it work. (I really hope Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight has Harley in it -- Kristen Bell would be perfect.)
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This'll probably go the way of Jake 2.0
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Ferris Bueller's girlfriend? Anyone? Anyone? I like the idea of Kristen Bell as Harley in THE DARK KNIGHT, though, but I was thinking Rachel McAdams for some reason...
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On the surface I worry about the quality of the show changing once NBC execs start meddling with it but on the other hand, I'm excited about being able to see my favorite show in HD and 5.1 surround sound.
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Sorry couldn't resist. ;P
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...and has auditioned about 8 million writers/showrunners for it. Including a pre-Veronica Mars Rob Thomas, who thank GOD he didn't take the job.
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I don't trust NBC. I think they might frak up BSG. I sense meddling. The only bonuses I see are HD (it'll up the PQ of my transatlantic cable ;D) and possible higher ratings for the show.I don't trust the networks though!! I want glowing spines, controversial storylines and copious amounts of fraks.P.S. frak is my f-bomb, and motherfrakker is my m-f-bomb! They just roll of the tongue better and I can say them infront of anybody and not offend them. ;)
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reimagining the bionic women sounds fine but why not go the whole hog and reboot the six million dollar man hisself?
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We have a collection of idiots running Hollywood. If the $6 Million Dollar man couldn't get off the ground with Jim Carrey attached a few years ago, why even go there?
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I'm intrigued by what the article intimates. The screenwriter's experience aside, this could be interesting as a post-feminist take, since the original series was at the height of 2nd wave feminism. Bionic Woman certainly holds a place in cultural history as being one of the first shows (along with Wonder Woman, which was on at the same time) to focus on a female 'superhero'. Before there was Buffy Summers, before there was Sydney Bristow, there was Jaime Summers. Gotta respect.
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what's that? are we talking about the japanese series? (that was being adapted into a film by cameron last time I heard?)
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Galactica is getting good ratings for the SciFi channel. It will get clobbered on NBC, especially coming in at season 3.
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`As long as they don't frak it up and change things, or try to make it possible for people to jump in the middle of the show by backtracking on the story. I would like to see BSG on a network that actually has HD broadcasts for their shows shot in HD. SciFi is lame in that regard, having a widescreen show (obviously shot in HD) but broadcasting on a back-of-the-lineup, low-power, analog cable channel. BSG could look gorgeous, but instead- like everything on SciFi- looks sort of washed out and blurry. [p]
As for the Bionic Woman, I think that might just suck. It would be a bionic Buffy or Alias, and you all know it. -
If we're going to talk about single female 'superhero' leads on TV, then there are really only two groundbreaking series worth discussing: Police Woman and La Femme Nikita. Bionic Woman, as much as I personally enjoyed it, was a glorified retread of Six Million Dollar Man in that they recycled many of the same story ideas, even down to the stock footage. The Bionic Woman is only notable for Lindsay Wagner, who brought far more depth to the role than expected, and walked off with a much-deserved Emmy for it. Wonder Woman was nothing more than a tarted-up comic book which is only remembered for two things... and they were both under Lynda Carter's costume. And everything Sidney Bristow learned she copied from La Femme Nikita. Police Woman was the first series to place a single female 'hero' in a gritty, realistic environment even if it seems dated today. And La Femme Nikita wasn't just groundbreaking in its complex portrayal of a covert female assassin, it was prophetic in its exploration of terrorism and the morally questionable tactics used by both sides. For example, the supposed 'good guys' tortured people every week while terrorists used every means at their disposal to attack innocents, in ways that we see in headlines every day now. And that was explored five years before 9/11! So, if you're gonna parcel out respect for female heroes on TV but fail to mention Police Woman and La Femme Nikita, no one should take you seriously. (And no, I didn't forget Xena; it was just a silly show, and everyone making it knew that, too.)
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The fans want it now!
