Science FictionAdventureAction

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is 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), the wisecracking robot Twiki (voiced by cartoon legend Mel Blanc), and a portable computer-brain named Dr. Theopolis.

Release Date : 1979-03-02

Language :EnglishSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal PicturesGlen A. Larson ProductionsBruce Lansbury Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Capt. William " Buck " Rogers

Original Name : Gil Gerard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Princess Ardala

Original Name : Pamela Hensley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Col. Wilma Deering

Original Name : Erin Gray

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kane

Original Name : Henry Silva

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Elias Huer

Original Name : Tim O'Connor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Draco

Original Name : Joseph Wiseman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tigerman

Original Name : Duke Butler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tigerman #1

Original Name : H.B. Haggerty

Gender : Male

Character Name : Twiki

Original Name : Felix Silla

Gender : Male

Character Name : Twiki (voice)

Original Name : Mel Blanc

Gender : Male

Character Name : Delta Section

Original Name : Caroline Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Supervisor

Original Name : John Dewey Carter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : Kevin Coates

Gender : Male

Character Name : Comtel Officer

Original Name : David Cadiente

Gender : Male

Character Name : Technician

Original Name : Gil Serna

Gender : Male

Character Name : Draconian Guard

Original Name : Larry Duran

Gender : Male

Character Name : Draconian Guard

Original Name : Kenny Endoso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer

Original Name : Eric Lawrence

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wrather

Original Name : Colleen Kelly

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : Steve Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : David Buchanan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wingman

Original Name : Burt Marshall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Theopolis (voice)

Original Name : Howard F. Flynn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Computer Council (voice)

Original Name : John Rayner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Computer Council (voice)

Original Name : Guerin Barry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Opening Narrator / Draconian officer (uncredited) (voice)

Original Name : William Conrad

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drunk

Original Name : Tony Epper

Gender : Male

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-11

OK, it's fun. And it is nice to see the pristine Science-Fiction Future. Star Wars sort of did away with that in favor of the "lived in," Science Fiction sets complete with scruffy floors and filthy walls. And that Lived In universe became so popularized that it is really hard to find the pristine universe. And I am sort of partial to that. It might even be more accurate. I mean, my wife tried to get a little robot to clean our floors so now I do all the vacuuming because when the machines take over, I'm not getting whacked by a dust buster. I want a T-800 to have to take me out. A T-800 also took the lived in future to a post apocalyptic cesspool, which was also just amazing on screen and made for a killer story. I don't really care, I like all the themes, but Buck Rogers was so clean they wore white. It was like they were walking around in the gloves my mother wore to make sure my room was up to her military brat standards. And I might be joking a little, but that is a universe all to itself, it's a future all to itself, and it actually helps take you to a different world for a little while. It was set in an environment that I could lose myself in, with cheap robots that only hard core Sci-Fi fans could love. And then they went ahead and they made it fun to watch. Technically it wasn't the fx marvel that Star Wars was, but it had it's own heart, it had it's own humor, it had it's own mythology, it's own world, and it turned out to be pure escapist fun. Which, honestly, is why I watch movies and what movies SHOULD be made to do. So I'm giving it 10 of 10, because it was pure entertainment... ... but it should be a little lower. I sort of feel that Sci-Fi needs to find a philosophy and cling to it, examine it, use it to set up the rules to the new universe it's exploring, or offer some sort of heavily veiled social commentary... and this doesn't do either. So it misses that mark, it misses that necessary trope. But it brings entertainment to the table and that is all I ask for in a movie. It's fun to watch, so mission accomplished.