Space Above and Beyond - The Complete Series
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Actor: Joel de la Fuente, Kristen Cloke, Lanei Chapman, Morgan Weisser, Rodney RowlandBrand: SPACE-ABOVE & BEYOND
Writer: Glen Morgan
Writer: James Wong
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
Published: 2005
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-08
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of Space Above and Beyond - The Complete Series
DVD Review: S.A.A.B
Summary: 5 Stars
Very good dvds shame they were double sided dvd and only thin style cases. else very good. produced on a budjet for mass production, poss fan based dvds.
well worth purchasing as you cannot get these elsewhere.
DVD Review: Great Series that FOX stated they could no longer afford to produce.
Summary: 5 Stars
I was glancing through the reviews of this show left by many people and discovered here are a few people that did not like this show, or complained about its value without any real answers. When this series first aired on Fox, DVD players had not been invented, Computers were just starting to get a windows upgrade, and Primestar was supposedly the next big thing in the satellite television competition against the high price of cable. Now that we have that stated lets go on to the series itself.
When this show first aired on FOX, I recorded every episode on VHS. I did not notice any episodes missing from the series, but if there were one or two, they were probably the few episodes that a) I did not like much or b) Episodes that did not move the storyline along. Another gripe I noticed from other reviews is "Why Did Fox cancel this series?" Being an avid TV Guide reader in the early / mid 90's, TV Guide stated that the time slot and expense of producing each episode was far outweighing the amount of viewers. At the time each episode was costing Fox in excess of $1,000,000. This may not seem like alot of money today but it was in the early 90's.
One of the greatest things about this series was that it was the return to Great Space shows on television. This show was not "Star Trek", it was not "Battlestar Gallactica", nor was it a return to "Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century". It was an original. The space ships blown up in space did not have the firey graphics that most of the space movies have, and the battles appeared a little more realistic. Afterall to produce fire you need oxygen, and there is not any oxygen in space, so why would a spaceship actually burst into flames?
I also noticed that some people have compared this Television series to "Starship Troopers." However, the only thing similar to this series is that it the military in space. They are not fighting gigantic bugs (although the chigs may remind some of a cockroach), and instead of major land battles most of the fighting happens in spaceships.
Now that i have these gripes out of the way, lets go to what the show does offer.
For starters, Earth is at peace. The entire planet has 1 army. We are no longer fighting one another, instead we are expanding our space program. The few previous wars that lead us up to this great space war was one created from A.I.'s (robots we created for fighting that eventually became self aware and started attacking us
We are attacked by people from a distant planet. None of our weapons have any effect on these aliens. Furthermore they are faster, more advanced, and have a better understanding of combat. Even those Earthlings trained for the most extreme fighting (Think Green Beret or Navy Seals) have no advantage against these invaders. Along comes a group of misfit soldiers (the Wildcards), who in fact win Earth's first victory against these aliens. This is how the series begins in the two hour pilot and continues from there on.
The only gripe I have about this series is the fact that it only lasted one season. It was done well enough to produce a ton of movies (Similar to Star Trek or Star Wars). But no one wanted to go any further. My main advice to anyone who is thinking about buying this DVD set but is unsure of it, is to buy it only if you are a fan of Star Wars or Star Trek. Although it was created by former X-Files writers, it has nothing to do with that series. Also it was created way before many of the television shows that some people are attempting to compare it to, so I wonder if someone did not steal this idea and attempt to ramp it up in theri show.
Overall it is a great deal. Maybe that was the main reason I purchased this DVD, the day it was released at Best Buy.
DVD Review: Wanted to like it
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a huge fan of sci-fi, love Firefly and was hoping to find something interesting like it. I was hugely dissapointed. I tried to overlook the wooden acting because some of the characters had potential, but the writing got worse and worse each episode. The dialog was unbelievably banal and predictable. And so were the storylines. After getting painfully through the "River of Stars" episode (on disk 3), I finally gave up. That one was the last straw for me. I really cannot recommend this series to anyone except perhaps to the fans of the movie Starship Troopers 3. I know they are out there....somewhere. DVD Review: Awful
Summary: 1 Stars
Unimaginative, flat, and cliche-ridden. The writing is at the high school level; the actors are not good enough to overcome it. It's neither good enough to make you care nor bad enough to make you laugh; it's down in the unenjoyable valley with Robot Jox.
One would expect people writing a military sci-fi show to, for example, understand the use of the word "niner", or know that a light year is not a unit of time.
I'm a sucker for science fiction, and I have a completion hangup, but I still couldn't finish watching this garbage.
DVD Review: Great Series
Summary: 5 Stars
I like science fiction and this series is thoughtful, intelligent and entertaining all at the same time. The characters are interesting and you really get a sense of what soldiers and war does to a person. If you like the stargate series, you'll like this one. My only regret is that the series was cut short.
Description of Space Above and Beyond - The Complete Series
In this cult fan favorite, it's the year 2063. After 150 years of deep space exploration, the people of Earth feel certain they are alone in the universe. Then word comes that two Earth outposts light-years away from home have been brutally attacked by an advanced alien civilization. Now the new young recruits of the United States Marine Corps Space Aviator Calvary are heading for the front lines of space in the toughest battle the world has even faced.The science fiction series Space Above and Beyond, which enjoyed a brief run in the 1995-96 season, was created by X-Files producers Glen Morgan and James Wong as a revision of the classic war series Combat!. Set in the not-too-distant future, Space Above and Beyond follows the adventures of five inexperienced Marines of the 58th Squadron, who are involved in a war against the Chigs, a race of aliens bent on conquering the Earth. Morgan and Wong gave their main characters intriguing personalities--Nathan West (Morgan Weisser) has joined the Marines to save a girlfriend captured by the aliens, while Rodney Rowland's Cooper is an artificially created human whose service is inspired by a desire to escape the violent prejudice he faces on Earth. The action and stories are gritty and dramatic, and put a fresh spin on traditional wartime stories--highlights include "The Enemy," in which the 58th is stranded behind enemy lines; "Toy Soldiers," in which West's younger brother is serving under a dangerously reckless lieutenant; and the two-part "If They Lay Us Down to Rest." and "Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best," which brought the series to a close with the Earth on the verge of peace talks with the aliens as the military launches a perilous operation. Commentary by Morgan and Wong and the cast would have been welcome, especially if the plans for the unseen second season could've been revealed, but unfortunately, no supplemental features are included in this slickly produced, no-frills set. --Paul Gaita
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