The Six Million Dollar Man Retcon HD Redux: Cyborg Begins
Updated: 27th April 2024
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Faneditor: BionicBob 
Fanedit Type: TV-to-Movie
Fanedit Release Date: 11th August 2023
Fanedit Runtime: 1h:10m:0s
Time Cut: 2h:58m:0s
Time Added: 0h:0m:0s
Genre: Action • Adventure • Sci-Fi
Original Title: The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)(1974)
Original Release Date: 1st January 1974
Original Runtime: 4h:8m:0s
Certificate: TV-14
Source: Digital
Resolution: 1080p
Sound Mix: Stereo
Language: English
Subtitles: No
Fanedit Type: TV-to-Movie
Fanedit Release Date: 11th August 2023
Fanedit Runtime: 1h:10m:0s
Time Cut: 2h:58m:0s
Time Added: 0h:0m:0s
Genre: Action • Adventure • Sci-Fi
Original Title: The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)(1974)
Original Release Date: 1st January 1974
Original Runtime: 4h:8m:0s
Original Links:
Certificate: TV-14
Source: Digital
Resolution: 1080p
Sound Mix: Stereo
Language: English
Subtitles: No
Synopsis:
The origin of the world's first Bionic Man is revealed! Using the season one premiere episode "Population: Zero" as a foundation, the viewer will learn our hero's bionic beginnings through flashbacks to previous tv movies and episodes, all the while retconning the roles of Oscar Goldman and Alan Oppenheimer's Dr. Wells in Steve's origin.
The origin of the world's first Bionic Man is revealed! Using the season one premiere episode "Population: Zero" as a foundation, the viewer will learn our hero's bionic beginnings through flashbacks to previous tv movies and episodes, all the while retconning the roles of Oscar Goldman and Alan Oppenheimer's Dr. Wells in Steve's origin.
Intentions:
Back in 2012, when I was still a newbie editor, I made a series of fan edits based on my all time favourite childhood television series THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN. In the end, I made seven entries in my rechristened CYBORG series. And while none of them were perfect, I am still generally happy with most of them. All except for one. The first one. CYBORG The Retro-Con Cut. Being it was my first time ever working with Interlaced Television Material, I made a few mistakes in converting the episodes to MP4 format for editing. The Aspect Ratio is slightly incorrect and the file was not fully Progressive. Plus, there were some minor narrative and visual choices that I am now not entirely satisfied with. So with this being the 50th Anniversary of TSMDM, and Shout Factory releasing the series on Blu Ray this past year, it seemed like the perfect time to go back and Rebuild this edit. Make it Faster. Stronger. Better than it was before.
Back in 2012, when I was still a newbie editor, I made a series of fan edits based on my all time favourite childhood television series THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN. In the end, I made seven entries in my rechristened CYBORG series. And while none of them were perfect, I am still generally happy with most of them. All except for one. The first one. CYBORG The Retro-Con Cut. Being it was my first time ever working with Interlaced Television Material, I made a few mistakes in converting the episodes to MP4 format for editing. The Aspect Ratio is slightly incorrect and the file was not fully Progressive. Plus, there were some minor narrative and visual choices that I am now not entirely satisfied with. So with this being the 50th Anniversary of TSMDM, and Shout Factory releasing the series on Blu Ray this past year, it seemed like the perfect time to go back and Rebuild this edit. Make it Faster. Stronger. Better than it was before.
Change List:
--Cut Darrin McGavin as Oliver Sempler --Cut Martin Balsam as Dr. Rudy Wells --Inserted Alan Oppenheimer (Dr. Wells) and Richard Anderson (Goldman) into origin flashbacks --Added Universal Studios title card --Added two Bionic Eye shots --Cut Don Porter reveal in pre-titles teaser --Used second season SMDM opening credits --Added iconic Bionic SFX throughout edit --Created 4 flashbacks from episodes "The Deadly Replay", "Wine, Women & War" and the SMDM pilot tv movie --Fixed out of sync trash can fire scene --Added additional music by Oliver Nelson --Cut Oscar scene about power needed for weapon --Cut Power Plant scene --Cut reference to Steve's high school steady, as we all know Jaime is his true love lol --Trimmed most commercial breaks --Added End Title Cards for Cast and Source Material --Runtime 70 minutes, 4 minutes shorter than the original Retro-Con Cut.
--Cut Darrin McGavin as Oliver Sempler --Cut Martin Balsam as Dr. Rudy Wells --Inserted Alan Oppenheimer (Dr. Wells) and Richard Anderson (Goldman) into origin flashbacks --Added Universal Studios title card --Added two Bionic Eye shots --Cut Don Porter reveal in pre-titles teaser --Used second season SMDM opening credits --Added iconic Bionic SFX throughout edit --Created 4 flashbacks from episodes "The Deadly Replay", "Wine, Women & War" and the SMDM pilot tv movie --Fixed out of sync trash can fire scene --Added additional music by Oliver Nelson --Cut Oscar scene about power needed for weapon --Cut Power Plant scene --Cut reference to Steve's high school steady, as we all know Jaime is his true love lol --Trimmed most commercial breaks --Added End Title Cards for Cast and Source Material --Runtime 70 minutes, 4 minutes shorter than the original Retro-Con Cut.
Special Thanks:
The always supportive and positive Fran Garcia :)
The always supportive and positive Fran Garcia :)
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