I'm not sure what $6 million dollars is now adjusted for inflation, or whether a reboot would by The Six-Million-Dollar Man as a nod to The 40-Year-Old Virgin but this series was absolutely impressive, and demonstrated the might of the USA. It's probably no coincidence the show declined in the ratings with the election of Carter in 1976, so perhaps a reboot is in order.Anyway, the opening scene is haunting, especially as it's real footage of the craft crashing in the desert - check out Youtube.

My Six Million Dollar question is why hasn't there been a remake of the Six Million Dollar Man for the Network stations? The Six Million Dollar Man was my favourite TV show in the 1970's. Considering the time it was made, I think it was good value for money.The show attracted huge audience ratings on the Universal and NBC Television Station between 1974 and 1978.Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary),before playing the Bionic Man,he featured in "The Big Valley" as Heath Barkley(1965),"The Ballad of Andy Crocker" as Andy Crocker(1969). I believe it was The Six Million Dollar Man that made him hugely popular. Other sources may argue and say it was "The Fall Guy". Colonel Steve Austin, aka the Six Million Dollar Man was definitely a role Majors was born to play and he certainly made it his own. Other sources claim that Monte Markham was to play the role before the role was given to Majors. However, Markham did get the chance to feature in a few of the Six Million Dollar Man episodes,("The Seven Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Criminal").'How much did he cost?' 'This man had one bionic arm', 'two bionic legs', and 'a bionic eye'. 'How fast could he run?' Well, he's hit sixty miles per hour. 'Oscar Goldman'(played by Richard Anderson) must be very proud'.Although I find it difficult to pick a favourite,because all the episodes were good. Here are a few of my favourite episodes that I can recall: 1. "The Seven Million Dollar Man" (November 1974) 2. "The Bionic Woman Part 1&2" (March 1975) 3. "Day of the Robot" (February 1974) 4. "The Bionic Criminal" (November 1975) 5. "The Return of the Bionic Woman Part 1&2" (September 1975) 6. "The Return of the Robot Maker" (January 1975) 7. "Population Zero" (January 1974) 8. "The E.S.P. Spy" (March 1975) 9. "Hocus - Pocus" (January 1976).I believe if they follow the 1970's format by keeping the music sound in the series it will work. There is so much going on politically around the world and I am sure there is a lot to come up with. Look at Hawaii Five O. They have kept the original music series and have managed to come up with some good episodes and it is currently riding high on America's TV Network Station.I would love to see a remake of The Six Million Dollar Man for TV in America.

I've loved this show ever since I was a kid in the 70's. I went through 2 lunch kits [the blue one with the various scenes of Steve in action] and three of the action figures, the last of which I still have brand new in the box. I also had the bionic transport/repair set. Sadly, I never did acquire a Maskatron. My Mother still remembers walking into the living room just in time to see me doing a Bionic jump, in slow motion with the ch-ch-ch-ch-ch sound f/x, off the couch, or running in slow-mo down the hall. My best friend in grade 1 and 2 was TOTALLY convinced he was bionic and was, in fact, Steve Austin [and The Fonz, too]. To prove it one day, he jumped off of a 12 foot retaining wall on the school grounds, only to injure himself quite seriously. I remember seeing the ambulance coming right in to the school yard to pick him up [a funny side note, his name was Stephen!]. Anyway, I think season 1 and 2 were the only worthwhile episodes. Things started getting really silly in season 3 with the Bigfoot episodes. It was always better when the stories remained fully human interest, with no aliens, E.S.P, Bigfoot, or the death probe. My favourite episodes are the Robot ones [Day of the Robot and Return of the Robot Maker]. Yes, the androids were a little far-fetched, but they seemed to dove-tail nicely into the whole bionic thing. Plus, the movie Westworld, which had just come out and was excellent, added some credibility. Some of the episodes still stand up well [The 7 Million Dollar Man, for instance], and are very good drama/sci-fi. It's unfortunate the last 2 or 3 seasons were so lame, but like The Night Stalker, the good ideas got used up pretty fast.

This is a personal recollection.I only have vague memories of watching reruns of the $6M Man as a teeny tiny tot, but the overall impression I have is of being seriously creeped out (something that also happened with another '70s Universal sci-fi/action/adventure show, The Incredible Hulk).However, I remember with relative crystal clarity, filtered through the prismatic eyes of an overimaginative five-year-old and the ensuing twenty-five years of psychological fermentation, the episiode "Day of the Robot," an early first season episode guest starring John Saxon as a "bad" android with a removable face and that infamous "Fembot" makeup appliance underneath...I dunno, that was pretty intense IMO. The cheapness of the special effects somehow made it even scarier. Add to those a good unhealthy dose of endless slow-motion photography and weird electroni sound effects, and you have an episode with a climax literally just like a bad nightmare.Such is my only vivid memory of what is considered one of the best, most innovative sci-fi shows of the '70s.I'll leave it for others to provide detailed and expert comments about The $6M Man. I'm *still* hesitant to watch the show after all these years, based solely on infantile bad memories of one episode that would probably make me bust my gut laughing nowadays.. Even though I dig sci-fi I must not have been the kind of kid the folks at Universal TV had in mind.