Subj : Re: Series reboots
To   : Moondog
From : Tracker1
Date : Wed Aug 24 2022 15:02:52

On 8/22/22 10:46, Moondog wrote:
>> Six Million Dollar Man... probably rebooted as simply "Bionic".  Main
>> point would be to have a positive male role model, so slightly different
>> than the original (less womanizing), but overall the same tone...
>> Military hero, test pilot, accident, works for govt/spy, etc.
>> ...
>
> About 15 years ago there was a Bionic Woman redo that didn't run long, but
> around 97 I recall a reboot where it was supposed be Austin's son that gets
> injured and enlisted to get the cybernetic implants.  Instead of just
> replacing an arm and legs without consideration how the rest of the body is
> massively under spec to handle the stresses of lifting engine blocks and
> leaping 20 feet, the new procedure involved flooding the body with nanobots wh
> ich in turn fuse to the spinal and nervous system to create the neural
> network, and more nanobots which bond to the bone and muscles to enhance
> strength and durability.

It was a made for TV movie... been (re)watching Six Million Dollar Man 
piecemeal the past couple months... once I get through Bionic Woman 
going to do the TV movies.

They recently did a US BluRay release of Six Million Dollar Man and the 
Bionic Woman is out in a month or so... will probably rip/encode from 
the newer source and continue watching from that.
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