When Star Wars debuted in 1977 to blockbuster success the rest of Hollywood moved in to cash in on its good fortune. Television producer Glen A. Larson was one of the first to try and capitalize on the success of George Lucas‘s space operatic debut, first with Battlestar Galactica and then with Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. The TV series Buck Rogers debuted in 1979 and was based on a comic strip series (originally beginning as a pulp novel) that may have been the progenitor of the space adventure genre. Starring Gil Gerard and Erin Gray, Buck Rogers would be a short lived series because of a writer’s strike that shut down the entertainment industry in the early 1980s. Its legacy would live on, however, in the minds of all the kids who watched it during its initial airing and subsequent re-runs. This week Part-Time Fanboy takes a look at the pilot episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Kristian sits down with fellow Buck Rogers fans Yvis Cannivale, J. Holtham, and Paul Edwards to discuss the pilot movie that debuted more than forty years ago that dreamed of a man trapped in a future five hundred years from now!

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