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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Happy Birthday, Buck [VHS]

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For those of you who are not acquainted with the Buck Rogers series, here's a short rundown. In 1987, NASA launched the last deep space probe, captained by William "Buck" Rogers (Gil Gerard). In a "freak mishap," the ship is blown off its trajectory into an orbit that freezes the life support systems, and returns him to Earth 500 years later. The series takes Buck, along with the gorgeous Col. Wilma Deering (Erin Gray) and friends on many interesting adventures throughout space. Younger sci-fi fans may be disappointed with the special effects and simple story lines. However, for those of us who grew up in the 80s, they can still be as exciting and fun as they were when we were kids.

In this episode, Buck's been feeling a little depressed as his 534th birthday approaches. Everything's perfect, nothing ever changes in the future, and he really misses his past life. To get him out of his funk, Wilma and Dr. Huer (Tim O'Connor) decide to throw Buck a surprise party. The surprise is almost on them, however, when the psycho Col. Traeger arrives and attempts to kill Dr. Huer out of a warped sense of revenge.

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And now to the review!

Buck Rogers I remember on T.V. Though the pilot
however was released in theatres. I actually saw
this on the Big Screen and enjoyed it,at age 10
I could see a HUGE diff. from this and STAR WARS
still! I enjoyed it seeing Buck shoot the bad guys
with laser guns,getting out of tight situations
ala Bond he too had his R2D2 the famous TWIGGY
(daga daga BUCCCK!) and of course you had beautiful
women! The funny part of this whole film for me is
when Buck is at the palace and everyone is dancing
dancing to some kind of obscure space music. Buck
stops the music and has the band play what else...DISC0!
Buck stars doing the hustle,the bustle and even the chicken
the princess say's WHAT BUCK? ARE YOU DOING? Buck replies
IT'S CALLED GETTING DOWN YOUR HIGHNESS! Hilarious!!!
So if you have just got done painting your living room
and are waiting for the paint to dry,pop this in instead
it is far better!

This is a really great episode.I really like the interplay between Buck And Wilma. Not to mention what a delight Mel Blanc is as the voice of Twiki. Buy this you'll will really enjoy it.