Remember when...

[arib]

Does anyone else remember that episode of Assignment: Earth, when Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln met those astronauts from the future?
That was a fun concept, whaever happened to those guys?

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[mabfan.livejournal.com]

If I recall correctly, I think they were using that episode of Assignment: Earth as a backdoor pilot, to try to create a show about those astronauts set in the future. But the network didn't seem to go for it.

My guess, though, is that the producers of that 1980s show Galaxy Quest remembered it fondly. Sometimes when I watch that show, I remember that episode of A:E.

[arib.livejournal.com]

If I recall correctly, I think they were using that episode of Assignment: Earth as a backdoor pilot, to try to create a show about those astronauts set in the future. But the network didn't seem to go for it

I know. :-) I thought it'd be fun to reverse the concept.

Maybe two universes over, Assignment:Earth was a cool sci-fi/spy show in the sixties, and they tried to back-door pilot Star Trek, to no avail.

As much as I approved of the A:E movie relaunch last month, I kind of question the duo of Matt Damon/Angelina Jolie as Gary and Roberta...

:-D

[arib.livejournal.com]

and, of course, I'm disoriented enough that I completely missed your point. Fooey. :-)

a more accurate response would be...

[arib.livejournal.com]

If I recall correctly, I think they were using that episode of Assignment: Earth as a backdoor pilot, to try to create a show about those astronauts set in the future. But the network didn't seem to go for it.

How cool would that have been? Aside from Lost in Space and The Time Tunnel, SF on TV was pretty meager.

By the way, I really liked that review of the new Assignment: Earth movie that you wrote for SpyFi Wire.