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Bionic Woman More Substance or Style?
Written by Brenda on August 24th, 2007
As we grow closer, and as more people one way or another view the pilot for Bionic Woman, there are more and more articles pertaining to what can be expected from this upcoming show. BuddyTV has an interesting article looking into whether Bionic Woman is focusing to much time on style over substance. This has been a problem for many shows of this type, any big name blockbuster whether TV Show or Movie has to make sure they don’t overdo things in order to make everything look good on screen. Here is what BuddyTV said on the subject:
Bionic Woman’s writing staff will be trading the emotional irony of a deaf girl trying to fit in against a mutilated woman restored without her consent for a hot teen hacker chick, the one requisite for any modern sci-fi show.
The part of Becca Sommers will now be played by a raven haired Lucy Hale. Aside from guest spots on teen fare Drake & Josh, The O.C., and a recent turn on How I Met Your Mother, the young Hale is pretty much an untested commodity as far as resume length is concerned.
Bionic Woman producers have moved quickly to dispel any notion that they are trading interesting character motivation for a potential Hayden Panettiere. Producer Jason Smilovic explains the original character’s deafness as simply a device to legitimatize Jamie Sommers’ ability to speak to monkeys. “…the chimpanzees were going to Dr. Anthros (Chris Bowers), who was using them for experimentation. He would come down to get the chimpanzees and they sort of fell in love during that time. We were looking for an organic way for her to be talking to the chimpanzees in sign language.”