I ordered the series and my wife had never watch it. So we did and she said that it was so much fun. She took a video of me bench pressing 274 pounds and sending it to our high school football team. They thought it was a trick so she filmed it from 3 different angles and they were impressed because none of the big guys could life 200 lbs. When she got cancer and was going to die, she said she knew she made the right decision to marry me. I really miss her these last 4 years.
I watched all these shows as there were only three major networks in the seventies. I can't believe how beautiful Lindsay Wagner still is at 75 years old. I remember how scary Bigfoot looked back then. Those glowing eyes were terrifying. I was surprised to find out that André the Giant played that roll at first later taken over by Ted Cassidy. The good old days when men were men and women were women.
@@michaeljordan6008well not sure what you mean by " smart people not having to pander to idiots" or how that even ties into men being men and women being women. But there certainly can be an inference drawn there. But it certainly was a more " innocent" time. Mainly because the world was naive to alot. Marginalized people had no voice and things were just......accepted. Its funny when a light is shown into dark places how we can see what was there all along. But things also were very similar to now as well. Tough times, political unrest. And yes even back then men weren't always men, and women weren't always just women. In fact that goes back into the furthest reaches of our past. Society just ignored it. Or made fun of it. And even condemned it. Which of course isn't a problem for those who weren't living it. When equality begins to feel like oppression we might want to think it over. But of course I could just be one of those idiots we are are forced to pander to.
I remember bionically ever after being a big bore. Steve's powers didn't work, the villains used something that interfeared with his bionics. so Jamie heard the bad guys using her bionic ear,talking about blowing up the hostages. So Steve used his bionic eye to zero in on the transmitter in the boss hand and shot it. Wow so impressive! I did notice a Cameo when Austin asked a random hostage if he was alright. The founder and owner of Wendy's resturant chain Dave Thomas answered "I'm ok Steve."
You have just confirmed that I was not tripping ! I was honestly thinking it could have been an extra that was a Dave look-a-like. Also, I do like the Wendy's hamburgers, and those Frosties are good too !
In the 70s, they showed super speed by running in slow motion. Today, they show super speed by everything around him being frozen while he moves at normal speed. Funny how showing super speed has evolved.
Me too. A few years ago I bought again such an Six Million Dollar Man Action figur which I found on Ebay. And also I bought a reproduction box, like the original from the 70's, put the doll in it, and till now I did'nt put it again out of the box.
I remember watching the TV movie of it and it freaked me out seeing the exposed wire and metal in his arm. Had nightmares about it for a couple days . The next year when the Tv series was on I could not get enough of the show . Big difference a year makes when your a kid. For a while that was what we played running in slow motion pretending to lift heavy things. Making the sounds. Have to wonder what any adults thought was wrong with us kids playing like that if they never saw the show.
I had a couple of them. I specifically remember the one with the pump up arm when you press the lever on his back and it had the engine that he used to lift with his bionic arm
@@markomlikotic6673I still have my original Mr.Spock doll. When I was a kid, I had all the dolls, the Star Trek walkie-talk base unit (not the communicators, unfortunately), and the Enterprise bridge. I think it was Christmas of either 1978 or 1979 when I was either 9 or 10 years old. Parents divorced before I turned 2 and rarely saw my dad since then. However, that 1978 or 1979 Christmas was the one time he got those presents for me. That was possibly the only Christmas, from a child to my teen years, that was good. Many times there was nothing or almost nothing. But that time with those Start Trek toys was a good one. The toys got worn and lost in time, but Mr. Spock remains! My favorite character of the group.
My mechanical engineer father, always the "buzz kill", tired and loss of any joy, saw my brother and I watching "The Six Million Dollar Man" as he stood there wearing his raincoat and holding his briefcase, and my brother and I about "What the hell we're watching", and we explained it to him. He replied, " His arm is lifting the engine, huh. What's supporting the arm that's holding the engine? It's like attaching a crane to jellow." He just shook his head in disbelief and disappointment and left.
I often thought the same actually. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link - the existing biological body parts in this instance. Supposedly, he got several enhancements later on, like a reinforced spine etc, as his normal body parts would never have been able to withstand the duty cycle of which his bionic arm and legs were capable of.
