THE BIONIC MAN

(Photo Courtesy of IGN.com)

On August 31, 2011 The Bionic Man returns. Not to TV but in Dynamite Comics. Kevin Smith, the director behind such hits like CLERKS, CLERKS 2, MALLRATS, and JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK wrote a movie script adaptation of the "Six Million Dollar Man" TV show in 1998.

The executives at the time dismissed the script because it was too much like a comic book. Now Kevin Smith and Dynamite are adapting that script into a comic book. See the press release on Newsarama at this link: http://www.newsarama.com/comics/kevin-smith-bionic-man-110512.html

I was born in 1982, so I missed "The Bionic Man" when it first debuted. However, I did see Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner ("The Bionic Woman") in many of their subsequent TV movies.

As a fan of comic books and Kevin Smith, I can't wait to see what he does with this concept. And who knows, this may lead to the "Six Million Dollar Man" coming back to TV. If it does let's hope that it's better than "The Bionic Woman" remake they did in 2007.

Class Dismissed,
The Professor