Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers
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| Original title | Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1953-1954 |
| Production company |
CBS Television |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 58 in 2 seasons |
| genre | Adventure , science fiction |
| production | William Dozier |
| German-language first broadcast |
April 18, 1953 on CBS |
| occupation | |
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Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers is an American science fiction - television series , produced by 1953/54 and live has been sent.
action
In the 22nd century, the Rocket Rangers operate on the Omega Base with their spaceship Beta . Your main task is to fight invaders and space pirates.
Production history
With the series, CBS tried to tie in with the Tom Corbett series originally produced by them , Space Cadet , which had been sold to ABC . For this purpose, former employees of the series were recruited and attempts were made to poach the leading actor from Tom Corbett , Frankie Thomas , but this failed.
criticism
The television magazine TV Guide criticized the series as relatively violent. It is neither informative (e.g. about astronomy ) nor entertaining.
Rod Brown ran for 58 episodes and then disappeared from the air after fighting the usual assortment of killer robots, gigantic apes, space pirates and dinosaurs. What the show could not fight was the general perception tht it had nothing new to offer its viewers.
Lucanio / Coville, p. 174
The media scientist Lincoln Geraghty saw in the series as in their role models (in addition to Tom Corbett also Space Patrol and Captain Video and His Video Rangers ) a reflection of the Cold War , in which the American or Western civilization demonstrates their superiority over communist societies.
Lore
As far as is known, no episode has survived because it was broadcast live and the programs were apparently not recorded or have not been transmitted.
literature
- Patrick Lucanio / Gary Coville: American science fiction television series of the 1950s: Episode guides and credits for twenty shows , Jefferson, NC (Mc Farland) 1998. ISBN 0-7864-0434-5
- JP Telotte: Space Opera TV: Seeing the world tomorrow , in: Cynthia J. Miller / A. Bowdoin Van Riper (ed.): 1950s "Rocketman" TV Series and their fans. Cadets. Rangers, and Junior Space Men , New York (Palmgrave Macmillan) 2012, pp. 115-129. ISBN 978-0-230-37731-8
- Lincoln Geraghty: American Science Fiction Film and Television , New York (Berg) 2009.