Problem with Bionic Woman's running. - Page 2 - Triathlon Week

09-26-2007, 10:53 PM

On Sep 26, 10:44 pm, erilar <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].invalid> wrote:
> In article <1190821992.891497.145...@57g2000hsv.googlegroups. com>,
>
> HiC <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> > What I find unrealistic is portraying someone who actually has solid
> > computer knowledge working at the "Computer Tech" kiosk at one of
> > these Megamart places to begin with.
>
> That's a thought. . .
>
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09-27-2007, 11:31 PM

This criticism is a bunch of crap.
She looked cool running the way that she did, and that's all that
matters.
It's just a ****ing TV show.
It's just entertainment.
Nitpicking the biophysics of what she did is really far besides the
point.
There is no need to pick it all apart like a ****ing nerd with no
life.
Save real science for real life.
Why don't you come up with a sci-fi show and see how great a job YOU
can do of making it both entertaining and scientifically accurate. I
bet you'd bore people to death.

09-27-2007, 11:31 PM

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:55:26 -0400, "Obveeus" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>Bionic Woman is going to require a total leap into suspended belief. None
>of it will be logical, just like that other TV show, Chuck.

Her running and jumping looked realistic, and that's ENOUGH.
That's all I need! I don't need to deeply analyze whether her body
would break down from the strain. Who gives a **** besides nerds.
I think they did a great job with it.
It was much better than the original series, which was pretty lame.
The running and a lot of other stuff in the original series looked
very fake, whereas in the new series it looks realistic.
I think long strides would look strange. I much prefer the fast
strides, because THAT'S HOW PEOPLE NORMALLY RUN FASTER,
so it LOOKS RIGHT.

09-27-2007, 11:31 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Rich Billionaire <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:55:26 -0400, "Obveeus" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> >Bionic Woman is going to require a total leap into suspended belief. None
> >of it will be logical, just like that other TV show, Chuck.
>
> Her running and jumping looked realistic, and that's ENOUGH.
> That's all I need! I don't need to deeply analyze whether her body
> would break down from the strain. Who gives a **** besides nerds.
> I think they did a great job with it.
> It was much better than the original series, which was pretty lame.
> The running and a lot of other stuff in the original series looked
> very fake, whereas in the new series it looks realistic.
> I think long strides would look strange. I much prefer the fast
> strides, because THAT'S HOW PEOPLE NORMALLY RUN FASTER,
> so it LOOKS RIGHT.

This was cute the first time, but performance trolling pretending to
like Bionic Woman is already boring, especially given the deliberate
mistakes you've introduced that prove your entire post to be a lie.

Is this Troy or do we have a new troll in town?

Everyone prepare to plonk.

--
Day 14. Jitterbug phone from CVS still doesn't work, but they did call back.

09-27-2007, 11:31 PM

On Sep 27, 5:16 am, Rich Billionaire <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

> There is no need to pick it all apart like a ****ing nerd with no
> life.

Interesting.

So what can we to infer about someone who feels the need to pick apart
the critique?

09-27-2007, 11:31 PM

RichA wrote:
> On Sep 26, 3:27 am, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:
>> >From the previews I've seen, it seems that they attribute her super
>>
>> speed to rapid stride turnover, much like the silliness of the old
>> series. The bionic legs still have to attach to flesh and bone at some
>> point, and there's going to be a limit to what the human parts can
>> take.
>>
>> Wouldn't great speed come primarily from the strength to cover great
>> distance per stride - I would think with fewer strides over a given
>> distance rather than cartoonishly fast strides?
>
> Like watching the old Benny Hill show when they sped up things.
> Except Benny Hill wasn't a BORE!

Who'd be stupid enough to watch that **** in the first place?

09-27-2007, 11:31 PM

On Sep 27, 11:03 pm, trotsky <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
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> Who'd be stupid enough to watch that **** in the first place?

Who'd be stupid enough to watch TV at all?

09-27-2007, 11:31 PM

On Sep 26, 3:27 am, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:
> >From the previews I've seen, it seems that they attribute her super
>
> speed to rapid stride turnover, much like the silliness of the old
> series. The bionic legs still have to attach to flesh and bone at some
> point, and there's going to be a limit to what the human parts can
> take.
>
> Wouldn't great speed come primarily from the strength to cover great
> distance per stride - I would think with fewer strides over a given
> distance rather than cartoonishly fast strides?

