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…
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Space: Above and Beyond: “Hostile Visit” & “Choice or Chance”
Choices by Sarah Stegall copyright 1995 by Sarah Stegall In a week when the President of the United States is telling the nation that he intends to send American troops to Bosnia, the question posed throughout the two part “Space: Above and Beyond” which concluded Sunday night acquires an unintentional immediacy: who are you willing to die for? McQueen asks it of West, Hawkes asks it of Vansen and McQueen, and Elroy El asks it of WangPaul (excuse me, Paul Wang). It’s a question more easily answered when survival is at stake, as it is in “Hostile Visit” (by Payton…