Lorraine Williams did... what?

[rogueattorney]

Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister at the time. The Labour Party controlled parliament. Taxes then were worse than punitive.

Yeah, this was within a year or two of the Beatles "Taxman." "One for you, nineteen for me," was not a figure of speech, and was the reason many of the British 60's rock stars went into "tax exile" at this time.

 

[Ed_Laprade]

Nice of him to have it corrected. But it still says that his grandfather 'originated' Buck Rogers. Which is still BS.

 

[Tinner]

I liked Buck Rogers best when it was called Farscape.

 

[Ranger REG]

I liked Buck Rogers best when it was called Farscape.

*went to get the rotten tomato he saved for just this occasion.*

 

[Dire Bare]

I liked Buck Rogers best when it was called Farscape.

Farscape was very much like a modern Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon, and was a large part of why that show was so freakin' awesome!

I love Buck, I love Flash, and I love John Crichton!!! Great stuff!

 

[Orius]

*went to get the rotten tomato he saved for just this occasion.*

Here, take this bushel I got.

Farscape was very much like a modern Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon, and was a large part of why that show was so freakin' awesome!

I saw the show as like the old space operas, but it didn't make it appealing to me. I never could understand why people thought that show was creative when it was just another space opera after all the weirdness got stripped away.

 

[Storm Raven]

I saw the show as like the old space operas, but it didn't make it appealing to me. I never could understand why people thought that show was creative when it was just another space opera after all the weirdness got stripped away.

It was well-executed space opera, with weirdness added. That's what made it great.

 

[JLowder]

Nice of him to have it corrected. But it still says that his grandfather 'originated' Buck Rogers. Which is still BS.

Well, "total BS" is kind of harsh. It's fair to say Dille originated Buck in the form for which the character became most famous. He does deserve a lot of credit, and you could argue that he "originated" the Buck Rogers the public knew and loved. I wouldn't word the description of his role the way it's typically worded, but it's more like shorthand than a fabrication.

And, sure, the claim about the strip being the "birthplace" of robots, etc, is wrong, but it's easily chalked up to over-enthusiastic marketing copy, particularly given how Flint and the site manager reacted to the gaff about Lorraine's role in TSR's creation.

Cheers,
Jim Lowder

 

[JLowder]

among the older generation (a.k.a anyone pre Wars or Trek), science fiction WAS Buck rogers for the common populace.

Absolutely. Buck Rogers did a lot to popularize SF tropes and conventions. Saying "that Buck Rogers stuff" was a way of referencing SF in general for a whole generation of people unfamiliar with the genre. That was a dismissive phrase, but it speaks to the influence of the IP when it comes to represent the whole genre for the public.

Cheers,
Jim Lowder

 

[Ed_Laprade]

Well, "total BS" is kind of harsh. It's fair to say Dille originated Buck in the form for which the character became most famous. He does deserve a lot of credit, and you could argue that he "originated" the Buck Rogers the public knew and loved. I wouldn't word the description of his role the way it's typically worded, but it's more like shorthand than a fabrication.

And, sure, the claim about the strip being the "birthplace" of robots, etc, is wrong, but it's easily chalked up to over-enthusiastic marketing copy, particularly given how Flint and the site manager reacted to the gaff about Lorraine's role in TSR's creation.

Cheers,
Jim Lowder

I only said it was BS, not "total" BS. And yeah, if you read it the right way its not an out-and-out lie. But I still roll my eyes at it. (Not that I think its worth getting all upset over.) As for the phrase "That Buck Rogers stuff," I heard it when I was growing up and it was always dismissive. Mostly the general public was always at least a decade behind what was being written in the magazines at any given time (and often more than one). The gap may have closed some in recent years, but I doubt it.