Buck Rogers

A little later on, recall Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and the real Battlestar Gallactica.

How did you come to the SF genres? 2009

Weitekamp thinks about the props for the television series Star Trek, the model of an alien spacecraft used in the Steven Spielberg film, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," toy ray guns, comic books and items portraying old time fictional space heroes such as Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and Captain Midnight.

Margaret Weitekamp: Using memorabilia and science fiction to explain how Americans view space flight The Partnership for Public Service 2010

For more on Frank Miller directing "Buck Rogers," head on over to MoviesBlog.

Frank Miller Heads To The 25th Century, Tapped To Direct ‘Buck Rogers’ 2008

The drawings were "too angular or too bricklike or look like something out of 'Buck Rogers'," Lutz recalls thinking at the time.

The Fast And The Luxurious 2007

I've always had a soft spot for indie rockers Feeder, with 'Buck Rogers' and 'Insomnia' in particular being two tracks that managed to fill my adolescent years with plenty of air guitar moments at indie discos.

RSSMix.com Mix ID 706919 2010

Paul W.S. Anderson To Direct 3D 'Buck Rogers' Movie

DVD Review: Death Race (Blu-ray) 2009

Paul W.S. Anderson To Direct 3D 'Buck Rogers' Movie

DVD Review: ‘Death Race’ Unrated Edition 2009

Frank Miller Heads To The 25th Century, Tapped To Direct 'Buck Rogers'

Frank Miller Heads To The 25th Century, Tapped To Direct ‘Buck Rogers’ 2008

Paul W.S. Anderson To Direct 3D 'Buck Rogers' Movie

Frank Miller Looking To Captain ‘Buck Rogers’ 2008

Along with Branson and the owner of Budget Suites and a myriad of others who are bending metal and putting their own bucks into the quest to be the new Buck Rogers, they believe in Big Ideas and are doing something about it -- in space.

Rick Tumlinson: Big Ideas in Small Times Rick Tumlinson 2012