The View From Drew

Just a reminder that if you're in the New York City area tomorrow and have the time, stop on over to the Museum of Television and Radio at 2pm for a viewing of the original broadcast of The Bionic Woman "Doomsday is Tomorrow."  It's my unusual 40th birthday gathering.  There's no cost to you other than if you want to join us for dinner at Ellen's Stardust Diner afterwards.  I've taken care of everything at the museum.

A few months back I mentioned how I wanted to have my 40th birthday celebration at the Museum of Television and Radio.  Well, things are finally starting to move.  On Saturday, January 5th 2008 at 2pm, the Museum will be showing two part The Bionic Woman episode "Doomsday is Tomorrow."  I just have to make sure that the episode will play well on their system.  They admitted it was an unusual request, but they were game so long as I was paying for the room.

A few of you mentioned you were interested in attending.  This will be in New York.  Please post here again if you wish to be included on the guest list.  The room can accommodate about one hundred people.

After the event, we'll be visiting a local eatery for a feast.  If you're interested in attending this, please let me know so I can let them know.  I'm going to scope out places next week when I visit the museum. 

Well, the second episode does pick up the pace a little.  There was much more in the way of story here and less of trying to cram in origins into one hour.  Jaime also comes across as much more likable.  So does her sister.  I think this has more to do with the writer of the episode, whose name escapes me at the moment.  He's the show runner on the critically acclaimed Friday Night Lights and he has been brought into Bionic Woman to help get it in shape.  There are some nods to the old show.

Jaime's run-in with a man named Steve in the bathroom.

The 70's car they were driving in.

And did anyone catch that we now have a bionic sound effect?  It's not consistent, like in the early episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man, but it's there.

There were elements of the first SMDM episode, "Population: Zero" and the BW episode, "The Vega Influence".

Hell, we even got a Orville Reddenbocker commercial, circa 1978.

A much stronger episode and it looks like the numbers held, for the most part.  Entertainment Weekly listed the first episode as 15 in the ratings.  It'll be interesting to see how it fared this week.  It still placed second for the night.

Now, as soon as I'm up for it, I'm going to offer my thoughts on how this show could easily fit into the whole canon (Gasp!  That ugly word!) of the original series.

Bionic Woman premieres tonight at 9PM EST on NBC.  Check your local listings.

I mentioned a few days ago that I'm planning a major Bionic Woman viewing gathering for my birthday.  I should have everything confirmed this coming week.  I posted a trailer put together by the fantastic alex7000.  As I was perusing You Tube I came across the trailer for part two of the two part story.  Take a look.

January 5, 2008 will mark the 40th anniversary of my birth.  To celebrate the day, I want to plan something big.  I have always wanted to share things with the world that mean something to me.  For my birthday, I want to share something with as many people as possible.  One of my all-time favorite shows, as you all well know, is The Bionic Woman.  One of the best episodes of the series as well as one of the best television shows ever written was "Doomsday is Tomorrow".  I have in my possession a copy of the original transmission of the episode in 1977 complete with commercials.  I am donating it to the Museum of Television and Radio in New York and wish to hold a viewing event at the museum on my birthday.  Now, I haven't finalized the details yet, and I have to send out more formalized invitations to family and close friends, but I wanted to put the idea in some people's minds.  I'll let you know as I know more.

This is a trailer of the episode put together by alex7000.  It really gives one a great idea of the story.  I hope you'll join me on the 5th.

Miguel Ferrer to be Jamie's Boss in New Bionic Woman

Even more interesting, this is the second web piece that is mentioning Katie Sackoff as Jamie's nemesis, an evil cyborg.