alex_i-0
I watched this show a long, long time ago. I can't remember details about it. But I loved it so much, I felt giving a little input. Every Thursday night I watched the show on TV. Afterwards I used to dream myself amongst the stars with the crew. For me it was simply magical.First of all. Almost all other sci-fi suck. Yes, they do. Star Trek and Babylon 5 are stupid, with stupid plots: "moral, political, politically correct parallels to or world".This one was different. Hardcore action with a big heart. You loved ALL the characters. You loved the dreamy, sometimes melancholic mood in the episodes. I hated them for killing the show. The ending was rough. No happy ending. Painfully realistic.So I recommend this show. Download it, buy it. Just watch it! And tell me if it doesn't make you dream reach for the stars!
skyking-14
I loved this show, but to the reviewer who chose to bash Star Trek in the process... as one who saw the original when it was originally aired, I can say that you should consider that without Star Trek, SAAB might never have been made! Whatever else you might think, the original Star Trek did the most that could've possibly been done with the technology and special effects of the time. They had to make up with talent, what later shows were able to disguise with fancy effects.No other science fiction series but Star Trek continues to have it's following. There is, to be sure, plenty of room to praise SAAB without slighting any other series. Star Trek changed the way we looked at the future, it's legacy is secure!
sabrose
This series caught my eye when it first aired . The script writing was top notch and the stories were often intense. The characters were well played by the actors especially James Morrison as Lt. Mcqueen. Its didn't have the politically correct fluff of Star Trek's sequels likeStar Trek's The Next Generation and Voyager. Its special effects were reasonable for when it was made but not spectacular.Anti-war types wont like the show but who cares about those fluff balls anyway. You will care about these characters and will be left wishing that their virtual lives could have been prolonged more than a season.Great shows sometimes don't appeal to the masses or they are moved around in their time slot too often as this one was. Some are expensive to produce and need exceptional early success to pay the bills.As Emerson wrote ""War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man" In this series the characters grow and their measure becomes greater as they embark on the missions that make this show memorable and engrossing.
larrymadill
I used to love Space: Above and Beyond when it premiered in 1995. I tracked it across the FOX schedule and followed it into obscurity after only one season. Not that long ago I managed to grab a copy of the DVD on sale at Amazon. And, while its still pretty decent as far as Space Marine Sci-Fi goes, it doesn't hold up well after thirteen years.The writing and direction still holds up for the most part. Most episodes ring with cheesy notes plucked from T.V.'s COMBAT! and John Wayne Era World War II movies that still work today as long as you don't go in expecting Battlestar Galatica's ripped from reality examination of humanity. Where Space: Above Beyond fails is twofold. The Special effects don't hold up at all. Your average Nintendo Wii game can produce better space combat action, and for a T.V. show that hangs so heavily on effects the "Wing Commander 3" graphics are distracting. The acting also completely fails the show. Outside of James Morrison, and to lesser extents Rodney Rowland and Kristen Cloke, the acting from the rest of the cast is just plain BAD. Particularly Morgan Weisser as Lt. Nathan West ... who plays a battle hardened Marine pilot ... who ... pines constantly for his girlfriend and simply whines far too much to be believed as anything more than the guy who would get shoved in a locker by the real Marines. Not the shoulders to really place a major Network T.V. on. The Writers seemed to realize this about halfway through the first season as "Space Above and Beyond" shifting the lead role onto James Morrison's T.C. McQueen. "Space Above and Beyond" is still pretty good Sci-Fi, but not great, and the years and the emergence of the new "Battlestar Galactica" hasn't helped it much.