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The Six Million Dollar Man Movie?

post #1 of 32
9/13/03 at 8:06pm
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With all the advances in science and technology and special effects, plus the current trend of updating old TV shows into movies, has there ever been any talk of a bringing The Bionic Man to the big screen?

If not, what is the possibility that it could be done and done well.
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post #2 of 32
9/13/03 at 9:24pm
Given inflation, he might need to be called the $60 Million Dollar Man.
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post #3 of 32
9/14/03 at 8:58pm
This has been talked about for years.
Someday. Maybe a Steve and Jaime movie with Max the dog too.
Make the fembots the villians and I am there.
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post #4 of 32
9/14/03 at 9:17pm
They already made a Six Millon Dollar Man movie back in 1987, it was called RoboCop. And to this date, it is still a damn good movie. But hey, if the script is good, Im definitey game to see Colonel Steve Austin and Jamie Sommers hit the silver screen.

If nothing else Universal should at least releast the series on DVD. You have no idea how much I want to see the Six Million Dollar Man, the Bionic Woman, Battlestar Galactica, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century come out on DVD. Buck Rogers is definitely conry compared to the other 3 series but it does hold a special place in my nostalgic heart.

I still have an original Six Million Dollar Man action figure, with the extra bionic arms.
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post #5 of 32
9/15/03 at 9:33am
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They already made a Six Millon Dollar Man movie back in 1987, it was called RoboCop.

Nonsense. Robocop was a retelling of Frankenstein.

Also one could argue that a $6,000,000 man would just have a pair of new kidneys and a Bentley. Not exciting movie stuff.
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post #6 of 32
9/15/03 at 9:56am
They have been talking about a film-version of The Six Million Dollar Man fairly recently. Unfortunately it has been under the suggestion of doing it as a comedy (I believe they even mentioned that Chris Rock was interested) called The Six Billion Dollar Man. Lee Majors would be involved in some capacity.

I'm not making this up.
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post #7 of 32
9/15/03 at 10:34am
I heard of Chris Rock's possible involvement in a big screen version of "6 Million Dollar Man" as well.

And yes, I still have the action figure of Steve Austin somewhere in the house.
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post #8 of 32
9/15/03 at 10:44am
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but it does hold a special place in my nostalgic heart.


No, Erin Gray holds a place in your heart (or somewhere else in your body)!!!!

The 12 year old me sure did like her.
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post #9 of 32
9/15/03 at 11:49am
$6M man = Terminator?
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post #10 of 32
9/15/03 at 5:25pm
Chris Rock?
Oh lord no.

As far as Erin Grey goes, I wrote her a letter back in the 80s and she never wrote me back.
I am holding a grudge.

We have a Six Million Doolar Man doll at our hourse. A lunchbox too.
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post #11 of 32
10/23/03 at 9:00am
I just heard on the radio this morning that Jim Carry has signed on as Lee Majors. It will be a spoof.


Peace Out~
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post #12 of 32
10/23/03 at 9:38am
Ron,

You're right, actually, it was also announced on ET last night that Jim Carrey will play the $6M man.
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post #13 of 32
10/23/03 at 9:44am
Considering Jim Carrey makes $20 million per big budget flick, the film's title role will underplaying his worth.
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post #14 of 32
10/23/03 at 9:47am
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It will be a spoof.


I knew it. I think this is the next Hollywood trend.. take 70's & 80's action TV shows and convert them to big screen comedies (ie: Starsky & Hutch)

Let's see if we can guess what show will be next... A-Team?
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post #15 of 32
10/23/03 at 9:51am
to the news.
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post #16 of 32
10/23/03 at 11:08am
All interest in this movie has dropped to ZERO! This sounds about as bad as that terrible The Incredible Shrinking Woman from years back!
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post #17 of 32
10/23/03 at 2:59pm
I would rather have the series on dvd than having Jim Carrey involved
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post #18 of 32
10/23/03 at 6:44pm
I don't care if its a comedy or a straight action flick. I can't see paying money for a remake of something if I didn't care for the original! :p)

Although for reasons I can't fathom, I'm looking forward to the Battlestar Galactica remake.
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post #19 of 32
10/23/03 at 7:48pm
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Although for reasons I can't fathom, I'm looking forward to the Battlestar Galactica remake.


