Do You Remember HAWK On TV's "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"?

[@Rommism]

I love Hawk. The feather wig was brilliantly crafted. The body armour fantastic and specially imposing as it was in all black. Super cool! And I wouldn't think of anyone to play this role but Thom Christopher.

[@jdsundstrom]

Thom was phenomenal as Hawk!

[@gregorydelaney5927]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED Hawk..that character was one of the FEW high points of season two..plus this episode ALSO had Lance LeGault and Sid Haig as bad guys...couldn't get any better than that...thanks again for another great video...

[@Cornerboy73]

Hawk was super-cool !

[@cpowell8528]

This is where "Bird Person" from "Rick and Morty" came from.

[@mtrich8113]

Hawks body armor was really cool and ahead of its time, because it was like pre Batman.

[@michaelmclean3394]

I enjoyed the hawk character. They had so much potential wasted. He basically wound up being a glorified babysitter for Dr. good fellow

[@jdsundstrom]

I don't think I hit that point hard enough. If they could have kept up the quality of "Time of the Hawk", maybe it would have been a more successful second season. But you're right, after this first episode, he was often under utilized.

[@michaelmclean3394]

Dave Sundstrom I think you did quite well and your presentation on this video. It was about the Series 2 Premier.And you stuck to the point quite well. I was just wanted to express my disappointment on such a well-rounded character not being used to his potential.

[@bassdvant]

ditto

[@JP5466]

3:18 that's Sid Haig with the beard... he also was on original Star Trek on "Return of the Archons"

[@jdsundstrom]

Sid was also in "Jason of Star Command".

[@JP5466]

@@jdsundstrom Yes, I forgot about that! Check out the movie "Galaxy of Terror"

[@AC-gb7do]

S2 of Buck Rogers..why oh why did it happen? I miss Starlog.

[@keredrellit3992]

Birdperson! I also love the "calling all Jan-Michael Vincents" skit. That definitely wasn't for anyone under 40.

[@stephenwarhurst6615]

Hawk was like a antihero character He's a enemy but you feel for him before he turns good. 2nd season of Buck Rogers was like the 2nd season of Space 1999. They totally change they show that you think WTF am I watching here is this the same show?

[@JP5466]

Very good comparison. The 1st season of Space 1999 was very good.

[@karlsmith2570]

The 2nd part of the episode "Time Of The Hawk" the scene where Hawk is put on trial and the judges were about to pass a sentence, and Buck stands up and delivers his impassioned speech about Hawk's motives for what he'd done and saying that, given the same provocation, he'd have done the same thing himself That showed that Buck empathized with Hawk on the atrocities committed against his people and didn't blame for the actions that he'd taken to avenge them

[@faithcastillo9597]

I was a teenager when Buck Rogers came out, so past my campy tv show phase. We still watched Buck Rogers, though, because my little brother loved the the show. However, I LOVED the Hawk and Kouri storyline. I still remember crying when Kouri was killed.

[@tuttt99]

RIP Thom Christopher

[@dcdrew3]

I wonder if Hawk & the searcher crew ever found more of his people? I'm assuming so.

[@jdsundstrom]

I sure hope they did!

[@ironfist7789]

They flew the coop

[@Goodiesfanful]

No, they didn't. If finding more of Hawk's people was planned, the series was cancelled before it had the chance.

[@dcdrew3]

@@Goodiesfanful Oh Lord. I was talking metaphorly as in the story continues without the TV fans or show. So in other words everybody can make up their own mind.

[@antoniomontanez2186]

I remember being 7 or so and ripping that advert you showed for "Time of the Hawk" out of the TV Guide when this season finally turned up for broadcast. I even had the tape recorder handy so I could record the audio as my folks did not yet have a VCR. To this day it's still the only episode of Buck Rogers I can vividly remember seeing during its original prime-time run. It's also still my favorite story of the entire series.

