<![CDATA[io9: Bionic Woman]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Bionic Woman]]> http://io9.com/tag/bionic woman http://io9.com/tag/bionic woman <![CDATA[Video proof that Mark Sheppard is science fiction's ultimate badass]]> With his recent appearance on Doctor Who, Mark Sheppard cemented his place as science fiction's greatest character actor. But we've been loving Sheppard for years...and we assembled this video of every last one of his scifi roles to prove his awesomeness. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5796788&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Pop Star To Fembot Conversion Is Complete]]> The first single from Christina Aguilera's new album debuts next week. To celebrate, RCA has released cover art for her CD, called "Bionic." Christina is looking awesomely similar to the original Bionic Woman fembots, pictured below. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5502511&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[New TV Show Murmurs Is CSI: Tardis]]> CBS is finally getting in on the hour-long SF drama genre, by turning it into something it understands very well. The network behind the NCIS and CSI franchises is bringing its procedural chops to time travel drama Murmurs. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5424537&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Was This The Decade Of The Reboot?]]> Looking back at the fictional stories that defined the last decade, you might think of things like The Dark Knight, Battlestar Galactica, or failures like Bionic Woman and Speed Racer. Was this the decade we ran out of original ideas? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5419642&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ghost In The Shell To Be Live-Action 3D Bionic Woman... Kinda]]> Dreamworks are moving ahead with their plans for a live-action English-language version of manga classic Ghost In The Shell, assigning a high-profile new writer and announcing that it'll also be in 3D. We're calling it now: It's the next Avatar. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5388834&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Scariest Killer Robots Look Like Dead People]]> We're scared of robots that look almost, but not quite, human... because they remind us of walking corpses. And the deadliest killer robots are often the ones which exploit this zombie fear, before slaughtering us. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5259858&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Bionic Woman You Never Saw]]> Michelle Ryan may have survived the cancellation of Bionic Woman to star as the Doctor's new companion in the latest Doctor Who special, but she still misses those cyborg days according to a new interview. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5207299&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Will Sci-Fi Become The Invisible Genre On TV?]]> With news of more fall pilots slowly trickling out from the networks, we're wondering if other networks may be following Fox's lead in looking for shows that definitely aren't science fiction. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5137539&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Look Who's Bringing Leather Jackets Back To Doctor Who]]> It's official: Bionic Woman star Michelle Ryan co-stars in Doctor Who's Easter special, "Planet Of The Dead." And she's already begun her journey with David Tennant. Click through for tons of pics, with minor spoilers. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5137648&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Doctor's New Assistant May Be Bionic]]> Ignore any idea of popster Lily Allen being the eleventh Doctor's companion. There's a new name being bandied about to join the cast of Doctor Who... and it's a little more believable: Michelle Ryan. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5133981&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Most Ridiculous Evil Twins In The Multiverse]]> Click to viewBeing evil is supposed to make you smarter, but it doesn't always work out that way. In science fiction, evil twins are often more idiotic than their good counterparts. Just check out our list! More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5129076&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Has Firing Loeb And Alexander Saved Heroes?]]> So now we know that NBC is paying attention to all the complaints about the direction of Heroes, and has fired two of the show's co-executive producers in response. Now they're rumored to be considering bringing in Pushing Daisies' Bryan Fuller to replace them. But what changes - if any - will the loss of Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander bring to the superhero soap? And are they the right changes to save the show from itself? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5076143&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[It Could Be Worse — The Bionic Woman Could Be Your Therapist]]> After Jaime Somers quit fighting international naughtiness as the Bionic Woman, she got her PhD and became a therapist to other secret agents, according to the last ever Bionic TV movie Bionic Ever After. (Which, as you might guess, sees the Six Million Dollar Man marrying the Bionic Woman.) And yeesh, she's a really really bad therapist. I love the way she sort of rolls her eyes when her patient talks about being emotionally scarred by the horrors she's witnessed, and then sighs, "What do you want me to do about it?" In a later scene, Jaime's back with that same patient, and has a "bionic earache" to get out of it. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5049355&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[It's A Romo Lampkin Universe! (We Just Visit It.)]]