The Six Million Dollar Man - The Complete Collection [DVD] [2012]

Arrived this week and I dived straight in and watched the pilot episode. I have very fond memories of this feature length story and couldn't wait to see it again. I have the DVD set and was considering whether the bluray was really worth the money. It is. The quality is far superior. The colour is really impressive. The attached photos show that the set is well packaged with standard bluray multi-sleeves separated into 6 sets. I have watched three episodes plus the pilot since it arrived and am not disappointed in spending money on a series I invested so much time in as a child. The audio may be enhanced, I'm not sure, but it is very clear. I used to think Lee Majors mumbled at times but I can hear every word now. The only negative is the thin sleeve that holds the whole package together. It won't last long unless you are really careful with it. The DVD set came in a sturdy box, which would have really finished this item off a treat. Each season is accompanied by a booklet as shown in the photos. If a little 1970's TV action is your thing I can recommend this set. Give it a few years and this may well be very difficult to find so grab it now while you can.

I watched this show on tv back in the 70’s as a kid. Back then US shows were in NTSC and badly converted over to PAL format to be shown over the pond. They were cut up to insert commercials and often edited in ways from the original. Anyway what is fantasticto realise is all these shows were shot on film not video tape. These Blue Rays have been remastered from this original film source and they are something else.. Colours pop - the picture looks absolutely amazing most of the time! I highly recommend these disks to any fan and I guarantee the quality will impress . The menus have been redone on this new release and are now very smart. Expensive yes but if you want to own everything in amazing quality plus all the extra reunion films etc, then it’s well worth it!