[@jdsundstrom]

It's funny that so many of us did the same thing with our tape recorders. While listening to the shows wasn't the same...it was enough!

[@ralphyetmore]

Hawk was easily the most compelling character in season two. Anytime spent in that lackluster season was just waiting for that character to show up.

[@rickdeckard1075]

too bad he was allergic to his own feathers

[@anionhero]

While I didn't really enjoy season two as much as I did season one, Hawk was an excellent character. It's too bad the toy line never made a figure of him.

[@ricktheitalianrebel6687]

Yes they did. Check AMazon

[@DocMicrowave]

I didn't enjoy season 2 at all. When it came up in reruns, I tuned out. Waiting for Season 1 start again. But I will say Time of the Hawk was a good episode. The only one of S2. It's a shame what they did to Wilma's character. Gil Gerard seemed bored with the role. No Ardala! Stories that were bland in comparison to S1.

[@JP5466]

This first episode of season 2 was pretty good, but the show seemed to fade after this. Gil Girard has stated many times that he hated season 2... and said the theme was too much like Battlestar Galactica. He also praised Thom for doing the best he could with the Hawk character. The Hawk character had so much potential, but he was very underutilized as the show went on.

[@jdsundstrom]

Totally agree, Ben!

[@lamarravery4094]

There were other great episodes from season two. Journey to Oasis was pretty good with the little Smurf like Yoda dude, OdeeX. Testimony of a Traitor is really good, the Satyr was good, Golden boy episodes all right, the one with the telekinetic dwarfs was all right. I don't know why season two gets so much hate, it was just too short lived.

[@simonleib1992]

Hawk was a great character, one that outshone the lacklustre of season 2.

[@dianewalden6127]

My kid's heads exploded when that took a gander at Hawk from Buck Rogers. They saw Rick and Morty's Birdman first. 🤯

[@HeyyyEverybody]

Hawk was EVERYTHING! My very first birdman crush! 😍 I love this channel - thanks for the great content!

[@iamsuzerain3987]

Got to admit it Dave, I liked Hawk and even enjoyed season two. I had Buck, Wilma, and Twikki action figures, a Starfighter, some kind of planetary colony playset with Draconian ships and Starfighters. I do remember wondering why the show had changed so much, but I loved and watched it every week. Was really bummed out when it was cancelled.

[@ricktheitalianrebel6687]

I don't know why season 2 is disliked by many.I enjoyed it equal to season one. It was a very different premise on purpose. I enjoyed most of the episodes. There were some lame one, like the final episode but then again there were some lame one in the first season as well. I thought "The Satyr" was the best episode of both seasons.

[@karlsmith2570]

When you made reference to Battlestar Galactica, I figured it'd be prudent to point out that a lot of the props and scene locations that were used in Battlestar Galactica were recycled and used in both seasons of Buck Rogers and the 25th Century Examples include: The Powerlock used in the season 1episode "Space Vampire" was the medallion/key to the ninth Lord of Kobol in the BSG two-part episode which Apollo married Serena despite the fact that she's now a viper pilot The Earth Alliance Starfighters were original design for The Colonial Vipers The Rank pins on the commanding officers of the race that Mark Lenard's character was were The same pins used by The Viper pilots in BSG The Dorian ship used in the series finale was originally used as a Cylon tanker ship in BSG The Rover that Wilma used to track down Buck when he had Twiki and Dr Theopolis take him into the remains of Chicago was used in the Battlestar Galactica episode "Greetings from Earth, part 2" Even Hawk's blaster pistol, which was used as a Cylon blaster pistol in BSG Then again, The costume designer on both of those shows was The same person, Jean-Pierre Dorleac

[@jdsundstrom]

Good stuff, Pierre!

[@JP5466]

Very good! Many of the sound effects were the same too: Laser blasts, explosions, running engine sound of the ships and fighters, fighter launch effects, etc.

