Buck Rogers

lester1/2jr · May 08, 2009, 09:09:47 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI137IRsPaI&feature=related

This show was a little before my time, but I'd caught a few episodes fairly recently on some cable channel and it seemed worth checking out. I was "surprised to the upside" as they might say on CNBC. The disc I watched had two feature length ( ! ) episodes including the pilot and one mischievously but not entirely accurately called "Planet of the slave girls".

Okay the show is alot like Star Wars and the two leads, Gil Gerard and Erin Gray, are a virtual match for Hans solo and Pincess Leia, but so what? Cool disco era special effects and outfits, funky incidental music, and good political plots abuot defnding earth from different imperialist totalitarian-ish invaders including a mind cult led by Jack Palance. Up there with or near Charlies angels, Fantasy Island and the like for cool seventies shows. I might just have to pick up the first season. edit: whoah I guess I can't it's a massive ten disk set encompassing the whole series.

Kester Pelagius · May 11, 2009, 10:07:22 PM

It also had great guest stars. One of the best was in Planet of the Slave Girls. And who can forget Jamie Lee Curtis as the prisoner Buck helps escape from prison, on a desert planet, only to be chased by a killer droid guard. Such cheezy goodness!

As for picking this up on DVD shop around. You may luck out and find it cheap.

Jack · May 12, 2009, 06:39:37 AM

I think I paid about $80 for that set when it first came out, and now they've got it for $17.50 on Amazon

Well worth it, the first season is cheese-a-liscious! The second season, well, ummmm...They really should have moved it to a Saturday morning timeslot with the rest of the cartoons.

One of my favorite episodes is the one with the vampires on a space station. Actually a wee bit atmospheric. And let's not forget the Gary Coleman episode!

Hammock Rider · May 12, 2009, 09:16:43 AM

Right! Gary Coleman was the President of a planet because he had the highest IQ on the planet. He was a wise-a$$ and gave Buck a run for his money even though Buck had to save him for some reason. I also remember there was an episode called something like "Vegas in Space". Great show.

lester1/2jr · May 12, 2009, 10:01:04 AM

jack- if you could check to see which disk the vampire one is on. that sounds good I will rent it

trekgeezer · May 12, 2009, 12:59:15 PM

I remember watching the pilot for this at the theater where I worked. I always thought the series was a little on the silly side, but then it was Glen Larson production.

Jack · May 12, 2009, 01:47:45 PM

Quote from: lester1/2jr on May 12, 2009, 10:01:04 AM
jack- if you could check to see which disk the vampire one is on. that sounds good I will rent it

Disk #2, side B.

lester1/2jr · May 12, 2009, 05:27:06 PM

the netflix disks are one sided so that would be disk 4.

hopefully

thanks for checking

lester1/2jr · May 28, 2009, 01:18:46 PM

I watched the vampire one today. awesome though I had to watch the one with dorothy stratton first. She is one of those women who was too hot for tv just standing there doing nothing. such a tragedy

Flangepart · May 29, 2009, 12:14:13 PM

Ah, Twiki...how hated you are by the Bots.
Not disagreeing, mind you...Poor Mel...

lester1/2jr · May 29, 2009, 04:30:23 PM

in the dorothy stratton one he hooks up with a girl robot who goes "booty booty!"