A modern dystopian version would involve him having incurred the six million dollar debt for the costs of rebuilding him, with each episode being him taking on some kind of risky job to help pay part of it off. The finale would reveal that the sinister megacorp has no intention of letting him walk away with his bionics debt-free and set up the classic sort of action-movie confrontation
Kinda where the Venture Bros went with their 6 Million Dollar Man spoof.
That’s what everyone was meant to think, though I was barely alive after my test ship broke up, but the army saved me. They spent six million dollars to give me all new bionic parts. Made me stronger, better, faster than I was. Then you know what they did? They put me to work! They expected me to pay it all back! Do you have any idea how long six million bucks takes to pay off on a government salary!?
A modern dystopian version would involve him having incurred the six million dollar debt for the costs of rebuilding him, with each episode being him taking on some kind of risky job to help pay part of it off. The finale would reveal that the sinister megacorp has no intention of letting him walk away with his bionics debt-free and set up the classic sort of action-movie confrontation
Six million medical debt? In 2026? That’s like, four aspirin and an overnight stay.
Kinda where the Venture Bros went with their 6 Million Dollar Man spoof.
End of support for his various prosthetics, he needs six millions more for the various upgrades.