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    Aidan_: Brother-man plays D&D? *slaps hand on the table* Sold. I'll be there for the premier. more »
    The Squid: I don't like this "transmedia storytelling" trend. It's great to have more stories about characters I love, but I draw the line when it becomes mandat... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: One. Of. Us! more »
    Jes St.Lawrence: S:AB was the first sci-fi show to treat military politics realistically, even if the military characters themselves were cliches. That got my attenti... more »
    Michael_GR: I feel just like bfwebster : I really wanted to like this - I'm automatically in favor of anything that has spaceship dogfights - but it was just dull... more »
    RexMaximus: This show brings back memories. Not much of the show itself, since I couldn't really seem to get into it at 13/14 (though I really wanted to), but I d... more »
    Darren Boudreau: It's nice to see that someone else was thinking the same thing more than a few times about the very same thing as well. And you never know it could ve... more »
    iCurmudgeon: Wasn't the reason the show was canceled the fact that some parents' group complained about its violent content, completely oblivious to the fact that ... more »
    Shell_Krackerश्रमण: I get a bit pissed off when people say things like 'BSG is the first gritty TV space opera' - everything that was a claimed first there was done by S:... more »
    QContinuum: I totally fell in love with this show. I remember watching it, and praying to the great FSM in the sky after every episode that they wouldn't cancel ... more »
    PostMarque: pretty sure this was the first time i cried because of TV. that last episode hit me hard, i didnt have the brain capable of thinking of self-death as... more »
    bluehinter: If S:AB was the forerunner of BSG, then Earth 2 was definitely the unwed pre-teen mother of Lost. A lively assortment of crash survivors, all of whom... more »
    EBone: I liked this show a lot. If it taught me anything, it was to always assume Fox will make the wrong decision and cancel a good show too early. Like Fi... more »
    bfwebster: As much as I wanted to like S:AB when it came out, it fell flat for me. It struck me mostly as a military soap opera written by people who really didn... more »
    Jesse Alexander: Sorry about the R. Lee Ermee typo! He's the best! I consider his monologue in ON DEADLY GROUND to be the best ever! more »
    PVIII: It's funny, because I think S:AAB came out around the same time as Earth2, which I also thought was a fairly great show, in that it used the science f... more »
    twDarkflame: Space above and Beyond had the decently to look crap quickly. Unlike BSG which wasted my life pretending to be good, and then revealed itself to be cr... more »
    cljohnston108: I was so excited when I heard that S:AAB was about to be released on DVD, so I went to Best Buy on that Tuesday (cuz they had the exclusive) and grabb... more »
    Grey_Area: I haven't seen an episode of this in years but it still resonates strongly. Methinks I'll scrape up enough for the DVDs. Too bad the network didn't Ta... more »
    JadeTalon: Love this series. Am I the only one who notices that a little over a decade ago, 24 episodes is what it took to make a whole season?? Now we get 8-12... more »
  • #exclusive

    Jesse Alexander On Day One, Spaceships And Dungeons & Dragons

    This week, Day One creator Jesse Alexander has been guest-blogging with us as part of our "TV Ate My Brain" week. Closing out the week, we talked to him about influences, the future of storytelling, and the importance of D&D. More »
  • #guestblogger

    Why Space: Above And Beyond Blazed New Trails

    Before Apollo and Starbuck began frakking and fighting in Battlestar Galactica, the Wildcards of Space: Above and Beyond were dogfighting in their Hammerheads, bar-brawling with in-vitro hating racists, and elbow-deep in martian mud as alien artillery screamed from the sky. More »
  • #sciencefictiondeaths

    12 Coolest Deaths In Science Fiction History

    It's never great to watch a beloved science fiction hero die — but sometimes a memorable heroic death can help turn a science fiction story into a real epic. And some science fiction characters are unforgettable and bad-ass precisely because they died in a memorable way. Here's our list of the dozen greatest deaths in the history of science fiction. With some spoilers, natch. More »