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...in the English vernacular, I'm hoping some other swear-words will soon be given their BSG equivalent: FRIK, FRUSSY, FRUNT, FRITCH and FRASSHOLE - the sky's the limit! C'mon SCIFI, don't be a bunch of frakking frussies!
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...everything I ate turned to shit.
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You can't air shows with any bit of grit like BSG, NipTuck or The Shield on the major networks. If you take away/censor the grit you basically take away the gravitas and sense of "honesty" that makes them so good.
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"Instead of focusing on terrorism and militarism, the new "Bionic" will explore the role of professional women in contemporary society and how they juggle their various roles."
What the fuck ever. Look, I don't give a shit how you feel about the war in Iraq, (personally I am for it, and I make no excuses about that) but I respect the (generally) liberal agenda against it. Who wants war reallY? But this leftist anti-American bullshit that Hollywood is putting ont he table with this Bionic Woman sucks Nanci Pellosi's whithered old cunt. The bottom line is this: If you speak English as your native tounge, your nation has been attacked by Islamo-fascists. What is so wrong with a Bionic Bitch running around on PMS and beating the shit out of Akmed and Marwan? "Derka, Derka. Fuck you my friend, I think this American special forces bitch means business. She just threw that car at us!!!" Lighten up you P.C. pseudo-intellectual morons. There is nothing wrong with fighting terrorism.
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I'm not so much worried that NBC would change BSG, but they will cancel it as soon as it doesn't meet whatever unrealistic expectations they might have. Of course they'll switch the timeslot twice a year and never show repeats. Add that in with the fact that audiences typically won't start watching a series that's this far in and you have the recipe for disaster. ...... As for the bionic woman fighting terrorism, here's why stuff like that is stupid: Pit a superhero against terrorists and you'd run out of terrorists. If superheros are as incompetent as our government then why would I want to watch them? Or are they gonna have Osama with his own army or nanobots? The word terrorist, as it's used today, just means poor, low-tech soldier (in the true sense of the word, only our media and government qualifies as terrorists, since they're the ones always trying to scare us). It'd be ridiculous pitting bionics against them. Then again I sure as shit wouldn't want to watch a show that "explore(s) the role of professional women in contemporary society and how they juggle their various roles". I suppose they could call it, "Desperate Bionics."
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Oct 10, 2006 4:51:15 PM CDT
can someone explain the appeal of Harley Quin to me...
by mr. brownstone
as anything more than a lame, second string character? I don't get it. I genuinely would like to know.
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Maybe they'll just show the reruns on NBC
Sounds backwards, but think about it
They can censor the crap out of it and the real fans won't care cause they've already seen the real versions, new viewers will find out about it possibly bringing in more dvd sales and if it gets canceled who cares, it'll still be on the sci fi channel
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...unless, as Trader Groucho 2 posted, they continue with the unabridged version on SCIFI.
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...does say anything about BSG? Just wondering.
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..since NBC and SciFi are the same fucking company. Do you see the SHIT SciFi normally airs? If Ron and the gang can produce BSG in that environment they can survive a move to NBC. And it will be in HD with 5.1 audio rather than the no-def/no-fi presentation on SciFi.
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Seems to me they already tried to "re-imagine" the Six Million Dollar Man for the 21st century. Remember Jake 2.0 anyone? Lasted 1 season and actually wasn't too bad. Hopefully if they make a run at this they remember to include Fembots.
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No chance NBC will move BSG since the ratings for the season premiere were a weak 1.8 They aired BSG on NBC once before and it actually set "record low" ratings for NBC. No chance, don't worry.
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MBC ruins everything they touch. This show is not a massive crossover hit and has a perfect audience on Sci-Fi, LEAVE IT THE FUCK ALONE!
