| | |  | GIFT SETS | Home » » Crusade: The Complete Series | | | | | | | Description: | | In 2267 the Earth is quarantined, having been infected with a deadly plague by an attacking alien force. Scientists estimate that it will kill every inhabitant within 5 years, not nearly enough time for a cure to be developed. So the planet's only hope lies with the Excalibur, an advanced prototype starship sent out to search ancient alien ruins for their former inhabitant's secrets, hoping that somewhere out there a cure can be found. | | | Features: | |
• Actors: Gary Cole, Peter Woodward.
• Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC.
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1). Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese.
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
• Not Rated. Run Time: 576 minutes.
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Gary Cole, Peter Woodward | | Format:
| AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English, Spanish, French, Portuguese | | Number of Discs:
| 4 | | Studio:
| Warner Home Video | | Run Time:
| 576 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| December 07, 2004 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 140 reviews |
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315 of 327 found the following review helpful:
Great Potential cut down in its prime...Oct 08, 2004
By Iona Sun
Crusade was a well casted series with the potential for a great future.
It started slow like B5 without a lot of definition to the story arc, and the special effects were not all that at times... but the show had already developed a community feel to the well drawn characters, and as usual the dialog was top notch per jms standards.
After the cancellation jms eventually laid out what would've been the future of the story arc, and I gotta say that with this cast this is one story I would've loved to seen come to fruition.
As for the reference in the following review that the show was cancelled due to lack of popularity, this does not appear to be the case at all.
According to jms (and granted its a biased source, but he's not one to modify the facts), TNT just decided the show didn't fit into their type of programming. Audiences were tuning in for that show only, and not staying. So they tried to mess with the show and then eventually pulled the plug. And because they don't didn't want to look stupid if the show were a success elsewhere, they wouldn't let the rights go for any reasonable sum of money.
Crusade was a good show with great potential and a good cast. The show grew on me with repeated viewings. Not to be missed - especially by B5 fans.
193 of 206 found the following review helpful:
 Exellent series killed before it was born!Sep 23, 2004
By Michael Malloy
Crusade had the perfect cast, the perfect creator and primary writer (J. Michael Strazynski), wonderful characters, beautiful music, and it was killed before a single episode was aired. I admire the creator of the series and loathe those who killed it.
If you have seen any of Babylon 5 or the special movies made for TV related to Babylon 5, you know the quality of production and writing potential Crusade had going for it. Crusade was to be another arc of an unfolding story from JMS within the Babylon 5 universe. In the precious 13 episodes that were completed the viewer gets only a small look at what might have been. The Babylon 5 TV Movie "A Call to Arms" was the lead in, not really a pilot, but a way of setting the stage for Crusade with some characters from both series.
If there is justice in the universe, JMS will one day be permitted to make Crusade as he envisioned it. Then the rest of us will watch it, and later when it is available, we will purchase it.
125 of 135 found the following review helpful:
Brainless TV executivesSep 25, 2004
By TV conoisseur
Crusade was to put it shortly a screw up from day one. The problem was not with the creator, cast, central idea, stories or potential for it to last 5 seasons which was the plan all of which were excellent. As other reviewers have stated if this had gone all the way I am sure it would proudly have stood alongside Babylon 5. Instead some cretinous short sited moronic powers that be tried to put pressure on JMS to turn this into Baywatch in space. He quite rightly pulled the plug rather than watch the show degenerate into something it was not meant to be. Over the course of the 13 episodes we were only given tantalising glimpses of what could have been. Gary Cole in particular was excellent as the mercurial Matthew Gideon. I knew he was absolutely right for the role as he brought that essential blend of authority, and humour while being of-kilter at the same time. The rest of the cast over the 13 episodes showed signs of settling well into their characters. The search for the cure to the Drakh plague was only the beginning of the story and was due to take in the long term consequences of shadow Technology not just the virus. Buy this set and wonder what would have come next. I personally imagine that Gideon would have found the cure and at the end married Captain Lochley. One can only hope that the story mght be finished in some way at some time but in the meantime I will make up my own ending. Buy this set and dream. Peace. Out.
