For its day, this show was the Apex Predator of prime time TV. You've got a superhero, but he's not bulletproof like superman. He may be strong, but he's far from invincible. Nonetheless, through courage, grit, leisure suits, slow motion running, and over the top sound effects, Steve Austin is able to vanquish the foe and maybe wrestle the odd personal demon along the way. Oh, and there will be a girl...or two. As time went on, the show channeled the mantra "there is no over the top". Let's fight counterfeiting Soviet spies. Let's fight an evil computer intent on no good. Let's fight a probe from Venus. Let's make a girlfriend for Steve who is also bionic. Let's fight a mad scientist on an island with a weather machine and fembots. Culminating in Steve Austin and his bionic babe fighting Bigfoot, who is also partly bionic, and made by time travelling aliens who live in the center of the Universal Studios ride. Hell, let's make that one a three parter!
For nine year old me, this show was MUST SEE TV. And if you can channel your inner nine year old, you'll have a bionic time of it.
Fans of great acting, great writing, great sets, and great stories need not apply.
But if you want to see a man punch Bigfoot while on his way to throw a time machine into a volcano, then this is the show for you!
For nine year old me, this show was MUST SEE TV. And if you can channel your inner nine year old, you'll have a bionic time of it.
Fans of great acting, great writing, great sets, and great stories need not apply.
But if you want to see a man punch Bigfoot while on his way to throw a time machine into a volcano, then this is the show for you!