• Here is the Latest clip This one does show actors someone you might recognize http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YY0-lSg3-k

• Gil Gerrard is actually IN the series as a regular character (I don't think I'm supposed to say which one, but they've announced that he's at least in the show on the website, so I can say that much.), and I know of at least one other casting that should be interesting. I gotta say, the more I hear about this, the more I'm looking forward to it. Unlike their Phase II stuff, this is apparently fully authorized and licensed, and I know at least the first episode is being directed by a name a lot of us here would probably recognize, so this whole thing has the potential to be really awesome.

• I had a grandfather who learned to read English partially from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century comic strips. That laid down a firm foundation of nerdery in my family (my dad let me watch Star Trek TOS when it first aired, and Spock gave me nightmares). <P> I kind of agree with demoncat and mrm1138. However, I was fully exposed to both the original Buck Rogers comic, the 1930s serial with Buster Crabbe (sometimes referred to as Larry Crabbe), the 1950s TV version and that gawd-awful late 1970s steaming pile. The Crawley version looks to be harkening back to the comic and the 1930s serial. Buck was kind of dopey looking in both, and the creators tried to pass it off as "All-American." Although we must give props to Buster Crabbe since he was a bona fide gold medal winning Olympic (R) athlete. <P> If Crawley and friends stay true to the original comic and the 1930s serial, I'll bet a lot of people will not like it and call it cheesy since it will adopt the "action adventure" tropes of that period. The movie "The Phantom" with Billy Zane tried to stayed true to the roots of that character, and it bombed in the theaters. However, it was faithful to the source. <P> Regardless, I am going to have a serious look at this new Buck Rogers version if it comes to fruition.

• I can't pass judgment until I see: "Bee-dee-bee-dee-bee-dee, what's up Buck?"

• Buck Rogers as a douchebag. Hmmm. That certainly is a unique interpretation of the original.

• I wanna see this- looks cool, and I grew up on the awesomely cheesy Gil Gerard show(me and a friend used to convince people we ran into Gil at a mall when we were in high school, but that probably worked because nobody really knew who he was. It was funny to us, anyway). So many great memories of the show, Twikki(Felix Scilla, aka Cousin Itt from The Addams Family & voiced by Mel Blanc!) and Dr. Theopolis. The Gary Coleman guest spots, the "Hawk" guy from the second season. Buck teaching people in the twenty-fourth century disco moves in the pilot movie(?) disco moves was incredible, and good lord, the young Erin Grey as Wilma Deering! I probably would have gladly traded my mother for her. Still, a retro-deco update doesn't seem like as "meh" an idea as some seem to think. There's a geek-niche for it, undisputably. It was probably one of the better aspects of ST:Voyager, when they'd do those b&w holodeck bits based on Tom Paris's Buster Crabbe sci-fi serial stuff.

• Wait, doesn't EVERYBODY take off Wilma's clothes with their minds? Oh, you mean LITERALLY. Those are some sweet looking rockets, obviously bought off the same lot where Prof. Farnsworth found the Planet Express ship.

• Buck is Bobby Rice, who played Kirk's gay nephew in Cawley's last two New Voyages/Phase II fanfilms.

• I might be more inclined to dislike this if I didn't have such a huge hard-on for retro-futurism.

• Yeah, I have to admit that, as much as I love old rocket ships, this teaser didn't do much for me. The rocket ship itself looks nice, but it doesn't tell me whether or not the series will be any good. Also, the guy playing Buck just doesn't look like how I'd imagine him. He doesn't have the sort of chiseled all-American good looks I'd expect a '30s comic strip/movie serial hero to have. (Then again, I'm woefully deficient in my Buck Rogers knowledge, so I could be wrong. I'm far more proficient in the subject of Flash Gordon.) In short, I'll save my judgment for an actual episode.

• since its by the star trek fan sereis phase two and looks like they are going for the orginal look of buck the thing deserves a try even though sci fi record with reviving icons like buck rogers and flash gordon tend to wind up not lasting long.

• Ugh, that's not a Emo Peter Parker haircut. That's a Leo DiCaprio haircut from when he was still on Growing Pains. Ick. How 90s.

• Nobody beats Gil Gerard as Buck, with Erin Rogers as Wilma. I still remember one episode where these little people (I see them as ugnaughts in my head), started taking Wilma's clothes off with their mind powers.

• As mentioned this is Crawley's work. I give him and his crew an A+ for heart, dedication, etc, but about a C+ for stepping back when they need to. Their Star Trek series is truly remarkable in that they hired the appropriate people to build the sets, sew the costumes, score the music, do the effects, etc. But when it comes down to it, they choose themselves to act. I can dig that kind of ultimate fantasy, but they're just not great. They also write their own episodes from a Trek fan mindset (with the exception of a few leftover scripts from D.C. Fontana et al) Trek is about going forward, and all their episodes are mashups of their favorite geek moments (Captain Pike, The Doomsday machine, the mirror universe, and a time travelling Enterprise from the movies are in just one episode). I think this Buck series may be more of the same type of thing.

• It's by Jim Cawley and his crew, who have done a few very impressive episodes of their Star Trek fanfilm Star Trek New Voyages (or Phase 2 as it's now called). They may take a long time to finish each episode, being an independant/volunteer operation, but they've certainly proved themselves. I think the teaser is really cool, I look forward to seeing more.

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