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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979): Matte painting by Syd Dutton

Weird show. Season One was a fun space action-adventure with fighter combat and "spy" stuff. Then in Season Two they decided, "Let's turn this into Star Trek, but make it way crappier..."

I read that gil gerard was instrumental in taking the second season in that odd Star Trek like direction. Apparently his ego/arrogance was part of the reason why the show ended up being such a mess. Aside from Hawk and his starship, I can't recall much about season 2. What a disappointment.

I can't speak to that because I don't know much about Gerard beyond his time on Buck Rogers, but doesn't surprise me. Maybe he wanted to be Captain Kirk, which is understandable. A pity he wasn't content to be Buck Rogers, who predated Kirk by a lot.

All it would have taken was us explaining the cultural importance of Buck Rogers within the genre to him over a drink before filming began; he would have understood, and there would be seven seasons. 😎 Ok. Who has a time machine?

If only. Sigh....