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Buck Rogers!!!!!!
« on: October 13, 2004, 09:01:03 am »
Hmm, I think this series was noted a few months ago on the Taldren forums.  I've seen a few episodes.  It had Erin Grey, and was a space show that came out in the early 80's.

From what I understand it is coming out on DVD!

I'm seriously considering getting it.  It's going to be the entirety of the show, but I don't think it has any extras with it...as far as I can tell.
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« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2004, 09:05:53 am »
If my hormones remember correctly, it was in the late 70's.  Talk about space schlock.  But damn they knew how to dress the women.

While it's a fun show, I can't see popping for the DVD's.
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« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2004, 09:20:27 am »
Buck came out in the 80s, and Wilma was like no other space babe in the world!
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« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2004, 01:29:33 pm »
i'd have to agree with Gambler about it not being worth the bucks to get it on DVD.
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« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2004, 01:35:52 pm »
It came out in 1939, and Buster Crabbe Rocked the House.  ;)

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« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2004, 02:19:44 pm »
I don't know, amazon has it for 60 to 70 dollars, for the entire run...I think I'll sink the money into it myself.
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« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2004, 02:28:05 pm »

I make it my policy to never pass up chances to post pictures of Erin Gray.







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« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2004, 02:31:37 pm »
I was wondering when they would show up Scippy.

BTW, I might Still have the Centenial Buck Rogers novel around here somewhere.

The major Differance , was that Buck was exploring a Cave when a Cave in happened. He was froze for 500 years, only to be revived in the Future. A good read, But alot differant then the Movies / Series.

stephen

BTW Dash and Others Might be interested in this.

http://www.filmfax.com/features/pdf/buster_crabbe.pdf
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« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2004, 02:51:21 pm »
It came out in 1939, and Buster Crabbe Rocked the House.  ;)

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« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2004, 02:55:11 pm »
Actually, I was lucky to be Raised Pretty much by my Grandmother, who used to tell me stories of Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Tom Swift, Tarzan, etc. From Old Movie seriels she could recall. It brought a fascination to the mind of a young boy, and BEM mags became a staple for many a year.

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Re: Buck Rogers!!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2004, 06:11:56 pm »
Thanks for the article.

On another note, mentioning Tom Swift, I've recently read two books from a library about Tom Swift, one was seemingly from the 50's and was called Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon.

The other one seemed almost like a completely different series, but was also by the same author apparantly and was a Tom Swift book called The War in Outer Space.

Anyone know much about these books?
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« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2004, 08:27:28 pm »
As I have posted previously  http://www.literature.org/authors/

But to give a taste of the authors:

Aesop
James Matthew Barrie
L. Frank Baum
Anne Bronte
Charlotte Bronte
Emily Bronte
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Lewis Carroll
Willa Cather
Wilkie Collins
Stephen Crane
Charles Darwin
Honore de Balzac
Rene Descartes
Charles Dickens
Arthur Conan Doyle
Alexandre Dumas
Thomas Hughes
William Kemp
Jack London
John Milton
Lucy Maud Montgomery
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Edgar Allan Poe
Mary Shelley
Bram Stoker
Leo Tolstoy
Mark Twain
Jules Verne
Voltaire


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« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2004, 09:17:12 pm »
Great List Capt. Mike, thanks.

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« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2004, 09:51:47 pm »
I especially like ERB, since my hardbound copies are sealed in the attic..and I love Barsoom, and the way the women dress..heh heh..but the action is good, too..my favorite is "The Chessmen of Mars"

That, and the Tarzan stories  great stuff

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Re: Buck Rogers!!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2004, 10:13:08 pm »
Thanks for the article.

On another note, mentioning Tom Swift, I've recently read two books from a library about Tom Swift, one was seemingly from the 50's and was called Tom Swift in the Race to the Moon.

The other one seemed almost like a completely different series, but was also by the same author apparantly and was a Tom Swift book called The War in Outer Space.

Anyone know much about these books?


You might like this Tom Swift Link
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Re: Buck Rogers!!!!!!
« Reply #15 on: October 14, 2004, 01:50:02 am »
I was wondering when they would show up Scippy.

BTW, I might Still have the Centenial Buck Rogers novel around here somewhere.

The major Differance , was that Buck was exploring a Cave when a Cave in happened. He was froze for 500 years, only to be revived in the Future. A good read, But alot differant then the Movies / Series.

I have that novel!  Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Francis Nowlan.  I bought it at a bookfair soon after the TV series started.

Someday I must reread it.  At the time, I enjoyed it a lot.  Alien occupation.  Jetpacks.  Lasers.  Invulnerable shields that proved worthless when you "lasered" the ground out from under them.  And of course, I pictured Erin Grey as Wilma Deering.  What more could a young adolescent boy want?

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« Reply #16 on: October 14, 2004, 01:54:47 am »
I was wondering when they would show up Scippy.

BTW, I might Still have the Centenial Buck Rogers novel around here somewhere.

The major Differance , was that Buck was exploring a Cave when a Cave in happened. He was froze for 500 years, only to be revived in the Future. A good read, But alot differant then the Movies / Series.

I have that novel!  Armageddon 2419 AD by Philip Francis Nowlan.  I bought it at a bookfair soon after the TV series started.

Someday I must reread it.  At the time, I enjoyed it a lot.  Alien occupation.  Jetpacks.  Lasers.  Invulnerable shields that proved worthless when you "lasered" the ground out from under them.  And of course, I pictured Erin Grey as Wilma Deering.  What more could a young adolescent boy want?

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Dude, I can't find my Copy, Would you please, please, please, when your done reading It, Let me borrow It, So I can read It again?

It's been along time ago since I last read It, and would love to give it a go again. Of course, while I Visualise Erin Grey, I promise not to Get the Pages uhm sticky.

Stephen

PS. With my thumbs turning the pages you perves.
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« Reply #17 on: October 14, 2004, 05:05:00 pm »
Those who like Armageddon 2419 AD as I do might find the books that continue the story interesting.  There were several in the 1980's based on outlines by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. 

Offhand I don't  remember the titles or authors, sorry.
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« Reply #18 on: October 14, 2004, 05:09:46 pm »
I'll have to check on them then, they where Pretty good for that Kind of Space Opera type stuff.

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« Reply #19 on: October 14, 2004, 05:27:13 pm »
Mordred, by John Eric Holmes
Warrior's Blood, by Richard S. McEnroe
Warriors World by Richard McEnroe

It bugged me so I looked it up.  Only these 3 that I could find unfortunately.  I thought that they had some good ideas while staying true to the original.
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