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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series | 
 enlarge | Director: Daniel Haller
Actors: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Pamela Hensley, Henry Silva, Tim O'Connor
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
Department: DVD
List Price: $26.98
Buy New: $14.13
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Sales Rank: 4362
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 5
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1799 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: MCAD25182D
Model: N20090
ISBN: 1417007214
UPC: 025192518225
EAN: 9781417007219
ASIN: B0002MHDW4
Release Date: November 16, 2004
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Product Description
All 32 episodes from the series--including the pilot "Awakenings," "Return of the Fighting 69th," "Unchained Woman," "Space Vampire," "Mark of the Saurian," "Shgoratchx!," and "The Dorian Secret"--have been collected in a five-disc set. 30 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono. **32 episodes on 5 discs. 30 hrs.**
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With its campy combination of lightweight adventure and Spandex disco chic, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is a nostalgic throwback to post-Star Wars opportunism. Series co-creator Glen A. Larson was incapable of originality, and former soap star Gil Gerard (in the title role) was a bland incarnation of the comic-strip hero, so the much-anticipated series premiered on September 20, 1979, with serious disadvantages. 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. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate, where his closest colleagues are Dr. Huer (Tim O'Connor), squadron leader Col. Wilma Deering (former model Erin Gray, looking oh-so-foxy), the wisecracking robot Twiki (voiced by cartoon legend Mel Blanc), and a portable computer-brain named Dr. Theopolis, who's carried by Twiki like oversized bling-bling. The series struggled through an awkward first season, with routine plots elevated by decent special effects and noteworthy guest stars including Jamie Lee Curtis, ill-fated Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten (appearing, with her voice dubbed over, less than a year before her tragic murder), Batman alumnus Julie Newmar, Buster Crabbe (veteran of vintage Buck Rogers movie serials), and several others in a show that favored vamps and vixens over credible science fiction. A full-scale overhaul resulted in a disastrous second season, but devoted fans still gravitate to Hawk (Thom Christopher), the charismatic alien "birdman" who was introduced with new characters and a new, space-faring search for lost tribes from Earth (with echoes of Larson's own Battlestar Galactica). Behind-the-scenes squabbles continued, and by mid-season of 1981, NBC pulled the plug on a breezy, still-engaging series that suffered from uneasy chemistry and never realized its full potential. Existing somewhere between Galactica and Lost in Space in the TV sci-fi food chain, this Buck--with a dearth of DVD extras--now functions as a cheesy stroll down memory lane. --Jeff Shannon
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