Buck Rogers: The Plot to Kill a City (1979) - Because You Watched Starcrash

“Beeee-dee beedee – what a fox!” In this memorial episode, the Distinguished Professors pay homage to TV bombshell Markie Post, another of the honored fallen of 2021, by watching a two-part episode of the disco sci-fi epic Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, “The Plot to Kill a City”! Topics covered include a lot of initial free product placement, a justification of Buck Rogers as a time travel story, the hot spandex-clad ladies of the 25th century, a rundown of the special guest stars, a brief review of the career of Markie Post, yet another appearance of the lovely Robert Tessier, Frank Gorshin’s role as Grandma Moff Tarkin, the weird case of Dr. Theopolis, Buck Rogers as a precursor to Steve Rogers, multiple future discos, some notes on Tessier’s physical performance, gender stereotypes of the 25th century, the murkiness of the League of Death’s motivations and their city-killing plot, a parallel with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Buck’s terrible future toilet wine, Joella’s weirdly indeterminate role as an implied space hooker, the pointlessness of the villainous empath, a comparison with classic Battlestar Galactica and the lack of desire to take science fiction seriously on TV in the 1980s. Follow us on Facebook! Because You Watched Starcrash Music credits: "Laser Groove" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/