Mark Wahlberg is the Six Billion Dollar Man

[Dark Raven]

Heh, didn't realize that. When I was watching them it was probably through syndication. But according to Wikipedia, Bionic Woman started off on the same network as 6 Mil but the last season was on a different network.

That's probably why they could've had that cross promotion and crossovers. As to how much there was in the last season compared to the previous two is another matter. They did play Steve down a bit more with fewer appearances, but Oscar Goldman and Rudy Wells were still there in both casts.

3rd season of Bionic Woman was a bit hit and miss anyway, kind of like the later seasons of 6MDM.

I recall there was a crossover episode where Jaime fought Bigfoot, but can't remember if it was 3rd season or 2nd season.

Should Bigfoot be altered or at least improved in appearance if he features as an opponent? He looks worse than 70s Hulk.

 

[Octoberist]

I've seen the show. It was way before my time but it was never on TV during the 90's was it?

 

[3dman27]

not to my knowledge except the reruns on sci fi

 

[Bruce Malone]

The title is ridiculous. It reminds me of the number Dr. Evil pulled out after everybody made fun of him for asking for "only" 1 million dollars.

 

[Dark Raven]

I've seen the show. It was way before my time but it was never on TV during the 90's was it?

It might've been on Sci-fi actually. I rewatched all the Bionic Woman episodes about 3-4 years ago and some of the 6MDM, but couldn't see all of them unfortunately.

 

[Dark Raven]

In the series Oscar is a friend of Steve before the accident. Oscar used the tech to save his friends life.

I don't know about in the original "Cyborg" novel by Martin Caiden, but Oscar Goldman wasn't in the original TV movie pilot of 6MDM nor head of the OSI. It was Oliver Spencer who was head of the OSO (as it was called then) and authorised the bionics for Steve Austin.

Oscar only joined the cast after that and was retconned to be shown to be present for the surgery in the credits, giving that "we have the technology" speech.

As to which version people go by is another matter. But Steve Austin was also not a colonel but only a civilian astronaut in the pilot as well, but it seems the colonel rank is the one that is accepted as the majority view.

There might be a different version of the pilot floating around though with slightly different footage. I seem to recall such a thing exists, and both versions can be seen in the Time Life box set.

 

[kedrell]

Must have the "chuk-chuk-chuk" sound effects though, or no me see-ey.

I'd love it if they did this in the vein of the 21 Jump Street films and made it into a comedy. Then they can have an annoying band follow Steve around and add the sound FX whenever he does something bionic. Or maybe no band but have people in the movie be aware of the sound.

 

[roach]

I don't know about in the original "Cyborg" novel by Martin Caiden, but Oscar Goldman wasn't in the original TV movie pilot of 6MDM nor head of the OSI. It was Oliver Spencer who was head of the OSO (as it was called then) and authorised the bionics for Steve Austin.

Oscar only joined the cast after that and was retconned to be shown to be present for the surgery in the credits, giving that "we have the technology" speech.

As to which version people go by is another matter. But Steve Austin was also not a colonel but only a civilian astronaut in the pilot as well, but it seems the colonel rank is the one that is accepted as the majority view.

There might be a different version of the pilot floating around though with slightly different footage. I seem to recall such a thing exists, and both versions can be seen in the Time Life box set.

How can I be expected to remember something from when I was 5t:t:

 

[Dark Raven]

How can I be expected to remember something from when I was 5t:t:

Reruns. I wasn't even born yet, I don't think, when the original TV movie was first broadcast and was too young to remember the series until it was nearly over.

I only saw the original pilot many years later, and also one of the subsequent TV movies, "Wine, Women and War", which I discovered had this funky theme tune by Dusty Springfield instead of the regular theme from the TV series. t:

[YT]TkPxb01aAdI[/YT]

 

[kedrell]

Hmm, 2 years before I was born.

 

[gwynplaine]

Come to think of it, this was a pretty good Sasquatcht:

 

[green]

Wasn't the Big Foot played by Andre the Giant?

Is that rotating ice tunnel from that episode still at Universal Studios?

 

[gwynplaine]

Wasn't the Big Foot played by Andre the Giant?

Is that rotating ice tunnel from that episode still at Universal Studios?

"Bigfoot was played by two different actors, well known for their extraordinary height. André the Giant originated the role in the initial two-parter followed by Ted Cassidy in all subsequent appearances."

 

[Dark Raven]

Who would they get for Big foot now? Or would he have to be motion captured like the Hulk?

 

[kedrell]

They could do it like Vin Diesel did Groot. Just get a guy some stilts and mo-cap it.

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

Come to think of it, this was a pretty good Sasquatcht:

Stop posting pictures of my family members, please

 

[gwynplaine]

Stop posting pictures of my family members, please

t:

You're related to Lee Majors, awesome

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

No, I'm talking about Uncle Bob

 

[Hunter Rider]

I remember the Big Foot two parter, I had no idea it was Andre The Giant in the suit though.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

I'd love it if they did this in the vein of the 21 Jump Street films and made it into a comedy. Then they can have an annoying band follow Steve around and add the sound FX whenever he does something bionic. Or maybe no band but have people in the movie be aware of the sound.

That's what I was expecting when I first saw the news and took Wahlberg's recent comedic roles into consideration.

But then Peter Berg.

But The Rundown was an action comedy (and an awesome one at that) so who knows? I think I'd prefer a serious take on it though.

 

[Dark Raven]

There's no real reason to make it a spoof seeing as how well all these comic book movies have done recently. They can still give it some humour like Iron Man. In fact, I could see it being similar in tone to the first Iron Man movie. They could have a big hit on their hands.

 

[3dman27]

There's no real reason to make it a spoof seeing as how well all these comic book movies have done recently. They can still give it some humour like Iron Man. In fact, I could see it being similar in tone to the first Iron Man movie. They could have a big hit on their hands.

amen to that

 

[kedrell]

There's no real reason to make it a spoof seeing as how well all these comic book movies have done recently. They can still give it some humour like Iron Man. In fact, I could see it being similar in tone to the first Iron Man movie. They could have a big hit on their hands.

I know. I just cracked up at the idea of those bionic sounds being audible to the characters and the comedic potential there.

Kinda like the sliding door sound from Star Trek being spoofed in Airplane! 2. SHHT!!

 

[Dark Raven]

I don't think it should be deadly serious either though. The 2007 Bionic Woman TV series was very serious and lacked all the charm of either the original or the 6MDM. It borrowed the bionic eye element from the 6MDM as well.

I hope they learn from the mistakes of that series.

I think the tone could be somewhere between Iron Man 1 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

 

[marcvader]

I hope this isn't a comedic take. I was a wee little lad when this originally aired and vaguely remember anything about it other than the opening sequence, the sound effects, and the toys associated with it. I had the 12" figure with the see through telescopic eye.