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Headline Date: TBA
Release Date: 10/13/2015







THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN: THE COMPLETE SERIES







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Synopsis: Golden Globe® nominee Lee Majors is "better, stronger, faster" in this incredible 100-episode, collection of the iconic series. Also included are all three pilot movies and three reunion movies. When an aircraft crash leaves him barely alive, Colonel Steve Austin (Majors) is rebuilt with cutting-edge bionic technology. Now, atomic-powered limbs propel him at speeds of 60 mph, giving him the ability to overturn massive objects and take on America's most nefarious villains and their schemes. Join one of TV Guide's "24 Greatest Action Heroes" as he tackles top-secret missions that left millions of fans breathless for five thrilling seasons.











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Where is the promised separate release of the three films??

Only putting them in these complete series releases is way not cool for those of us that bought the single season releases.
 

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I just saw all 5 seasons (individually) at Target (Merritt Island) and was about ready to buy my missing. 3 seasons. Glad I waited but a little later, I'll have 2 seasons I won't be needing.
 

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I bought all the seasons of SMDM a couple weeks back at Target as an impulse purchase--they were $7.99 per season! I could not resist that price for a show that was part of my childhood.
 

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I bought the Time Life complete series, but I do feel your pain. Cannot believe studios are still giving giant middle fingers to those who supported individual releases.
 

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I bought the individual seasons off Amazon or about $12 each. Wasn't sure I was still going to like the show, it's been a long time since I had seen it. I'm happy with my purchase but glad I didn't spend the money on the time life set. I'm not too interested in the reunion movies but it would have been nice to have the option to get them without buying the complete series.
 

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Oliver Ravencrest said:
I'm not too interested in the reunion movies but it would have been nice to have the option to get them without buying the complete series.

I bought the Time-Life set, enjoyed the regular seasons so much, it was great.

The reunion movies are horrible in my opinion, almost bad enough to ruin the

memories of the show. Just skip them if you don't own already 'em.
 

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Couldn't agree more. I have the time life set enjoyed the series again so much that I'm on my second viewing but the reunion movies are terrible. They are newer but also much more outdated. Cheesier hairdo's, worse special effects and terrible electronic elevator music. all done much better in the original series.

derosa said:
I bought the Time-Life set, enjoyed the regular seasons so much, it was great.

The reunion movies are horrible in my opinion, almost bad enough to ruin the

memories of the show. Just skip them if you don't own already 'em.
 

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I enjoyed the first two reunion movies in their own way. The first one was good of too full of retcons (Fortress???). The third was deadly dull but at least Steve and Jaime finally got hitched.
 

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bretmaverick2 said:
Where is the promised separate release of the three films??

Only putting them in these complete series releases is way not cool for those of us that bought the single season releases.
Are you saying that Universal is doing with this what Paramount did with MacGyver?
 

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Recently I sampled some episodes of this show as I did watch it in my youth. Turned out this was one of those big "You can't go back again." moments as this show was mostly just horrible. I could not believe I sat through so many episodes as a child. There was more cheese on display here than in all the world's cheese shops combined. One episode I watched and sat there with my mouth hanging open at just how bad it was involved an evil genius stealing the Liberty Bell and putting it in a box truck in the middle of a field which he then rigged with explosives so he could claim a ransom for the return of the bell.


Holy cow was I rooting for that box truck to explode with Steve Austin in it!
 

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Reggie W said:
Recently I sampled some episodes of this show as I did watch it in my youth. Turned out this was one of those big "You can't go back again." moments as this show was mostly just horrible. I could not believe I sat through so many episodes as a child. There was more cheese on display here than in all the world's cheese shops combined. One episode I watched and sat there with my mouth hanging open at just how bad it was involved an evil genius stealing the Liberty Bell and putting it in a box truck in the middle of a field which he then rigged with explosives so he could claim a ransom for the return of the bell.


Holy cow was I rooting for that box truck to explode with Steve Austin in it!

The cheese factor is why I still like the show today. It was a show of its time, which is what much of 70s TV was like. It brings back great memories of growing up in that time. I've enjoyed every episode I've seen so far.
 

