Blast from the Past: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

[MarcUK001]

Its currently being shown on UK Forces TV. Some of the stories are corny. But the show does have a lot of links with the original Battlestar Galactica. I don't think it should be rebooted. If you look at the best Sci-fi TV over the last few years. There is one or two main stories, which are the back bone of the series, then you have the shorter localised stories at the episode level. This combination allows the characters, plot and the technology to develop.
The first series was better than the second series as the second series was based around the premise that they were looking for the lost tribes of humanity, this plot link to the original BSG. The writers seem to have lost interest in Buck Rogers first season.

 

[Foxbat]

I have the Buck Rogers serial on DVD from 1939 (Buster Crabbe as Buck, Constance Moore as Wilma) and, despite its age, it's better than season two.

 

[BAYLOR]

Would Buck Rogers in the 25th Century be worth a reboot?

Yes it would . Id love Ito sen Ron Moore give it a go.

 

[BAYLOR]

Yeah, when set on Earth the series was interesting (at the time) but lost something when they became part of the fleet travelling through space - I guess they were trying to copy Battlestar Galactica, but it lost itself doing so.

More like Star Trek and, the actor played Lt Devlin (Paul Carr) on the Searcher was in the Star Trek episode Where No Man Has Gone Before . He was Kelso

 

[Vince W]

I was 10 when Buck Rogers first aired and fell head over heels for Erin Gray (who didn't?). The stories weren't sofisiticated in any way, but for a viewer of my age it captured the sci-fi adventure feeling admirably. And I will give the creators full credit for giving a woman a command role in 1979. Of course at the time something like that didn't really register with me, but when you look back they did better than even Star Trek. I can't remember Kirk ever dealing with a woman of equal or higher rank in Starfleet.

Buck Rogers is ripe for a reboot, but rather than following the Battlestar Galactica route of a darker theme I would prefer a return to a more adventurous storyline that you might have seen in the original film serials. Not everything has to lead to a tortured end.

 

[BAYLOR]

I was 10 when Buck Rogers first aired and fell head over heels for Erin Gray (who didn't?). The stories weren't sofisiticated in any way, but for a viewer of my age it captured the sci-fi adventure feeling admirably. And I will give the creators full credit for giving a woman a command role in 1979. Of course at the time something like that didn't really register with me, but when you look back they did better than even Star Trek. I can't remember Kirk ever dealing with a woman of equal or higher rank in Starfleet.

Buck Rogers is ripe for a reboot, but rather than following the Battlestar Galactica route of a darker theme I would prefer a return to a more adventurous storyline that you might have seen in the original film serials. Not everything has to lead to a tortured end.

There is a potential for either big screen adaptation or a tv series reboot .