Bionic Showdown

by David
January 7, 2006, 4:50 pm | In Fandom |

Anyone out there as big a fan of the bionic TV franchise as I am? I’m talking The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, and all the various subsequent TV movies and potential spin-offs, including the failed pilot for The Bionic Boy. I couldn’t get enough of that stuff when I was a kid, but they all paled in comparison to Bionic Six.

Yes, I’m well aware that Bionic Six was a crappy Saturday morning cartoon that had nothing to do with Col. Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers and Max the Bionic Dog that was afraid of fire. But what a crappy Saturday morning cartoon it was! For those unfamiliar with one of the greatest crappy Saturday morning cartoons in history, Bionic Six was about a bionic hero, Jack Bennett, who has a wife and several children, two of which are adopted. An accident on a trip to the Himalayas forces Jack to give his family the same bionic surgery that transformed him in order to save their lives. A superpowered team is born, and so is a superpowered 80s theme song.

This show had some of the best toys around: die-cast metal with clear plastic limbs to represent the ones that were bionic. Only problem was the paint would chip off—same as the Silverhawks action figures. They all felt great in the hand, though.

Enjoy the opening sequence, and please continue the reminiscences in the comments, including Who to Cast in the Eventual Live-Action Film and What Limb I Would Lop Off and Make Bionic If Given the Choice.

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  1. What a great show. I remember when I saw it for the fitst time when I was a kid. I have been looking for those episodes on DVD for a couple of years now. I hope they release them.

    Edison

    Comment by cpedison — January 8, 2006 #

  2. What about Max the Bionic Dog. Man that show was crap. I was a big fan of the Six Million Dollar Man, and the Bionic Woman was a good spin off. But after that, the franchise went down hill. I still have my Steve Austin action figure somewhere.

    Comment by fourthof5 — January 8, 2006 #

  3. Max had his own show? Damn, I must have missed that one. Now I want to see it just for curiosity’s sake!

    Edison: no DVD’s yet, but rumors have it that Season 1 from both Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman will be available sometime in 2006.

    Comment by Summer — January 9, 2006 #

  4. There’s no record of it on Amazon, but I have found a Bionic 6 DVD set available for sale:

    http://www.ioffer.com/i/Bionic-Six-6-DVD-Complete-9329511

    Not sure. Seems risky. Anyone out there own this?

    Comment by David Moldawer — January 9, 2006 #

  5. Wow! I loved the $6M man - even had a dream as boy, where I was bionic and beat up the Most Hated Teacher In School, to the great delight of adoring classmates. But I missed the Saturday morning toon.

    As for bionic limb - hmmm… eyes aren’t so bad. For the rest of it- hell, I’ve always been a couch potato. Not much need for a bionic butt.

    Favorite bionic cliche - the way Oscar Goldman would whip off his glasses everytime Steve Austin dropped some sort of revelation on him.

    Comment by tim callender — January 9, 2006 #

  6. Summer, The Six Millon Dollar Man is on DVD here* Saw it yesterday in fact.

    *Here being Australia.

    Comment by fourthof5 — January 11, 2006 #

  7. That opening theme is pretty godawful. I feel sorry for those poor animation slaves in Korea who had to draw this show.

    Comment by Mike — January 15, 2006 #

  8. I used to *love* Bionic 6. Do this day I still humm the music. Can’t wait till its on DVD.

    Comment by Carl — January 19, 2006 #

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