i have intensely fond memory of this show . i always seem to associate it with some of the best memory of my childhood and although sometimes i wonder if those memory be so good because i have a show i be so fond of to relate to in my memory . a such and my expectation of this show be abnormally high . year later and when i finally get my hand on the box set of both series and i be destine to be . disappoint . not really . after all those year i would come to understand that nothing my child mind have interpret a great be ever go to meet the standard of my adult point of view . a with everyone who have comment on this show and it be almost impossible to watch s99 a a combined 48 episode tv show . the difference between the season be far too great . season 1 be marvellously primal and epic in it intention and earnest in it realisation and grim and depress in it reflection . it be also class ham and far more 1960 than be most show make in 1974. the character be all a pretty grim lot and but after 24 episode you start to warm to them and feel for their predicament . the individual episode really stand out and especially dragon domain and the infernal machine and black sun and force of life and the last sunset and earthbound and mission of the darians and the last enemy and space brain and end of eternity . season 2 be a necessitated shift away from this grimness and because without it there wouldn not have be a season 2 and for good or bad . it doesn not have the same epic feel or the sense that thing be quite a desperate for the crew of moonbase alpha and and carry with it a great sense of character and without the sense of depth . it be too far in the other direction and in my opinion and which be why we do not see a season 3. the producer just never manage to settle the show down into something that would both be dramatic and acceptable to the casual viewer . but this be the first show i ever follow and in my memory and week after week without fail and and so i love it to bit and even with all of it fault . if make today and i wouldn not be anywhere near a forgiving for those fault . time have change and for everyone and i suppose .