[@karlsmith2570]

@@JP5466 that's true

[@warbunny13203]

i liked season 2 and Hawk was my fav character👍😁👍👍😁👍🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

[@trinarichardson6682]

👍💯

[@typhoon3872]

@@trinarichardson6682 yes!

[@lamarravery4094]

Both seasons are pretty good to me, season two was just too short. Blame that on NBC.

[@tonyrodriguez2566]

Hawk was the reason I kept watching the show. As rhe season progressed, I was always hoping they wouldn't turn him into some carroony figure, or lay an egg.

[@sheepwolf2004]

koori, the name of hawk's wife, also means ice in Japanese

[@waverly2468]

I have s2 of Buck Rogers on blu-ray--- it's hilarious how the hi-def brings out all of the foam rocks and painted plywood sets. But the spaceships look good. Ms. Luna still looks great in her you-tube interview "Word on westerns, star trek's barbra luna, mirror, mirror her classic episode" , Ruta Lee, another gorgeous actress from the 60's still looks good on another "a word on westerns" video.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

Hey Dave, I forgot to mention that Hawk's aircraft looks like it borrowed its design from the A-10, at least a bit.

[@mrdeeds72]

Hawk is definitely one of my favourite characters in the show and there's a few of them!

[@papamoore4341]

When I was a kid Hawk was badass character

[@sinjin90ful]

time of the hawk and the episode where the men turn into satyrs. Pangor with his laser whip was just fun when i was 10 seeing it live on TV. not many other episodes stand out sadly of season 2

[@beverleycampbell8827]

Thanks Dave for a really wonderful review especially on Thom Christopher. I actually thought Twiki was a real robot when I was 11, Twiki didn't get the funny lines in the second season. My theory on why Buck Rogers went in a different direction in the second season was because it didn't want to look repetitive, Buck saves the girl happened quite a bit. Hawk was one of a kind, I had empathy for the character and that is one of the reasons I was drawn to the character, he used various expressions, Thom Christopher is a thespian actor and he didn't make Hawk overly like a Shakespeare character, he has the right balance. He did a lot of work before and after Buck Rogers, he's also a song and dance man. For the record Hawk's headgear is made of chicken feathers.

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks for the addditional info on Thom Christoper, Beverley!

[@beverleycampbell9870]

Thom is my Facebook friend, so I posted your link to his wall, he liked it! :) Hawk had a lot of depth, personality, aloofness, then he would have a sly smile even though he could be straight laced, he'd put a wall/guard around him in fear of getting hurt or let down, but you're absolutely right in saying no actor could play Hawk. Thom should have got an award for his performance as Hawk, he later got an award for his performance as Carlo a mob boss in a soap called One Life To Live, then he played a very funny nerd with glasses as Mortimer who was the twin brother of Carlo.

[@Dan.50]

Amazing character! Needed another season to flesh him out.

[@lamarravery4094]

Maybe even have a spin off series about Hawk down the road. NBC blew it big time! Instead we get Silver Spoons and Sheriff Lobo, how lame.

[@lightsabove4709]

I agree with you completely on Buck Rogers Season 2. Why change something that worked? However, I did enjoy Thom Christopher as Hawk and much of this episode. At the time that it first aired, I was a Starlog reading kid and I used my effects / studio knowledge to call Universal Hartland. They made the effects for Galactica and Buck. I actually got through to them and told them how cool I thought Hawk's ship was and what a great job they did on the battle between Buck and Hawk. Whoever was on the phone said. "Thank you."

[@jonathanroberts-bj7yl]

Funny they looked more human.

[@jbjc05]

Dave, I agree with everything that you said! Also, as I said in your last Buck Rogers video, I actually liked the episode about Pangor the Satyr. When Buck lands on a planet that turns males into satyrs when they mature.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Hawk is my favorite Bird Person. (cue rimshot) And that pic at 5 min! LOL. Gil is clearly wondering WTF is up with season two!

