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Leis reviews NBC's Bionic Woman: "A disaster and an insult"

sentientdevelopments.blogspot.com » 2007 » September » 21st » Leis reviews NBC's Bionic Woman: "A disaster and an insult"

Tagged: science fiction, cybernetics, cyborg, transhumanism

NBC's Bionic Woman sucks. Richard Leis, Jr. explains why: Show creators apparently hate technology, especially when used to successfully save lives. At what price, they want to explore, do we do so? A character who suffers terrible trauma must continue to suffer long after they have transcended their human weaknesses and been relieved of their pain. The price, we learn, is generally too high … Continue Reading »

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