Battlestar Galactica

NBC’s posted clips from a few of its Fall season series to its web site today. Now, if they’re like any other NBC video, UK residents won’t be able to watch them (I won’t be able to check until Thursday, for obvious reasons, but give it a whirl and see if it works for you, gentle reader.) but US denizens should have no problem. The videos are quite extensive, so worth looking in on if you’re curious.

UPDATE: Mark says they work for him in Wigan.

However, forward thinking old NBC has also posted a few of them to YouTube so the rest of the world can sample the goodies. Of most interest to UK viewers, in all likelihood, is the remake of The Bionic Woman starring ‘Enders‘ Michelle Ryan and putting in a surprisingly good turn.

Much of the focus is on how the show is going to be a metaphor about modern women needing to be superhuman to balance all the different aspects of their lives. But in keeping with the fact that BSG producer David Eick is behind the remake, it looks like they’re going back to the original for inspiration as well: not only are the physics of the bionic ladette’s powers completely screwed, if you’ll recall, Oscar Goldman was originally a bit of a bastard in the first two Six Million Dollar Man movies (and, indeed, Michael Caidin’s original book, Cyborg) and it looks like new Oscar, Miguel Ferrer, is going to follow in his footsteps. Still it makes you wonder just how many times he’s going to have to develop a Robocop before he realises it’s a bad idea.

Here are two clips: one of Ryan getting her bionic bits and another of her giving first gen bionic woman Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck in BSG) a good slapping. It’s worth mentioning that you don’t get to see some of the worst bits from the full NBC trailer, including Ryan’s relationship with her deaf sister.

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