[@stefanov2387]

There was a great episode where this glowing green box was found and brought back to the ship... everyone began to age quickly. It was a great one. also to note: There if a flashback episode in season 2 which showed Buck in the past about to go on the fateful journey in the shuttle...This was also a favourite episode.

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks for sharing!

[@sheepwolf2004]

the man with the beard at 3:31 is sid haig who was also dragos on the "Jason of star command" programs which premiered on September 9, 1978 on cbs and ran for 2 seasons. season 1 has 16 episodes and season 2 has 12 episodes

[@johansmallberries9874]

Wait.. That's Sid Haig!

[@christian06082011]

Hey Dave.... really enjoyed this! Keep up the good work!

[@societyofroodest.590ad9]

ME TV ... every Saturday night! This was one of my favorites as a kid. Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, and so many others made my youth somewhat tolerable. And then I went to military school, and it was over. No TV for four years. Oh well, I still have my memories. Cheers!

[@dadahdee]

Thundarr the Barbarian (1980-81) proceeded He-Man (1983) but nobody talks about Thundarr like they do He-Man still today!

[@joerogers9413]

I remember Thundarr the Barbarian. Great cartoon show! Created by the same guys who created Scooby Doo and Bigfoot and Wildboy. 😀👍

[@funzjag]

Snake Plissken I love Thundarr! Not as much as that time you engineered an “Escape From New York “ or even your daring “Escape from LA!” Both times, you did the impossible and said F*#k You to the man! Snake 🐍 Pliskin on my phone! Wow!

[@hankmessaros1835]

Hawk was the only good thing to happen, I wish you would have told us more about the actor. Last thing, I remember as a kid was hoping hawks ship was a toy I could buy

[@jdsundstrom]

One of these days, I'll do a "Whatever Happened to Thom Christopher" video.

[@coolnegative]

I have to compartmentalize the seasons as 2 different shows like a spin off. It makes it easier for me to enjoy season 2 more than I would otherwise.

[@jdsundstrom]

Good strategy, coolnegative!

[@helrod]

He awesome Hawk ship...the toy every kid dreamed of!

[@jdsundstrom]

Coolest ship on the entire show!

[@helrod]

@@jdsundstrom in a show where all of the fighters were great designs ( earths thunder fighter, the draconians hatchet, etc) it really stood out

[@mrwideboy]

I was in love with Wilma. But was the princess

[@crow337]

Hawk was the only cool thing about season 2

[@dirkstarbuck6126]

I feel like a kid again watching your videos! Hawk’s space ship was crazy awesome! Hawk would’ve been a great reoccurring character (maybe even have his own spinoff?) and the Searcher might been okay for a bad episode. But both overwhelmed Buck’s own show and changed its dynamics completely.

[@jdsundstrom]

Now we're talking! Hawk should have had his own show.

[@plinkitee]

I'll admit to having a crush on Hawk. 😍

[@TheJohno95]

Ok, when I was a kid, I'll never forget laughing my rear end off when I saw Hawk. When I was a LITTLE kid, when the show originally aired, in my area, NBC and ABC changed channels. And I couldn't get the local NBC affiliate with my antenna, so I would have to turn it to see a South Carolina station. So, as a kid, I just lost touch with Buck Rogers when the network switch happened. I heard people talk about it and it sounded interesting. But I didn't see it until the Sci-Fi Channel opened for business...And I died laughing as a cynical early 20-something after seeing Hawk. A bird person that is signified by feathers on their head! And I just laughed at the season as a whole. I still liked Season 1 due to Ardala and nostalgia, but Season 2 was rough! A while back I watched it all again on DVD and I feel a little better toward it. I know they didn't have the budget to go all in with Hawk. But I liked his character a lot. He's kind of the no-nonsense buddy that Buck needs. Wilma filled that role in Season 1, but...Ugh! They did her wrong in Season 2. As you said, let's leave it at that. But, yeah, Hawk was a high-point in Season 2. If the stories had been a bit better and more along the lines of the first year, it might have gotten many more seasons...

