<![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> sigh

For all those equating Col. Deering with a Frigidaire, does not one of you remember the Space Vampire episode, when the Vorvon possessed her and she slinked down the corridor with him, growling with hunger and a deepened voice as he described the planets they planned to feast on? How she hugged herself with lust and anticipation? How her evil highlights and spandex shone?

That scene, and certain of the erotic interludes in Roddenberry's SPECTRE, told me I wasn't the same as other girls....

pink_clerical_collar

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Ha ha I wrote those two in a cat fight once for an episode of the 26th Century. Wilma won ;).

systemcat

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> I'm with the sentiment that choosing is ridiculous - just have both! Muahaha!

theherlihyboy

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Take Ardala, become Emperor, subjugate Earth and make Deering you consort. Done and done.

Grandjester

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> why should he choose? have Buck could have had both. Wilma FTW!

egsmachine

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> @goldfarb:

thats why she so HOT. cuz she's so NASTY

DSTRYA

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> @Annalee Newitz: Look at her jaw. She practically has an adam's apple, too. And yeah, when I was younger and (more) broke, I lived near the area where all the transvestite hookers trolled for johns. They pretty much looked like her.

eris404

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> I can't believe I'm the first one to say this:

Colonel Deering...IN Ardala's outfit.

I'll be in my bunk.

kingzilch

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Col. Deering/Erin Gray, definitely. But I already said that. :)

dangrgirl

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> -
What's to choose?

Princess "Rule by my side and know pleasures unending" Ardala
or
Colonel "Not until marrage and you wipe your feet" Deering

Take the Princess then capture Derring and do the "special" interrogation technique if you know what I mean and I think you do...




IchabodCrane

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> I was alwyas hoping Buck would hook up with the Princess so I could have Colonel Deering all to myself.

NefariousNewt

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> @ComicDork: I am 40, and you are so right. Ardala, even with my 12 year old mind, was the girl you screwed around with. Deering always brought you home.

God, that blue spandex uniform, YUM-O!

I don't it's even a case of good vs. bad; because you know when Buck (or you) melted that cold exterior she'd do every nasty thing you could dream up.

Here total hotness amped up when she got turned by that space vampire.

radio1

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Is it just my rosy memories, or were women 'shinier' in the Seventies? Quite apart from her spray-on spandex flirt suit (um, I mean flight suit) there's got to be enough industrial-strength, weapons-grade lacquer in Wilma's hair to make her helmet utterly redundant.

And surely this is but the opening round in the great Battle of the Space Babes (hot oil optional)?

Oh, and of course Erin wins this round.

HomoSapiensRex

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> the solutionis simple dont chose at all.Marry wilma and have princess mcslutty on the side.wilma will give birth to the children and buck still gets to "do" a royal .NIIICE

jesustonight

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Tough choice. Erin Gray ftw.

tricky69

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> @Zantor: I fully support your viewpoint. I choose choice! Put your hands together.

darcymcgee

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> @Crunchy: Crunchy talks about himself in the third person. Crunchy worries me a bit...

darcymcgee

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> choose? why should i have to choose? why should we have to choose? it's the goldurned spandexed, droided, 25th century! i want them both (and have since before puberty). if they both wish to be the domme i shall gladly submit.

ihop

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Wilma Deering/Erin Grey of course! She was competent and sexy, while Ardala seemed to be a strange mixture of spoiled princess and trailer trash.

BobbyMike

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Erin gray ALL the way!
Even before I knew what girls were. I knew she was kick-ass!

SomeAudioGuy

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Erin Gray is hot and amazing. So, Wilma Deering. No contest.

Sharpless

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> How about switchin' days with each?
some choices just shouldn't be made.

Plague

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Wilma is sweet & sexy in the "girl next door" way.

Ardala is sultry and sassy in the "stripper down the street" way.

I vote for the "Intergalactic Threesome", after all, It's been 500 years!

"BeeDee-BeeDee-BeeDee...Buck, your my kind of guy!"

Zantor

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Um, why not both? Yes, I'm greedy.

Seriously, if I could only pick one then it would be Wilma. From the minute I saw her, I knew I loved women.

I had more questions about Buck though. As a youngster, I never could quite figure out why Buck would run away from Ardala (aside from marriage and being forced to wear the exploding marriage collar.) Now I figure that those 500 years in the deep freeze did something to little Buck.

ManchuCandidate

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Without a doubt it has to be Erin Gray. In 1979 she was by far without a doubt the sexiest woman on T.V.

gdcol1969

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> The Eternal dilemma:
Spandex clothing, or minimal clothing.
Hmmmm.



AmishJohn

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Erin Gray. Sexy, gorgeous, intelligent, and has a fantastic laugh!

Ardala = slut

MrWashy

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> My first time at DragonCon, my girlfriend wanted to get Erin Gray's autograph for her father. While we were over there, she winks at me over my girlfriend's shoulder, and suddenly, I'm 5 years old again. I blushed, I looked away, I stumbled over my feet. She's still beautiful.

And, I just bought this set the other day. Ardala was my dirty little secret crush when I was a kid. But, Wilma Deering made me a man. The kind of man who wondered just what color jumpsuit is Wilma going to be wearing in this episode. So, my vote is for Wilma...All the way, and no thinking twice.

manwithpez

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Col. Wilma Deering wins, although Buck certainly did show off his big guns and flirt a lot with Ardala.

I see autographed pictures of Erin Gray in The Jumpsuit are going for about $30 on eBay. TVGuide quotes Erin: "[The uniform] was a vice-like girdle... Wilma didn't sit very often - she couldn't. The suit was [made from] the original Spandex material that had no give to it." So much for space age fabrics.

