Whatever. There is one undeniable benefit of equipping Steve Austin for underwater adventures:
Showing posts with label Six Million Dollar Man. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Six Million Dollar Man. Show all posts
Monday, September 19, 2011
Manic Monday Bionic Bonus--Action Accessories!!
In The Six Million Dollar Man #1 (1976), Joe Gil and Joe Staton took a few liberties with the television concept:
Retractable fins? Air supply?? Yeah, they seemed to think the Bionic Man was Inspector Gadget...but then again, the television show probably should have been a bit more creative, with attachments and specialty bionic limbs and what have you.
Whatever. There is one undeniable benefit of equipping Steve Austin for underwater adventures:
Watching him slam his fist inside a shark's head!!!!!!!
Whatever. There is one undeniable benefit of equipping Steve Austin for underwater adventures:
Manic Monday--The BEST Excuse For Blantant Sexism EVER!
It's long been a tradition in our ridiculous fictions that billionaires and evil masterminds and rap stars will make their female minions dress up in the most impractical, most ridiculous costumes possible. No excuses, no rationale--just an excuse to ogle woman flesh.
But Oscar Goldman, Steve Austin's boss and the head of the OSI? He's a humorless government bureaucrat, right? How can he justify such a practice?
Well, it turns out that the OSI has been penetrated by a spy, and...
Absolutely. Brilliant. Have a staff of nothing but scantily-clad women so you can be sure that they're not male spies!!
It's no coincidence that Oscar Goldman's initials are O.G., because he is the the original gangsta.
Which shouldn't be a surprise, because this is the cat who had the exploding briefcase:
From The Six Million Dollar Man #5 (1977)
But Oscar Goldman, Steve Austin's boss and the head of the OSI? He's a humorless government bureaucrat, right? How can he justify such a practice?
Well, it turns out that the OSI has been penetrated by a spy, and...
It's no coincidence that Oscar Goldman's initials are O.G., because he is the the original gangsta.
Which shouldn't be a surprise, because this is the cat who had the exploding briefcase:
From The Six Million Dollar Man #5 (1977)
Friday, September 16, 2011
Friday Night Fights--Steve Austin Versus Flashpoint Style!!
It's time to get a wee bit nostalgic here as we do this week's Friday Night Fight. Because, if you grew up in the 1970s, this little clip explains everything about you, probably:
I'm serious...if you were of the right age when The Six Million Dollar Man aired, your attitude towards pop culture, science fiction, spy action, television in general, and giant alien Sasquatch androids in particular, were permanently transfigured.
So, tonight, we bring you some classic Steve Austin action--and no, not that "Stone Cold" clown.
The Bionic Man has been assigned to protect a young woman, Honey Pope (seriously). It seems she's in possession of some secret info passed on by her departed scientist father, and enemy spies want it.
Suddenly, Steve and Ms. Pope are ambushed by a motorcycle gang!
Hey, wait a minute!! Those guys are wearing Flash logos!! On motorcycles?!?! Is that Hot Pursuit, the time-traveling motorcycle cop from an alternate timeline who was really an alternate Barry Allen? Maybe he just came back to the same point in space-time 3 times, to triple of chances of grabbing Honey Pope?
No, of course it isn't (probably). Still, since Hot Pursuit was lame, and the harbinger of the Flashpoint, I kinda hate him. And, since Steve Austin is the good guy, I know he's gonna kick these motorcyclists' asses. So, in my mind, I'm going to pretend that this is multiple visitations by Hot Pursuit.
Fortunately, even a Speed Force-powered motorcycle is no match for two bionic legs!!
BOOM! Down goes faux Barry Allen #1!
GYMKATA!!! Down goes lame idea of a Barry Allen knock-off #2!!
POW, down goes innocent-person killing and all-around lousy cop alternate Barry Allen #3!!
Sigh. I know it wasn't really Hot Pursuit. But I'm certain Spacebooger got quite a kick out of seeing his boyhood hero kick the crap out of dudes on motorcycles, right?
Joe Gill and Demetrio Sánchez Gómez gave us man-machine versus men-on-machines in Charlton's The Six Million Dollar Man #5 (1977).
Now, I'm sure there are other good fights this week. But if you don't vote for me, some clowns at DC will decide that it's all right to bring back Hot Pursuit into the nu52. And we can't have that. So vote!!
I'm serious...if you were of the right age when The Six Million Dollar Man aired, your attitude towards pop culture, science fiction, spy action, television in general, and giant alien Sasquatch androids in particular, were permanently transfigured.
So, tonight, we bring you some classic Steve Austin action--and no, not that "Stone Cold" clown.
The Bionic Man has been assigned to protect a young woman, Honey Pope (seriously). It seems she's in possession of some secret info passed on by her departed scientist father, and enemy spies want it.
Suddenly, Steve and Ms. Pope are ambushed by a motorcycle gang!
No, of course it isn't (probably). Still, since Hot Pursuit was lame, and the harbinger of the Flashpoint, I kinda hate him. And, since Steve Austin is the good guy, I know he's gonna kick these motorcyclists' asses. So, in my mind, I'm going to pretend that this is multiple visitations by Hot Pursuit.
Fortunately, even a Speed Force-powered motorcycle is no match for two bionic legs!!
Sigh. I know it wasn't really Hot Pursuit. But I'm certain Spacebooger got quite a kick out of seeing his boyhood hero kick the crap out of dudes on motorcycles, right?
Joe Gill and Demetrio Sánchez Gómez gave us man-machine versus men-on-machines in Charlton's The Six Million Dollar Man #5 (1977).
Now, I'm sure there are other good fights this week. But if you don't vote for me, some clowns at DC will decide that it's all right to bring back Hot Pursuit into the nu52. And we can't have that. So vote!!
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