Like watching the old Benny Hill show when they sped up things.
Except Benny Hill wasn't a BORE!

09-27-2007, 11:31 PM

On Sep 27, 9:50 am, Anim8rFSK <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> Everyone prepare to plonk.
>

Plonk this you stupid bitch.

09-27-2007, 11:31 PM

In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].highwinds-media.com>,
Anim8rFSK <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>Yes, which is what the character did in the original book CYBORG, what,
>40 years ago? Of course, TV producers don't READ, so that was the end
>of that. The running was close to being the worst part of the new BW,
>and that's saying some.

They don't have the rights to anything in the original book.
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"In a superhero story, Superman jumps off buildings and flies. In a realistic
story, Superman doesn't jump off buildings and can't fly. Deconstruction is
writing a story where Superman can't fly but he still jumps off of buildings."

09-27-2007, 11:31 PM

In article <1190942358.752916.221040@y42g2000hsy.googlegroups .com>,
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:

> On Sep 27, 9:50 am, Anim8rFSK <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> > Everyone prepare to plonk.
> >
>
> Plonk this you stupid bitch.

Yeah, there it is.

Plonk.

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09-27-2007, 11:31 PM

On Sep 28, 1:02 am, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Ken Arromdee) wrote:
> In article <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].highwinds-media.com>,
>
> Anim8rFSK <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> >Yes, which is what the character did in the original book CYBORG, what,
> >40 years ago? Of course, TV producers don't READ, so that was the end
> >of that. The running was close to being the worst part of the new BW,
> >and that's saying some.
>
> They don't have the rights to anything in the original book.
> --
> Ken Arromdee / arromdee_AT_rahul.net /http://www.rahul.net/arromdee
>
> "In a superhero story, Superman jumps off buildings and flies. In a realistic
> story, Superman doesn't jump off buildings and can't fly. Deconstruction is
> writing a story where Superman can't fly but he still jumps off of buildings."

Look I'm sick of you "armchair warriors" invading my running
newsgroup. Now get the **** off, and stay off you mental midgets.

Cheers,
Elford

09-29-2007, 01:07 AM

On Sep 26, 2:27 am, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:
>
> From the previews I've seen, it seems that they attribute her super
> speed to rapid stride turnover, much like the silliness of the old
> series. The bionic legs still have to attach to flesh and bone at some
> point, and there's going to be a limit to what the human parts can
> take.

Based upon what they displayed on the show, the New Bionic Woman's leg
is not a robot leg, but more akin to a bunch of nanites (or similar
small devices) that "merge" with the human flesh. So the leg is not
"attached" to the human torso (which you are correct, would be a weak
link), but instead becomes a hybridized aggregate that is part flesh &
part device.

Thus most of the stress would be absorbed by the teeny-tiny nanites,
not the human torso..

Anyway, this show sucked for other reasons than the technology -
mainly the resemblance to Painkiller Jane's dull, plodding plot. (If
you can call it plot.)

09-29-2007, 01:07 AM

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] wrote:
> On Sep 28, 1:02 am, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Ken Arromdee) wrote:
> >
> > "In a superhero story, Superman jumps off buildings and flies. In a realistic
> > story, Superman doesn't jump off buildings and can't fly. Deconstruction is
> > writing a story where Superman can't fly but he still jumps off of buildings."
>
> Look I'm sick of you "armchair warriors" invading my running
> newsgroup. Now get the **** off, and stay off you mental midgets.
>
> Cheers,
> Elford

We'll stop posting in your group, when you stop posting in rec.arts.tv.

09-29-2007, 01:07 AM

On Sep 26, 1:47 pm, lurking horror <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:
> In article <1190821992.891497.145...@57g2000hsv.googlegroups. com>, HiC
>
> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
> > On Sep 26, 11:43 am, "userfriendly" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> > > Hmmm...are you also having problems with the fact that Chuck hasn't been
> > > promoted to assistant manager of the Nerd Herd yet even though he knows all
> > > the secrets of the NSA and CIA combined?
>
> > What I find unrealistic is portraying someone who actually has solid
> > computer knowledge working at the "Computer Tech" kiosk at one of
> > these Megamart places to begin with.
>
> Every once in a while, such places slip up and hire such a person.
> Typically, such a person is chronically underappreciated by
> management, and after a few months, or weeks, leaves to sell burgers at
> McDonalds, and sees THAT as a job advancement.

Don't forget the photomat guys. They do amazing things afterward and
make little money too.