I suspect there will be a number of 50-somethings who like myself, spent their teen years following this series through most of the 70's. I must confess that I hadn't seen any of the episodes since their original broadcast until buying the Universal/Playback R2 release of season one a few years ago. Rediscovering the series again, the stories and action seem to unfold at a more relaxed pace than my memory would have me believe - no bad thing of course, just like meeting a long-lost friend in my case. The series kicks off with Colonel Steve Austin (Lee Majors) barely clinging on to life following a near-fatal crash involving a NASA aircraft. His shattered legs, arm, and an eye are replaced with astronomically expensive bionic limbs & an ultra-sensitive eye (hence the 'Six Million Dollar' title) developed by the US government. The new anatomical additions mean that Austin is now "better, stronger, faster" than ever before. Austin's 'debt' for these revolutionary replacements is to be repaid by Austin agreeing to work for the government's OSI division, whose director, Oscar Goldman (Richard Anderson) sends Austin on various secret missions. What follows is a collection of mostly 50-minute episodes, with themes including espionage, sci-fi (aliens, 'Bigfoot' etc) but generally 'human' stories. Austin really isn't your stereotypical all-action hero with girls swooning at his feet, but is more a down-to-earth & reserved but friendly individual, with the 'bionic' angle used sparingly & not as a gimmicky crowd-pleaser. I've grown very fond of Lee Majors' understated performance as the reluctant superhero with super-strength. Amongst other things, the slow-motion 'bionic' effects place the show firmly in the 1970's, a cult series with nostalgic memories for those who remember it from first time around. Having come to this boxset after watching the complete series of Bill Bixby's "The Incredible Hulk" it's interesting to compare various aspects from both series: the 'scientific' pilot stories, followed by the more 'human story' episodes - with each central character possessing 'super-human' strength. As for the picture & sound quality, the restored and remastered prints on this complete & uncut collection are a big improvement on the previous Universal/Playback R2 release of season one - nicely cleaned up. As with many other NTSC discs in my collection I occasionally noticed some picture instability when the action moved quickly across the screen, but it's something I personally can live with. This Region 2+4 Fabulous Films release also includes English subtitles. Each series features an illustrated booklet with an episode list with synopsis. The collection is stored in 6 plastic cases, which are then housed in a sturdy cardboard 'cube' case which has a ribbon insert (with a ribbon handle to lift the lid). I have included a list of the episodes and extras below.... ***SEASON ONE*** *The Six Million Dollar Man (Pilot Movie 1). *Wine Women & War (Pilot Movie 2). *The Solid Gold Kidnapping (Pilot Movie 3). *Population Zero. *Survival of The Fittest. *Operation Firefly. *Day of The Robot. *Little Orphan Airplane. *Doomsday And Counting. *Eyewitness To Murder. *The Rescue of Athena One. *Dr. Wells is Missing. *The Last of The Fourth of Julys. *Burning Bright. *The Coward. *Run, Steve, Run. ***BONUS FEATURES.(DISC SIX)*** *All three pilot movies in their original broadcast versions. *Featurettes: real bionics. *An iconic opening. *Season one VIP's: a celebration of the Six Million Dollar Man guest stars. *Bionic breakdown. *OSI mission debriefing: executive producer Harve Bennett. *Bionic gallery. ***SEASON TWO*** *Nuclear Alert. *The Pioneers. *Pilot Error. *The Pal-Mir Escort. *The Seven Million Dollar Man. *Straight On 'Til Morning. *The Midas Touch. *The Deadly Replay. *Act of Piracy. *Stranger In Broken Fork. *The Peeping Blonde. *The Cross-Country Kidnap. *Lost Love. *The Last Kamikaze. *The Return of The Robot Maker. *Taneha. *Look Alike. *The E.S.P. Spy. *The Bionic Woman - Part 1. *The Bionic Woman - Part 2. *Outrage In Balinderry. *Steve Austin, Fugitive. ***BONUS FEATURES*** *Featurette: The bionic sound effects. *Season two VIP's: a celebration of the Six Million Dollar Man guest stars. *Audio commentaries on selected episodes from writer/producer Kenneth Johnson. *Bionic gallery. ***SEASON THREE*** *The Return of The Bionic Woman - Part 1. *The Return of The Bionic Woman - Part 2. *The Price of Liberty. *The Song And Dance Spy. *The Wolf Boy. *The Deadly Test. *Target In The Sky. *One of Our Running Backs Is Missing. *The Bionic Criminal. *The Blue Flash. *The White Lightning War. *Divided Loyalty. *Clark Templeton O'Flaherty. *The Winning Smile. *The Bionic Woman: Welcome Home, Jaime - Part 1. *The Bionic Woman: Welcome Home, Jaime - Part 2. *Hocus-Pocus. *The Secret of Bigfoot - Part 1. *The Secret of Bigfoot - Part 2. *The Golden Pharoah. *Love Song For Tanya. *The Bionic Badge. *Big Brother. ***BONUS FEATURES.(DISC SEVEN)*** *Featurette: The bionic sound effects. *Season three VIP's: a celebration of the Six Million Dollar Man guest stars. *OSI mission debriefing: writer and producer Kenneth Johnson. *Audio commentaries on selected episodes from writer/producer Kenneth Johnson and director Cliff Bole. *Bionic gallery. ***SEASON FOUR*** *The Return of Bigfoot - Part 1. *The Bionic Woman: The Return of Bigfoot - Part 2. *Nightmare In The Sky. *Double Trouble. *The Most Dangerous Enemy. *H+2+O=Death. *The Bionic Woman: Kill Oscar - Part 1. *Kill Oscar - Part 2. *The Bionic Woman: Kill Oscar - Part 3. *The Bionic Boy (97 mins). *Vulture of The Andes. *The Thunderbird Connection (99 mins). *A Bionic Christmas Carol. *Task Force. *The Ultimate Imposter. *Death Probe - Part 1. *Death Probe - Part 2. *Danny's Inferno. *Fires of Hell. *The Infiltrators. *Carnival of Spies. *U-509. *The Privacy of The Mind. *To Catch The Eagle. *The Ghostly Teletype. ***BONUS FEATURES.(DISC NINE)*** *Featurette: The Six Million Dollar fans. *Season four VIP's: a celebration of the Six Million Dollar Man guest stars. *OSI mission debriefing: Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman). *Audio commentary from director Cliff Bole. *Bionic gallery. ***SEASON FIVE*** *Sharks - Part 1. *Sharks - Part 2. *Deadly Countdown - Part 1. *Deadly Countdown - Part 2. *Bigfoot V. *Killer Wind. *Rollback. *Dark Side of The Moon - Part 1. *Dark Side of The Moon - Part 2. *Target: Steve Austin. *The Cheshire Project. *Walk A Deadly Wing. *Just A Matter of Time. *Return of Deathprobe - Part 1. *Return of Deathprobe - Part 2. *The Lost Island (97 mins). *The Madonna Caper. *Dead Ringer. *Date With Danger - Part 1. *Date With Danger - Part 2. *The Moving Mountain. ***BONUS FEATURES.(DISC SEVEN)*** *Featurette: The Six Million Dollar Man's best villains and best fights. *Season five VIP's: a celebration of The Six Million Dollar Man guest stars. *OSI mission debriefing: Martin E. Brooks (Dr Rudy Wells). *Bionic gallery. ***BONUS FEATURES.(5-DISC SET)*** *Return of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman (1987 Reunion Movie). *Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman (1989 Reunion Movie). *Bionic Ever After (1994 Reunion Movie). *Expanded Syndication Version of Pilot TV Movie 2: Wine, Women And War - Parts 1 and 2. *Expanded Syndication Version of Pilot TV Movie 3: The Solid Gold Kidnapping - Parts 1 and 2. *FEATURETTES* *TV Goes Bionic: The Origins of The Six Million Dollar Man *The Bionic Age of TV: The Success of The Six Million Dollar Man. *Top Secret: OSI, NASA and Bionics. *The Reunion Movies: Life After The Series. *The Pop Culture Effect. *Bionic Action....Figures! *The Stunts of The Bionic Age. *MEET THE CAST* *Getting To Know Lee Majors and Steve Austin. *Getting To Know Lindsay Wagner and Jaime Sommers. *Getting To Know Richard Anderson and Oscar Goldman. *Getting To Know Dr. Rudy Wells. *OSI MISSION DEBRIEFING:* *Lee Majors. *Bionic Gallery.

