The ultimate science fiction TV remake thread
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How about Early Edition? Instead of receiving tomorrow's information via newspaper he gets it through his laptop/tablet and maybe have an episode or two where a character has to die or an event has to play out for the greater good of everyone else?
Okay, here's mine:
Space: 2099 -based on the same revised concept as mentioned in a previous post by me.
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century-based on this concept instead of the show we got.
Blake's 7
Space: Above & Beyond
The Adventures Of Brisco County Jr.
Space: 2099 -based on the same revised concept as mentioned in a previous post by me.
Buck Rogers In The 25th Century-based on this concept instead of the show we got.
Blake's 7
Space: Above & Beyond
The Adventures Of Brisco County Jr.
FreakyLinks!
Your wish is soon to come true, by the looks of things.
I love that show. I've got the DVD set. Mostly because of Gina Torres, but it's still a pretty far-out concept.
Going by the second season, I prefer the campy, disco version. Maybe in better hands but I think the further you take Buck from Earth the more you lose the point of having him be a man out of time.
^And yet, it was that very same version that Gill Gerrard got tired of, which is why they did the second season with the Searcher. It's not Buck always being out of time that makes the show work, it's his adventures, and that's what the original mid-'70's concept mentioned by me was all about.
Agreed although season two did have some good stuff in it despite being a Star Trek knock-off.
And I still reject the notion that season one was campy. Light-hearted, yes but not campy. I know, everybody prefers brooding, moody melodramatic anti-heroes these days, but just because a sci-fi show depicts fun doesn't make it campy.
Agree. I prefer the Earth based first season
with Buck and Wilma going on missions in the galaxy, but always returning to Earth. The first season episodes that were entirely set on Earth were interesting too. Season two was just a cross between Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica[Lost tribes search], not Buck Rogers set on a future Earth. 
True story. I was at a licensing fair several years ago when I noted that the book rights to Cleopatra 2525 were listed as available.
My heart said yes, yes, but my head said no, no.
I commend your restraint.
If they're not drowning in their own blood, it's campy and cheesy and fluff.
If they're not drowning in their own blood, it's campy and cheesy and fluff.
I don't know. I genuinely enjoyed the first season of BUCK ROGERS, but when you're doing eps about an interstellar beauty pageant, a goofy-looking space vampire, the "Love Boat" in space, and a kid genius played by Gary Coleman, you're certainly skirting the borders of camp.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. Sometimes campy and cheesy and fluff is just what the doctor ordered.
One of the things I liked about BUCK ROGERS was that it was good, unabashedly goofy, unpretentious space opera that knew exactly what kind of show it was. (Unlike the original BSG which always struck me as cheese with delusions of grandeur.)
I always lamented that they didn't do a good toy of the Draconia
http://www.universalhartland.com/code/buck001d.shtml
The late 1970's--the best era for ship designs
http://space1970.blogspot.com/2012/03/behind-scenes-pix-16-project-ufo.html
What the?
http://space1970.blogspot.com/2015/06/star-trek-phaser-battle-commercial.html
http://space1970.blogspot.com/2015/09/star-trek-meets-laserblast.html
http://www.universalhartland.com/code/buck001d.shtml
The late 1970's--the best era for ship designs
http://space1970.blogspot.com/2012/03/behind-scenes-pix-16-project-ufo.html
What the?
http://space1970.blogspot.com/2015/06/star-trek-phaser-battle-commercial.html
http://space1970.blogspot.com/2015/09/star-trek-meets-laserblast.html
I'm not that familiar with the Gil Gerard version of Buck. Sounds like I need those DVDs.If they're not drowning in their own blood, it's campy and cheesy and fluff.
I don't know. I genuinely enjoyed the first season of BUCK ROGERS, but when you're doing eps about an interstellar beauty pageant, a goofy-looking space vampire, the "Love Boat" in space, and a kid genius played by Gary Coleman, you're certainly skirting the borders of camp.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. Sometimes campy and cheesy and fluff is just what the doctor ordered.
One of the things I liked about BUCK ROGERS was that it was good, unabashedly goofy, unpretentious space opera that knew exactly what kind of show it was. (Unlike the original BSG which always struck me as cheese with delusions of grandeur.)
I'm not that familiar with the Gil Gerard version of Buck. Sounds like I need those DVDs.If they're not drowning in their own blood, it's campy and cheesy and fluff.
I don't know. I genuinely enjoyed the first season of BUCK ROGERS, but when you're doing eps about an interstellar beauty pageant, a goofy-looking space vampire, the "Love Boat" in space, and a kid genius played by Gary Coleman, you're certainly skirting the borders of camp.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. Sometimes campy and cheesy and fluff is just what the doctor ordered.
One of the things I liked about BUCK ROGERS was that it was good, unabashedly goofy, unpretentious space opera that knew exactly what kind of show it was. (Unlike the original BSG which always struck me as cheese with delusions of grandeur.)
Buck Rogers brings Meat Loaf (the musician's music) to the 25th century.
No way. That I've got to see.I'm not that familiar with the Gil Gerard version of Buck. Sounds like I need those DVDs.
Buck Rogers brings Meat Loaf (the musician's music) to the 25th century.
I can't remember if his music was actually heard but one of Twiki's gags in the episode (I think it was the one that had the "roller derby") was that he was studying the music of Meat Loaf, or something like that. He was wearing headphones as well.
They were never actually seen. At the end of a first season episode, Wilma notices Twiki listening to a set of headphones and asks Buck what he's doing. Buck replies, "Thanks to Dr Julius and the archives, he's listening to a tape of Meatloaf".
I don't remember what episode that was. I just remember the scene.
And RJ, if you buy the DVD's, get the two season sets rather than the complete series set. The individual sets are on single sided disks and play much better. Also, in those, both versions of the pilot are available. The theatrical release in at the beginning of season one, while the TV edit (with additional scenes) is at the end of season two.
If you can, stay away from the complete series set. it's on those insipid DVD-18 "flippers" that Universal thankfully stopped making.
