Space Above and Beyond
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UPDATED: Sunday, August 13, 2006 16:39
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S:AAB was way better than Earth 2. E2 seemed to be a show searching for a purpose; AAB knew its purpose from day one. It was more than Sci-Fi it was a universal show about men and women in combat.
BTW I just watched ‘Sugar Dirt’ (Amazing Episode) and there was some pixalation in the hanger bay scenes, but no major screw-ups with the disk. Only two more episodes left to watch. Hopefully I’ll head over to Best Buy tomorrow for an exchange.
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I have this hazy memory of it being like Airwolf in outer space with a heavy UFO influence...
But it was a while back.
And I liked both of those, too Chrisisall
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I never saw 'Airwolf' but I would say it’s a lot like ‘Wing Commander’ (The games not the movie based on them).
Yea there was some of that 'X-Files' like UFO stuff, but I don't want to spoil anyone... 
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Quote:The helmets looked similar to the ones in Airwolf, so I understand the confusion.
Originally posted by chrisisall:
I have this hazy memory of it being like Airwolf in outer space with a heavy UFO influence...
But it was a while back.
And I liked both of those, too
Here's something to get you up to speed...
SPACE ABOVE AND BEYOND the Bitter End
(Lots of great multimedia, blueprints & graphics standards)
http://web-worthy.com/saab/
Space-Readyroom.de
http://www.space-readyroom.de/
Simon's Space: Above and Beyond UK Homepage
http://www.wildcards.freeserve.co.uk/
Space: Above and Beyond (a.k.a. Space 2063)
http://www.cyberpursuits.com/heckifiknow/saab/
The Definitive McQueen
http://www.xmission.com/~spectral/tdmcq/index.html
Wolf Pack Space: Above and Beyond
(Shows how to compile your own S:AAB uniform)
http://www.wolfpack-scifi.org/saab.html
Of course, much like Firefly, it's the writing that stands out...
[Colonel McQueen is about to go kill Chiggy Von Richtofen, the enemy's ace flyer]
Chaplain: Colonel. Colonel! Colonel McQueen! You need to make peace with your maker.
Col. McQueen: My maker was some geek in a lab coat with an eyedropper and a petri dish. What do I need to make peace with him for?
Chaplain: In times of war we must all make peace with our maker.
Col. McQueen: Well, I don't think our maker wants to hear from me right now. Because he knows I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe. And when I get back, I'm going to drink a bottle of scotch as if it was Chiggy Von Richtofen's blood and celebrate his death.
Chaplain: Amen.
Memorable Quotes from "Space: Above and Beyond" (1995)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112173/quotes
Space: Above and Beyond Quotes
http://members.chello.se/hansdotter/saabquotes.html
Memorable Quotes from "Space: Above and Beyond"
http://www.microserve.net/~kduncan/space_quotes.html
Sure, the show was a habitual SIS (Sound In Space) offender (and here's a detailed discussion on the entire issue)...
the agony booth forum - Hypergeeking: Sound in Space
http://www.agonybooth.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=1484&w
hichpage=1
...but it's largely considered to have "Never Jumped"...
Jump The Shark | Space Above and Beyond
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Tell me you own those helmets!!!!
That's cool Chrisisall
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Quote:I can only wish!!
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Tell me you own those helmets!!!!
That's cool Chrisisall
But you can buy a fully-functioning Airwolf replica helmet (molded directly from an original Prop Helmet used on the show!) here...
http://www.airwolfthemes.com/airwolfhelmets.html
The guy's working on recreating the uniforms, also patterned directly from the originals!
Here's information on the S:AAB helmets:
http://web-worthy.com/saab/behind-props.html
http://www.hi-impact.org/gallery/saab/prop05.html
Ooh! Ooh!! Oooooh!!! The Prop Store of London has(had?) an actual S:AAB helmet for sale!!
http://www.propstore.com/list/cat_id/7/pos/110/ob/view/num_display/10/
view/movs/
I wonder if the guy doing the Airwolf helmets would consider doing a similar job for S:AAB fans?
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Ahhhhhh this is just insane! I went to best buy to exchange the disk. No problem they say, I grab a new box off the shelf and look at it- same defect. I play it in the store’s DVD player and it gets all pixilated on the same episode. So the clerk tells me to grab another disk. Ok it has the same defect but it seems to work. I get home and guess what the problem is in another episode now. Three disks in a row have the same defect on the same side of the 1st disk.
I’m close to ‘Abandoning All Hope’ 
I don’t know WTF I’m going to do now. Maybe I should demand another disk (not a swap) that doesn’t have the screwed up episode so I have one disk with one bad episode and another with one bad episode so I get all the episodes but on two different disks. I’m going to make sure the manager hears about this and that he tells whoever is producing those disk they are doing a piss poor job.
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Quote:A few years ago I woulda jumped at it, now alls I want is the second season on dvd (the third can rot as far as I'm concerned).
Originally posted by cljohnston108:
But you can buy a fully-functioning Airwolf replica helmet (molded directly from an original Prop Helmet used on the show!)
My son would love it though, he loves the 'copter and the helmets. I ain't quite the little fanboy he is, he he he.
Stringfellow Chrisisall
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GunRunner, I owned a magnavox dvd player that wouldn't play my Chinese (Hong Kong) dvd's, then a Philips that wouldn't play certain American dvd's right. My latest, a Panasonic plays everything. Not sayin' it's your player, there's obviously something wrong w/the sets, but some player out there might be able to make sense of the sub-par authoring.
Other than that, the wider release not connected to Bestbuy might be better produced...
Just a thought Chrisisall
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Well, it finally happened towards the beginning of "Sugar Dirt" (One of my favorite eps): Freeze-up!!
I look at the disk under the light, and I see a "nebula" of tiny little bubbles (kinda looks like the "unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the galaxy") in the Mylar.
Damn that Fux and all it's minions at Best Buy!
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