It would be too patriotic and politically-incorrect for Hollywood, though.
Oh, I'm sure their far-lefty script writers would find a way to fix that...
"Buck Rogers would be flaming homosexual, who froze himself to escape the homophobia in 20th century society, only to awaken 500 years later to find the world run by evil corporations and the tea party, who are led by the Koch brothers who had their brains transplanted into robot bodies so they could exploit the 99% and destroy the environment forever...