[@jdsundstrom]

Thanks for sharing your memories.

[@demetriusdillard2863]

R.I.P. Thom Christopher.

[@typhoon3872]

To be honest..I was really young..like 4 or 5 when watching Buck Rogers..I absolutely loved it. But I always thought the hawk character's name was falcon. Where did I get falcon from? LOL

[@ThomChristopherFansite]

Great review! I completely agree, it was an awesome performance by Thom Christopher. Hawk was the best thing about Season 2 (possibly, the only good thing). Sadly, he was severely underused in most of the later episodes.

[@devorahacts]

I do remember seeing that magazine years ago. I didn't think sinister, I thought tough and sexy. I think around the same time Ricardo Montalban was making an impression, so maybe there was room for more like him.

[@Rometiklan]

Cool vid, Dave! Season 2 had it's moments. There are a few episodes I refuse to watch, they are sooo bad. But Time of the Hawk is not one of them. Hawk was an awesome character and probably one of the few highlights of S2. He was off to a promising start but somewhere along the way, Hawk got reduced to a fairly secondary character, along with Wilma, which is a shame. I think a show which featured Hawk more prominently would have channeled a Kirk-Spock vibe which may have appealed to the sci-fi audience, But ultimately, the poor writing and poor casting probably killed the show.Thanks for posting!

[@G-POWER.46-lx9hi]

MAN I WAS A LITTLE KID. WHEN B.R. BEGAN. & I MF ❤ IT. I WANTED TWILK SO BAD. THIS SHOW&B.S.G. WERE 😎. IN MY EYES. I ❤ THEM...

[@lancechaffin8009]

Pamela Hensley went on to star on Matt Houston with Lee Horsley

[@darwinbarnes740]

Hawk was great!

[@holseyd]

wow, good catch about Barbara Luna. damn she looked good in both shows! Hawk, and that bad ass ship of his was definitely the high light of season 2 no question about it.

[@Bethihearyoucalling]

My brother and I watched that two hour premiere. Unfortunately it went past our bedtime and my father made us turn off the tv halfway through despite our protests. My father unsympathetically assured us “Hawk dies”. You can imagine our disbelief when we tuned in for the next episode! Hawk was alive! And a friend of Buck’s!??? We had to wait until sometime in the distant future to find out what happened in a rerun. To this day, any time a family member makes a dubious statement or prediction someone responds with an angry “And Hawk dies!”. My father lost a lot of credibility that night in 1981.

[@jdsundstrom]

Holy cow! That was an absolute terrible thing to say to you and your brother. The stuff nightmares are made of! Hopefully, you didn't hold it against your old man for too long.

[@KevinDavis338]

I enjoyed that episode. As for the changes, it seemed Wilma was like Uhura, Buck was like James T. Kirk, and in a way, Hawk was like Spock

[@lamarravery4094]

I loved both seasons. Season one was fun and season two was more dramatic and I loved all the episodes. Season two was only 9 seasons long compared to the 24 episodes of season one, I really wished the show would've lasted a lot longer. Gil Gerard was so good as Buck Rogers and Erin Gray was great as Wilma and Thom Christopher was really good playing Hawk. Stupid NBC got rid of a fantastic show that could've lasted so many more yrs.

[@Goodiesfanful]

Hawk was persuaded to join in the hope he wasn't the last of his people and there might be others for him to seek out somewhere. If there was going to be a follow-up, the series was cancelled before it eventuated. But imagine if there had been a follow-up and Hawk found more of his people.

[@jdsundstrom]

That would have been very cool!

