Thoughts on Crusade

[McClance]

I just watched this short-lived series from J. Michael Straczynski for the first time yesterday. And I must say, I think the show is equal in quality to it's predecessor (except maybe the music; though the title music was good).

While watching it, I became even more infuriated at WB for the changes they imposed on Straczynski, causing him to end the series prematurely.



What did others think of this short-lived series?

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[carmella]

Liked it very much. Especially the mage.

[Dux]

Never heard of it. What was it about?

[Wolfegar]

I really liked the show, McClance. I would like to have seen how it progressed but that isn't possible now.

The TechnoMage was my favorite character also, Carmella. I forget the actor's name, but he's done stuff for The History Channel.

Dux, Crusade was a short lived spin-off of Babylon 5. After an attack on the Earth some substance is spread through our atmosphere and everybody has like five years to live. So, one ship goes out to look for a cure.

[McClance]

Yeah. I really loved the Technomage character too. Kind of reminded me of Marcus Cole.

And in that one episode where Galen (played by Peter Woodward) meets the older technomage and comments on the other's holo-demons on the gregarian planet while the demons were flying around, harassing the intruders. :laugh: :laugh: That was great! :laugh: :laugh:

And what about that Gregarian world? The one where a group of Humans colonized to live in a primative, less-technology-dependent life-style. Didn't it sound kind of... familiar? :bouncy:

[granath]

I loved Crusade. Too bad it had to end. I hate networks for putting restrictions on show writers.

[McClance]

I hate networks for putting restrictions on show writers.



So do I!!! :mad2: :mad2: :mad2:


And I noted that the network that was responsible with distributing Crusade (WB) is that same network, I understand, that screwed up the production of the Pern TV series.

Darn WB!!! :mad2: :mad2: :mad2:

[Fabe]

So do I!!! :mad2: :mad2: :mad2:


And I noted that the network that was responsible with distributing Crusade (WB) is that same network, I understand, that screwed up the production of the Pern TV series.

Darn WB!!! :mad2: :mad2: :mad2:
Yea from what I hear the network wanted "Crusade" to be like pro wrestling and "Baywatch" and even wanted a sexual explorer as a charater IE every time a new race was encountered they would try to have sex with them. as for Pern a Xena/Buffy feel was requested.

[Wolfegar]

So do I!!! :mad2: :mad2: :mad2:


And I noted that the network that was responsible with distributing Crusade (WB) is that same network, I understand, that screwed up the production of the Pern TV series.

Darn WB!!! :mad2: :mad2: :mad2:
Yea from what I hear the network wanted "Crusade" to be like pro wrestling and "Baywatch" and even wanted a sexual explorer as a charater IE every time a new race was encountered they would try to have sex with them. as for Pern a Xena/Buffy feel was requested.
The WB's got no sense! But then, the same thing can be said for a few other Networks too.

[Kugai]

:box:

The really irksome thing about what happened to 'Crusade was the fact that JMS had, for five years with 'Babylon 5', given WB a damned good and innovative show. (And that's despite any intefearance from the twatheads at WB)

Then along comes JMS with what could have been an excellent Spinoff from it, and waht do they do??? :roll: :banghead: :shake:

They had a chance to, quite possibly, strike paydirt again with a proven and innovative Writer/Creator, but they just HAD to stick their great big cack handed mits in it and totally screw things up!

Ok, Rant over :D

[Anareth]

Honestly? Maybe after B5 I expected far too much, but it was a major letdown. Partially, I felt ripped off because it didn't really pick up any of the hanging threads from B5 (*cough*TelepathWars*cough*), and partially the style shift was too radical for me. Even the musical score (if you can call it that) I found horrifically grating after Christophe Beck's synth-symphonic score for Babylon 5. Most of all, I didn't get the same vibe from the characters as I did from those on B5--I just didn't like any of them enough to care.

And I have to say, I'm probably one of the few B5 fans who really just found the technomages annoying, not interesting. I don't really care about them--especially since what was important in B5 was that they were LEAVING. Even the book trilogy about them is called "The Passing of the Technomages."

I hope if JMS decides to go back to the B5 universe he goes where he talked about going before--into the gap between the end of B5 and the third book of Greg Keyes' telepath series, which tells what happens to Bester after the Telepath wars.