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Ok in order, Bionic Woman re-imaging, remake whatever the fuck you want to call it, I have figured out the only way to avoid these remakes now is to freeze myself for 100 years so that I can wake up and watch these remakes as they air without knowing how much they pissed on the original versions which were made while I was asleep! Actually, thinking about it I will probably still recognise the garbage as unimaginative shit without a single original idea! As for "BSG on NBC in HD", a note for all the boys with their big toys, a dog turd in HD is a dog turd with more detail!! I would much rather have a good show not in HD then a watered down version thats nice and shiny! Nuff said.
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There was a good "reimagining."
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After Heroes. Holly Frak! That actualy make sense.
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...I'll be happy. Watching BSG on shatty, standard-def Sci-Fi channel with the Zoom on to get rid of letterbox AND pillarbox is sucking this season. DO IT NOW!!! Or at least simulcast it on Universal HD. Oh, but then you'd only be able to show those lame Ionic Breeze and espresso machine commercials. Mama mia!!!
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Heh heh. Just kidding.
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I'll watch if sandra bullock comes back to do it.Of course that would mean she would have to jump off Jesse James hog and try acting again.Oops! Sorry I had my head up my ass there for a sec. I meant to say if Micheal Bay does it..DAMMIT...I'm going to bed!
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Can we have Starbuck drink some starbucks!?
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But then realized, yeah, they'd have to make some kind of changes to it. Broadcast networks aren't too ready to stand by their product, and execs especially won't put up a huge fight over some science fiction show. Personally, I always thought even frak wouldn't make it past net censors for too long. Yeah, it's technically not a swear, but someone could start complaining it's too close. I mean, just saying "frak" is one thing, but how many times would they let "go frak yourself" and "mother frakker" go past. Remember, someone will demand we "think about the children" and worry about their kids saying "Frak you!" to their parents...
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Ugh. This is the sort of thing that just ends up coming off as insulting to women... How can I fight those bankrobbers and still make it home in time to cook dinner and drive Cindy to soccer practice?
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Enough with the "skein" Variety. Stop inventing "insider" buzzwords for Hollywood sheep to latch onto. "Skein aired for two seasons on ABC..." That's not even a friggin' sentence!!! It's a news article, not a telegram!
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Jessica Alba...YUM!!! Instead of focusing on terrorism and militarism, the new "Bionic" will explore the role of professional women in contemporary society and how they juggle their various roles...So she's a super-powered secretary? no thank you. "Nano-Bots"? How about an Iraqi War veteran that got her limbs blown off by an IED redeployed to the battlefield? Imagine the look on those muslim faces having a woman kicking their asses with bionic limbs..Jessica Lynch..stronger..faster...
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If they do a remake, then do a remake. No nano-tech. Just Bionics and the same super-agent setup. Sort-of like Alias, except no freaky hair colors and Jamie has to kill people who definitively discover her (ripped prosthetic skin) because bionics are secret! And reboot Steve Austin, but keep it canon.
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Whatever you might say about the quality of the shows - they're probably cheese-fests but I haven't seen them since I was a kid when they were first on - but you cannot deny the iconic power of those early feminist heroes. Gloria Steinem even put Wonder Woman (the comic character not the tv show) on the cover of the first Ms. magazine in 1972, and Bionic Woman is frequently cited by feminist scholars as an influential cultural icon. I'm not saying your wrong about Police Woman (and I certainly remember that show, too), but I just don't see it mentioned nearly as much as Bionic or Wonder. Though it's interesting that these 70's feminist icons all have titles describing their woman-ness. But if a reimagining is to work, it has to be smart and not gimmicky, because the potential for awfulness would be huge.
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I was with you 'til your 2 final lines!A geekscape with BSG and Firefly both on the airwaves would be frakking awesome!!Don't really care about the Star Wars series. For now anyway.Plus, don't hate on Lost! ;D4,8,15,16,23,42
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Granted it didn't last long. The show about action/adventure, not deseprate housewives with bionic implants.
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Since Mike Myers borrowed the names and made them a joke, I guess we won't be seeing them nor the cool pantsuits.
This could be good if done right.
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