[@richardwilliams5842]

I remember Hawk man had a bad ass spaceship lol

[@manlystranger4973]

Hawk!!! He'll Save Every One Of Us!!! Amazing video!!! Hawk is perhaps the coolest of all sci-fi characters by evoking Elvis at his prime in the '69 Special with the leather suit, the sculpted muscles of the future Batman and other super hero movies, the leather feathers which were a touch all his own, a whiff of Gatchaman/Battle of the Planets, and the gravitas inherent in every movement. I never realized his wife was Barbara Luna, but I did so love her in Mirror, Mirror. Did you know she later acted again in Star Trek??? Here is a link to Star Trek New Voyages and one of the episodes in which she appeared. True, New Voyages is a fan production, but I promise if you love Star Trek TOS, Barbara Luna, Walter Koenig, George Takei, and a slew of other Star Trek alumni, you must see both Star Trek New Voyages and Star Trek Continues, both of which (after you give them a few episodes) will blow you away with production values, scripts, energy, love, etc. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6rFiJekp8ipptU

[@jdsundstrom]

I haven't watched "New Voyages" but I was a faithful "Continues" viewer. I even donated some money to their cause.

[@manlystranger4973]

@@jdsundstrom You are really going to love New Voyages, which came prior to Continues and Vic, the guy who helmed Continues, worked on New Voyages first. New Voyages is the dream come true of one fan, James Cawley, who earned the money to build the Trek sets in an old Family Dollar store in Ticonderoga NY as an Elvis Tribute Artist. I had the amazing opportunity to travel to his sets and even met William Shatner there in May 2018. Touring the sets is exactly like walking the corridors of the USS Enterprise. Cawley has ties to the Next Gen productions. The Okudas are highly involved in his projects as well as other TNG crew. Continues is a more polished production and is much more deliberate about re-creating the original series where New Voyages struggles with the problems of all pure fan productions and attempts to update to the TV standards of the time in which it was produced. I almost envy your ability to see all the New Voyages episodes for the first time!

[@stevenumerator]

If I recall correctly, my interest in Buck Rogers waned during the second season, so I don't have any strong memories of this episode. But I did have subscriptions to Starlog and a similar magazine. The name of the other magazine escapes me now, but I really looked forward to each issue of Starlog. It's too bad I no longer have my collection, since at one time it may have gone all the way back to the first issues of these magazines, including special promotional posters I remember receiving in cardboard tubes (I may be confusing these posters with another publication though). If only I had known that someday someone might pay good money for them. Oh well, that opportunity has flown away like Hawk!

[@michaelbowie3269]

If turn on the closed captioning not languages on Buck Rogers you'll find all sort of nods and winks.

[@y-mefarm4249]

I liked both seasons. Loved Hawk. And yes catching all the Buck Rodgers on Saturday nights after Lost in Space on ME TV.

[@dadahdee]

I mostly remember from season 2 "Journey to Oasis" because of the voice of Ezarhaaden and his lightsaber-like sword and that little blue laughing prankster known as Odee-x! Oh yeah and the dude who could remove his head played Mark Lenard! But Dr. Goodfellow as played by Wilfrid Hyde-White was the reason I don't remember much else. I can only seem to recall his annoying character and the Hawk character had potential.

[@bassdvant]

I liked the removing the head concept, but the rest of the story was sorely lacking. My favorites that I remember were the satyr episode and the mummy monster.

[@dadahdee]

The Space Vampire is one I recall vividly as well!

[@bassdvant]

indeed @@dadahdee

[@eljay345]

Dave I didn't watch very many episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. I definitely remember the character Hawk portrayed by actor, Thom Christopher though. According to the IMDB Website he appeared in 11 episodes! I preferred Battlestar Galactica, mainly because I had a huge crush on the actors Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict! 😀

[@roccgg]

I actually never saw an episode of Buck Rogers I became a fan of Thom Christopher later in his career when he was on One Life to Live became a big fan after of his he played a mob boss who died more than once

[@Clock_70]

Amazing memories 🎉🎊❤

[@tyronescott6056]

Time of the Hawk is actually a remake of the Gunsmoke episode Chato starring Ricardo Montalban as Chato which aired on September 1970 the plot is more or less the same and both shows were produced by John Mantley.

