Crusade

[ProfCrash]

Discussion of Crusade episodes

[ProfCrash]

I spent the first ten minutes going "Where is Galen. I want Galen"(grins)

Galen was by far my favorite character in Crusdaes and I was glad to see him again last night. He had some of the best lines "Do not anger a techno mage when he is saving your life, again." made me chuckle. so did his comments when his probe was being carved open by the ship.

Max reminded me of why I liked his character so much. He is a pain in the butt but one who does not try and pretend to do everything for nobel causes. Much more practicle then the others.

Gideon was never a character that I fully embraced. I think some of that is because he can be so overly righteous. (shrugs)

It is going to be interesting seeing these in the order JMS wanted to air them in. I know that the first episode aired by TNT was full of back story and drov eme batty. This one contained enough to remind people what had happened (or let new viewers know what had happened) without being boring. Also a nice introduction to the characters.

[sindatur]

I thought Racing the Night was a much more powerful intro. episode. Worked much better for me than the one TNT made JMS shoot as the first episode (War Zone, I think it was).

Galen was great, Max was great, but Dureena has always been my favorite and Galen second. I think the story will flow much better iun JMS's vision of how they shoulda been shown.

Absom, actually seeing some of JMS's comments, it doesn't appear that he believes the cast would be impossible to re-assemble. I wanna know about the Acopolypse box, I think that's my most irritating dangling thread from the series.

[ProfCrash]

I think the problem with Crusade is that TNT has the right to air the series and was asking for way too much money to buy the series. That might have changed by now, intiially SFC was looking to buy it right after TNT and JMS parted ways. It maybe that it has been long enough that SFC can now buy the series.

(crosses her fingers)

I really liked this series, the episodes I saw. My only big complaint was Gideon's relationship with Lochley. I'm sorry but that was soooo contrived

[absom4]

Always liked Galen, myself. I wonder if the ScFi PTB will decide this series has merit. I know, they could never get the cast back together again. Just wishful thinking on my part.

[QueenGOP]

(This post contains a very minor spoiler, with no plot relavance whatsoever)

If they were to bring back Crusade, I have one request. Bring back the original uniforms.
TNT didn't like the original uniforms and made JMS change them. The new ones were horrid, although the way JMS incorporated them into the show had me ROTFLMAO.

[absom4]

Yes!! That Apocalypse box. Talk about cliff hangers. It's like waking up suddenly from a bad dream and wanting to know how it would come out in the end.

The uniforms reminded me of the USSR. What were you referring to about JMS's interpretation of them, Queen GOP?

[Nommy]

HEY ERY! Are you watrching this or are you too engrossed in B5. LOL

[ProfCrash]

Nommy I asked Ery if she was watching and she said no.

The Apocolpyse box is interesting. Wish we could have learned more about it. I just don't trust sentient boxs....

Last nights episode was interesting. One of the things I have always loved about B5 is that JMS tosses out these fascinating philisophical discussions. Was it worth all that the crew risked in order to save the entire record of one races artistic endeavors?

I do find the order of the episodes interesting in terms of what htey reveal about the characters. Up until the very end of last nights episode, I do not believe that people would have known that Matheson was a telepath. I do not remember this being mentioned in the first episode or any where in this last episode. I have tried to see if there is anything on his uniform that inidcates that he is a telepath but I have not seen anything that I can identify as a marker. (shrugs)

The twist dealing with Durenna's past is a very interesting one. it must be really hard for her to trust anyone given the fact that her family sold her into slavery.

So far so good. Hopefully tonight we get to see Galen (grins)

[Wizz]

Matheson is a telepath and (supposedly) everyone knows it. And, as this episode shows, he's in conflict with it already. It would appear that information gathered via telepathy is regarded like phone conversations are today...if you overhear a conversation (like during testing of phone circuits) you should not linger, and should not divulge the contents without consent of the originating party (as I remember the rules).
I didn't notice any insignia, either; perhaps the Psi Corps is really dead (just not forgotten).