Six million dollar man complete series blu ray

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Reviewed in Australia on 13 September 2020

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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!!!!

Reviewed in Australia on 3 October 2020

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Some of the cases had broken inserts where the discs go, apart from that childhood memories & some great laughs . So glad glad they changed the original theme song .

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5.0 out of 5 stars They Made Him Better On Blu-ray

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 February 2020

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This Review Comes From The Newly Released German Import Blu-ray release for This classic series Not The current UK DVD releases. with The DVD releases mixed in with Blu-ray reviews it can get difficult at Times. The Six Million Dollar Man The Bionic Adventures of astronaut Steve Austin. we all know The premise Austin his mortally injured in a Test flight and They can rebuilt him better stronger faster. Steve Austin superbly played by Lee Majors is one of TVs Most iconic characters. All Five seasons of Austin's incredible adventures are now available in stunning High Definition be it a German import release. personally There are some really good points for This collection which is surely The remastered Blu-ray prints They are simply Gorgeous from The classic opening credits you will be hooked on This series all over again. I do own The UK DVD release of The series and like Steve Austin's super speed This release leaves your DVDs far behind. A staggering Ten episodes per Disc feature on The Blu-ray and perhaps This is were The collection as a few little bad points. I presume to fit say Ten episodes per Disc we are loosing some edits Towards The end of The episodes simply They are slightly shortened. Die Hard fans of The series like myself know These episodes inside out. There only minor little Trims and if you were not familiar with The episodes Themselves you really wouldn't notice it. unlike The DVD releases from what I can tell there does not appear to be any Extras for The collection. Though my past experience with foreign import releases if They were They would probably be as in This case in German. which brings us onto The Discs main menus a simple click To English plays your Discs in just That. an informative episode guide booklet while in German retains The English Titles for The episodes so you can still Tell which Disc your favourite episode is on. Despite The plus and Negative sides for This release I would still Highly recommend it until an official English release comes along Though I won't be given up my DVDs of The series just yet. you will be purchasing This collection simply for The upgrade and it is one remarkable upgrade That said if your a die hard fan of the show The cuts to The episodes are a slight put off and needs To be Taking in view before you purchase That would really be my only advice on opting To purchase This release.

Dr. Sebastian Knuckledick

5.0 out of 5 stars Great 70s entertainment that has aged far better than me. "We can't rebuild him!"

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 January 2019

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I loved this tremendous series as a kid in the 70s and I'm loving it all over again as an adult. My partner and I try to make time for an episode every Saturday morning, and to think that there are 100 episodes and lots of extras totalling approximately 17 hours is one hell of a treat. I managed to pick this up on Amazon 'used like new' for £55 and boy what a bargain that was!

Mine came in a sturdy card box (as seen in the image) which features 6 large, really solid DVD cases with the many DVDs in each mounted safely on clips. The first five cases contain dozens of DVDs for series 1-5 whilst the sixth case contains DVDs of bonus features of which there are plenty. Each case also features a nice colour booklet. I really feel for those who got saddled with versions of this collection featuring the DVDs slapped on top of each other on spindles. That is simply not good enough!

If you get the decent version with the nice quality cases then it really is everything fans of this series could hope for. BTW, picture and sound quality are very good throughout which I am delighted with.

Very highly recommended!

4.0 out of 5 stars Steve Austin in Glorious Full HD!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 August 2020

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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.

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT PRESENTATIONAL BOX

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 February 2021

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Having watched this series when it was first aired in the 70s, it was so good to see it again. When you buy this box set, you are presented with the set packaged in a sturdy cardboard box shrink wrapped. The top of the box is opened by lifting the black tab. Upon opening the top, you are then presented with six individual DVD polyboxes, Series 1 with the 3 pilot movies, 2, 3, 4, 5 & the last box featuring bonus material. By pulling on a black internal tab, this allows easy access to the first polybox, and subsequent boxes. The first thing i will say is the first 3 movies DO NOT have any of the sound effects we were to get accustomed to during the series run. The first movie does not feature Oscar Goldman (richard anderson) either, his first appearance is in pilot movie 2, although i don't think it really matters. Now the exciting bit (for me anyway) Series 1 starts with the familiar voice over "gentlemen, we can rebuild him & the start of the sound effects" magic. and series 1 also features some of the incidental music we came to love. That's it for now. I may come back and update this after have watched it, but for now i am very happy with this set so far. Great Value. If you love 70s TV, this is up there.

Six million dollar man complete series blu ray

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT PRESENTATIONAL BOX
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 February 2021

Having watched this series when it was first aired in the 70s, it was so good to see it again. When you buy this box set, you are presented with the set packaged in a sturdy cardboard box shrink wrapped. The top of the box is opened by lifting the black tab. Upon opening the top, you are then presented with six individual DVD polyboxes, Series 1 with the 3 pilot movies, 2, 3, 4, 5 & the last box featuring bonus material. By pulling on a black internal tab, this allows easy access to the first polybox, and subsequent boxes. The first thing i will say is the first 3 movies DO NOT have any of the sound effects we were to get accustomed to during the series run. The first movie does not feature Oscar Goldman (richard anderson) either, his first appearance is in pilot movie 2, although i don't think it really matters. Now the exciting bit (for me anyway) Series 1 starts with the familiar voice over "gentlemen, we can rebuild him & the start of the sound effects" magic. and series 1 also features some of the incidental music we came to love. That's it for now. I may come back and update this after have watched it, but for now i am very happy with this set so far. Great Value. If you love 70s TV, this is up there.

3.0 out of 5 stars The Six Million Dollar Man and The 2 Cent Cardboard Box!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2018

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First things first.....
The contents are fantastic, Steve Austin is in all his glory here...lot's of extras too
It's everything a fan would ever want...well almost...
The problem is the box that holds the DVDs
Whoever designed this has not spent much time or thought, result being that every time you lift the outer lid to get the DVDs out, the lid basically "wastes away" .
This is because the lid does not directly lift off, instead it bends back and already is showing wear.
Like Steve said in the intro, "she's breaking up!
At £100, they should have done better
A pity, for what would otherwise have been a major( pardon the pun) release.

How many seasons of The Six Million Dollar Man are there?

5The Six Million Dollar Man / Number of seasonsnull

Is Six Million Dollar Man streaming anywhere?

The Six Million Dollar Man, an adventure series starring Lee Majors, and Richard Anderson is available to stream now. Watch it on NBC, USA Network, Telemundo, SYFY, OXYGEN, E! or Bravo on your Roku device.

Is The Six Million Dollar Man a cyborg?

The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a cyborg working for the OSI starring Lee Majors as Steve Austin. The show was based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin. It was initially aired on the ABC network for five seasons between 1974 to 1978, following three television pilot movies in 1973.

What happened on the last episode of The Six Million Dollar Man?

6 March 1978The Six Million Dollar Man / Final episode datenull