The Six Million Dollar Man - The Complete Series

[DawnShadow]

Originally Posted by The Watcher 69

Thanks, yes I had already checked the French section to no avail. Thought someone in here might have heard something lately.

They have said both Spring 2019 and late 2019 recently as an expected release timeframe. There's no thread because they haven't properly announced it or given any real details.

[do.wayne.ClassicFilm]

Consumer criticism is healthy.

What about those 'trimmed' scenes and opening credits? The 'snips' and 'clips' seem to follow no coherent...

Oops! I shall remain quiet.

[TheHutt]

They were trimmed by Universal (or maybe by the airing TV station, RTL) back in the 80s.

[Jompa]

I bought this set. I Look forward to see it for the first time. I like Lee Majors. He's a good actor.
A bit funny the Son of the Beach parody he did of this show.

[Jompa]

Saw the first episode today. Good sound and picture quality, despite the low video bitrate.

[Jar Jar Stinks]

• How does the quality compare to the free online versions?
  
• Has Elephant canceled their set?
  
• Any chance this ends up with Mill Creek?

Originally Posted by The Bionic Matt

Do you have this one?

supermad toys the six million bionic man 1/6 figure unboxing - YouTube

[Jar Jar Stinks]

Originally Posted by bionicalain

Has Elephant canceled their set?
No. They're working on it. Producing subtitles is a long work

Is that what's causing the delay?

[Buster Friendly]

OK I've ripped every episode and movie of THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN and THE BIONIC WOMAN from my DVD sets to a large hard drive (for personal use only).

I want to now watch them all in chronological order - ie interspersing episodes of THE BIONIC WOMAN into the run that initially starts with just THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN.

I wanted to do this individually episode by episode jumping back and forth between the two series without disrupting continuity - rather than just a whole season of TSMDM followed by a whole season of TBW. Does anybody please have an episode guide that lays this out this way?

[MarcelS1]

Originally Posted by Buster Friendly

OK I've ripped every episode and movie of THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN and THE BIONIC WOMAN from my DVD sets to a large hard drive (for personal use only).

I want to now watch them all in chronological order - ie interspersing episodes of THE BIONIC WOMAN into the run that initially starts with just THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN.

I wanted to do this individually episode by episode jumping back and forth between the two series without disrupting continuity - rather than just a whole season of TSMDM followed by a whole season of TBW. Does anybody please have an episode guide that lays this out this way?

I think this is what you seek:
Here it's mentioned when it is a cross-over episode or when they guest star at eachother shows.
http://www.clivebanks.tv/6M$M%20Timeline.htm
http://www.clivebanks.tv/Bionic%20Woman%20Timeline.htm

[Maskatron]

Does anyone know if this was a limited edition release? It appears to be sold out everywhere, including the Turbine webstore. I do see some resellers on Amazon trying to make a nice profit, but hoping to pay near the original retail if possible.

[The Watcher 69]

I held off in anticipation of the French release. Really hope I don't regret it.

[Tobi_R]

Originally Posted by Maskatron

Does anyone know if this was a limited edition release? It appears to be sold out everywhere, including the Turbine webstore. I do see some resellers on Amazon trying to make a nice profit, but hoping to pay near the original retail if possible.

BACK IN STOCK @amazon

[malcy30]

Originally Posted by The Watcher 69

I held off in anticipation of the French release. Really hope I don't regret it.

Is this still happening. Never seen any announcement of when coming as seems to be years late.

[Maskatron]

Originally Posted by Tobi_R

BACK IN STOCK @amazon

Still only seeing resellers (not Amazon direct) selling, at much higher prices.

Will probably just wait for French release now, given that it may end up being better in some ways anyway.

[Buster Friendly]

Originally Posted by MarcelS1

I think this is what you seek:
Here it's mentioned when it is a cross-over episode or when they guest star at eachother shows.
http://www.clivebanks.tv/6M$M%20Timeline.htm
http://www.clivebanks.tv/Bionic%20Woman%20Timeline.htm

Thanks - I had found that but it's not exactly what I wanted. I did want a single list with everything slotted in.

[Tobi_R]

Originally Posted by Maskatron

Still only seeing resellers (not Amazon direct) selling, at much higher prices.

Will probably just wait for French release now, given that it may end up being better in some ways anyway.

I can order it SOLD & SHIPPED by amazon

48 copies IN STOCK @amazon

[AmishParadise]

Originally Posted by Maskatron

Still only seeing resellers (not Amazon direct) selling, at much higher prices.

Will probably just wait for French release now, given that it may end up being better in some ways anyway.