[@PresidentChristopher]

I certainly remember Hawk. First time I saw him he was a "bad" guy (who later became one of the good guys fighting alongside Buck Rogers). I remember Buck Rogers, and some woman loudly yelling out "HAWK! HAWWWWK!" as her yells reached into outer space. Can you get me that episode? How about the one weird episode where doppelgangers, I guess: one, of Pamela Hensley on the ship, yelling over and over in panick, as lasers were firing around her, when she became a smoking flat cake of ... meat? Then, someone pushed Hawk to the ground, and he became a smoking pile of meat. I think they both were doppelgangers, duplicates of the real characters. What was that episode?

[@kali3665]

Let's just say Season 2 of Buck Rogers was like Season 3 of the original Star Trek: had some good moments (and I LIKED Hawk as a character), but overall, kind of pathetic. And Space Vampires aired during the FIRST season. :-)

[@skyedragon6379]

Hawk was cool and badass! Too bad he was the only good thing about season 2. I even created a Hawk type character, Lt. Falcon, for a Star Trek type RPG after him back in the late 1980s. Later did a female Jedi called Raven for a Star Wars RPG. Always look forward to your nostalgic reviews! I think we liked the same shows! LOL

[@JW...-oj5iw]

You made me laugh, bringing up Wilma's outfit. Would have been hilarious if at some point they dressed her up in a sexy animal hide. Mark Lenard loses his head.

[@jdsundstrom]

If I made you chuckle just a bit...then mission accomplished! 🙂

[@keyopronin4134]

R.I.P. THOM CHRISTOPHER (HAWK).

[@jdsundstrom]

Thom will definitely be missed!

[@ChapMeifan]

Hawk was my favorite character from Season 2 and I was so sad that Mego didn't make a figure of him. I wanted Hawk to battle the Empire alongside Buck and Luke Skywalker. A couple months ago I noticed a customizer makes 3-D printed action figures and created one so I had to buy it. Forty years later and I have Hawk lol.

[@brotherkellymatthewbarnes8882]

I still remember Gilligan the Space Vampire and the downward spiral it began.

[@jdsundstrom]

I must admit that I kinda like that Space Vampire episode!

[@sheepwolf2004]

the old man buck rogers and hawk took koori to is the llamajuna. and the episode mark Lenard is in is "journey to oasis" where he played a man named aram duvoe. aram duvoe is a zycarian. he can take his head off

[@phillipjones5143]

Can you do a review of Lost in Space, Space 1999 and the Man from Atlantis ?

[@rjl7655]

YES, I DO! WHERE CAN I GET THIS SERIES/MOVIE ON YT/ONLINE?

[@jdsundstrom]

Best place to watch Buck Rogers right now is on MeTV.

[@garyofnyc]

It's actually George Lynch from Dokken. 🎸

[@FunAtHomeCollectibles]

Wicked character - loved this ! Have an awesome day! 💥From Fun At Home (Hot Wheels, Lego, Cards, Stamps & collectables)👍

[@MrRebeljoenaw]

I personally would have liked to see Hawk get away and become what I guess you would call the antihero. Helping others but still causing trouble for the military and the real bad guys. Him and Buck not really friends but with a big respect for each other and not the sidekick he became. Talking about Wilma's outfit Erin Gray one time called it dairy queen in space.

[@jdsundstrom]

Great stuff, Joe!

[@keithmundy2613]

HAWK WAS TOO COOL! JUST FLIPPEN AWESOME! 📺 GREAT STUFF .. THANK YOU! ☁⛅ 🚀☁🌞 SAYS NIBIRU!

