"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" : A Look Back Part 1 of 3
Man, this goes way back to my childhood. I used to watch the reruns of this show back in the mid-80s on channel 41 in Louisville. They would show this show right before a rerun of Battlestar Galactica each Saturday. I loved watching these two shows back to back.
Looking back on the show now, I can see that it was really bad, but in a strange 70’s camp kind of way. The main reason to even watch this show today is to see Erin Gray in tight outfits, and trust me she sure couldn’t act. When the damn robot is a better actor than you, you know something is wrong.
The show reused many ships and props from Battlestar Glalactica to save money. And, you can tell they didn’t spend too much money on the show.
Here are some clips to check out from the show. Highlights or lowlights, depending on your point of view.
Buck Rogers Original Intro : Here's the original TV movie with
William Conrad doing the voice over, sounding very much like Orson Wells. Please note the very James Bond intro with attractive women sitting and staring into the camera. There is also the lame theme song for the movie as well.
Buck Rogers Disco Dancing : Yep, Buck Rogers, in very tight pants, gets to boogie with a half naked Alien Queen on the dance floor. Gil Gerard can't dance and looks very stupid, not even Captain Kirk did something like this to pick up women. He just grabbed them and kissed them. Lame, Buck, lame.
Space Vampire (Buck Rogers) - Erin Gray Tight Spandex : The name says it all. Erin Gray shakes and rubs herself as if she just took some bad X. So, she's some type of Vampire, Space Vampire.
Buck Rogers in the 25th century - Booty Booty clip : Twiki hooks up with a female robot that seems to say “booty, booty!”. He then runs off to catch up to her, I'm guessing to give her some 'input'. This show is really dirty.
Forget 7 of 9…
Awesome I loved this show! I keep meaning to pick it up on DVD but I'm afraid it won't hold up.
ReplyDeleteBy the way if you don't want to see some horriffic pictures of Gil Gerrard as Buck then don't look here:
http://nosmokingintheskullcave.blogspot.com/2006/10/30-days-of-halloween-costumes_09.html
Those are great, I'll put a link to your page on my next entry.
ReplyDeleteLooking at those pictures, I think Gil hated doing the show back in the day, but I think he's more fond of the show now.
Erin Gray... indeed a greater sexpot than Jeri Ryan.
ReplyDeleteI had littery forgotten that how sexy she was, (and the amount of tight and revealing outfits she wore on the show).
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame Networks think a woman with fake breasts and fake lips is more appealing than this.