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

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.

I just had to buy the six million dollar man bluray box set even tho it was very expensive at £177,was it worth the price?..absolutely,never looked and sounded so good.

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.

As you may or may not be aware, The Six Million Dollar Man has only been released on BluRay in Germany (this set). Every other country has to put up with old, DVD quality releases, and that is the first thing you notice - the quality!Where the old DVD picture looks blurry, faded and grainy, this looks clear and sharp with magnificent colours!The sound remains in mono, but is now in glorious DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono!Being a German release, the audio is available in German DTS as well as English, and although most of the content has no subtitles, what few there are, are in German.Apparently, the DVD release had some content cut so that the episodes could all fit on the disks, and some of the original soundtrack music had been replaced due to licencing issues. This set restores the original music and cut sections.The three original pilot movies are available as the cut down TV movie versions that were released on the DVDs, or as 2 part Episodes which add approximately 25 minutes of extra footage to each movie, and as a result, make a lot more sense and explain what would otherwise be plot-holes.The “The Bionic Woman” episodes are also available here as both individual episodes, and as a movie version – although the movie version doesn’t seem to have anything cut from it, and is approximately the same running time as the two episodes minus the “previously on the Six Million Dollar Man…” catch-up and the second episode title sequence. New on the movie version is a Director’s Commentary, but I can’t say who it’s by or what it’s like, as it is German language only, and not mentioned in the accompanying booklet…In fact, the only thing that lets it down for me is the fact that it has been slightly "Germanised" and before you all shout "Racist!", let me explain:• The original title sequence (“I can’t hold her – she’s breaking up, she’s break…”) [which were shown either at the start of each episode, or more commonly after a short ‘teaser’ and before the episode proper] have been removed. These have been replaced with an almost identical version (except with the titles in German) that is shown at the start of every episode, then followed by the teaser, then by the episode proper.Why not have the title sequence in the same place as the original version?• The episode name has also been replaced with a German version, but I don’t really mind this as this is the German version after all…• Occasionally, hard-coded German subtitles appear on-screen, translating an important sign or document title, or other plot-relevant item that is not in German.This is distracting, and unnecessary as it could have been easily accomplished using ‘forced’ subtitles. These can be switched on or off at will in the player menu, and could be set by default to automatically switch on if the player language is set to ‘German’. Completely unobtrusive and transparent.There is one more omission - The crossover episodes with ‘The Bionic Woman’ are a bit muddled.1. “The Return of Bigfoot” parts 1 & 2 are both included, even though part 2 was a ‘Bionic Woman’ episode. This is great, although the Bionic Woman title sequence has been removed, and The Six Million Dollar Man title sequence has been inserted at the beginning, before the ‘catch-up’ for part 1.2. “Kill Oscar” has been omitted entirely. This was originally a three-part crossover, with parts 1 and 3 being episodes of ‘The Bionic Woman’. It would have been nice to have had all three episodes here in glorious HD, but I can only assume that they are on the companion BluRay set of ‘The Bionic Woman’ (Die Sieben Millionen Dollar Frau), albeit in Standard Definition only, as is the rest of that box set.Apart from those minor issues, this is a very well put together, if slightly basic, set. There is a nicely constructed accompanying booklet (printed on glossy, heavyweight paper) which lists the episodes for each disc along with a brief resumé of each one (this is all in German, but it does also give the English title of each episode).It doesn’t list any of the included extras, which are few and far-between for the first two seasons, and completely non-existent after that. What there (five featurettes and an interview) is in 480p US Standard Definition, and looks to have been grabbed from the season 1 & 2 DVDs.All things considered; this is a set well worth buying. What you will mostly be doing is watching the episodes, and the quality of the ones here greatly enhances the viewing experience.

Bought this for my hubby. He loves it, watches while he works out. Dvds arrived quick, no viewing issues, great product!

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 ersteRückkehr der Roboter ist deutsch synchronisiert ,die anderen zwei- Bionic Showdown- Bionic Ever Afterin 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 .

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 SeriesPrix 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.2021-03-30Livraison 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.

'Cause of the price it took some time to me to decide on the buying The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete DVD Collection.I don't regret it. I’m really happy.The package came from USA but DVDs are not blocked by region (at least Region 2 Europe is unblocked). As I bought the DVDs there were no reference about that.The box with Lee Major's hologram is more expensive than other offers. But it looks really good :-)So far I saw both pilot movies. Image is very good. The sound is so-so but it is ok.