[@collegeman1988]

Interesting how Universal produced two popular science fiction TV shows that had lousy truncated second seasons before being canceled. Just like Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century returned to TV for a second season, but with significant changes for the worse. Many characters from season one of Buck Rogers were gone, including Princess Ardala and Dr. Heuer. As for Bird Guy, he was a complete joke. I agree that Erin Gray looked much better wearing spandex than that awful sailor uniform.

[@oldgoat142]

Wilma looked absolutely ridiculous in that outfit. As for Hawk, what a way underutilized character. So much potential from a good actor just absolutely wasted. Ditto, "the bad guys." They weren't a serious threat at all, (nor were any others later on, come to think of it), even though the actors portraying them had done solid roles as heavies in other things. As for the costume dept, what the hell were they smoking when they came up with that gimmick for the citizens of Neutralis? As much as I tried to, I just couldn't hang with the 2nd season. I still roll my eyes thinking, "Man, you pretty much flushed that one down the tubes."

[@jyesucevitz]

Hey Dave. Was S2 done by a different show runner? Causing such drastic changes?

[@jdsundstrom]

Yep, they brought in John Mantley, well known for the westerns that he had worked on, to produce season two.

[@jyesucevitz]

@@jdsundstrom had a feeling. When shows make drastic changes like that it's usually the show runner. Thank you!

[@echozgus]

I think the first time you see the first episodes of season 2 was cool but later you find its not the same as the episodes of the first season. Hawk was an interesting character but later he was reduced as a Tonto for Buck Rogers

[@kennethwilkinson8244]

do they still have starlog magazine?

[@jdsundstrom]

I haven't seen it for a long time.

[@SouthsideChicago99]

Season 2 strayed to far away from where the series started its why it only had 2 seasons. You cant change a shows format that radically and have success but Buck Rogers is still a fun watch

[@bradthurkle7217]

I’m looking for the fight seen between buck and hawk. From memory the was like a draw. They both just fell in a heap back to back saying let’s call this a draw lol

[@ricktheitalianrebel6687]

Yes, They tired themselves out.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

Love that character

[@nortondumont9711]

Another homage to "Star Trek" occurs in the "Buck Rogers..." episode "A Dream Of Jennifer" when you hear Captain Christopher Pike being paged in one scene. Good video, Dave, but I am still not all that much of a fan of season two. I thought Wilma looked like a waitress you'd see on skates at a Fifties' burger joint.

[@kayzed6693]

'Time of the Hawk' would have made great Battlestar Galactica episode.

[@davros123ify]

I remember season 2 and I wasvery disappointed because there were no space skirmishes

[@WhoStew]

Yes the best part is when the bird man and Buck get into a fight great show

[@Plan9wood]

Here’s my thing with Hawk… He starts out as the he ultimate badass. It generally known through the universe that if you see Hawk…you die. Don’t mess with Hawk, he is feared by all, good and bad. By about episode 4 or so he is…. Buck --heard a noise of Screen Buck--hey Hawk go check that out Buck-find an injured person Buck--hey Hawk look after him while I go do battle. Buck--stay here with the women while I go do the super cool stuff. I know that Buck was both the cause of Hawks wife’s death, yet somehow Hawk was in debt to Buck for his life But come on, Hawk went from ultimate badass to Bucks ineffectual side kick so quick it makes your head spin

[@rowanaforrest9792]

I was in my late teens or early 20s when Buck Rogers was on. I remember finding Season 1 mostly irritating, a dismal imagining of what mankind would be like in the future, but I kept watching in hopes it might improve. Something I always thought would greatly help the show would be to give Buck a very strong, smart male friend (co-star)., so I was delighted with the addition of Hawk in Season 2. The opening 2-parter was campy as always, but promising. (Completely agree with the weakening of Wilma and the silly, flimsy-looking uniforms of the men and women on their exploration ship.) Unfortunately, as you say, after that first 2-parter the writers mostly turned Hawk into a picturesque sidekick who rarely got to do anything satisfying. The show desperately needed better writers!