> If you couldn't get enough of Romo Lampkin, the Blues Brothers-esque attorney who saved Gaius Baltar and hallucinated about his dead cat on Battlestar Galactica, then rejoice! Actor Mark Sheppard is playing the villainous Manservant Neville in the last two episodes of The Middleman season one, and he's also set to appear in multiple episodes of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse. Sheppard is a scifi stalwart, having played the shifty Badger in Firefly, the shifty Anthros in Bionic Woman, and (probably shifty) characters in Star Trek: Voyager, Jake 2.0 and the awesome M.A.N.T.I.S. [IMDB and Dollverse, thanks Thom!] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5038439&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Best And Worst Fake American Accents From Scifi's Army Of Brits]]> Click to viewWere you shocked to realize Sarah Connor (Lena Headey) was secretly British? When you were mining through Battlestar Galactica DVD bonus features, did you start yelling at the screen when Lee Adama spoke with a British accent? It turns out American science fiction is crammed with aliens — British and Australian people, that is — doing fake American accents. But some of them are better at it than others. We rank the Brits (and a few Aussies) playing Americans in scifi, from best to worst. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5032973&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Fembot Doll Kicked Ass in 1977!]]> In 1977, I was a snotty 16-year-old who had just discovered punk rock. Keeping up with the latest 45s left little time for TV, and anyway, I’m sure I looked down my nose at anything as “silly” as The Bionic Woman. And toys associated with that show? Not cool at all. Well, I was wrong about that, because now I want, want, want this awesome fembot doll—if for no other reason than to let her kick B****e’s perfect plastic ass. True, the pneumatically built fembot has to turn into a “Mystery Lady” every once in a while, but how many opportunities did little girls have, then or now, to role play with a hard-fighting agent of evil? Such a refreshing break from the usual fashion model or mommy. Even bionic woman Jaime Sommers was a good girl, after all. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5024289&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[SF To Dominate This Fall's New Hit Shows]]> Surprising no-one, television analysts are predicting that JJ Abrams' new Fox show Fringe will be the breakout hit of this year's new fall TV shows, but apparently NBC's Knight Rider revival won't fare so well. There's also an unexpected show being named as the third most-likely-to-succeed series coming in September, especially considering the trouble that it's currently in. Find out what everyone thinks you'll be watching in just a few months under the jump. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5022979&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Beauty Beats Six Million Dollar Rocket]]> After you've saved the world from robotic face-changing spies, there's really only one place to go to relax: The Bionic Beauty Salon. Or the Bionic Repair Station. At least, that's what kids in the mid-70s believed thanks to Kenner's range of Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman toys reinforced both the excitement of "bionic action" and wonders of gender stereotyping. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=388331&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Soon All Scifi Will Be Like Battlestar Galactica]]> Battlestar Galactica may have been more of a critical hit than a ratings smash, but its producers are getting ready to spread its science fiction recipe, mixing grit and soap opera, through a bunch of more high-profile venues. David Eick is already signed to work on a TV series based on P.D. James' Children Of Men, and Ron Moore is writing a prequel to The Thing and a TV movie called Virtuality. And they're both working on the BSG prequel TV movie Caprica, and might be involved in a resulting series. But now, it turns out both creators will be much, much busier than that. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=381559&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Knight Rider To Become Show, But Not Necessarily A Good Or Intelligent One]]> It's the news that I didn't mention for a day because I wanted to believe that it was all just an April Fools' hoax: NBC has picked up the recent reboot of Knight Rider as a regular series for its 2008-2009 season. The network, which will now be known as the "No, we didn't learn anything from Bionic Woman, thanks, why did you ask? Channel," hopes that the show will draw viewers in on Friday nights, but it's not banking on it, according to NBC co-chairman Marc Graboff. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=374389&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[A Childless World Turns To A Sewer — Hopefully Without Hair-Flipping]]> David Eick's TV version of P.D. James' novel Children of Men sounds as though it'll use its dark future without children to explore some fascinating themes. In a world where you don't have any responsibility to the next generation, what behavior is too extreme? His weekly drama will look at how society changes when people stop believing humanity will continue as a species. All of which does sound fascinating, and worth exploring in a TV show even after a high-profile movie. But of course, Eick talked up some great thematic ideas about his now-cancelled Bionic Woman show too. So keep your fingers firmly crossed. [Sci Fi Wire] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=370943&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Electro-Shock Treatment Creates Bionic Girl]]> A crazy doctor whispers to the paralyzed Sandra Bullock about regulating her pleasure and pain... and then electrocutes her brain, all in the name of turning her into Bionic Girl. The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman got a little bionic family in the TV movies from the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Steve Austin's bionic son Michael and Bullock's Bionic Girl. Click through for more details. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=369319&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Woman Had "So Much Potential"... Says Bionic Woman]]> Her show may be essentially dead - I think we can officially say that it's not going to come back anytime soon by now, right? - but Bionic Woman's Michelle Ryan isn't apologetic about last year's flat, annoying remake of the '70s series in the slightest. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=364997&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Franchise Should Joss Whedon Take Over?]]> We're still sad that we'll never get to see Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman movie. After all, he's created some of the most memorable science fiction universes, including the space-western Firefly and his forthcoming programmable-amnesiac show Dollhouse. We'd still like to see Joss put his auteur-mojo to work on someone else's universe. Which longstanding science fiction universe would you most love to see Joss writing, directing and composing the theme song for? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=362796&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Kiwis Understand What Makes Bionic Woman Tick]]> New Zealand may be primarily known as the home of the Lord of The Rings movies to genre fans right now, but this article about NBC's Bionic Woman shows that they may also gain a reputation for cruelly accurate critics. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=358450&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[5 Reasons Scifi Does Better In Movies Than In TV]]> Why is science fiction so much hotter at the movies than on television? People have wondered for a while. Recently, the universally panned Jumper and the blah I Am Legend and Cloverfield have hit big. But the well-received Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is on the brink of cancellation. We explain this strange phenomenon, after the jump. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=358406&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[5 Eras In Science Fiction TV Theme Tunes]]> Here's a catchy compilation of theme tunes from the late 70s and early 80s, featuring Shaft-esque guitars and stomping drum-beats. It's amazing how every science fiction TV show from a particular era features a similar-sounding opening theme tune. And the trends in theme music say something about the shows of the eras they belong to. Click through for a complete history of TV openings. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=357922&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[How To Tell When The Fans Are Killing Science Fiction]]> Science fiction fans are like the bacteria in your stomach: most of the time, they help to keep you healthy. But when the pH balance goes wrong, and the bacteria start running the show, they can make you sick. We've expressed our view that Star Trek deserves euthanasia partly because it inevitably caters too much to its obsessive fanbase. Here's a list of examples of too-powerful fans hastening the death of a franchise. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=357369&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Battlestar Comes Back From The Picket Lines]]> Now that the strike is almost certainly over, Battlestar Galactica could be back in production as soon as March, according to a handy checklist posted by TV Guide's Michael Ausiello. Lost may be able to shoot as many as six extra episodes this season, and Smallville could have five more. But (brace yourself) Chuck won't be back until the fall, and Bionic Woman is looking increasingly cancelled. [TV Guide, via FilmFodder] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=355325&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[TV This Week: The Return Of Jericho — And KITT!]]> The most exciting thing on television this week is either a Mustang with the voice of Val Kilmer, or a small town in Kansas recovering from a nuclear holocaust. Whether you're more thrilled about the Knight Rider TV movie or the return of Jericho probably reveals something very deep about you, but we'll let you decide what. Other reasons to set your DVR or VCR this week include some crazy supernova action, and new Sarah Connor, Lost and Smallville episodes. Click through for listings, with tons of clips. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=354776&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What's The Most Underrated TV Show?]]> Are people always dissing your fave TV show? Do they not understand why Torchwood is the greatest exploration of glory holes in the fabric of space-time since Quantum Leap? Do they fail to appreciate the wonders of Flash Gordon or the new Bionic Woman? Now's your chance to cast your vote for the best unappreciated instant classic. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=351757&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Where Did Bionic Woman Go Wrong? Fans Weigh In]]> Optimism is a wonderful thing, but too much of it begins to look like, well, like this:
Bionic Woman fell victim to sub-standard writing, but remains a show littered with potential, especially in terms of the caliber of actors on board and the premise - which I still believe is awesome.
