Hawkes’ Eye View by Sarah Stegall copyright 1996 by Sarah Stegall Sometimes the simplest tales are the most revealing. In Friday night’s episode of “Space: Above and Beyond”, no complicated plots are needed to tell a beautiful, simple and elegant story about war and maturity and faith. The latest story from Morgan and Wong, “Who Monitors the Birds?”, is an artistic and technical tour de force, which uses its lack of dialogue to allow the inarticulate and taciturn Cooper Hawkes to express the most fundamental facets of his personality. We cannot expect long-winded speeches from this man, but his few words are…
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Space: Above and Beyond: “River of Stars”
The River of Stars by Sarah Stegall copyright 1995 by Sarah Stegall “The River of Stars”, the Christmas offering from “Space: Above and Beyond”, is hopelessly sentimental, awash in emotionalism, and framed in predictability. I loved every minute of it. The key to enjoyment of this show is to disengage the cerebral cortex and just throw your heart in gear. Morgan and Wong’s dramatic leanings are towards melodrama, not documentary, so the question in any episode of their series is not “Is the action/dialogue/computer graphics authentic?” but “Are the emotions on target?”. The inclusion of cliches like a star in…