28 of 29 found the following review helpful:
Wonderful, but Short-Lived TV Series Based Upon "Babylon 5"Nov 25, 2004
By M. Hart
"Sci-Fi Fan"
In 1999, the creator of the sci-fi TV series "Babylon 5", J. Michael Straczynski, produced a 2-hour made-for-TV film entitled "Babylon 5: A Call To Arms". The premise of "Babylon 5: A Call To Arms" was that several years following the Shadow War, which was part of the plot of the original "Babylon 5" TV series (1994-1998), allies of the departed Shadow race decide to avenge the destruction of the Shadow home world known as Z'ha'dum (pronounced Za'hadoom). Captain Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) becomes aware that Earth is threatened by an imminent attack from the former Shadow allies lead by the reptilian race known as the Drakh, who intend to use a powerful Shadow "planet-killer" to destroy Earth. Captain Sheridan gathers what forces he can to defend Earth, including the use of two prototype warships that utilize Vorlon technology. One of the prototype warships is destroyed during the attack upon the "planet-killer" above Earth, but the Drakh resort to a biological weapon instead that unleashes a deadly virus upon the entire population of Earth. With few people not infected, Earth decides to use its only remaining Vorlon-inspired warship, named Excalibur, to search for a cure before the virus completely destroys all life on Earth within 5 years. Hence, the short-lived TV series "Crusade" was born in 1999, with the intent of being a 5-year long series about the Excalibur crew's search for the cure. Unfortunately, creative conflicts between TNT (that TV channel that originally aired the series) and J. Michael Straczynski lead to show's premature cancellation after only 13 episodes. Also, no other channel had the opportunity of picking up the series in spite of the fact that scripts for three more episodes had been written, but were never filmed.
Starring in the "Crusade" were Gary Cole as Captain Matthew Gideon, Daniel Dae Kim as John Matheson, David Allen Brooks as Max Eilerson, Peter Woodward as the techno-mage Galen, Marjean Holden as Dr. Sarah Chambers and Carrie Dobro as the alien Dureena Nafeel, who was the only cast member from "Babylon 5: A Call To Arms" to have a regular role in "Crusade". Sadly, with only 13 episodes, "Crusade" never really had the opportunity to develop into a show of the same caliber as the original "Babylon 5". However, the same wonderful special effects and character development did have a chance to take shape, especially with the mysterious techno-mage Galen. In order, the 13 hour-long episodes and their original airdates on TNT were as follows:
1. "War Zone" (6/9/1999)
2. "The Long Road" (6/16/1999)
3. "The Well of Forever" (6/23/1999)
4. "The Path of Sorrows" (6/30/1999)
5. "Patterns of the Soul" (7/7/1999)
6. "Ruling from the Tomb" (7/14/1999)
7. "The Rules of the Game" (7/21/1999)
8. "Appearances and Other Deceits" (7/28/1999)
9. "Racing the Night" (8/4/1999)
10. "The Memory of War" (8/11/1999)
11. "The Needs of Earth" (8/18/1999)
12. "Visitors from Down the Street" (8/25/1999)
13. "Each Night I Dream of Home" (9/1/1999)
Of these 13 episodes, the best were "The Path of Sorrows", "Racing the Night", "The Memory of War" and "Visitors from Down the Street". Overall, I rate the short-lived sci-fi TV series "Crusade" with 5 out of 5 stars. It is truly sad that these 13 episodes are all that exist for what could have been a truly wonderful 5-year TV series.
33 of 35 found the following review helpful:
Only 13 random episodes were completed.Dec 04, 2004
By DDC2000
To this day, people think that these 13 random episodes were made in some kind of specific order, including a finale. In fact, there were supposed to be other episodes in-between. That's why the show is so rough. Episodes meant to flesh out the characters and storyline including the uniform color changes were never filmed. Unreleased scripts gave us a brief glimpse of what was to come. The production team even re-dubbed a line or two when JMS shifted what he had around to make some kind of sense for TNT's *limited series*. "I Dream Of Home" was the best he could do to make some kind of closure. The real reason for TNT-Atlanta's interference was after their five year audience study they found out that B5 did not bring in more viewers while their core audience left when B5 came on. So to get out of it's contract so it could use the money to buy another program TNT-Atlanta started making all kinds of unreasonable demands. JMS said he will discuss this in the commentary. It should also be noted that TNT-LA had always been supportive of JMS but it was TNT-Atlanta that had the final say. Also, there was NO FINALE made. The show was dead months before it aired. Some people continue to review this thing like it was cancelled AFTER broadcast. Anyway, by buying the DVDs you send a message to WB that you want more B5. That's how all these DVDs got released in the first place. We bought that cheapy Gathering/In The Beginning DVD. Lastly, as others have noted, our buying the DVDs has resulted in new B5 stuff on the way, including maybe something to do with the Crusade storylines.
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