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Buck Rogers is being rebooted.

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The deal is a coup for Legendary and Murphy, who spent years waging legal battles as a fight for rights ensued between the heirs and estates of the men who created him or published his stories.

Rogers first appeared in a story titled Armageddon 2419 and published in a 1928 issue of pulp mainstay, Amazing Stories. Written by Philip Francis Nowlan, the story told of a man who is trapped in a coal mine during a cave-in, falls into suspended animation, and, Rip Van Winkle-style, wakes up almost 500 years into the future. There, he is enlisted to help fight a war between several gangs in what was once America.

Rogers was turned into a comic strip – titled simply Buck Rogers - in 1929 by the John F. Dille Co., whereupon the character’s popularity exploded across the country. Soon, toys, radio plays, comic books, and a movie serial starring Buster Crabbe followed. In 1979, NBC produced a short-lived but fondly-remembered series titled Buck Rogers in the 25th Century that starred Gil Gerard and Erin Gray that introduced a robot sidekick named Twiki and a talking computer named Dr. Theopolis.
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I don't know any diehard Buck Rogers fans, but if you're reading this, then you've probably read the old pulp stories and/or have watched the Gil Gerard show. I liked a lot about Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica reboot, so I'll probably give this a shot.
 
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J_Dee said:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/buck-rogers-movie-in-the-works-at-legendary



I don't know any diehard Buck Rogers fans, but if you're reading this, then you've probably read the old pulp stories and/or have watched the Gil Gerard show. I liked a lot about Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica reboot, so I'll probably give this a shot.
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I remember when i was a kid waiting in line to get Gil Gerard's autograph at the Carl Casper Custom Auto Show. Hopefully they don't get stupid and change things up. The way Hollywood is I'm expecting them to turn Buck Rogers into a woman (that's probably a lesbian) like they did with Starbuck in the Battlestar Galactica remake. If not at the least he will be a different race.
 
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Yeah, we should all hope that the new show doesn't use robots to reinforce gender normative roles like in those upsetting pics from the post above.
 
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If not at the least he will be a different race.
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I doubt they'll change his race. They're unlikely to feature a lead who isn't Caucasian or African-American and they sure as heck can't call an African-American "Buck".
 
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