Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Connianatu How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

alexanderdavies-99382 "Universal" studios didn't produce many Science Fiction television shows but the ones they did make are pretty good. "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" was another version of that 1939 serial programme with Larry "Buster" Crabbe (who made an appearance in this series). The above series is what I would describe as being undemanding fun on a "comic strip" level. It doesn't take itself too seriously most of the time, which is just as well as the viewers certainly didn't! Buck Rogers is an astronaut from 1986 who ends up being frozen in time whilst in outer space and doesn't awake until the 25th century. The low budget is the main drawback of "Buck Rogers" as some of the effects and camera shots demanded more time and money. Alas, the final results of the special effects are hardly convincing. The writing rarely rises above the ordinary but still not bad. The supporting cast and the action scenes really compensate though and the show's pace was pretty good. Tim O' Connor was an asset to the show and I was rather disappointed when he was written out after the end of the first season. The show lasted for two seasons and it was fairly successful with the public.

SnoopyStyle In 1987, American astronaut Captain Buck Rogers (Gil Gerard), on the last of the deep space explorer Ranger 3, gets diverted and frozen in a widen orbit. 504 years later, he is heading back to Earth. He is picked up and thawed out by Draconian Princess Ardala and her aide Kane. They send him home trying to steal the access code to earth's shield and launch an invasion. Earth is recovering from a devastating nuclear holocaust. Dr. Elias Huer leads the Defense Directorate. There are also Colonel Wilma Deering (Erin Gray) and the diminutive robot Twiki carrying around computer AI Dr. Theopolis. The strike-shortened second season has Buck, Wilma and Twiki on the spaceship Searcher on a mission to find lost human colonies launched in the centuries earlier.Trying to chase the Star Wars dollars, this NBC show came out around two years later. It's part disco. Buck Rogers is trying to be rock and roll. The show could do more with his fish out of water aspect. Erin Gray looks hot in her tight spandex and pretty cool in her white outfit. For some reason, the crew wears a sailor uniform in the second season. The acting is generally functional. Twiki is one of the most recognizable TV robots. The stories are slow and meandering. The writing is not that good. It's unintentional camp. It's all pretty cheesy but at least, it's memorable cheese like the opening credits.The first season has an rambling quality about it. It would be better to be in a full on war with Princess Ardala but it's a bunch of tangential stories. The second season reboots the show after the writers' strike. There are tons of changes and the show lost its audience. They change Twiki and the general drive of the show. Hawk is a memorable addition but generally, the second season is even more blend. The extended episodes do not help. It's inferior sci-fi but it does have its moments.

tomas208 This series is fun and somewhat compelling to watch. But in every episode there are recurring incidents which defy any sense of innovativeness: 1. Panels on walls are destroyed. Approximately three per episode. This is done primarily to lock someone in a room.2. Buck Rogers is deep in enemy territory and uses force to get the job done. 9 of 10 episodes' problems are solved in this manner. If he is captured or wants to free someone, he'll just have to start swinging at the guards and everything will be fine. Never any solutions based on intellect.3. Buck Rogers is labeled by someone as the most perfect creature in the entire universe.4. A new woman is introduced and shows immediate affection for Buck Rogers.5. When they are flying in space, there is no variation from the theme of shooting at other spacecraft, and one hit always means the destruction of the target.6. Twiki is unable to say anything that isn't deeply annoying.7. Dr. Huer is very sensible.8. The shows end with Rogers, Deering, Huer and Twiki eating at Buck's apartment and Rogers is laughing as the frame freezes.All this aside, it's a good series. Not many dull moments. However, don't watch the episode called "A Blast for Buck", it's just a mixture of various flashbacks from previous episodes, and the real time ending is almost worse than the flashbacks.

MuggySphere When I found this on DVD on the net I got excited. I have some fond memories of the TV show when it was first on in the 80s here in Australia.I have to admit though that the second season was not as much fun as the first. The stories tried way too hard to be "serious" and cutting back the other cast ruined it for me.The best episodes in the series were "Time Of The Hawk" and "Testimony Of A Traitor" IMHO. Loved the show, the sets and even the many goofs in the episodes themselves.6/10