It's in stock at Amazon.de for $94.88 plus shipping. See here.

[Maskatron]

Originally Posted by AmishParadise

It's in stock at Amazon.de for $94.88 plus shipping. See here.

I see it now, thanks for the heads up!

[Tobi_R]

Originally Posted by AmishParadise

It's in stock at Amazon.de for $94.88 plus shipping. See here.

89.99 for me (prolly you pay higher tax)

[OneDayAfterAnother]

Originally Posted by The Bionic Matt

Unfortunately, that audio problem is much more widespread throughout all three seasons of The Bionic Woman DVD. The problem is more pronounced on some episodes than others, but very few episodes are unaffected.

When first released, it was "Deadly Ringer—Part I" (from Season 2) that was the first episode to get fans in an uproar, due to some clearly missing dialog in the opening scene. Although no other instances of missing dialog were found, there were plenty of other scenes where the music and/or sound effects were severely "muffled" or in some cases, were too loud in the mix as to drown out the dialog. A few good examples of this can be found in "Kill Oscar—Part I", "Road to Nashville", "Doomsday is Tomorrow", "The Night Demon", and "Sanctuary Earth". The cold-open scene from "Kill Oscar I", right through the main title and into the first act is very problematic. The audio is severely muffled, losing its clarity and sounding like a muddy mess. The best way I could describe it would be to cup your hand over your mouth and speak. The resulting sound — albeit a bit exaggerated — is what these problem scenes are like. In the case of "Kill Oscar I", in the first scene where Jaime talks to Callahan at her desk, there is a point where the problematic audio literally stops and the proper quality kicks in during their conversation. It's very noticeable and draws attention to the fact that something was wrong.

While working with the folks at Fabulous Films on their U.K. edition of The Complete Bionic Woman DVD Collection (which utilized the same newly-created masters as Universal's previous U.S. releases), I was able to convince them to make as many improvements to these audio problems as possible, using previous masters as a source to "patch and repair" the areas where needed. "Road to Nashville" was a particularly complicated one to repair, as the episode is loaded with music — much of which had been adversely affected. I was very pleased with how many improvements were able to be accomplished, but contractual release timing prevented several others from getting the same treatment.

Since then, I've seen several other Universal shows that have been remastered from film with new HD masters created for use on DVD and Blu-ray. Unfortunately, every one I have seen has been plagued by the exact same audio flaws that first emerged on The Bionic Woman DVD sets. After Bionic Woman, I noticed the problem on Universal's DVD release of Quincy. Then on Mill Creek's Blu-ray releases of Airwolf, Knight Rider and The Rockford Files. I was midway through my second binge-watching marathon of the complete Rockford Files DVD set when the Blu-ray set came out. So I picked up the new set and started watching from the point I had been at on the DVD set (somewhere early in Season 4). While the picture quality was a huge improvement, I was immediately infuriated to discover that same audio problem. That same muffled sound. That same muddy music. One thing I noticed more of was missing foley effects (the occasional missing sound of a car door slamming or background noise in a park scene, for example). When I noticed it (or better, lack of it), I'd pop in the DVD to compare the scene, and sure enough, the DVD was always fine. I was so frustrated by it that I went back and finished binging with the old DVD set.

My guess is that this problem originates with whomever/wherever/however the new HD masters are being created. The problem can effect any or all of the dialog, music or SFX tracks, and can be as short as a few seconds, or as long as a complete act. As described for The Bionic Woman, sometimes the problem appears — and then disappears — right in the middle of a conversation, but typically it tends to be at natural breakpoints (scene edits or commercial break-points). It seems hard to believe this could be caused by damage to the original elements. It almost sounds like it could be faulty equipment, such as dirty heads on tape equipment. Or an engineer simply screwing something up in the process. But I find it troubling that anyone in the industry who does this sort of thing for a living could possibly not hear the problem — and then allow it to be released as-is.

Hey- I know this is very OLD......but can you be more specific on which audio issues were fixed on the bionic woman release? What I ended up doing is buying the PAL versions of Bionic Woman Season 1 & 2. I ripped them to my drive, and converted them from PAL to NTSC using AviDemux and they turned out beautifully. I made sure to give them high bitrate. Not HD or quite as good of quality as the NTSC release, but the sound is perfect in every episode and no PAL speed up. I put them all on Plex and just watch them that way. I didn't bother with Season 3 (just kept the NTSC) since the audio issues weren't nearly as bad

Oh, I have the SMDB bluray release and there is muffled audio is several episodes. Very reminiscent of the BW NTSC audio issues (just not quite as bad)