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 Buck Rogers - SciFi/Fantasy Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Buck Rogers is the central character of Philip Nowlan's story "Armageddon 2419," which appeared in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories.
Captain Rogers is frozen in space for 500 years and is revived in the 25th century.
Buck Rogers chief nemesis over the series was the sexy Princess Ardala of Draconia, played by Pamela Hensley, whose insatiable desire was to conquer and possess both the Earth and Captain Rogers.
www.infoshop.org /sf/index.php/Buck_Rogers   (868 words)

  
 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
… the simultaneous debut of Tarzan and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D., on Jan. 7, 1929.
Buck, a 20th century American, was overcome by fumes while being trapped in a mine cave-in.
Flint Dille (grandson of Buck's original syndicator) was the publisher and editor, and co-wrote the first three issues, which were adapted from a graphic novel written by Steven Grant.
www.toonopedia.com /buckrog.htm   (773 words)

  
 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Theatrical Film (1979) & TV Series (1979-81)
This incarnation of Buck Rogers was released to theaters on March 30, 1979.
Buck awakens from his deep cryogenic sleep to find Earth in the aftermath of a late 20th Century nuclear holocaust.
Because of his piloting skills Buck becomes a valuable member of the Earth's Defense Directorate, which is headed by Dr. Elias Huer.
www.buck-rogers.com /film_and_series   (319 words)

  
 BUCK ROGERS in the 25th Century
The probe's pilot is Captain William "Buck" Rogers.
Buck awakens from his deep cryogenic sleep to find himself 500 years in the future.
Buck Rogers is likely the most humorous drama science fiction television series ever created.
www.scifi2k.com /buck_rogers/buckrogers.html   (538 words)

  
 BMN Review: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1978)
It takes Buck a while to realize that times have changed, and this is probably hampered by the fact that women still wear skin-tight pantsuits and only have token roles in society, and that everyone still listens to disco and boogies the night away.
Buck of course immediately becomes enamored with Col. Wilma Deering (Erin Gray, TV's "Silver Spoons"), who despises and distrusts Buck and as a result becomes the butt of all of his sexist jokes.
Needless to say Buck manages to escape death and, in a climactic battle that demonstrates how utterly moronic the people of the future are (regardless of their home planet), manages to save Earth.
www.hit-n-run.com /cgi/read_review.cgi?review=06457_scooterj   (482 words)

  
 Buck Rogers NBC 1979-1981   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Buck is placed into a state of suspended animation, and the ship is cast into an orbit that returns the vessel to the vicinity of Earth 500 years later.
Buck is haunted by the appearance of a young woman who bears a striking resemblance to Jennifer (played by Anne Lockhart), his old girlfriend from the 20th century.
The Searcher sets course for Hawk's planet and Buck becomes involved in a battle of wits and piloting skills with the bird-man. Hawk's mate, Koori, is mortally wounded in the battle and Buck and Hawk form a shaky alliance to seek medical aid for her.
members.cox.net /twiki/buck.htm   (4063 words)

  
 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century
Five centuries later, he is found and revived and realizes that there is no way back to his home in the 20th century.
Buck Rogers joins Earth forces in their fight bringing a much needed 20th century ingenuity which has apparently diminished greatly since the 20th century.
Props from the series "Battlestar Galactica" were used to film Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
www.crazyabouttv.com /buckrogers.html   (619 words)

  
 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Episode Guide - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Season Episodes - TV.com
Buck masquerades as a convict to break into a prison in an attempt to rescue Jen Burton, who took the blame for a murder her boyfriend, a shipping pirate, really committed.
Through her, Buck learns that the planet's male population is being held as prisoners of war of a people called the Ruathans.
Buck is haunted by the appearance of a young woman who bears a striking resemblance to Jennifer, a woman who Buck left behind when he was propelled into the 25th Century.
tv.com /buck-rogers-in-the-25th-century/show/2724/episode_guide.html   (2176 words)

  
 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century
Buck Rogers was an astronaut whose deep-space probe, launched in 1987, was lost for 500 years.
Fortunately for Buck, he was frozen in suspended animation, awakening when his craft was discovered by Draconians in the year 2491.
Buck, using a combination of charm, brains, wit and brute strength, prevented the Draconians from achieving their goal and became a valued ally in defending the Earth.
www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/9348/buck_rogers_25th.htm   (413 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Video: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century [IMPORT]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The TV show, "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century", based on the old movie serial, has the saving grace of being over 20 years old, which means that, by definition, it can't be as bad as the pap that the networks circulate today.
Wilma and Buck, on a training run with two cadets, are hastily sent to stop the container ship, but when four oblong-shaped Scorpian fighters (this is the only episode which identifies these bizarre-shaped fightercraft) attack, two are shot down, but the two Directorate cadets plunge into the Necrosis belt and are pulverized.
Buck furiously demands to know why the stolen ship was worth the lives of the two cadets, and Dr. Huer provides video inventory as explanation - a stash of nerve gas bombs dug out of a bunker near the old Washington DC.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6300184552   (1173 words)

