Re: OT: Bionic Woman again

On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 22:29:58 -0400, Forge
<forge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>In article <gltdg3hu4537eure0tuqjjf8i0knskg8v4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>ManfredMann@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
>> On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 19:10:44 -0400, Forge
>> <forge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 
>> >In article <lrvcg3h1sn8lg3go87hgo5o7gcpam25t75@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> >ManfredMann@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
>> >> After all if you're going to build a bionic woman why not go
>> >> one step further and buld an android?
>> >
>> >Because a brain is a very, very, very, very, very difficult thing to 
>> >replicate with a piece of machinery.
>> 
>> Here is a hint: it's a fantasy show....so if they can create an
>> android on Star Trek why not on the Bionic Woman?
>> 
>> The only limit is the imagination of the writers.
>
>The only limit is the level of suspension of disbelief you're able to 
>sell to the viewer. 

and what your intent is.

An android would be having different stories to the current Bionic
Woman show (it wouldn't have a sister, it wouldn't have the struggling
to adjust to changed situation 

and it also wouldn't have the link with the original series which was
a fair bit of the initial promotion and press coverage.

>You can get an audience to believe there is a 
>clandestine government organization capable of cybernetically enhancing 
>people to the point they're superhuman, but you're not going to get them 
>to buy that the same organization can manufacture an artificial person. 

I don't think you're right there. 
I think if it was the premise of the series people would accept it

>These are the very most basic rules of telling a story. Mister Data was 
>believable because (a) it was the 26th century A.D. and (2) he still had 
>limitations that made him not-human.

an android would need limitations in some way or another just like any
other character.
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