Do you remember the SciFi series “Space Above & Beyond”
that show started with the same premise. Beginnings of earth interstellar travel, Earth was a loose confederacy of nations that meaintained their sovereignty yet cooperated to explore and protect earth. It all had futuristic plausibility. Beginning storyline had plausibility, but after a few good episodes the writers after being in “ CreativeVille” clearly found it scary. They went back home to the comfort of preachy social commentary plots and vapid political correctness. The series lasted two seasons and was gone.
With the exception of Rodenberry (maybe!)Hollywood writers can't write SciFi! And people that can can't sell it to the “entertainment decision makers”.
I remember the multicultural space Marines with the cool theme and neat looking hammerheads.
Overall I liked SAAB but some episodes weren’t too great and it was in a lousy time slot.
It finally starts to move and do some things and of course it got killed.
It was because Roddenberry was a WWII bomber pilot turned LAPD motorcycle cop turned hollywood radio and TV writer. Being a writer was his third career, not his first. He went and did something REAL with his life before he became a writer. And those experiences enriched and informed his skill as a writer. People want to become writers first without having done anything with their lives other than having gone to college. Is it any suprise the writing sucks?
CC