![]() ![]() The first version starts with the theatrical pilot, originally released in British cinemas and eventually expanded into a two-part premiere episode. Strangely, there are two distinctly different versions of Buck Rogers, as anyone who watched the show, even as a five or six year old, will remember. Forget the feathered hairdos, proliferation of lycra outfits, awful music…did the producers really think that a proper diplomatic welcome dinner, in the 25th century, would feature choreographed rollerskaters and disco music? Moreover, if you were the leader of an alien race looking to invade earth, wouldn’t being welcomed with rollerdancers only encourage your invasion? Seriously, I’d excuse myself to use the space john, ring up my troops on my eight pound sub space communicator, and have an offensive in progress before the pasta course. What makes Buck Rogers so goofy is the “70’s” feel to the styles and the social life. Granted, this was all to be expected, as I’m sure our visions of the future will be laughable 25 years from now. Now, it looks like spaceships of the future are running on Lite Brites. Everything is analogue controlled, communication devices are three times the size of cell phones, circuitry is oversized, fighter control interfaces are less advanced than a Super Nintendo game, and computer panels are littered with the famous anonymous flashing lights, which in the Sixties and Seventies meant “technology”. Of course, since it was produced in the late seventies, the technology now seems pretty ridiculous. Something went wrong, and Buck’s ship was launched into an orbit a thousand times greater than planned, returning him to earth, five hundred years later. It was at this assertion that my wife flatly refused to watch one more minute of Buck Rogers as long as she lived, and stormed out, laughing all the way, to start spreading Christmas decorations through our house.Īs the melodramatic voice over will inform the viewer before every single episode, Buck Rogers (Gil Gerard) was the pilot on the “last of NASA’s deep space probes,” launched in the distant year 1987. I’m sure all the soldiers on board laughed at him behind his back too, as he was basically castrated of all authority whenever the bratty princess was around (and don’t get me started on the messages about women in power that she sends). I started wondering how many times he’d put in for a transfer to another ship, only to be rebuffed by high command. That means Kane is the guy who’s constantly calling King Draco and having to explain what went wrong, not to mention taking orders that he knows are bogus from someone in a sheer bikini with a bodyguard named “Tiger Man” or “Panther Man,” depending on the episode. Unfortunately, he seems to have gotten stuck with the brattiest, most dense and immature of the Draconian daughters, and her obsession with Buck as a sexual partner is constantly screwing up their objective of taking over Earth. I reasoned that he most certainly went to some exclusive Draconian military school, and achieved enough success there to be commissioned to a flagship that not only would patrol a portion of the universe, but would also carry Draconian royalty in Princess Ardala. How did I know I’d reached the threshold of “too much Buck Rogers in one weekend”? It was pretty clear once I found myself inventing a back story for one of the minor characters: Kane, the Draconian.Īfter what seemed like the fifth Draconian attempt to conquer Earth had been foiled by Ardala’s schoolgirl gazing at the Buckster, I told my wife that I felt bad for Kane. Reviewed by Brian Ludovico (December 2, 2004) ![]() #BUCK ROGERS COMPLETE SERIES DOWNLOAD TORRENT TV#Mitsubishi WS65315 65" TV Pioneer VSXD409 Home Theater Receiver Sony DVP NC665P 5 Disc DVD player KLH Home Theater Speakers Thrill to the epic sci-fi hit that the Associated Press called “razzle-dazzle good fun.” This must-own five-disc collection presents the entire Buck Rogers series and original theatrical pilot on DVD for the first time ever. Larson, Philip Francis Nowlan (characters), Leslie Stevensīlast off with every groundbreaking episode of the action-packed sci-fi adventure, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century! Join legendary intergalactic crimefighters William “Buck” Rogers (Gil Gerard) and Colonel Wilma Deering (Erin Gray) as they lead the crew of the starship Searcher against a galaxy of evil from the past, present and faraway future. Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor, Pamela Hensley, Henry Silva, Felix Silla, Duke Butler, Joseph Wiseman Review Archive: # | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-L | M-O | P-R | S-U | V-Z | Viewer Ratings | Main Buck Rogers In The 25th Century: The Complete Series (1979) ![]()
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