Re: SAAB hits the can.
From: Darren Douglas <ddouglas@v...>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 10:25:21 -0400
Subject: Re: SAAB hits the can.
>
> >Seriously, though: what does this SAAB stand for?
>
> >Oerjan Ohlson
>
> SAAB=Space Above And Beyond. An attempt to create a gritty,
military-SF TV
> show here in the States. Writers seemed to get lazy and fell jack to
cliched
> plot devices of US Marines and "Torch-Jockeys" (aka fighter pilots).
As you
> have read, the show was cancelled. More agnst-driven then by a
sensible
>
Its like they took the scripts from Tour Of Duty and crossed them with
some of the visual effects from B5 and removed all the good bits.
Darren