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In 1975, a few years after the original Star Trek went off the air, and before fan favorite Battlestar Galactica hit the scene, a less known British SciFi series titled Space: 1999 was released.

With the demise of most "outter space" science fiction shows, I’ve started going back and toying with the idea of buying the boxed set of Space: 1999 DVDs.  It’s a pretty expensive set, but it certainly would be fun to watch.

In Googling around, I found someone who has painstakingly taken the time to "remaster" some scenes from Space: 1999.

Space: 2099 is one of the coolest things I have seen all year.  They have really taken some time to clean up visuals on the show - and in the vein of "Star Trek Remastered", they have created new special effects and redone the space shots.  The upgrade doesn’t overpower the show.  Instead, it makes the show more palatable for younger audiences and could expose a whole new generation of people to a really smart SciFi show.

Head on over to Space: 2099 and check it out.  They have completely remastered scenes from a lot of episodes and some clips of before and after.  It’s fantastic.

My only complaint about the remastering is that they added some background music - which is fine - but it was the same background music over and over and over - but that’s a minor complaint.  Whoever owns the rights to Space: 1999 should hire these guys to finish the job and release all of the remastered Space 1999 on Bluray.  I’m buying…