Wang, meanwhile, could have survived with some kind of escape pod, left in space in a really difficult spot.Other interviews and con appearances by him have suggested the ladies be rescued by Hawkes and West, possibly using the dead Chig AmbassadorвЂ™s ship. Given that Glen Morgan actually ended up married to Kristen Cloke, VansenвЂ™s actor, his opinion on that seemed to change. Especially taking into account that this isnвЂ™t even the enemy, here. Taking your only two female characters and instantly throwing them both into a situation like that is justвЂ¦ ugh. This is an absolutely awful idea, if you ask me. Damphousse and Vansen wouldвЂ™ve been captured and taken to work in a brothel (either the same one, or a similar one, to the Bacchus ship). All of the characters in danger at the seriesвЂ™ end wouldвЂ™ve had a way out, should the continuation (in whatever form it took) have deemed their survival important to the plot.This is a woman whoвЂ™d almost certainly die before being treated that way. Delving into the alien civilization and proving that theyвЂ™re not so different after all wouldвЂ™ve absolutely been in keeping with the showвЂ™s themes of the cost of war for the everyman. Stumbling upon the incubator planet was setup for this. Furthermore, exploration of Chig culture and a look at their society and homeworld wouldвЂ™ve been a big part of Space: Above & Beyond season 2.This would be right around the time when McQueen is getting past his problems, making way for his return. This is a rather predictable subplot, so I hope theyвЂ™d have done something different or more interesting with it. Eventually, as is often the fate of вЂњUmbridgeвЂќ-type characters, sheвЂ™d have screwed up and lost VansenвЂ™s support, ultimately being sent away. According to more dubious sources (ones that have vanished to the annals of internet history, where even the Wayback Machine canвЂ™t find them), the female commander wouldвЂ™ve had a lot of friction with most of the surviving WildCards, the exception being Vansen, whoвЂ™d have looked up to her.Having his former enemies now, in some way, a part of himself might have proven difficult to accept.

In a separate chat with McQueenвЂ™s actor James Morrison, he described McQueenвЂ™s season 2 arc as a вЂњwarrior without a war,вЂќ and part of his recovery wouldвЂ™ve meant accepting his new prosthetic leg, built off the same technology used to construct the Silicates.It sounds like it wouldвЂ™ve been an вЂњUmbridgeвЂќ situation, to borrow a phrase from TVTropes, which is itself a fairly common plot when introducing a change in leadership.

His replacement wouldвЂ™ve been a woman, although thereвЂ™s very little detail about her character. In a chat held by the Sci-Fi Channel after the showвЂ™s cancellation, Wong and Morgan stated that McQueen wouldвЂ™ve returned to Earth and had to face his new disabilities. Even if everyone somehow returned and survived, the plan was to introduce new characters anyway. Essentially, theyвЂ™d have been able to write out anyone who wanted out fairly easily.But even with the finale the way it ended up, there were plans to continue the story. So letвЂ™s dig in and find out where this very military show might have headed had it continued.ДЇirst and foremost, the finale wouldnвЂ™t have been as it was had they known in advance theyвЂ™d get another season, it wouldnвЂ™t have ended with nearly all the characters dead or in mortal danger. And while this show is hardly a well-planned out 5 year arc like Babylon 5, the creators, James Wong and Glen Morgan, did have some plans for Space: Above & Beyond season 2 sketched out before the show was canceled (and even discussed the possibility of a theatrical continuation). From the start, the creators had hoped the show would last at least 5 seasons, which in and of itself is a pretty common desire for showrunners (5 seasons times 22 episodes equals 110 total, enough to secure syndication, which in the 90s is where the big money came from). Like so many other Fox shows, Space: Above & Beyond was canceled before it had a chance, after being yanked around by the network for a few months.

This monthвЂ™s edition returns to a show that had its moment in the Obscure Sci-Fi Primer spotlight just a few months ago.

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