^ You have to remember that not every US show aired on this side of the pond.
Rewatching the Six Million Dollar Man on DVD
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Oh, sorry, didn't realize where you were posting from. I don't generally pay too much attention to the stuff on the left side of the screen (like the "Location" tag). My vision in my left eye isn't very good, so I have to make more of an effort to focus my attention over there. (Funny, I've been posting online for years and years and I only just now figured that out.)
^No prob, just explaining. We did get the stuff like SMDM, Happy Days, Charlie's Angels and the like but things like Barney Miller or All in the Family don't seem to have been aired. Or if they were, they escaped my pre-adolescent attention.
Considering "All in the Family" was inspired by a BBC sitcom; (and I'm a U.S. citizen, I just remember hearing this) - I can understand why they wouldn't want to air the American knockoff.
^ Yeah, it was based on In Sickness and In Health, just as Sandford & Son was based on Steptoe and Son. Which didn't air either.
We do get The US Office these days, though!
We do get The US Office these days, though!
^ To be accurate, All in the Family was based on Till Death Us Do Part, of which In Sickness and In Health was a spinoff.
As to the topic at hand, I've re-watched some of the favorite episodes from my childhood in recent years, and have happily been still-impressed by the writing, acting, cinematography, etc.
One of my favorite little details in the early episodes (which you can see most prominently in "Population: Zero") is when Austin is running across the desert in his khakis, and only his chest and left arm are sportin' sweat stains!
That whole sequence was cool, as the thawing Austin stumbles across the landscape, with the sound of his heartbeat in the background — then we transition to the slo-mo (for the first time ever), and you can really see the cool thing about Lee Majors' running style: Long strides with near-zero vertical motion.
(You see other tough guys run in movies, like Clint Eastwood or Steven Seagal, and they have these little hoppy steps more akin to Lindsay Wagner than Lee Majors. Pathetic.)
Back to Austin's heartbeat, it's also cool that the rate remains constant even as he goes to full speed.
I contend that the climax of "Day of the Robot" is the best fight scene of the entire series.
Neat little bit of trivia for "The Deadly Replay": On the tarmac you can see the former American Airlines 747 that would soon be converted into the first Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, NASA 905...
And, y'know, I still get kinda misty-eyed at that last scene, where Steve walks back over to the HL-10 as it's being towed back to the hangar, and strokes its nose, like he's forgiving a horse that threw him. I can almost hear him say, "It's okay, girl. It wasn't your fault."
As to the topic at hand, I've re-watched some of the favorite episodes from my childhood in recent years, and have happily been still-impressed by the writing, acting, cinematography, etc.
One of my favorite little details in the early episodes (which you can see most prominently in "Population: Zero") is when Austin is running across the desert in his khakis, and only his chest and left arm are sportin' sweat stains!
That whole sequence was cool, as the thawing Austin stumbles across the landscape, with the sound of his heartbeat in the background — then we transition to the slo-mo (for the first time ever), and you can really see the cool thing about Lee Majors' running style: Long strides with near-zero vertical motion.
(You see other tough guys run in movies, like Clint Eastwood or Steven Seagal, and they have these little hoppy steps more akin to Lindsay Wagner than Lee Majors. Pathetic.)
Back to Austin's heartbeat, it's also cool that the rate remains constant even as he goes to full speed.
I contend that the climax of "Day of the Robot" is the best fight scene of the entire series.
Neat little bit of trivia for "The Deadly Replay": On the tarmac you can see the former American Airlines 747 that would soon be converted into the first Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, NASA 905...
And, y'know, I still get kinda misty-eyed at that last scene, where Steve walks back over to the HL-10 as it's being towed back to the hangar, and strokes its nose, like he's forgiving a horse that threw him. I can almost hear him say, "It's okay, girl. It wasn't your fault."
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, I have to go back and watch those Six Million Dollar Man episodes again.
This scene is actually my first memory of SMDM. I can even remember where I was watching it, and going to tell my grandmother all about it!
I've noticed on several occassions watching the first season recently Lee Major's running style, and how impressed I've been with his stamina.
Apparently Majors's college athletic career included track and football. I imagine his running ability was probably a factor in getting the part of a guy who could run at superspeed.
I was a massive Majors fan as a kid, but over the years seemed to have forgotten that bit of trivia.
Been watching a few episodes over the Christmas break. Really enjoyed Stranger at Broken Fork. Watching it, I wondered if Steve ever went back to see the folks at the house. I thought this was a sensitive episode. It showed that Steve Austin is a decent man even when he doesn't know who he is. There's something about him in the early seasons (probably his bionics) that always make him an outsider, and he fitted in at Angie's place which is home to other outsiders. Even though he has amnesia, he seemed to recognise that in himself. One of my favourite episodes.
Also caught The Peeeping Blonde. I enjoy watching Lee and Farrah on screen together. (As a kid I could never decide which of them I loved more!) Other than a nice sense of nostalgia, I can't really find anything good to say about this episode. It fails me on so many levels!
Also caught The Peeeping Blonde. I enjoy watching Lee and Farrah on screen together. (As a kid I could never decide which of them I loved more!
) Other than a nice sense of nostalgia, I can't really find anything good to say about this episode. It fails me on so many levels!Similar threads