This show was some of the best after-school viewing I ever had. Much better than seeing the same Brady Bunch episode for the 20th time.

Wesman

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> I seem to recall erin grey in modeling underwear in a nytimes advertising supplement.

definately erin grey.

QuasarErazar

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Yes, I will admit I watched this stuff, and if I;m remembering correctly, this is really a moot point. I recall one episode where, after everything was said and done, Buck, Wilma, and Princess Ardala walked off, presumably to spend the evening together.

And we all KNEW what was meant there. Glen Larson was every bit as much a letch as Gene Roddenberry.

DanielBrenton

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Yep, it's both. Col. Deering was the good girl. Ardala was the bad girl. They both made me feel funny in my pants. There were some benefits to growing up in the 70s.

ttrentham

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Erin Gray. Doesn't matter if she's wearing spandex in "Buck Rogers" or a dress in "Silver Spoons." Erin Gray.

Nudemanatee

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Erin Gray shaped my young life. Oh, how I loved her before I even knew what love was.

erejota

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> I also agree with the above posters that Erin Gray and Linda Carter had a profound affect on my development.

Spiral

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Erin Gray. End of argument. BTW, that purple jumpsuit is making me dizzy. *gets light-headed*

BeFrugalNotCheap

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Ah, memories. Dad always scolded Buck for even thinking about running off with that evil slut when he had Wilma to come home to. Mom agreed that a nice hunk like Buck ought to have a nice girl like Wilma. I just loved the sci-fi and bright colors.

Evil Tortie's Mom

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> As the rightful ruler of the planet Mongo and indeed of the Universe, I can only join my Imperial House with the House of Draco.
The daily black and white comic strip had Ardala as a flat chested flapper who was unreliable, deceitful, and dumb.
The TV Ardala knew how to give the lie to THAT.

EmperorofMongo

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> why choose? if cinemax has taught me anything you can have both, and a mild contemporary track played in the backround.

GreyHammer

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> How is this even a question? What right thinking person given half the chance wouldn't _still_ salute Colonel Deering? Twice! Before breakfast!

As an aside, thanks to Internet that helmet now looks to me as though it should be in lime green.

monster_delivers_msg

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Ardala really? Are you nuts? Ask ANY hetero dude in their mid - to late 30's and they will say that Erin Grey in White Spandex made them understand why girls were so important. I have had this conversation many many times over the years and Erin/Wilma is always mentioned.

Ardala? Never.

ComicDork

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> This is a no brainer. Erin Gray + Lynda Carter made me the man I am. OK, with a little help from Lynn Minmay, but I have the grace to be ashamed of that. Well, a little anyhow.

moofie

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> I should probably save this comment for Jezebel.com, but Ardala is WAY couture, and Wilma is SO catalog-commercial.
They should've had a pose-off.

gods-n-clods

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Intrada recently released the Buck Rogers soundtrack on cd. It includes the song, Suspension, featured in the pilot movie but whose tune was used as the main series theme. It's a great record with some awesome disco stuff plus actual terrific action scoring by Stu Phillips. Here's a link: [store.intrada.com]

Meanwhile to the question at hand -- Ardala looks really great in some photos and Wilma's helmet is a big turn off.

But I think I'd probably go for Wilma. She was less slutty.

thatneilguy

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Erin Gray any day

FrankenPC

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Crunchy would eat both of them and see who was less painful... 4 hours later

Crunchy

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> @Chimaera: That is precisely what my ex-girlfriend said when we happened upon a random Buck Rogers clip with Ardala one day. I should give her a call.

Rasselas

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Off thing! off thing!

TheN

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Erin Gray hands down [*]

even as a 9 year old I knew Ardala was a whore.

* pants

goldfarb

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Erin Gray is obviously much prettier and wholesome but Princess Ardala was always so nasty and naughty with her bikinis decorated by the Bedazzler. I remember that Ardala had a leatherman bodyguard called Tigerman who in another episode was replaced by Pantherman.

BullfightsOnAcid

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Colonel Deering/Erin Gray by country mile. No Contest.
When I look at Princess Ardala, I think back to Charlie Sheen in Ferris Bueller's Day Off:

"You wear too much eye makeup. My sister wears too much. People think she's a whore."

Chimaera

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> I don't think it matters... obviously Buck was already doing every one of the NBC programming staff - how else could the embarrassingly bad show have stayed on the air?!?

bdavis007

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> @moff: And yet now you have a way to share it with the world. A world that agrees with you.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> @eris404: Never seen a man look like that. You must know some pretty amazing dudes.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> I'm just barely old enough to remember that there was an intro song to Buck Rogers, that (I believe) only played on the original airing pilot. I never saw it again on any of the re-runs.

The voice over at the beginning is expanded too.

Ah, good times, good times…

I'm going with Erin.

kp


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KernelPanic

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Princess Ardala looks like a man. It's Wilma Deering/Erin Gray all the way.

eris404

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> And damn it io9, you should stick with the new main page color scheme. The Battlestar black + gunsmoke looks better then concrete grey.

cde

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Colonel. Simply because I hate the Princess role ever since Peach was in another castle.

cde

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Buck should have taken lessons from Starbuck -- a smile and a wink and Athena would forget all about his philandering.

Tim Faulkner

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> There's no easy way to tell. They'll have to oil-wrestle it out, with kissing.

(Wow. Before io9 was even dreamed of, you could have predicted my answer.)

moff

]]> <![CDATA[Colonel Wilma Deering vs. Princess Ardala]]> Erin Gray = phenomenal.

What was the question again?

beercheck

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