One of the more intriguing trailers to come out recently is the teaser for the new Buck Rogers in the 25th Century movie. The trailer features a retro rocket racing across a sunset sky. (How’s that for an awesome sentence!) If the rest of the film has the quality retro design of the 30-second teaser, than the movie could be a fun sci-fi flick with all the fun of Flash Gordon but without all the cheese.
Hopefully they don’t completely fall off the end and go for the Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow route. It was fun but lacked the direction and focus to tell a complete story. Serials were great as serials. Forcing the erratic locations changes of a serial onto a modern feature gave Sky Captain an unfocused feel.
Here’s hoping for a great retro sci-fi.
Oh, and PS. Don’t do retro like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Make it actually good.