Post by B5Erik on Aug 18, 2015 12:02:10 GMT
The mid 90's featured quite a bit of Science Fiction on network TV. None of it lasted long, but with the success and popularity of Star Trek The Next Generation, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, and Babylon 5, NBC and Fox decided to try and cash in.
Space: Above and Beyond was one of Fox's attempts to find a hit Sci-Fi show. While it wasn't a big ratings success, it was a good show and had some fresh ideas in the presentation that would find their way into the reimagined Battlestar Galactica nearly a decade later.
In this one, it is the humans who are the aliens, invading the space of an alien race that we didn't know existed. Or, did we? The alien race is somewhat xenophobic and doesn't take kindly to us setting up outposts in their space, and a war breaks out. The battle style, the military presentation, and the effects all hint at what Battlestar Galactica would do years later. This is a fairly dark, serious show, with some experimental episodes. Some of those experiments worked, while a couple didn't.
Overall, the show was an artistic success, with some solid characters, good plots, and (for the time) excellent special effects. That didn't stop it from getting cancelled after only one season, even though it ended on a cliffhanger (much like NBC's Earth 2 around the same time).
It is available on DVD, however, and it still holds up fairly well. It was a good show then (slightly flawed at times, but good), and it's still a good show now.
Space: Above and Beyond was one of Fox's attempts to find a hit Sci-Fi show. While it wasn't a big ratings success, it was a good show and had some fresh ideas in the presentation that would find their way into the reimagined Battlestar Galactica nearly a decade later.
In this one, it is the humans who are the aliens, invading the space of an alien race that we didn't know existed. Or, did we? The alien race is somewhat xenophobic and doesn't take kindly to us setting up outposts in their space, and a war breaks out. The battle style, the military presentation, and the effects all hint at what Battlestar Galactica would do years later. This is a fairly dark, serious show, with some experimental episodes. Some of those experiments worked, while a couple didn't.
Overall, the show was an artistic success, with some solid characters, good plots, and (for the time) excellent special effects. That didn't stop it from getting cancelled after only one season, even though it ended on a cliffhanger (much like NBC's Earth 2 around the same time).
It is available on DVD, however, and it still holds up fairly well. It was a good show then (slightly flawed at times, but good), and it's still a good show now.