Yes, Bionic Woman fans are beginning to come to terms with what was wrong with the show, only a couple of months after it's been off the air. I say "beginning," because defending the caliber of acting? Come on, people. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=349439&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Which Scifi Franchise Cries Out For A Re-Imagining?]]> Everybody's re-imagining old science fiction franchises, from Battlestar and Bionic Woman to Star Trek and Terminator. (Can you remember when you had never heard the verb "re-imagine?" Now, it's the only verb I ever use.) But some of the greatest classics are still waiting for their extreme makeovers. It's time to give Hollywood a little push! Click through to vote for the best fixer-upper. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=348313&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sarah Connor Is Bionic Woman's Meaner Big Sister]]> Sarah Connor uses a motorcycle as a projectile weapon in this great set piece from last night's Sarah Connor Chronicles. Compare that with this lame motorcycle-fu clip from the last Bionic Woman, where the whole sequence is just a set-up for a dumb PMS joke. It's a good reminder that even though Sarah Connor once again sobs about her impending nervous breakdown, Connor is still a million times better than the alternative. More reasons why after the jump. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=345152&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Woman Fans Take What They Can Get, Even Mistakes]]> The incredibly optimistic Bionic Woman forum on the official NBC website celebrates the fact that the show still hasn't been cancelled - it was officially announced as not cancelled in December, in an unusual PR move - with the only new footage they'll see of Michelle Ryan anytime soon: fan-shot bloopers. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=342523&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[10 Worst Futures Of 2007]]> Which visions of the future made us crave Lasik surgery the most in 2007? Hint: they involved wimpy cyborgs, blah parasites, boring plagues and "time-famine." Click through to read our picks for the most underwhelming futures of the past year, in both scifi and futurist predictions. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=337911&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Woman Breaks Down]]> It's semi-official. NBC has pulled the plug on Bionic Woman. In totally unrelated news, NBC is having to repay tons of money to advertisers because its fall ratings were so disappointing. [SpoilerTV] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=333891&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Bionic Baddie Vs. The Blogger]]> Just over a week ago at a Battlestar Galactica fan convention in Burbank, Katee "Starbuck" Sackhoff did a little over-sharing. According to LiveJournal user Roadrunner, she fired a few salvos at Bionic Woman, saying she wouldn't be back on the show even if it returned post-strike. Then she dissed the show and its low ratings a few times. Cue the internet snowball effect. USA Today picked up the story and ran with it, and now Katee is running damage control today on TV Guide, saying "It's sad because you want to connect with the fans, and then they throw it in your face in a negative light." Yeah, we're totally sad. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=327949&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Spa with Sis or Save the World from Nuke-Nutty North Korea?]]> Speculation runs rampant that tonight's episode, the last in the can before the writer's strike, will also be the last ever for the troubled Bionic Woman. As the show opens, Jaime and the Berkut gang are down at the corner tavern holding an old-fashioned wake for Antonio. "I slept with him once. It was amazing," says Ruth, apres de a bunch of booze. Well. Apparently she's NOT gay, thus ending another bit of internet hypothesizing as well as a potentially interesting storyline. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=327892&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Knight Rider TV Movie Could Suck Less Than You Think]]> More details on the Knight Rider TV movie have leaked out. The TV movie revolves around a secret organization that sounds exactly like the Berkut Group from Bionic Woman. The Knight Foundation (named after Michael Knight, David Hasselhoff's character on the original show) has a super vague mission: correcting the mistakes of covert military contractors. To this end, they — you guessed it — create a super-smart car. Okay, so you knew this was probably going to suck. The only question is, why will it suck? And how could it have sucked less? More »
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