Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

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In the year 1987, NASA launched the last of America's deep space probes. Aboard this compact starship a lone astronaut, Captain William "Buck" Rogers, was to experience cosmic forces beyond all comprehension. In a freak mishap, his life-support systems were frozen by temperatures beyond imagination. Ranger III was blown out of its plan trajectory into an orbit 1,000 times more vast, an orbit which was to return Buck Rogers to earth 500 years later.

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Cast & Crew

Gil Gerard

Gil Gerard

Captain William "Buck" Rogers
Erin Gray

Erin Gray

Colonel Wilma Deering
Tim O'Connor

Tim O'Connor

Dr. Elias Huer (Season 1)
Felix Silla

Felix Silla

Twiki
Eric Server

Eric Server

the voice of Dr. Theopolis (Season 1)
William Conrad

William Conrad

Narrator (Season 1 - Uncredited)
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  • I just saw the re runs

    7.4
    By Susie-Gibbs, Aug 03, 2012
    The year was 1987 as NASA launched the last of America's deep space probes. In a freak mishap that freezes his life-support systems, Captain William "Buck" Rogers was thrown into an orbit which returned Buck Rogers to Earth... 500 years later.



    He is susequently revived in the year 2491 by the malevolent forces of the Draconian (interstellar) Empire. He discovers that the Empire has plans to conquer Earth and escapes. When he is close to Earth he encounters the Earth Defense Force and is taken into custody. Soon after, it is revealed to him that he is 500 years in the future. The world he lived in was devastated relatively soon after he left in a nuclear holocaust. (I guess that that's why the intro says 'the last of America's deep space probes').



    Buck is shocked by this turn of events, but slowly builds a life working with the Earth Defense Directorate, who have the technology to explore the universe as well as defend Earth.moreless

  • Were they serious?

    5.0
    By tmkreutzer, Nov 30, 2011
    Memory plays tricks on your mind and I was surprised when I saw a few episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century recently. What surprised me the most was just how serous they took themselves! Up until then I thought they had been playing for laughs.



    Buck Rogers was a light drama set in the disco loving 25th century where voluptuous alien women in skimpy outfits threatend to dominate the Earth. Later episodes had Buck and his friends, including "Hawk" -a cousin of Harvey Birdman or something- traveling around and exporing space on board a research vessel.



    Very much a product of its time, Buck Rogers was so tragically hip that it comes off totally campy today. Still, as I said at the top of the review, the actors never let on that they were making pure shlock aimed at children, they act as though they were making high drama! It's almost unnerving to watch.



    Like most shows of the era, it does have its lighter moments and really was family friendly. It's not the greatest show ever, but as a kid I enjoyed it and I think today's kids could too. As an adult, I call it "Mediocre" and give it a 5.moreless

  • A late 1970's and early 1980's incarnation of the classic pulp hero!

    7.5
    By larrytalk, Sep 12, 2009
    This show came out when I was about 9 years old. I use to love this show. I saw the pilot episode at the theater and it reminded me of Star Wars. After that I would watch show every week during the first season. I must of got sidetracked during season 2. I recently bought the series on DVD. Decent story & special effects especially for the time. As a 38 year old sure its cheesy & goofy but it does bring back the 9 year old in my. I still love it! Star Trek its not but a good time it is!moreless

  • One of the better scifi shows of the 70s and 80's. Along with Battlestar Galacatica, one of e better "movie to TV crossovers"

    9.5
    By paradave9111, May 06, 2008
    As you can tell from my previous reviews, I am a fan on friday night scifi shows. This was one of the great "Movie to TV crossovers" At the tender age of 11 or 12 Wilma in her skin tight uniform did things to me, kind of like " the feeling I get when I climb the rope in gym class" LOL. I have the dvd's and the acting wasnt that great as the special effects, but I love the ships. And one christmas I got one of eh raiders as a present. I really enjoyed this show, and mel blanc doing the voice of twiki was classic. I really like it when "Hawk" I believe his name was came on the show.moreless

  • Once a fun fluffy piece of adventurous sci-fi, now very very dated.

    5.5
    By my1sunshine, May 02, 2008
    The late seventies was a big boom for sci-fi after Star Wars, Glen Larson, having celebrated his recent success with Battlestar Galactica, decided to resurrect a Sci-Fi legend, and modernize it for the seventies culture at large. Buck Rogers In The 25th Century was always going to be a series, but was first tested in movie theaters as a feature film. It was a great idea, which I remember as being very entertaining. I used to have a great fondness for the show, and like Galactica, used to record the audio from episodes onto my trusty cassette recorder. Gil Gerard was a perfect Buck Rogers for a seventies culture. He was handsome, sexy, reasonably intelligent and sarcasticly funny. Erin Gray as Wilma Deering? Meeeeoooww! Gotta love those skin tight pants. Space Vampire, anyone? Tim O'Conner was perfect as Dr. Huer, and Mel Blanc was the perfect voice as Twikki. The plots were okay for what they were, enjoyable homages to the Sci-Fi serials of old, which was appropriate enough. Even the titles reflected this same spirit " Planet of The Slave Women", "A Plot To Kill A City", etc. So..as Sci-Fi fluff, it was cool, and a guilty pleasure. When I heard the news about them being in re-runs, It sparked nostalgia in me, and I gleefully tuned in to relive a nugget from childhood. I never got very far. I had to turn it off after brief peeks at various episodes. It was bad. I mean..bad. I found myself laughing at elements of episodes which, in my youth found so thrilling. I gagged at certain cultural reference which I used to find funny. Why? Well, two reasons...one of which, I fault the actors and creators for, the other was just a fluke of circumstance, but an unavoidable shortcoming. #1: As mentioned in another review, the actors should have been making this tongue in cheek, with a wink, and sarcastic elements of parody..but they did indeed take themselves and the stories waaay to seriously. That in itself, makes this show hard to swallow nowadays. However, the second element, harms it even more. #2: The show depended too heavily on modern (70's) cultural references for the show's humor, and for Buck's personality. The plot says that Buck left Earth in 1987. The show was filmed in the last years at of the 70's, at the very peak of the Disco Years, and that fashion culture which everybody in the 80's did just about everything they could to forget, and in fact, deny they were even part of. As a result, so much of the shows elements which were considered as clever and humorous comedic references in the 70's, make Buck, at least to me, an incredibly unbelievable personality . And that's a shame, because most of the apeal of this show depended on Buck's personality. All this being said, I have read some of the existing reviews, and they bring back memories long forgotten. I'm gonna rent the set, and watch some of my favorite episodes again, this time in entirety. Who knows? I might edit this review, and lighten it up a little. But..I don't know. But for now, this is my impression after my initial revisit.moreless
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