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“Aim high and serve nothing but aces”: (Re)-watching The Bionic Woman
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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 260296" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Road To Nashville</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDdmM2M4NGItNDQzMi00NGEzLThiMjgtMGRlMmNjNTI0NjIzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjA5MzIxNjQ@._V1_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 555px" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">With the opening scenes of this episode my biggest outstanding quibble at the end of the last episode has been addressed. We’ve returned to Ventura Air Force Base School and Jaime has been seen teaching. It seems she’s got a completely different class of students, which rings true since this is presumably a different school year from Season One. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The scenes set at Buck’s home with its recording studio in the ground felt eerily familiar to me. I have no idea why, since I last watched it along with the rest of the first two seasons a decade or so ago, and (apart from my oft-watched-when-younger <em>Bionic Woman</em> two-parter from Season Two of <em>SMDM</em>) all the other episodes up to this point have felt brand new to me. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The guest-stars seemed very impressive. The only one I knew of beforehand was Hoyt Axton, and even then I must confess I mostly know him as the dad in <em>Gremlins, </em>and knew little to nothing of his extensive folk music background. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Another “Lindsay sings” episode, though I can find no comments indicating how many tens of takes it took this time to cobble together an acceptable vocal. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The writing and performances elevated this from the simple “lead goes undercover as a singer to investigate” plot device it appears on the surface. I found myself particularly struck with the sadness that hung in the air on the day of Tammy’s hearing with its looming inevitable prison sentence. Even though we didn’t attend the hearing (nor did Jaime and Oscar) or have its outcome confirmed, Jaime’s melancholy brought out the greys in what could have been something very black and white, and made it a very human story. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 260296, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Road To Nashville[/SIZE][/B] [IMG width="555px"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDdmM2M4NGItNDQzMi00NGEzLThiMjgtMGRlMmNjNTI0NjIzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjA5MzIxNjQ@._V1_.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]With the opening scenes of this episode my biggest outstanding quibble at the end of the last episode has been addressed. We’ve returned to Ventura Air Force Base School and Jaime has been seen teaching. It seems she’s got a completely different class of students, which rings true since this is presumably a different school year from Season One. The scenes set at Buck’s home with its recording studio in the ground felt eerily familiar to me. I have no idea why, since I last watched it along with the rest of the first two seasons a decade or so ago, and (apart from my oft-watched-when-younger [I]Bionic Woman[/I] two-parter from Season Two of [I]SMDM[/I]) all the other episodes up to this point have felt brand new to me. The guest-stars seemed very impressive. The only one I knew of beforehand was Hoyt Axton, and even then I must confess I mostly know him as the dad in [I]Gremlins, [/I]and knew little to nothing of his extensive folk music background. Another “Lindsay sings” episode, though I can find no comments indicating how many tens of takes it took this time to cobble together an acceptable vocal. The writing and performances elevated this from the simple “lead goes undercover as a singer to investigate” plot device it appears on the surface. I found myself particularly struck with the sadness that hung in the air on the day of Tammy’s hearing with its looming inevitable prison sentence. Even though we didn’t attend the hearing (nor did Jaime and Oscar) or have its outcome confirmed, Jaime’s melancholy brought out the greys in what could have been something very black and white, and made it a very human story. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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