I don't think there was a kid in the 70s who didn't love this show. I didn't know about the kids allegedly trying to hurt themselves to get bionic parts though😳
@@rockywatchesmovies I remember In the 70s there was a rumor that kids were tying sheets around their necks and jumping out of windows like Superman. I remember tying a sheet around my neck and jumping off my bed, but I never thought about jumping out the window🤔
There is nothing wrong with the Darwin Awards. Take the warning labels off everything and let the dumb kids ween their way out of the gere pool. We have too many whackOs today. People need to stop trying to prevent stupidity. It's impossible. If a BandAid can't fix it.... let it go.
I remember an interview with Lee Majors where he cited a mom's letter that her kid was doing everything he could to "be bionic." He was eating pennies and would open the car door to drag the car to a halt. Majors wrote the kid a letter telling him it was only make believe and to knock that sh*t off. Lol
Best Christmas memory ever was 1977 or 1978 when I got the 12" action figure....remember it like it was yesterday and didn't sleep for 2 days due to the excitement, lol
The video misses the fact that the title sequence uses two different versions of the aircraft. The one that crashes has two stabilizing fins, the one that is dropped is a later version that had three fins. I watched that title many times as a child and never noticed.
Peter Breck reunited with Lee Majors on an episode of The Six Million Dollar Man. If anybody can remember they played brothers in 60’s tv western series called The Big Valley.
My neighbor attempted to make a bionic cat 🐈: it was a fail . When he got out of juvenile detention he attempted to jump off a three story building while wearing makeshift bionic legs : it was a terrible fail . After rehabilitation from the tragic fall , he ran away to Humboldt County California , where he still grows weed
I’m surprised the Mark Wahlberg remake never happened with all the super hero movies they made in the last 20 years. Steve Austin is definitely a more interesting character than some of the lame superheroes, like green lantern and aqua-man, that got their own movies.
I say Logan Marshall green ( upgrade movie) would be a great Col Steve Austin . Making the movie with the crash, adding a little population zero, day of the robot, and burning bright story lines redone - to make a movie.
Ironic about Gil Gerard being considered to be a replacement for Lee Majors. I always thought it was a strong resemblance between the two actors. I even thought the two actors were related.
I remember a knock-off action figure called Mike Powers, the Atomic Man. He was stronger and faster than the $6M Man, even though he had only one *atomic* leg. They claimed he could run 200 mph.
No way! I never knew Leonard Nimoy was on the bionic man. My recollection of that show is pretty hazy. I just remember the Bigfoot episodes (RIP Andre the giant) and the "fembots"
Me too! Got the bionic man action figure for Christmas. Those little bionic implant pieces in the arm were awesome. Had to roll up the "skin" on his arm to get at them. Thankfully, "I could rebuild him. I had the technology....."
Thanks for this one. The Six Million Dollar Man was the first TV series I watched regularly and took seriously. Another change made from the novel was the scaling back of Steve's abilities such as a radio antenna integrated into his ribcage, and his skull enclosed in cesium, making it impossible to knock him out with a blow to the head. Plus the James Bond aspect was toned down.
The finger gun! I miss the finger gun! And the grenade compartment in his wrist, and the air tanks in his legs. He couldn’t lift cars, because that would have simply torn his arm off his body, but with training he could literally run all night in a sort of trance. The novel explored themes of slavery (go on these dangerous, morally conflicting missions, including assassinations, or we take your limbs away and leave you a triple amputee in a chair) and day-to-day problems like his having to master makeup to hide the seams where bionics met flesh, or having to constantly be dying the. limbs darker to match his skin as he got sunburned. Oh, and how poor Oscar was constantly described as "an ugly lump of a man".
19th thing here.... I still have the action figure and look in magazine from the heyday of the show. they were the best of times; watched some repeats recently and totally dated now.
I went to a bass fishing tournament back in the late 80's , and Lee Majors was there with the fancy boat , fancy truck , and what looked like paid helpers. They didn't even finish out the day , because Majors got falling down drunk . They had to help him get from the boat and into the back of the crew cab truck . Then they loaded up the boat and off they went. It was really sad to witness. I don't know if he was always a drunk or that was just a bad time in his life , but I hope he got some help. It looked like they should have driven him straight to the Betty Ford Center.
