That I understand. What I didn't understand was why did they make them into pilots too?
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:53 PM, C.W. Badie <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Um...Mr. Worf, every Marine is a grunt...and a rifleman...At least that is > what I was taught...But officers lead...just not each other...What does make > me ill about that show was a few years down the road, drill instructors > started wearing campain covers (smokie hats) with dress blues. I'm sorry, > but that is the most retarded thing I have every seen the Marine Corp > do...Even worse than the Army taking the headgear that distinguished their > special forces from the rest of the soldiers and letting everyone wear it... > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Mr. Worf <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, August 16, 2009 7:44:43 PM > *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS > > > > That's one of the things that I liked and disliked about the show. I didn't > understand why they would waste training on making someone into a grunt and > into a fighter pilot. You should be one or the other and not both. That > would take too long to do in a war situation especially if you are trying to > save the planet. But I also liked the disorganized feel because things would > fall apart a bit if the bad guys were to hit certain areas > first.Organization and logistics would get lost. It happened to the Russians > when they fought the Finnish army and lost in the 1930s. > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ > lycos.com<[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Trying to find out who consulted on the show in terms of military >> matters... and nothing. Might explain a thing or three. >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >> >> Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS >> >> Date : Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:59:27 -0700 (PDT) >> >> From : "C.W. Badie" <astromancer2002@ yahoo.com<[email protected]> >> > >> >> To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com <[email protected]> >> >> >> Though I appreciate the homage to us jarheads, they could have put more >> effort into the scripts, especially the storyline... I won't go into the >> impracticle combat space suits or the lack of stealth create by all of the >> light on the exterior of said suits and weapons or annoying beeps...(gag) >> lastly, the sickening overuse of Marine Corps historical quotes and overused >> 'gung-ho' cliche's...Other than that, it was okay... >> >> >> >> >> ____________ _________ _________ __ >> From: Martin Baxter >> To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 7:01:09 AM >> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS >> >> >> I agree with you, pal, particularly based on that ending it had. >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >> >Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS >> >Date : Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:08:24 -0700 (PDT) >> >From : "C.W. Badie" >> >To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >> > >> >Uh...to be fair, Space Above and Beyond NEEDED to be canceled... >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >____________ _________ _________ __ >> >From: B. Smith >> >To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com >> >Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2009 7:43:24 PM >> >Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS >> > >> > >> >Space: Above and Beyond >> >Now and Again >> >Hypernauts >> >Surface >> > >> >--- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, "Martin Baxter" wrote: >> >> >> >> Since we've been forced to acknowledge Cleopatra 2525, can we >> counter-balance that with its counter-piece, "Jack of All Trades"? >> >> >> >> And, as I have invoked The One True Bruce, allow me to toss in "The >> Adventures of Brisco County Jr." >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- >> >> >> >Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] GREATEST CANCELED SCIFI SHOWS >> >> >> >Date : Thu, 6 Aug 2009 18:36:08 -0400 >> >> >> >From : Daryle Lockhart >> >> >> >To : "scifinoir2@ yahoogro ups.com" >> >> >> >Cc : "scifinoir2@ yahoogro ups.com" >> >> >> >> >> >You...do realize you're co-signing Cleopatra2525, right? >> >> >> >> I never thought I'd type this, but if you haven't seen the >> >> 3rd season of "enterprise" , do. >> >> >> >> The rest of my list is Farscape, Odyssey 5, and G v. E. >> >> >> >> On Aug 6, 2009, at 3:32 PM, "Michelle Lauren" >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> > Someone in this group recommended Joss Whedon's FIREFLY to me a few >> >> > months ago. Once I saw the episodes on Hulu (listed in their >> >> > intended order as opposed to how Fox patchworked them together >> >> > during the original viewing season), I got hooked. The characters, >> >> > the dialogue, the world (an interesting mix of Asian and Western >> >> > culture thrown into a futuristic setting) â€" everything was >> wonderful >> >> > . My DVD set of the series just arrived today and I can't wait to wa >> >> > tch it again. Fox made a serious mistake canceling this show. If som >> >> > eone hadn't recommended it on this loop, I might never have bothered >> >> > looking it upon because the plot seemed weird to me at first. 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