They could go a slightly horror route make it semi serious
I'm watching "The Six Million Dollar Man"
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They could go a slightly horror route make it semi serious
Well, the original concept was more in the spy genre than the superhero genre, so that might be a way to differentiate it. Although there have been superhero movies that impinge upon the spy genre, such as Black Widow or even The Incredibles.
There was a Bionic Man based on an unused script created by Kevin Smith. It was a fun sci-spy romp
For some people. Not for a lot of us.
As I recall, the original novel touched briefly on body horror before getting into the spy stuff, said spy stuff presented as a means of distracting Steve Austin from the harsh reality that he is now part machine.
I've never read the original novel Cyborg that the show was based on.
Bought a copy way back...had to be prior to 1977 as my father was still living at the time. Also of note, his replace eye was effectively just a well disguised spy camera. It did not feed into the optic centers of his brain so Steve Austin was still blind on his left side.
I read it once long ago and didn't like it. It was a lot darker and more violent than the show, with Austin being a more ruthless killer, and I think I recall finding it sexist in some respect as well, though I forget the specifics.
I wondered about that little detail.... I always thought it was different in the novel even though I had not read it. In the movie "journey to the far side of the sun" a guy has a film camera in a false eye.
There were a couple of other differences as well that I remember from the novel as well. It was his left arm, not his right that was replaced and the middle finger could be fitted with either a gun or a hypodermic needle (I think).
I think they also mentioned that they strengthened/re-enforced his back and shoulders to balance out the bionic arm - something about joking how it would tear his right arm off if they didn't do it.
He also couldn't run 60+ miles an hour; it was more of a marathon pace.
Wikipedia says they switched it for the show because Lee Majors was right-handed.
Yeah, the novel went more for realism than the show.
I remember it being a bit faster than a marathon pace, but not much. More importantly, his legs wouldn't tire, so he could maintain it until his organic parts needed to rest and replenish, something on the order of several hours. He had the same abilities/limitations swimming, being able to keep up with an Olympic pace, but not surpass it, starting from in the water while being able to outdistance anyone with a bionic kickoff, and then be able to swim for hours before tiring or needing food and water.
I'm going to have to hunt down the novel since it did got for more realism.
My family was alive back then. They aren't now. I'm sorry you think my missing them is wrong for whatever reason.
Stonewall and such…The 70’s could be dismal and wonderful in equal parts.
This series was the first time I had ever seen lifting bodies like the M2-F2, X-24 and my favorite, the HL-10.
Prometheus from Orbital Sciences was a large concept. To date, the 2015 flight of ESA’s IXV is the only such vehicle to make a re-entry as per the Wiki…but that ignores the Soviet BOR boilerplates.
This series was the first time I had ever seen lifting bodies like the M2-F2, X-24 and my favorite, the HL-10.
Prometheus from Orbital Sciences was a large concept. To date, the 2015 flight of ESA’s IXV is the only such vehicle to make a re-entry as per the Wiki…but that ignores the Soviet BOR boilerplates.
And where precisely did I say that?
I hasten to note that you did not mention your family in the post I was quoting, nor anywhere else in this thread. As such the implication you made is disingenuous in the extreme.
You thought I was being racist or something along those lines didn't you? You guys imply stuff like that whenever somebody says they prefer the old days to now.
Dismal: Disco.
Wonderful: Logan's Run.
Dismal: 70's Mets.
Wonderful: 70's Yankees.
Dismal: Clothing.
Wonderful: Cars.
Dismal: The Starlost.
Wonderful: Super Friends.
I'm trying to imagine all those people hungry for good TV science fiction after Star Trek, and all they got was The StarLost.
(Minute 7:01) "A powerful drama!"
Dear Keir, I believe absolutely no one has ever defined The Starlost "a powerful drama!"
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^ Poor Keir Dullea, having to go from 2001 (one of the greatest films of all time) to that. 
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