The physics of it all doesn't work. His arm would only be as strong as the connection to his human core. His arm might be able to lift 3 tons but it would be ripped off his body. But you can't over think it. Great show
In the book “Cyborg”, Steve Austin was a fighter pilot and stone cold killer. While he couldn’t see out of his bionic eye, it could be used to take pictures. A titanium plate in the back of his bionic hand could be used to take off the front of someone’s skull, and was.
I preferred the No-Slo_Mo effect in the movie. Slow motion was a bad idea in my opinion. They didn't use it for Dash in the Incredibles and the result was awesome.
I remember putting a piece of gum rapper balled up in my ear. Pretending to have a bionic ear implant. And I ended up at the doctor with a bad ear infection, and they found it and took it out. My mother ask me in front of the doctor how that happened, and I told her. I was a very young child and did not know better at the time, I guess. I look back now and wonder why I did that. I had a great amount of imagination as a child, I think is why. I love the Bionic Women, as I wanted to be like her, though I was living as a male at the time and did not understand why. Now I am a woman and know why.
Back in the '70's when this was out I thought it was stupid. I think I was 8 years old. Kids were jumping up on playground equipment and making that sound effect with their mouth....
In 2007, they attempted a series entitled BIONIC WOMAN, which only lasted 9 episodes, including an unaired pilot. I remember watching only one episode. It was pretty weak.
yes and adjust for: Moore's Law: This principle suggests that computing power doubles approximately every two years while costs decrease. This could potentially reduce the cost of the electronic components in Austin's bionics. Advanced Materials: Modern prosthetics and robotics use more sophisticated and potentially more expensive materials than were available in the 1970s. Research and Development: The R&D costs for developing such advanced technology would be substantial. Estimates: 1. A mechanical engineering professor estimated that the R&D costs alone for a modern bionic man would range from $50 million to $100 million. 2. Some estimates suggest that the production cost for a single bionic individual, after R&D, could be several hundred thousand dollars. 3. The film industry has adjusted the figure even more dramatically, with a planned movie remake titled "The Six Billion Dollar Man". Steve Austin with comparable abilities would likely be in the range of $100 million to $1 billion. This accounts for inflation, technological advancements, R&D costs, and the need for cutting-edge materials and components that far exceed what was imagined in the 1970s.
The only good thing about the new Fall Guy movie was that they actually made a "Fall Guy" of him - - set him up to take the blame for somebody else's crime. Other than that, it was terrible.
you said that it was a first for the characters to be in two shows two separate networks. MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. & GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E. Leo G. Carroll did it first.
The Bionic Woman was more watchable because Lindsay Wagner had acting abilities. Lee Majors always seemed like a cardboard cut-out, even to me as a 5 year old.
@@user-bu7ko2or8e must be the same ones who bring politics into every conversation, and assume anyone who disagrees with them on any topic voted for the “wrong” side.
I'm sorry, but your "research" is highly flawed. I punched $6M in 1973 money into the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator and it's $44M today. Your rate would have had a burger like a Big Mac or Whopper at 12 for a penny in 1973, and average salaries around $10/year.
A new remake has crazy potential if they don't do any woke garbage. A bionic man who can interface computers, hack smart phones.... kind of close to Robo-Cop. Plus all those super powers? But I would like to see him more human to start. A Bionic motorcycle would make a great pet dog.
@jakemarek4746 - Cyborg somehow became liquid metal. Basically the same as Green Lantern. Nothing but liquid imagination. Same with the new Iron Man. Abra Kadabra.... instant imagination new suit every 6 seconds. The 6 Billion Dollar man could be a little more realistic. He might have parts he could change out on occasion but it wouldn't be instant and liquid. The idea of Agent Q from James Bond creating new software and hardware and upgrading his system, motorcycles, cars, occasionally a helicopter or pet Chihuahua with Bionics has great potential if they did it seriously. I would rather see a set of Rottweiler twins as guards but a Tea Cup Chihuahua would make a great set of eyes to crawl into little places as a spy.
