tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post8796531638683711634..comments2024-03-29T04:57:26.162-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Buck Rogers Day: "Time of the Hawk"John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-6962306817676000482012-09-21T00:21:34.976-04:002012-09-21T00:21:34.976-04:00According to Thom Christopher, Hawk wasn't int...According to Thom Christopher, Hawk wasn't intended to be a series regular. "Time of the Hawk" was supposed to be a once and done role for Thom. However, Hawk proved to be such an extraordinary character that they asked Thom to stay on the show. <br /><br />Early on, in already scripted shows, they'd give Hawk some of Wilma's lines just to have in a scene or two before he'd go off on patrol for the rest of the episode.<br /><br />For all the talk of GUNSMOKE as the pattern for the second season of BUCK ROGERS being a bad thing, it wasn't. According to genre theory, space opera and Westerns have the same story roots. Westerns aren't called horse operas for nothing. Using TIME OF THE HAWK as an example, the story and the characterization were strong and powerful, and it fit what they were doing to the series, whether right or wrong. <br /><br />And GUNSMOKE, for the most part, was a very well written series.Marilynn Byerlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720129999636676998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-52682231422536960082012-09-20T13:10:33.354-04:002012-09-20T13:10:33.354-04:00John I have an additional, but important comment. ...John I have an additional, but important comment. I think it would have been a much better season 2 to have Colonel Wilma Deering having resigned her post as the Commander of the E.D.D. on Earth in order to be the Commander of the Searcher with Buck as her first officer. <br /><br />SGBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-575265747617080872012-09-20T12:48:51.804-04:002012-09-20T12:48:51.804-04:00John your review of Buck Rogers "Time Of The ...John your review of Buck Rogers "Time Of The Hawk" season 2 debut is absolutely the way I felt about all the changes. The Searcher bridge was a horrible set. The humiliating change of Colonel Wilma Deering as Commander of the Earth Defense Directorate to a lowly member of the Searcher crew. Yikes.<br /><br />SGB Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com