Buck Rogers In The 25th Century - REGION FREE

[greenguy]

Region Coding: A,B,C Confirmed

Buck Rogers the complete series is coming from Madman August 17th.

https://b2b.madman.com.au/actions/ca...eleaseId=34998

Let's hope this, or the Italian season 1 Volume 1 set will be true HD.

[StrayButler91]

Great, I'll request a review copy from Madman when the time comes and report back!

[greenguy]

Originally Posted by StrayButler91

Great, I'll request a review copy from Madman when the time comes and report back!

Excellent!

I'm looking forward to the report.

[Dickieduvet]

Wow,great looking set. Thanks for posting

Hope they don't change the art.


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[Andrew354]

Originally Posted by greenguy

Let's hope this, or the Italian season 1 Volume 1 set will be true HD.

I noticed this on Madman's press release...

Now every adventure is brought together on Blu Ray for the first time in this complete series set, presented from HD masters and including the original TV version of the pilot featuring alternative scenes.

... sounds promising!

[filmmusic]

I haven't seen this but seeing Star Trek and loving it, maybe I should watch this too.

I wonder if there will be any US release.

[PT Ryan]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

I haven't seen this but seeing Star Trek and loving it, maybe I should watch this too.

It's very different to Star Trek. Very kid-level overall, especially in the first season. Lots of groaner dad-joke humour. I actually found season two more enjoyable, but that's the minority opinion.

[simonsherry]

Nice - any word on a price? Very fond memories of this series when I was a kid, would love to introduce mine to it!

[hdgfs]

$80 at the moment

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/blu-ray/buc...ies/dp/6174615

[Andrew354]

$80 works out at about £40 in the UK. For the complete remastered series that's a really good price.

Loving that artwork. To me that looks like an outer cardboard slipcase which will house each season in it's own amaray side-by-side.

[stevo4264]

If it wasn't for that horrible little robot Twiki, I would have been all over this like a bad rash, it ruined it for me. Someone please tell me that little thing isn't in it much!!

[Braktastic]

Originally Posted by stevo4264

If it wasn't for that horrible little robot Twiki, I would have been all over this like a bad rash, it ruined it for me. Someone please tell me that little thing isn't in it much!!

lol Twiki the R2-D2 wanna be. He's in it a fair bit. And if you think season one is bad, season two will make your head exploded.

[hdgfs]

Pre-order for $75 at JB,

They list some extras too,

Special Features:
Bonus Theatrical Version of the Pilot episode (in Standard Definition)
Bonus Feature-length version of Flight Of The War Witch (in Standard Definition)
Bonus Syndicated 2-part version of Journey to Oasis (in HD)
Opening Titles without narration
Textless Opening and Closing Titles
Isolated Music & Effects Audio Track on each episode

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/movies-tv-...series/967763/

[WilsonBros]

Originally Posted by stevo4264

If it wasn't for that horrible little robot Twiki, I would have been all over this like a bad rash, it ruined it for me. Someone please tell me that little thing isn't in it much!!

You are clearly unfamiliar with Crichton, the C3PO rip-off to Twiki from season 2. It specialised in being indignant to anything its jive-talking counterpart said - mainly because it was so badly built that all they could get it to do was raise its hands to its hips.

Couple it with a doddery Wilfred Hyde-White wandering around in both a cardigan and a daze as he looks for a Werthers' Original and it's all just bloody awful.

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[wazh]

I wonder if we get the teasers back on the episodes as well...

with maybe the "Tonight on Buck Rogers"

[PT Ryan]

Originally Posted by WilsonBros

You are clearly unfamiliar with Crichton, the C3PO rip-off to Twiki from season 2. It specialised in being indignant to anything its jive-talking counterpart said - mainly because it was so badly built that all they could get it to do was raise its hands to its hips.

Couple it with a doddery Wilfred Hyde-White wandering around in both a cardigan and a daze as he looks for a Werthers' Original and it's all just bloody awful.

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I'm very much in the minority, but I like season two much more than one. The hideous dad-joke humour and eye-scalding design of the first season is toned down, and while it essentially becomes a Star Trek rip-off, I find it far more palatable. Still not particularly good, but much more watchable.

[billyearle]

Originally Posted by Andrew354

I noticed this on Madman's press release...

Now every adventure is brought together on Blu Ray for the first time in this complete series set, presented from HD masters and including the original TV version of the pilot featuring alternative scenes.

... sounds promising!

Originally Posted by hdgfs

Pre-order for $75 at JB,

They list some extras too,

Special Features:
Bonus Theatrical Version of the Pilot episode (in Standard Definition)
Bonus Feature-length version of Flight Of The War Witch (in Standard Definition)
Bonus Syndicated 2-part version of Journey to Oasis (in HD)
Opening Titles without narration
Textless Opening and Closing Titles
Isolated Music & Effects Audio Track on each episode

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/movies-tv-...series/967763/

FRAAAACK! The theatrical version of the pilot is by far my favorite thing. I loved the over the top sexed out James Bondy opening credits with the original sappy but delicous vocal version of the theme song (I think it's supposed to be Buck Rogers' wet dream while he's in suspended animation). When I rented the series on DVD I couldn't get through the first two part episode with Jack Pallance and never got around to watching my dvd set. I'd still like to see the rest of this in HD sometime, but having the theatrical in SD makes me think I should just save my money for a while. I've been waiting a long time for the theatrical pilot in HD....

[wazh]

I will be happy to have a copy of the TV version as well. I think the theatrical only came out previously and doesn't contain the segments which mix into the series. Either way I love the idea of owning both.

I like the idea as well that we might get the Flight of the War Witch back in its 2 part version. I hated the hacked together movie version of this.

[mar3o]

This is listed under special features:

"Bonus Theatrical Version of the Pilot episode (in Standard Definition)".

I would think the theatrical film (with the opening James Bond-style theme song) would be presented in HD like the Battlestar Galactica film is on the Galactica set. Could this be a mistake in the listing or is the theatrical film really SD? I'm thrilled to see this getting a blu-ray release but the SD pilot film is disappointing.

EDIT: Just saw billyearle above had the same concern. Shame if the theatrical film is SD. There's no reason it should be since it was a theatrical film before a series.

I also see the special features are quite limited. No documentaries. No deleted scenes. No interviews. No galleries. No marketing materials. No promos. No booklets or printed materials. Quite disappointing in the extras department. Compare this to the Galactica blu-ray sets with hours of deleted scenes for each episode, multiple documentaries, and other goodies. Gil Gerard and Erin Gray both have fond memories of this show, so there is no reason they couldn't have been reached for new interviews. The old DVDs were the same way - no extras. This series deserves some special edition treatment, especially since it's being labeled here as a limited edition.

[mar3o]

Also, I'm wondering what the packaging will be like. Cases, sleeves? I do like the outside of the box a lot. But I hope they don't use cardboard sleeves or I may reconsider my pre-order.