What characteristics did you like about Bonnie over April?

[knightimmortal]

Here is a question for you Bonnie lovers out there. Many have stated that they liked Bonnie more than April. Now you get to search into your souls and figure out what it was that you liked about Bonnie, that you didn't like about April.

I personally thought that Bonnie was more believable as a computer tech. April was eye candy that didn't seem half as smart as Bonnie, while Bonnie just seemed like she could possess the intelligence she was credited with.

KI

[SadArticle]

Bonnie did seem more credible, or rather, Patricia McPherson did, in the role. I've read a couple of those old interviews with Rebecca Holden, and it seems to me that if the powers that be had just let her put more of 'Rebecca' into 'April', then her character wouldn't have been so objectionable. The writers aimed at making April into eye candy, that's what is so annoying.

But yes, Bonnie was a better technician - April suited more the 'executive assistant' role she seemed to fall into. I like to imagine, however, that April was hiding a deeper, more intelligent level, and playing dumb because that was how Devon 'Elbow Steerer' Miles and Michael saw her

Sarah

[JL]

The difference can be summed up just by looking at how each of them was dressed in the opening credits, at least during the first two years.

Bonnie: in a pair of white coveralls with the FLAG logo on the back.
April: in a button-down shirt with the bottom tied up to expose her midriff.

Now which do you think is more likely to be getting her hands dirty with car repair and computer programming, and which one is going to be sitting around painting her nails waiting for Devon to come back from a dinner date with Elizabeth Knight?

It was also in the chemistry as well... even after the writers abandoned any intention of Michael and Bonnie ever hooking up, there was always some really good sexual tension going on between the two of them. Bupkis with Michael and April.

[neps]

Excuse me for being a male here for a second:

I have a thing for smart Brunettes.

And when you're that young, it's the things like that decided it for me.

[Skav]

I'd choose brunette over blond any day. lol. Good job my present gf is brunette even though my last one wasn't.

Still, I don't mind as long as personality is great.

Skav

[sofchance]

I think the main thing which makes Bonnie better is that (at least after season 2) she is more of a sister to Michael than a flirt. There is a real sibling love there. With April, it was more of "let's flirt a bit for flirting's sake." And yes, Michael did flirt with Bonnie in season 1 at times, but even then she always held herself with dignity and respect.

As I have said before, April had her moments. But even I don't think of her as a premiere Foundation mechanic...as Devon's secretary maybe, but not mechanic.

[KITT]

what bothered me about april was those huge glasses. i always thought they were annoying. goodness, i was wearing glasses back then and they weren't half as big as those were.

plus, april's more of the girlie-girl floosey type. bonnie's more buff, tom boy-ish and rough around the edges. not afraid to get her hands dirty.

KITT

[Knight2000]

April was HOT, no doubt about that.

Bonnie had SOME brains i guess but it would have been better if that those two hemispheres of her brain where elsewhere.

[KITT]

excuse me? bonnie hat a lot more brains then that floosey april had any day. besides, i'm female and can't really agree with who's hotter, but i always thought bonnie was prettier. april had that giant hair.

april's voice was too soft to really play that role well. she wasn't assertive enough.

KITT

[Skav]

As the Spice Girls used to say...

GIRL POWER!!!!

Skav

[djbrad98]

april's voice was too soft to really play that role well. she wasn't assertive enough.

KITT[/quote]

howdy all....new member here....your right...april was only really assertive in the 2nd "garth" episode...when she stands up to him

if she were like that more often, she might have been better respected

i still like bonnie better tho

[Rockatteer]

I think the thing which made Bonnie better was the chemistry between the actors both real and scripted...

Bonnie was part of the family.... The way her and Micheal used to get at each other, the little comments and jokes made it work.

April didn't have the chemistry, she was an outsider from the start.

>>>>>>> Testostrone alert!!!<<<<<<<<<

And Bonnie was way better looking than April...Although April had a great mid-rift.

mmmmmm

I need to be alone now...

[KITT]

ok, ew.

KITT