Die Serie wurde in einer Box geliefert . Sehr chic . Der Pilotfilm ( Deutsche Fassung sowie die englische , diese ist länger und hat mehr Scenen ) ist mit dabei . Der englische original Pilotfilm ist mit deutschen Untertiteln. Die komplette Serie in deutsch . Die drei Spielfilme sind ebenso enthalten . Der erste Rückkehr der Roboter ist deutsch synchronisiert , die anderen zwei - Bionic Showdown - Bionic Ever After in Englisch mit deutschen Untertiteln . Die überarbeitete Fassung ist von sehr guter Bild und Ton Qualität . Die Blue Rays sind ordentlich in der Hülle zu befestigen und fliegen nicht lose in der Gegend herum . Wurde ohne Kratzer geliefert . Booklet mit kurzem Serien Inhalt liegt mit dabei .

Watching The Six Million Dollar Man in 2018 takes me back to being a 7-8 year old kid with a Kenner Steve Austin “action figure” in hand as each episode aired. The excitement among similarly aged kids was palatable, we all wanted to be Steve Austin, heck the odd girl would even pretend to be Jaime Sommers! Some kids had the Medical Bay or Rocket ship play sets which could induce jealousy among those who didn't… it was around the time of Evil Knievel, Kiss, Star Wars, Super Friends and the rise of Marvel Comics, it kind of fit perfectly with the times if you were under 10. So, to finally be able to have all these in my collection for under 50 bucks feels pretty great… if you grew up with this show I’d say you owe it to yourself to relive it, at least a little bit. As expected they barely hold up to any of the hype you remember, but the nostalgia factor is about a 10 and the Bigfoot episodes alone make everything alright… The extras are interesting and the bonus made for TV movies, while pretty dull, are cool to have… I certainly hadn’t seen them! I won't talk about quality, you can find that elsewhere, it looks fine, it sounds fine ... mostly I just like being able to toss this on when I need a dose of nostalgia, simple as that. I picked this up on a lightning deal, I’d say if you can do the same, and you have similar memories of this show... it’s an easy buy.

This is one of the best looking Blu ray TV Series box sets I have seen yet. It is from Germany but has the English DTS HD Master Stereo audio as well as the German HD Master audio as well. There are an average 10 episodes per disc which are 50GB each and how they did the conversion process to have this many on one disc and still look absolutely brilliant with "zero" compression visible is a feat to wonder. The picture transfer from the original film negatives is Stunning!!! Also when you see signs or names in English during each feature there is no annoying hard coded caption overlay in German. The packaging is wonderful and nicely made with a lidded box to hold the 2 cases of Blu rays with black foam insert for protection between the discs. No money was held back when they made this boxset, it is put together to last many, many years , nothing looks or feels cheap at all about this set. Comes with a nice thick booklet that describes each episode (in German) but can be easily be translated with google translator app or equivalent. WELL WORTH THE PRICE THIS SET LOOKS AWESOME!!!!!

