Comments on: Frank Miller to bring us Buck Rogers https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers/ The Correct Opinion Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:03:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lucasdigital https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers/#comment-148289 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:03:50 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers#comment-148289 I’ve been playing around with a film treatment for Buck Rogers for a few years, so I receive this news with mixed feelings. I hope the producers go back to the roots, with no more than a knowning nod to the 80s version.

I’d trust that Frank’s take on the story will owe more to his superb ‘Ronin’ comic story, which features a 17th century Samurai finding himself in late 21st Century New York. I’m surprised that this story hasn’t made it to the screen yet. Darren Aronofsky made a stab at it back in 1998..

]]> By: Amy Glade https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers/#comment-146303 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:12:12 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers#comment-146303 (Type your comment here. Make sure you’ve read the commenting rules before doing so)
Hi! Buck Rogers was my favorite comic as a youngster and looked forward to the next edition to see what Buck and Wilma were up to in fighting the Martians zipping around in space. Love the silver suits, etc and now at age 77, would love to see the movie…if I’m still around.
Regards
Amy

]]> By: Sir Jig-A-Lot https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers/#comment-135321 Fri, 09 May 2008 17:19:14 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers#comment-135321 Frank & Buck?! i’m in just for curiousity’s sake to see what Miller would do with the property. if he leaves the project, so would my interest in it.
i’m sure this’ll be better than Speed Racer which i saw today. that waste of cinematic space was aimed squarely at The Shallow,The Druckf*cked & those with ADD who have yet to grow any peachfuzz.

]]> By: HandnHalfSword https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers/#comment-135277 Fri, 09 May 2008 14:35:17 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers#comment-135277 This is the coolest news I’ve heard all day.

Please Frank…give it a 1930s feel.

]]> By: tobor68 https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers/#comment-135267 Fri, 09 May 2008 13:15:29 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers#comment-135267 Dear God,

Please, please, please break-off that piece of Hollywood into the ocean. You know we won’t miss it. Amen.

]]> By: Bolivar https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers/#comment-135256 Fri, 09 May 2008 10:11:57 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers#comment-135256 I forgot, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow took a stab at the retro thing. The only reason they failed was because the movie was all CG. If Buck Rogers steers clear of the all CG design and goes for realism, I’m pretty sure it will fly.

]]> By: Bolivar https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers/#comment-135255 Fri, 09 May 2008 10:10:02 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers#comment-135255 They’re missing a golden opportunity here. This movie could be retro 40’s sci-fi kind of deal, but taken seriously. We haven’t seen anything like that yet (short of the Golden Compass or Gattica). I really hope the producers re-think this one, because they could be sitting on a gold mine.

]]> By: JohnIan https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers/#comment-135241 Fri, 09 May 2008 05:19:53 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers#comment-135241 I love it.

I’m there.

]]> By: Darren J Seeley https://www.themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers/#comment-135230 Fri, 09 May 2008 03:36:41 +0000 http://themovieblog.com/2008/05/frank-miller-to-bring-us-buck-rogers#comment-135230 Well, I do agree that FX should be up at least too a modest level. But other than that, Rodney, I could have never disagreed with you more.
As a kid, to me, the 70’s/80s TV show was really cool.

I give pause to the word “campiness” Good lord! The show had Buck fighting an outer space vampire at one time!!! Gil also played it straight, never over the top. In fact, Gil Gerard actually had a hand in getting rid of some of the “camp” in the series second (and last) season.

The only thing I suspect regarding the announcement is simply a way to keep Twiki in there somewhere. I’ll bet on it.

However, getting someone like Miller…look, I made it clear that I dug the TV show as a kid. But, I wouldn’t mind if Miller took more out of the origins of Buck as he was in the ’50s.

And make iddy biddy biddy Twiki a toaster.

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