How nice to see a fellow Colonel T.J. McQueen fan! I love that character; he was so interesting and complex -- bred to be canon fodder, but rising to be an officer; hard-nosed as they come, yet crying at black-and-white films. I am afraid I have to disagree with you about Shane Vansen, though. The whole silicon-breasted, Botox-lipped part completely passed me by when I watched it (I plead the naiveté of youth!) and I loved that she could be female and a tough-as-nails marine at the same time.