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Space: Above and Beyond: Season 1 (1995-1996)
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Critic Consensus: Though its uneven tone and characterizations are hard to ignore, Space: Above and Beyond impresses with an intriguing sci-fi mythos and dazzling visuals.
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Cast
as Nathan West
as Cooper Hawkes
as Shane Vansen
as Vanessa Damphousse
as McQueen
as Paul Wang
as Commodore Ross
as Vansen
as Sewell
as Capt. Lewelyn
as Winslow
as Burke
as Kylen
as Diane
as Torturer
as Klein
as Feliciti OH
as Lt. Nelson
as Gates
as Feliciti OH
as Justin EB
as Joyner
Critic Reviews for Space: Above and Beyond: Season 1
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There were plenty of interesting sci-fi touches to the action, including the introduction of clone soldiers that brought up some deep questions about the nature of humanity.
What [James] Wong and [Chris] Morgan have failed to do is develop those characters into relatable human beings, instead of cartoon characters.
Space: Above and Beyond doesn't seem to know whether it wants to be a mind-numbing video game or a heavy-handed allegory for contemporary social issues.
The visual components of the show-particularly the armament and the battle scenes-are sleek enough to excite younger viewers. But the plots and characters in Space are as thin as the air up there, and might leave adults floating out in the cold.
It's stunning how well the series has aged since it's original run on Sky One in the mid nineties.
While the acting was sometimes wooden, the lack of star power made the bleakness of war against the technologically superior Chigs more realistic; the show's stars came across as ordinary and therefore more credible.
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