  
 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TV Series Starring Gil Gerard, Erin Gray
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ran from 1979 to 1981 (and was one of my favorite TV series of the time...it ranks right up there with Wonder Woman, Bionic Woman and Battlestar Galactica).
Happy Birthday, Buck - Buck's surprise 534th birthday party is crashed by a vengeance-crazed scientist with superpowers.
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century: Return Of The Fighting 69th VHS
www.buck-rogers.fanspace.com   (376 words)

  
 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TV Show - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Television Show - TV.com
Aboard this compact starship a lone astronaut, Captain William "Buck" Rogers, was to experience cosmic forces beyond all comprehension.
An ancient videotape is discovered that proves that Buck was involved in the nuclear holocaust that nearly destroyed the Earth hundreds of years before.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Cast and Crew
www.tv.com /buck-rogers-in-the-25th-century/show/2724/summary.html   (420 words)

  
 Buck Rogers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buck Rogers is a name used by several fictional characters including:
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
Buck Rogers is the name of a song by the rock group Feeder
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buck_Rogers   (97 words)

  
 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century
Universal still owned the rights to Buck Rogers when Star Wars (1977) proved Hollywood was wrong in thinking that science fiction was dead.
Buck Rogers (Gil Gerard) blasts off from Earth in a mini-space shuttle 8 years in the future (1987) and is frozen in a cluster of uncharted comets.
Buck's destruction ray gun was supplied by the sound of a Schick electric razor.
www.angelfire.com /mn/nn/BuckRogers.html   (2547 words)

  
 Scifi Movies: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - A horrible movie from 1978   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Buck Rogers, an astronaut from 1987 gets frozen in space for 500 years until he is finally de-thawed by the Draconians.
It turns out the Draconians are bad guys, and Buck has to save the universe by killing everyone in sight.
She even has the same cliche' dis-affection towards Buck (who is a twisted mixture of Luke and Han).
www.scifihairball.com /class/sci/70/buck.html   (439 words)

  
 25th century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Byline: Neil Drumming BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY The Complete Epic Series Gil Gerard, Erin Gray Unrated, 29 hrs., 59 mins., 1979-81 (Universal) Astronaut Buck Rogers, frozen in...
The 25th century (Gregorian Calendar) comprises the years 2401-2500.
Belgian astronomer Jean Meeus asserts that the orbits of all nine planets will be within the same 90° arc of the solar system on 6 May, 2492.
hallencyclopedia.com /25th_century   (385 words)

  
 DVD Talk > Reviews > Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series > Printer Friendly
Because Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was never meant to be a theatrical release; it was a two-part pilot episode for a proposed NBC series that somehow merited a small theatrical run, perhaps to "test the waters" for any potential interest.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was cancelled after the second season, and its thirty-seven episode body of work remained a silly but nostalgic yearning in the hearts and minds of the faithful.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series is presented in its original, fullframe aspect ratio of 1.33:1.
www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/print.php?ID=13368   (1994 words)

  
 SongBook | Buck Rogers In The 25th Century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Buck Rogers shared many things with Battlestar Galactica - sets, props, special effects, and a tendency to decline after the show's first season - but Larson's new space adventure show got a different musical treatment.
Buck Rogers dates back to 1930s radio serials, and in some ways, Phillips seems to be keeping that in mind - the music is frequently bold, brassy, and endearingly over-the-top.
The Draconia / Buck Awakens follows, and is the first exhibit in my case for Phillips keeping an eye and an ear on the roots of Buck Rogers.
www.thelogbook.com /disc/q1-05/u.htm   (800 words)

