Although I've seen the pilot movie and Wine, Women, and War in both movie and two parter formats, I've only seen Solid Gold Kidnapping in its 2 part syndicated version. I actually don't have much to say about Lee Majors third outing as Colonel Steve Austin, who by this time, appears to have eased into the role of government weapon and Bionic Man and he and Oscar seem to be getting along better in this movie as opposed to the previous one.
My favorite scene is when the villains try to kidnap Steve, the first fight we see is where Steve uses his left hand and fist for fighting since he's still used to using one real limb. The second time around he used his Bionic arm and that fight scene is shot, but awesome!!
My final comment is the three villains. That one guy Roger Ventris reminded me of what Bill Bixby looked like around the time he was doing the Courtship of Eddie's father series. The late John Vernon whom I remember playing villains in various shows and voicing over various cartoon characters was the second big villain, Beck, who killed Roger. Finally, it recently dawned on me who the old man was that was the top of his organization was. Marice Evans was a villain called the Puzzler in the 1966 Batman TV series.
Other than that, this third pilot movie feels like your average episode of the Six Million Dollar Man. The kidnapping of Diplomat William Cameron is enough to put me to sleep and since the slow motion and bionic sound effects were not present in these early shows,Solid Gold Kidnapping is pretty dull for me.
My favorite scene is when the villains try to kidnap Steve, the first fight we see is where Steve uses his left hand and fist for fighting since he's still used to using one real limb. The second time around he used his Bionic arm and that fight scene is shot, but awesome!!
My final comment is the three villains. That one guy Roger Ventris reminded me of what Bill Bixby looked like around the time he was doing the Courtship of Eddie's father series. The late John Vernon whom I remember playing villains in various shows and voicing over various cartoon characters was the second big villain, Beck, who killed Roger. Finally, it recently dawned on me who the old man was that was the top of his organization was. Marice Evans was a villain called the Puzzler in the 1966 Batman TV series.
Other than that, this third pilot movie feels like your average episode of the Six Million Dollar Man. The kidnapping of Diplomat William Cameron is enough to put me to sleep and since the slow motion and bionic sound effects were not present in these early shows,Solid Gold Kidnapping is pretty dull for me.