Product Details

• Actors: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Pamela Hensley, Henry Silva, Tim O'Connor
• Directors: Daniel Haller
• Writers: Glen A. Larson, Leslie Stevens, Philip Francis Nowlan
• Producers: Andrew Mirisch, David G. Phinney, Glen A. Larson, Leslie Stevens
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: March 1, 1992
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (222 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630018143X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,380 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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188 of 192 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The entire series in one box! Excellent set, November 22, 2004

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S. Phillips (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series (DVD)

The shows are uncut and look better than you've ever seen them. Thank goodness, they've also included the original theatrical version of the pilot (released to theatres several months before the series aired) which has the most hilarious open credits scenes ever.

Don't worry about the "broadast" version of the pilot not being included; it is mostly just an *edited version* of what was shown in theatres anyway. A brief scene or two were added in the NBC aired version, but these were brief and didn't amount to much. Yes, they would have made a nice extra, but I for one am glad they went with the *original theatrical version* in the set, as it came first anyway.

I never much cared for the second season, but it is also included here! The entire series in one set...who can ask for more?

145 of 150 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Like Buck Rogers... a blast from the 20th Century past, September 26, 2004

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Dave Cordes (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series (DVD)

I will never forget first seeing the theatrical movie at the Mall of the Bluffs in Colorado Springs the day after a huge blizzard in 1979. I had no idea what to expect. I was already obsessed with Star Wars and my Dad took us to see a movie called Buck Rogers which he described as being similar to Star Wars so I was already expecting droids and robots and all kinds of special effects.

I had immediately recognized the similarities in production design to that of Battlestar Galactica which was also produced by Glen Larson and I had enjoyed very much. I was not at all surprised when it became a weekly series. Although it was much campier than the mythic Galactica, it was still a guilty pleasure whose tone harkened back more to Classic Trek with Buck's weekly womanizing reminiscent of Captain Kirk. It became a guessing game as to which colorful flavor of spandex Colonel Wilma Deering would be wearing each week, but who could forget most of all the lovely Pamela Hensley as the exotic Princess Ardala! My favorite episodes were "Space Vampires" featuring the uninhibited Wilma and "Flight of the War Witch" featuring Julie Newmar from Batman. The series also had its fair share of cheeze with cornball episodes like "Space Rockers" and "Space Olympics" but are amusing to watch for the sake of 70's nostalgia. Season 2 was a dreadful attempt to re-tool the series to make it more like Star Trek as the emphasis shifted away from Earth to a space quest onboard The Searcher. Gone were Wilma's luscious spandex outfits and her role was minimized to that of recurring guest-star. However, Season 2 introduced Thom Christopher as Hawk making his impressive debut with the cool talon-clawed ship.

Minus one star for Universal's bad decision to nix the commentaries by Gil Gerrard and Erin Gray and episodic promos, interviews and documentaries would have been nice. I'm just happy to see that this show has finally been re-awakened from the 20th Century and I didn't have to wait 500 years to see it again.

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes you can come home again, September 5, 2005

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Neil "nwcs" (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Epic Series (DVD)

Some of you are like me, you watched this show as a kid and loved it. It didn't matter what the quality was or anything, you just enjoyed it. And now that you're in your thirties you're wondering if this little part of your past can be recaptured. You've been disappointed with other early 80s things that don't hold up so well these days.

Don't worry. This is a great DVD set. I thought about buying it for weeks and finally broke down and bought it for my birthday. I don't regret it. It was great reliving the past. I saw the last episode this evening and re-watched the first. The DVD has 24 episodes of season 1 and only half a season of season 2 which is all they made. The original theatrical intro is here (which is a hoot) and they don't have Mel Blanc dubbed over Twiki in the first several episodes of season 2.

Still, the show is just as watchable now as it was then. Erin Grey is still beautiful and Gil Gerard is still the guy to be. If you're agonizing over whether to buy this or not, go ahead and buy it. Sure, it ain't 21st century pyrotechnics and CG but the stories are still fun and it'll provide hours of harmless fun.

And isn't that the point? I'd rather have a new generation of kids watching this than a lot of the junk that is on TV these days.