  
 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Buck (Gil Gerard) was a man of honor and resourcefulness that always did the right thing.
As with all clear cut television faire the basic plot was summed up with the series opening line, In 1987 NASA launched a space shuttle with William ‘Buck’ Rogers’ on board for a five month tour of the solar system.
There is something to be said about simplicity, television is often derided for being mindless fodder but as Buck Rogers was catapulted to the future, those of us watching where taken back to a simpler time of entertainment when you could kick back and just enjoy.
www.hometheaterinfo.com /buck_rogers_in_the_25th_century.htm   (1059 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: DVD: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Join legendary intergalactic crimefighters William “Buck” Rogers (Gil Gerard) and Colonel Wilma Deering (Erin Gray) as they lead the crew of the starship Searcher against a galaxy of evil from the past, present and faraway future.
Buck, played by Gil Gerard, is the hunky astronaut from 1987 who is mysteriously frozen, and awakens in the 25th Century.
I see Buck Rogers as "James Bond Goes To Space." Gil Gerard as Buck Rogers is sly, witty, charming and every bit as talented and handsome as Harrison Ford in the Star Wars movies.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002MHDW4   (1202 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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Left to right: Twiki, Col. Wilma Deering (Erin Gray), Capt. Buck Rogers (Gil Gerard), and (in background) Princess Ardala (character of Philip Francis Nowlan's story Armageddon 2419 A., which appeared in the August 1928 issue of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Buck-Rogers-in-the-25th-Century   (2245 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Buck, with his early 1980's glory spends all his time looking for good card games, booze and in general an old fashioned good time in the stuffy, computer run future.
Buck Rogers is the one and only grand master fl belt of cheese fu.
In the 25th century eggbeaters will be just as they are today, but with neato blinking Christmas tree lights on them.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/630018143X?v=glance   (2613 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: DVD: Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - Series 1 [1980]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Although the two-hour pilot "Awakening" had tested successfully as a theatrical release, Gerard and the show's producers could never agree on a stable tone for the series, which presents Capt. William "Buck" Rogers as a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491.
The princess in her metal bikini's is mind blowing, and Buck him self is a magical cross between James Bond, Han Solo and Templeton Peck.
Yes it is true Gil Gerard (Buck Rogers) could not carry a line if his life depended on it and Erin Gray (Wilma Deering) is never more then a pretty smile.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002W19SI   (1005 words)

  
 Buck Rogers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
With their hidden headquarters at Niagara Falls, the Orgs have steadily regained the lost technology necessary to reclaim the United States as a land of freedom and democracy.
Echoing the bitter struggle to raise the country out of the depression and the hope granted through the New Deal, Buck Rogers offers a keen insight into the minds of the 30s, complete with a distrust of the foreign and the struggle for cleanliness.
Buck and Wilma are secretly on their way to Mongolia to present their demands before the Mongol Celestial Ruler and reclaim America in the name of freedom.
xroads.virginia.edu /~1930s/PRINT/comic/buck/bintro.html   (174 words)

  
 IGN: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series Review
Buck is played by future Battle of the Network Stars regular Gil Gerard, a genially handsome actor who probably appealed to those frightened by the blatant sexual magnetism of Six Million Dollar Man star Lee Majors.
He's like a big cheddar log whose performance veers from shot to shot from being a charming goofball to stern-faced bland seriousness that makes you think he should be in a movie-of-the-week about an evil executive who molests his teenage daughter.
Throughout the first season, Buck Rogers was like the Galactic Love Boat as soap stars and washed-up oldsters who'd appeared on the Sixties Batman show dropped in to pick up a check, keep the SAG card current and hope the shame washes off.
dvd.ign.com /articles/572/572889p1.html   (742 words)

  
 Buck Rogers In The 25th Century
This early juvenile science fiction serial, based on a popular comic strip of the same name, relates the exploits of a 20th Century adventurer, who through suspended animation, is transported 500 years into the future to aid the forces of good against Killer Kane and his evil gang.
The series was heard over the Mutual network from 04/05/39 until the last broadcast on 03/28/47.
Buck's evil foe Killer Kane was played by Bill Shelley and Dan Ocko.
www.radiomemories.com /radiomemories/buckrogers.html   (239 words)

  
 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Plot Outline: A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time where Earth is threatened by alien invaders.
Gil Gerard has a lot of energy in the role of Buck Rogers, and he makes the silly concept work.
Buck Rogers was originally released to theaters in 1978, and showed up as a TV series later that year.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0077278   (460 words)

  
 DVD Empire - Item - Buck Rogers In The 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series / DVD-Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Cult Sc-Fi series of a 20th century man in the 25th century - 3.25 out of 5 (11/17/2004)
One such show from the late seventies is Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
As we entered the Reagan era, we needed a diversion, something to take our minds off of current events and Buck Rogers fit the bill perfectly.
www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=618274&partner_id=10007512   (240 words)

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