Writings about films, filmmaking and other obsessions by Mark Achtenberg
Thursday
Six Million Dollar Man
I can't help but giggle at the memory of watching this as a kid. Still, it's a great idea for a feature film - a bionic man that is (sans Sasquatch).
As a note, slow motion and a fast soundtrack sell the sense of speed and power. Note the bizarre passage of time in this sequence - they meet during the day and finish fighting at night and then run back into the daylight. It's as if Ed Wood had directed it!
Boy, that stuff is terrible. Makes me laugh to think we used to watch that stuff.
ReplyDeleteGood find Mark.
I remember that Sasquatch episode!
ReplyDeleteIguess they couldn't find a shark to jump.
You are not alone.
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