Gina Häußge

I'm currently (re)watching "Space: Above & Beyond", and was terribly confused why the beep beep noises the silicates make feel so terribly familiar when the last time I watched this show was back in the 90s.

And while watching another episode during my late lunch break just now I realised: it's the same sound effects used for the acknowledgement sounds in the indie game "Duskers"!

Mystery solved, thank fsck, this was driving me crazy! 😂

Sep 24, 2024 at 12:29pmWeb
Show threadGina HäußgeOct 2, 2024
Well, it took me almost 30 years, but now I finally know how this series ended (way too early).
Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈Sep 24, 2024
@foosel I loved that show! It did so much story telling and character development on such a small budget.
Show threadGina HäußgeSep 24, 2024
@RobeeShepherd well, you might be thrilled to find out then that it's available on youtube (at least currently): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMD9ghErEvtxvdsWQIoWqN2kPbl6nLKv2
Space: Above and Beyond (1995) - Full Series - HD AI Remaster

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Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈Sep 24, 2024
@foosel I may have already found this out and accidentally gone to an episode with David Duchovny as an Android playing pool! 😂
Show threadGina HäußgeSep 24, 2024

@RobeeShepherd R&R ^^

I will admit that I missed most of the show back in the 90s, including the finale (thanks to going on vacation and the VCR automation not working out). Only started with "Who watches the birds" I think, then watched it here and there, and then missed the finale.

Got the DVD Box years later, but then never actually watched it because it was region 1 and my player refused to play it - and for some reason I never ripped it.

Now FINALLY this playlist came to my rescue XD

Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈Sep 24, 2024
@foosel I have forgotten most of it but I remember really being invested in the cast
Show threadGina HäußgeSep 24, 2024
@RobeeShepherd Behold!
Show threadAlanna 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Sep 24, 2024
@foosel @RobeeShepherd Oh wow people talking about Space Above and Beyond here! 😍
Show threadGina HäußgeSep 24, 2024

@kelpana @RobeeShepherd And it's aged surprisingly well so far! Even the VFX.

Was also very surprised by that when I did a full rewatch of Babylon 5 a few years ago, CGI rendered on an Amiga Cluster, and definitely looking old, but during the intense story and action scenes you just don't care 😄

Show threadAlanna 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Sep 24, 2024
@foosel @RobeeShepherd agreed. I think there was a transphobic or homophobic joke in one or two episodes, that's the worst I can think of. However the show deals with a lot of issues you wouldn't expect a 90s show to touch.
Show threadGina HäußgeSep 24, 2024

@kelpana @RobeeShepherd I was very surprised to discover an "evil corporation" subplot pretty much right from the get go. I certainly don't remember that, but I'm totally into it now.

Though I had to laugh when the last episode I watched basically ended with a Pulp Fiction Suitcase Moment™, that was a bit too cliché.

Still, looking forward to how all of that develops - no spoilers please, I forgot pretty much all that I knew and didn't watch everything back then when to begin with ^^

Show threadgadgetoidSep 25, 2024
@foosel @kelpana @RobeeShepherd welp I'm not even past the pilot yet and they've done a "HAHA MOZART IS ACE BUT ARABIC MUSIC IS AWFUL" bit. smdh.
Show threadAlanna 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Sep 25, 2024
@gadgetoid @foosel @RobeeShepherd I don't remember that but will look for it on a rewatch.
Show threadgadgetoidSep 25, 2024

@kelpana @foosel @RobeeShepherd oh no, spoilers! 🤣

Finished the pilot, on balance it’s aged about as well as you could expect, assisted by the topical relevance of “AI Wars” 😬

Show threadAlanna 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️Sep 25, 2024
@gadgetoid @foosel @RobeeShepherd like, I'm going to give a show like that a bit of lee way. Even the X-Files had dodgy episodes viewed through the lens of today. Also, IIRC the pilot was one of the worst episodes.
Show threadgadgetoidSep 24, 2024
@foosel @RobeeShepherd 😱 I only have tenuous memories of this series muddled with something else. Must track it down!
Show threadgadgetoidSep 24, 2024
@foosel @RobeeShepherd I think it's the 1997 "Dark Skies" that I have muddled in my head with this, they must have aired around the same time.
Show threadGina HäußgeSep 24, 2024
@gadgetoid @RobeeShepherd Space:A&B was more around 1995, but yeah, around the height of The X-Files.
Show threadgadgetoidSep 24, 2024
@foosel @RobeeShepherd 1995, 1997, I couldn't tell the difference, I can barely separate yesterday from today 😆 I think 90% of what I watched is reruns anyway.
Show threadJim P.Sep 24, 2024

@foosel @RobeeShepherd Looks familiar!

It is a great show! I rewatched it a few years ago, it still held up mostly but some of the effects were a bit rough. Not bad for the time, can't really compare to even modern TV standards.

Show threadgadgetoidSep 24, 2024
@foosel @RobeeShepherd well apparently you’ve already solved the tracking it down! I know what I’m putting on in the background for the next… however long it takes. 🎉
Show threadGina HäußgeSep 24, 2024
@gadgetoid @RobeeShepherd I just finished episode 10 earlier today, if you are fast with catching up we can talk about the latest ones or something XD
Show threadRobee? Na! 🌈Sep 24, 2024
@foosel @gadgetoid I am definitely not that fast 😂 I’ve just finished V: The Series for my bedtime viewing so I could move on to this. At least I know I won’t spoil anything for you 😂
Show thread🇳🇱 🇪🇺Jeroen 🇺🇦 🇺🇦Sep 24, 2024
@foosel I was fascinated by that show when it first came out. Too bad it ended prematurely, and disappointingly. Lots of story left at the end.
Show threadGina HäußgeSep 24, 2024
@jeroen no spoilers please, never saw the end thanks to a vacation and my VCR failing me, and have forgotten most of it. Currently rewatching as it if was the first time 😅
Show thread🇳🇱 🇪🇺Jeroen 🇺🇦 🇺🇦Sep 24, 2024
@foosel 🤐
Show threadUckermark MacGyver Sep 24, 2024
@foosel haha... I only saw your other post https://chaos.social/@foosel/113193243592264476 and was immediately thinking about this show. Now finding that you started with this one 🙌
Gina Häußge (@[email protected])

Posting about niche and pretty underrated scifi shows from the 90s, only to get plenty of "oh yes, that was an awesome show, I need to rewatch" kinda responses... You know, I love y'all 🤗

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Show threadTerence EdenSep 24, 2024
@foosel
Such a great show! Fricking nipple-necks!
Show threadMiggyManSep 25, 2024
@foosel Such a good series and a total shame it became so obscure.