Buck Rogers (1979)

Buck Rogers: Directed by Daniel Haller. With Gil Gerard, Pamela Hensley, Erin Gray, Henry Silva. A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time where Earth is threatened by alien invaders.

“Originally made as a TV movie pilot, Universal and producer Glen Larson followed the pattern theyu0026#39;d used for u0026#39;Battlestar Galacticau0026#39; and released it theatrically first. It proved to be a modest hit (raking in $21 million), and thus NBC commissioned it to be turned into a weekly series.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt starts off with a rather Bondian opening title sequence, featuring several lovely ladies wriggling and writhing their way around, over and under a sleeping Buck Rogers (Gil Gerard) as a vocalized version of the u0026#39;Buck Rogersu0026#39; theme plays. I found this to be the highlight of the movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe rest of the film plays like a discount u0026#39;Battlestar Galacticau0026#39; (even recycling many of its props and sound f/x), keeping logic at armu0026#39;s length while testing the lactose tolerance of the viewer. The Über masculine Gerard gives a charming performance as Buck and Pamela Hensley deliciously vamps her way through her scenes, but theyu0026#39;re the equivalent of two chefs attempting to make a gourmet meal out of store brand ingredients.”