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Yes, I'm not knocking anybody liking it or enjoying the shows. One night a group of friends came by my house and we ordered pizza. Somebody wanted an "extra" cheese pizza. I swear you needed a forklift to pick it up and when you attempted to pick up a slice the cheese just poured off the sides in massive strands. There was literally pounds of cheese on the pizza. The guy that ordered it thought it was great...me I went with a different option as it was just too much cheese for my tastes.
 

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just the opposite here. Watched it as a kid, still have some of my old toys... As an adult I thought the first pilot movie was almost theater quality (for the time). And just watched the first regular epiosde a week or so ago, about the town that aparently dies, and thought it was great fun. I never knew how much like James Bond this series was. Very excited about watching more of it. Sorry to miss the complete series, but hoping all things missing will get to us. Extremely unfair, that.
 

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Just the opposite for me too. I'm on Season 3 now and love it. I thought I'd enjoy the show more out of nostalgia than anything but have been surprised at how good it actually is! I love that liberty bell episode with "evil genius" Chuck Connors! Can't wait to watch the rest of it!
 

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Aren't the individual releases missing all the bonus features? That's enough of a reason to buy the boxset.
 

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Not all episodes of a series are the same quality. Looking at 1 or 2 randomly will not give a good sense of the quality or appeal of a series. This was my favorite show as a child and I feared I would not like re-watching it as an adult. The first pilot movie, watching it now, was impressive. Not only was the action compelling, the depiction of the hero dealing with his "loss" and new self was complex and, at times, moving. The second pilot movie went in a more playful direction; it wasn't as satisfying to me, but it was still entertaining.


I found the first season episodes a mixed bunch. Some just seemed to throw Austin into an espionage plot, and the writers weren't quite sure what to do with the bionic abilities or how to develop Steve's character. Other episodes were of the highest quality I have seen of just about any TV show: "The Day of the Robot" with John Saxon is the first time they really learned how to use the slow motion effects to enhance the emotion of the action--scenes that are important because they not only entertain us but they depict the inevitable way that Steve uses his new powers, and is almost the only way he can expres himself; "Rescue of Athena One" with Farrah gracefully and almost poetically depicts an adventure in space and a blossoming, though temporary love relationship that tended to elude the hero throughout the series; and "Burning Bright" with William Shatner is a brilliant depiction of friendship via a fellow astronaut's gradual mental deterioration, and a touching portrayal of Steve Austin's moral core as he tries to help his friend. I honestly did not expect this level of insight from a show that had been my choice of a 5th grade lunchbox.


Such episodes delivered concise storytelling, consummate acting from the leads and all the supporting cast, and even provided emotional insight into how a hero felt about having been, first, an American hero who walked on the moon, and secondly, a reluctant hero thrust into a role that he never really wanted (a technologically-enhanced government agent). While the second season also has its intermittent episodes that I find uninvolving (e.g., "Act of Piracy"), there are some gems here too that further develop Steve Austin's psychology as a hero, such as "The Deadly Replay" where he is invited to redo the flight in the same (rebuilt) plane that caused his accident, and "Stranger in Broken Fork" in which an amnesiac Steve "discovers" his bionics but also his social conscience. Several additional episodes reveal Steve slowly coming to terms and sometimes resenting or fearing his powers, but always using them not just to break something but to stand for something.


Perhaps I am re-watching the series (in the middle of Season 2 now) at the right time of my life: I'm able to sit patiently through the less involving episodes, but also get great fulfilment from the more complex and carefully constructed ones. At times, the show invites me to think deeply about our current relationship to technology ("better, stronger, faster"...?) and at other times even inspires me to be a better person, and that's not something I get from many TV shows!
 

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derosa said:
I bought the Time-Life set, enjoyed the regular seasons so much, it was great.

The reunion movies are horrible in my opinion, almost bad enough to ruin the

memories of the show. Just skip them if you don't own already 'em.
Yeah, I remember them being pretty bad which is why I wasn't too interested in the TV Movies. I enjoyed the episodes when I watched my sets but not as much as other shows from that era. I'd watch them again.
 

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