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Old 28th September 2007, 05:54 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Default Problem with Bionic Woman's running.

On Sep 27, 5:48 pm, RichA <rander3...@> wrote:
> On Sep 26, 3:27 am, muzicia...m wrote:
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> > >From the previews I've seen, it seems that they attribute her super

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> > 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.

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> > 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?

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


The bald guy was better sometimes.
 
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Old 28th September 2007, 06:24 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Default Problem with Bionic Woman's running.

On Sep 28, 5:29 am, SFTV_t...m wrote:

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> 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.


They showed a shot where she was quite legless, one arm missing.
 
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