Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series)

Time of the Hawk (1981)

Thom Christopher: Hawk

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Quotes 

• Koori : You're so far away from me.

  Hawk : I cannot help that. Had out people not chosen to love the simple life of our ancestors, they would have been so vulnerable to the guns of human assassins.

  Koori : When you began to strike against the humans, I felt as you did. Yes, they mist be forces to pay for what they did.

  Hawk : And now you think they have paid enough. Is that it?

  Koori : I did not say that. They have come against us with fury and death for as long as any of us remember. If there us any justice in creation, they should be forced to taste the agony they have visited upon us.

  Hawk : Then?

  Koori : I do not care about them now. I care about you. Each time you strike against them, something leaves your spirit. You no longer smile. You are changing, Hawk, and it frightens me.

• Hawk : I am Hawk, human.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : So I hear. This is Captain Buck Rogers from the Earth ship Searcher.

  Hawk : I know who you are, Earthman. Save your breath. And I know you have my mate aboard.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Then you know you can't attack me without risking her life. So land and surrender.

  Hawk : No.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Then I've got no choice to shoot you down.

  Hawk : You may find that more difficult than you think, Captain.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Look, I don't wanna kill you, Hawk. My orders are to stop your rampages one way or another.

  Hawk : Rampages? No, Earthman. Retributions. Retributions of genocidal crimes against my people by humans.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : I'm not here to judge you, Hawk. Just to bring you back to answer for what you've done.

  Hawk : You are here to die, Earthman.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : You don't seem to understand the situation, Hawk. If you shoot at my ship, you also shoot at your mate.

  Hawk : It will not be necessary to destroy your ship, Rogers. I shall drive you from the sky, force you to land, and you will release Koori to me on my terms.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Not on your life.

  Hawk : Let us see them which of us shall survive, Captain. You have your intricate technology. I have instincts honed by half a million year of evolution in flight.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Don't be a fool, Hawk. The odds are all against you.

  Hawk : I do not think so, Earthman. You see, the one think you instruments cannot do... is anticipate.

  [fires his lasers] 

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : You're right, lady. That man can fly.

  Koori : He is not a man. He is Hawk. Soon you will know what that means.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : We'll see.

• Hawk : Human. I am here. I could kill you... now.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : We could kill each other, but would that really help Koori?

  Hawk : You wish me to believe that you, a human, care whether one of us lives or dies?

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Yes. I do care. If you hadn't stuck those steel claws into my ship, Koori wouldn't be hurt.

  Hawk : And if you had left her safe in the place from which you took her by force, she would not have come to this.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : I can't argue that. So, we're both responsible. So, what do we do, kill each other, or do we join forces and try to get her some help?

  Hawk : I do not trust humans with guns.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Fine. So we stand here for a few hours not trusting each other as she bleeds to death.

• Hawk : I will join you.

• Hawk : How many species did you wipe from the face of the Earth? Passenger pigeons, the giant storks, the bald eagle, the condor. Anythings with wings was fair game!