In the comic strip Buck Rogers got into the future by freezing up in the mine accident. Or that is what I've heard anyway. That would have been a silly start for a film (or then again it could be a perfect beginning for a film).
Now we see how Buck (Gil Gerard) is launched in space on a last deep space probe sent from earth. In space the cosmic forces mess with his ship and he and the ship are frozen for the next 500 years. Buck is then recovered by the Draconian envoy, lead by princess Ardala (Pamela Hensley) and Kane (Henry Silva). When Buck gets back on Earth he meets, among other earthlings of course, colonel Wilma Deering (Erin Gray) and two robots Dr. Theopolis (Howard F. Flynn) and Twiki. Suspicions fly in the air: is Buck a pirate spy? Can he be trusted and most importantly will he teach the future to boogie?
The whole plot is delightfully fun piece of pulp sci-fi. It doesn't take itself too seriously, but it's not through out campy. The atmosphere is very pleasant and I can say that the film is very watchable in the right state of mind. The adventurous feel of the film is almost comparable to Star Wars.
And speaking of Star Wars, a film that came out two years prior to Buck Rogers, we get to the special effects, which are okay, but not Star Wars quality, which were a lot better even in the non touched up new distributions. But as said the effects are okay.
Over all I enjoyed the film very much: it's the kind of an adventure film that appeals to me but I still can't give it bigger score than 7 even though as a kid I must have worn out the tape I had this film on.
Now we see how Buck (Gil Gerard) is launched in space on a last deep space probe sent from earth. In space the cosmic forces mess with his ship and he and the ship are frozen for the next 500 years. Buck is then recovered by the Draconian envoy, lead by princess Ardala (Pamela Hensley) and Kane (Henry Silva). When Buck gets back on Earth he meets, among other earthlings of course, colonel Wilma Deering (Erin Gray) and two robots Dr. Theopolis (Howard F. Flynn) and Twiki. Suspicions fly in the air: is Buck a pirate spy? Can he be trusted and most importantly will he teach the future to boogie?
The whole plot is delightfully fun piece of pulp sci-fi. It doesn't take itself too seriously, but it's not through out campy. The atmosphere is very pleasant and I can say that the film is very watchable in the right state of mind. The adventurous feel of the film is almost comparable to Star Wars.
And speaking of Star Wars, a film that came out two years prior to Buck Rogers, we get to the special effects, which are okay, but not Star Wars quality, which were a lot better even in the non touched up new distributions. But as said the effects are okay.
Over all I enjoyed the film very much: it's the kind of an adventure film that appeals to me but I still can't give it bigger score than 7 even though as a kid I must have worn out the tape I had this film on.