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Kit Sullivan
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I am a fan of the old, cheesy and goofy TV shows from my youth, and I have quite a few old TV show series.
My wife knows I was a fan of the SMDM as a kid, so she bought me all 5 seasons onDVD for Christmas.
I loaded up the first disc and as soon as that cool opening credit sequence started, I started to get a little excited ( just like a kid, I suppose):
"We have separation", "looks good, Victor"..."got a blowout, damper three", "get your pitch to zero!", "pitch is out, I can't hold altitude, she's breaking up, she's break..."
It was even more cool than I remembered from 40 years ago!
"Steve Austin...astronaut. A man barely alive....we have the technology to make him better... stronger...faster...we can make the world's first bionic man."
Oh man, I couldn't wait...it was gonna be great to watch these old shows again!
The opening credits ends with that cool thumping, driving music and shows Steve Austin in the groovy 70s-era red track suit running 60mph, freeze-framing on Austin's face with a convenient lense-flare centered right on his bionic right eye...
And then, all pumped up from watching that iconic opening credit sequence I started watching the episodes.
And I discovered something I NEVER noticed about this show as a kid:
It Sucks!
My god, this show is F'n terrible! How stupid could I have possibly been as a kid to think this show was any good?
Lee Majors has less acting ability than the SMDM "action figure" dolls they sold in toy stores back then.
And his "amazing" feats of bionic strength and ability are...well, pretty lame. Gingerly hopping over a small stream that is about 2-3 feet across hardly requires any "bionic" agility, even if they did use slow-mo and sound effects to "punch up" the visuals.
All in all...much better left as a solid memory from my youth than to try and relive it now.
Still...has one of the best opening credits ever!
My wife knows I was a fan of the SMDM as a kid, so she bought me all 5 seasons onDVD for Christmas.
I loaded up the first disc and as soon as that cool opening credit sequence started, I started to get a little excited ( just like a kid, I suppose):
"We have separation", "looks good, Victor"..."got a blowout, damper three", "get your pitch to zero!", "pitch is out, I can't hold altitude, she's breaking up, she's break..."
It was even more cool than I remembered from 40 years ago!
"Steve Austin...astronaut. A man barely alive....we have the technology to make him better... stronger...faster...we can make the world's first bionic man."
Oh man, I couldn't wait...it was gonna be great to watch these old shows again!
The opening credits ends with that cool thumping, driving music and shows Steve Austin in the groovy 70s-era red track suit running 60mph, freeze-framing on Austin's face with a convenient lense-flare centered right on his bionic right eye...
And then, all pumped up from watching that iconic opening credit sequence I started watching the episodes.
And I discovered something I NEVER noticed about this show as a kid:
It Sucks!
My god, this show is F'n terrible! How stupid could I have possibly been as a kid to think this show was any good?
Lee Majors has less acting ability than the SMDM "action figure" dolls they sold in toy stores back then.
And his "amazing" feats of bionic strength and ability are...well, pretty lame. Gingerly hopping over a small stream that is about 2-3 feet across hardly requires any "bionic" agility, even if they did use slow-mo and sound effects to "punch up" the visuals.
All in all...much better left as a solid memory from my youth than to try and relive it now.
Still...has one of the best opening credits ever!
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