Space Above and Beyond

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UPDATED: Sunday, August 13, 2006 16:39
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MOOSE

Thursday, June 23, 2005 8:10 AM

I'll only believe it will be released when I have it in my grubby hands. I've endured way too many rumors about it to let my hopes up.

I was on the verge of forgiving FOX for what they did to this show, then they screwed over Firefly....

FOXme

FIREFLYWILDCARD1

Monday, July 4, 2005 10:06 PM

bump.

anybody hear anything more on this? Still hasn't shown up on bestbuy.com for preorder.

CWLSLEF

Saturday, July 9, 2005 1:13 AM

Space Above & Beyond is listed on Best Buy now!

PUMAMANREDUX

Saturday, July 9, 2005 1:39 AM

According to tvshowsondvd the release date for SA&B is October 4, 2005

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FIREFLYWILDCARD1

Sunday, July 10, 2005 5:30 AM

Yes!!!!!! Yay!!!! It's actually coming!!! Yay!!!!

FRUMIOUSB

Sunday, July 10, 2005 6:52 AM

I'm with you on the excitement that this show finally deserves a DVD release, however, there's some backstory here to share with fellow fans:

In October 2005, Fox Home Entertainment and Best Buy will team together for an exclusive release of the cult TV series "Space: Above and Beyond" on DVD. They will likely herald it as a 10th anniversary of its original airing, and pronounce its release at long last, after many a request for its release by its fans. Look closer and you will discover that this is a bare bones release that is being dumped out with little thought. The lack of participation on the upcoming release by the creators, crew and cast is not for lack of trying. After discovering the release of a bare-bones "Space: Above and Beyond" DVD set on a DVD-rumours website of all things, Hard Eight Pictures (production company of Glen Morgan and Jim Wong, the creators and show-runners of the series) tried to connect with Fox's home entertainment department to find out what happened, seeing as they had pitched the idea of putting together a great set for the fans several months earlier that was met with encouragement.

Glen Morgan and Jim Wong were not interested in slapping on a couple of last minute audio commentaries -- they wanted to do it right and had an active hand, as many filmmakers are beginning to do with the advent of DVD. Plans to round up the entire cast and creative team for a retrospective documentary, original shorts, at least 6 actor/episode-specific commentaries were in place, old directors cuts and effects tests were pulled out of attics for archival purposes (everything was saved !). Morgan and Wong are very proud of their work on this series, appreciated the fans of the show and even offered to finance the special features themselves. After inquiries about delaying this surprise Best Buy release, so that they could be involved, the marketing department claimed that they did not see this show as viable enough to warrant a 7th disc of special features. And so, despite Hard Eight's best efforts, Fox has chosen not to involve anyone who had anything to do with the series with this upcoming DVD release.

Please note -- I'm not speaking on behalf of Morgan and Wong here. I'm just one cog that was involved in developing the proposed extra features with Hard Eight, and just a well informed longtime devotee of the series. I realize that "S:AAB" isn't nearly as popular as "The Simpsons" or "24" or "The X-Files", but to completely ignore the value (financial, entertainment, or otherwise) of the participation of those who made the show in the first place, the value of bonus features made with eager participation of everyone, with all of the work offered to them essentially for free... is baffling to me. I'm not trying to get anyone to start any kind of revolt, campaign or petition because it's probably too late and I don't know if it will get anywhere at the end of the day. I just wanted to write this so the show's fans and DVD fans alike would know what's being peddled to them this fall and why. AMF.

JRC

Sunday, July 10, 2005 8:53 AM

Sounds like you were involved in this show! However, would you recommend the DVD to the rest of us long-starved "Space" fans? Or is there hope for a DVD set the way it should have been made in the first place?

Everyone dies alone.

AMDOBELL

Sunday, July 10, 2005 10:37 PM

Excellent news, have been waiting for this since the show prematurely ended. When can we expect a UK DVD box set?

"They take us out of the tanks at 18 Hawkes, you can't get 18 years back in a day" - Col. McQueen

Ali D :~)
You can't take the sky from me...

AMDOBELL

Sunday, July 10, 2005 11:40 PM

This is spooky, I live in the UK and my friend Elaine in NC just emailed a comment on the proposed S:AAB box set whereby AMF is quoted as saying that in September/October 2005 Fox Home Entertainment and Best Buy are teaming up to bring out the series in a box set for the 10th Anniversary. That's where the good news gets shafted by the Fox mentality.
Fox want to bring out a bare-bones box set, so all you get are the aired episodes and that is it. No commentaries or interviews, zilch.
Hard Eight Pictures (the production company of Glen Morgan and Jim Wong, creators and show runners of the series) tried to contact Fox as they were not interested in a sloppy job. They want to do it right and planned to round up the ENTIRE CAST and creative team for a retrospective documentary, original shorts, at least SIX actor/episode-specific commentaries, old director's cuts and effects tests etc. On top of that they even offered to FINANCE the special features themselves.
Guess who wasn't interested? Apparently the Marketing Department at Fox entertainment (isn't that an oxymoron?) claimed they did not see the show as viable enough to warrant a 7th disc of special features and therefore chose not to involve anyone who had anything to do with the series in the upcoming release.
We need a letter writing campaign to show the men-in-suits what the fans want and that there is a market for a decently put together DVD package. When you love a show you want to see it treated right. Now all we need are the addressed to write to.

"The only thing necessary for evil to prosper is for the good to do nothing."

Ali D :~)
You can't take the sky from me...

FIREFLYWILDCARD1

Monday, July 11, 2005 2:15 AM

While I am disappointed in the decision of FOX's upper management, I do so want this DVD set. Couldn't Hard Eight make a deal with FOX, where they release a bonus disc separately? If they were going to pay for it anyways, why can't they put one out themselves? Or does FOX own the rights to all media releases for S:AAB?

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