Bride of Frankenstein By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2007 Sarah Stegall Bionic Woman NBC, Wednesdays, 9/8 E/C “Pilot” Written by Laeta Kalogridis and Jason Smilovic Directed by Michael Dinner NBC, apparently jumping on the recycling bandwagon with a vengeance, launches its 2007 season with “Bionic Woman”, a remake of the 70s version starring Lindsay Wagner. The show actually resembles “Dark Angel” more than it does the earlier “Bionic Woman”–it’s dark, moody, shot in Canada, and features a shadowy quasi-governmental lab churning out cybernetically enhanced women right and left. In a concept that crosses Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with a little Henry Ford, this lab…
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Being Human: “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way to Me Killing You”
Going in Circles “A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Me Killing You” Being Human Syfy, Monday, 10 PM E/P Written by Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke Directed by Adam Kane Note: This review covers the American version of Being Human, considered by itself and without reference to the original British series on which it is based. “This shouldn’t have worked, for so many reasons.” —Josh What does a writer do when he’s painted his character into a corner? Cut a new exit, of course. Over the course of the first season of this American version of Being Human, the…