Is it because you want to see Katee Sackhoff as Starbuck?
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post #20 of 32
10/23/03 at 8:20pm
Nah. I find the gender change mildly annoying, cute actress or not.

I guess it's just that the premise had real potential that the first series really botched. C'mon, we start with a multiplanetary civilization slaughtered down to a single fleet of ships caught in a desperate race against genocide, and what did the original series give us? Starbucks' snappy one-liners and asorted cutesy fluff and sitcom humor. Gah! Someone has to do better than that.
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post #21 of 32
10/23/03 at 8:47pm
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I don't care if its a comedy or a straight action flick. I can't see paying money for a remake of something if I didn't care for the original!


The original was pretty lame. For me it was Lee Majors, and the poor cinematography.
The only remake that makes sense is with Jim Carey.


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Although for reasons I can't fathom, I'm looking forward to the Battlestar Galactica remake.


Galactica was one of those space operas that had a lot of potential, but fumbled the ball. Ben Cartwright in a 1930's style Buck Rogers uniform was too lame for me to handle. The Cylons, though, were most cool. Whenever I go to a public restroom, I see faucet handles that remind me of the Cylon helmets. If they could get a good group of actors and a decent plot, then it may be worth a look.
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post #22 of 32
10/24/03 at 5:37am
I wonder if the Jim Carrey version of Steve Austin will have had his face messed up in the accident and had to have it replaced with special bionic skin, which just happens to allow his features to be all sorts of contorted.

I can see it now, "Hey Jamie, lemme show you something".

Or someone tells him to bend this steel bar, "Alrighty then"!
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post #23 of 32
10/24/03 at 6:35am
Jim Carrey + Me =
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post #24 of 32
10/24/03 at 9:54am
I think it would be more challenging to leave this as a drama. This seems to be the easier way out.

I thought I heard that the Farrelly brothers were going to direct. Now, I would love to see Jim Carrey in a Farrelly bros. movie at least once every two years, but I wish they would use other material.
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post #25 of 32
10/24/03 at 12:03pm
Jim Carrey as Steve Austin? Forget it. It won't get my money. I'll just wait for the DVD sets of the original series when they are eventually released.
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post #26 of 32
10/24/03 at 2:17pm
I've heard from reliable sources that Carrey's Austin will suffer a horrible voice box injury in the crash, and they will decide to reinstall his speech center in his rectum, so Carrey can do his ever popular "bent over talking ass" routine in the movie! Boy, I never get tired of that.

Truthfully, if they remade this as a serious drama, it would never hold up to the original series. There were so many things that made the original special (slow motion running, the "de de de de de" sound effect for vision, the jumping over buildings obvious backward wound footage) that would now be done with CGI, and would lose their charm. Who really wants to see this, when it's already been done in Robocop, Terminator, etc. So, I'm glad their going to do a comedy spoof/parody. Let the original stand, and let's have some fun with it, just like Charlie's Angels.
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post #27 of 32
7/14/08 at 5:39pm

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post #28 of 32
7/14/08 at 9:23pm

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Man... talk about inflation.
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post #29 of 32
7/18/08 at 4:54pm

Re: The Six Million Dollar Man Movie?

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Originally Posted by CoreyII
Buck Rogers is definitely conry compared to the other 3 series but it does hold a special place in my nostalgic heart.
I remember Princess Ardala very fondly.

I just noticed on imdb that Twiki was voiced by Felix Silla before Mel Blanc took over. I always thought that was a terrible character, no matter who voiced it. And I love Mel Blanc.
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post #30 of 32
7/18/08 at 4:58pm

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Originally Posted by Johnny Angell
I remember Princess Ardala very fondly.

I just noticed on imdb that Twiki was voiced by Felix Silla before Mel Blanc took over. I always thought that was a terrible character, no matter who voiced it. And I love Mel Blanc.

Not to derail, but i will...Felix Sila was in the suit, Mel Blanc did the voice from the pilot to the end of season 1. They tried to save a buck (HA!) and let Felix do the voice at the start of season 2. He sucked, people wrote, and they brought Blanc back.
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