Absolutely thrilled with this fantastic German release of the legendary 'Six Million Dollar Man' or as the Germans like to call it 'Der Sechs Millionen Dollar Mann.' I've seen several transfers of this series to DVD and was utterly disappointed to say the least, terrible fuzz, colour blur, sound drop outs you name it. By sharp contrast, enter this incredible release which I've no doubt is the finest transfer of the series ever made. The picture is so crisp and clear and the sound is spot on. The great Germans have done an amazing job of putting this together. The accompanying booklet is mostly in German with just English in brackets for the episode guide(which is all you need, if you would like more details purchase 'The Bionic Book' and you have it.) As this is a German release this is to be expected but they have done a stellar job and the 12 Blu Ray discs are presented in 2 super dual clam shell cases in a lovely box. You get the entire Six Million Dollar Man series and the TV movies, it's all here. All you need is the Bionic Women set(the German release is only Standard Definition on Bluray to fit it all on 3 Blu Ray discs, so if you can find a DVD set it's practically the same.) The only slight seriously minor issue may be that there has been a couple of seconds that have been clipped on some episodes for the purpose of fitting it all nicely onto the 12 Blu Ray discs, but seriously it really doesn't matter. Purists may scoff at this but I'd rather a couple of seconds missing any day to crappy transfers with poor sound and almost unwatchable fuzzy drivel wasting my time. Imagine 2 seconds of a pan clipped with absolutely no action in the scene at all, is that really a loss? Simply put this is the finest transfer your going to find of this superb Sci-Fi show which was doing Cyborgs long before films like 'The Terminator' and the soon to be released 'Cyberpunk 2077 video game' for example. Sure there's a lot of special effects that people may scoff at, but keep in mind this was the 70's when the series was made and for this fan it still has a great charm and is filled with terrific stories.(Also those effects were top notch for the budget at the time, so stop knocking them, use your imagination and enjoy the magic.) What makes it ultra special is the way the writers kept the human element in this series above all else. Yes they have the amazing Bionic limbs which give them incredible capabilities but they still have to fit in with the rest of the world and that means using the abilities with care and thoughtfulness. Star Trek fans may be surprised to know DC Fontana wrote a couple of episodes for this series and the array of top notch celebrities that appear in the show(William Shatner and George Takei for example) is amazing. All in all, the show along with it's counterpart 'The Bionic Women' still hold there own in a unique form of story telling made possible by the incredible advancement of Bionics(coined from Cybernetics.) The most amazing transfer of a classic TV series transfer to Blu Ray I've seen in a long while. The only other sets that can match this would be 'Original Star Trek', 'Star Trek The Next Generation', 'The Outer Limits' and 'The Twilight Zone' original series to Blu Ray. There is a tragic trend to simply dump non-remastered or even a high definition transfer to Blu Ray and just stick the DVD content on there. Even packages like the alleged 5 Blu Ray Bladerunner(again the Six Million Dollar Man predated Cybernetics) transfer had just 3 Blu Rays and the special features on DVD, which was complete and utter false advertising. Then there's other releases with just DVD quality on a Blu Ray??? Where is the incentive for fans to go Blu Ray if there not going to do a proper high definition picture and sound transfer? Not so with this magnificent transfer, you have to see it to believe it. Don't worry that it's titles and booklet are in German, you simply select the 'Englich' from the menu then the booklet will tell you what each of the episodes are in English. This is pure heaven for any Six Million Dollar Man fans out there and any negativity out there is so rediculous it's not even worth taking into account. Mind blowing transfer and oh the joy to finally watch it without interference from poor quality tape transfers etc. The best Six Million Dollar Man transfer you are going to find period. (There is nothing out there that beats it.) A massive thanks and a well done to the great folks in Germany who put the time and effort into this wondeful box set, it has paid off, WELL DONE!!!!

Nom de l'item à l'achat fait le 18 mars 2021: The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Series Prix lors de l'achat en date du 18 mars 2021: 83.55 (avant taxes) Commande reçue le 20 mars 2021 via Amazon Prime. Évaluation générale de 5 étoiles. 2021-03-30 Livraison avec Prime, donc rapide. Commandé et reçu en même temps que "The Bionic Woman" qui est malheureusement arrivé abîmé. Étrangement, lui, est arrivé impécable. Parfait état. Le contenu est génial. La conception du DVD est intelligente et logique. Contrairement aux DVD de l'autre sériechaque DVD a un nom informatique unique, ce qui permet de faire un "bookmark" sur certains lecteurs. Très bien fait. Quelques entrevues, quelques "featurettes", quelques émissions avec des commentaires en v.o. Je suis bien content pour l'instant. très bonne qualité de l'image. Le son est correct pour l'époque. Très bonne organisation de l'ordre des émissions pour les "cross-over". On peut donc voir dans l'ordre les suites d'émission à l'époque quui se poursuivaient dans "The Bionc Woman" et vice-versa. Très bien fait. De beaux souvenirs d'une époque. Quand j'aurai fini de visionner les coffrets, je ferai une mise à jour de mon commentaire.