a5c7b9f00b In 1987, NASA astronaut William "Buck" Rogers tests the space shuttle Ranger 3. His flight was to last only five months, but a meteor storm damages his life-support systems, freezing him solid, and casts Ranger 3 into an orbit which returns him to Earth - over 500 years later. Soon after Buck departs, Earth was devastated by a nuclear war caused by a renegade group of military officers. In 2491, after Buck has survived due to the freezing, he is revived and tries to adjust to life on 25th-century post-nuclear Earth. In the second season, Buck joins the crew of the Searcher, a starship dispatched to locate former Earth colonies in deep space. A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time to become Earth's greatest hero. "Universal" studios didn't produce many Science Fiction television shows but the ones they did make are pretty good. "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" was another version of that 1939 serial programme with Larry "Buster" Crabbe (who made an appearance in this series). The above series is what I would describe as being undemanding fun on a "comic strip" level. It doesn't take itself too seriously most of the time, which is just as well as the viewers certainly didn't! Buck Rogers is an astronaut from 1986 who ends up being frozen in time whilst in outer space and doesn't awake until the 25th century. The low budget is the main drawback of "Buck Rogers" as some of the effects and camera shots demanded more time and money. Alas, the final results of the special effects are hardly convincing. The writing rarely rises above the ordinary but still not bad. The supporting cast and the action scenes really compensate though and the show's pace was pretty good. Tim O' Connor was an asset to the show and I was rather disappointed when he was written out after the end of the first season. The show lasted for two seasons and it was fairly successful with the public. My Dad took us to see it in the theaters, we paid good money for it.<br/><br/>I remember that my family enjoyed it, back in those days where we didn't have much to watch anyways it was about that time that we first saw Star Wars in the theaters too later, Buck Rogers was shown on TV, I enjoyed watching it since there really were much to choose from it gave me some idea as to what the future (25XX) may be although I already knew back then that it was cheap TV production my family just went along with the plot and we looked to each episode now, I still have fond memories of my family and I watching Buck Rogers and don't mind watching it again
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