Crusade: First Impressions
Frank Swarbrick
have been, but worse than it could have been. My main problems, I guess,
are the same as with Babylon 5 at it's worse. Bad acting (in some cases),
and too much expository dialogue. I liked Gideon, Matheson, Dureena(sp?),
and Galen. I didn't care for Trace (but he's not a regular anyway, right?),
nor either of the two main people on Mars. But B5 often had a hard time
getting guest stars who could act; especially during the first season. The
doctor didn't really register with me one way or the other.
And, as I said, there was way too much "here's what happened" type stuff.
Yeah, it was a first episode, but I for one didn't need it.
Still, I did enjoy it fairly well. I don't have anything more specific to
say on that point. We shall see...
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Jms at B5
>Yeah, it was a first episode, but I for one didn't need it.
Couldn't agree more.
Buckets of exposition were what they asked for.
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Alex Thorpe
(Jms at B5) wrote:
>>And, as I said, there was way too much "here's what happened" type stuff.
>>Yeah, it was a first episode, but I for one didn't need it.
>
>Couldn't agree more.
>
>Buckets of exposition were what they asked for.
>
> jms
Actually, I'd expected more, particularly on the ship's capabilities that
the new captain was just learning about. Of course, we fans don't need
it.
My only real gripe was wondering why they aired "A Call to Arms" AFTER the
show instead of before it. Did they *really* need to show Mortal Kombat
again?
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>>And, as I said, there was way too much "here's what happened" type stuff.
>>Yeah, it was a first episode, but I for one didn't need it.
>
>Couldn't agree more.
>
>Buckets of exposition were what they asked for.
>
> jms
>
first showing of "A Call to Arms" so I didn't know about Excaliber, Doorena,
Galen, any of a number of things.
Of couse I stayed up to watch "A Call to Arms." What a good movie! But
why did the boneheads (with apologies to the Minbari) at TNT run it after
Crusade????
Man, I hope that some channel picks up Crusades!
Terry
Mike Alvarez
Frank Swarbrick wrote in message <7jndhb$6d1$1...@nntp2.atl.mindspring.net>...
>Just finished watching "War Zone." First impression: Better than it may
>have been, but worse than it could have been.
I agree. I wasn't totally satisfied by it, but I do want more. There's a
lot of potential
here. Look what happened with B5: one of the richest science fiction epics
in many a
year.
The character of John Matheson is pretty intriguing already. The fact that
he doesn't LOOK
like you would expect is very cool. I hope they don't explain that. And
then finding out that he
is what he is (shhhh!! spoiler!!)...what agenda does he follow? Very
subtle!!
The music definitely gave the show a different feel. I'm willing to give it
a chance. Let's hope
we can go beyond the 13 episodes someday!!
Mike
Mac Breck
U16...@uicvm.uic.edu wrote in message <99162.182...@uicvm.uic.edu>...
>>
>Of couse I stayed up to watch "A Call to Arms." What a good movie! But
>why did the boneheads (with apologies to the Minbari) at TNT run it after
>Crusade????
....because they're either idiots who don't know what they're doing, or they
deliberately want to screw the show.
Mac
Michael J. Hennebry
No, said decision is an un-startling result of what had gone before.
When TNT thought it had a series, it scheduled a night in the B5 universe
with ACtA before Crusade. When TNT discovered that it had only the
bloody stump of a series, the premiere became much less important. TNT
had more important stuff to show before Crusade, but the time-slot after
Crusade was unimportant enough to put in ACtA. Remember competing forces
are at work. One force got Crusade on the air and ACtA on the same day
as its premiere, the other force got ACtA scheduled after Crusade.
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