Crusade (1999) TV Series Intro

Crusade is copyright Babylonian Productions & Warner Bros. Television. No copyright infringement is intended.
Crusade is the spin off series from the phenomenal TV show that was Babylon 5. B5 was my favourite TV show growing up, I liked Star Trek in all its forms, but I loved B5..
This is another show gone before its time and true to form it was just getting good as they cancelled it!
Enjoy..

[@wallychambe1587]

Such a shame they only made 13 episodes!😭😭

[@TVNostalgia1978]

Yep, it was cut off in its prime. Some of the stuff planned for season 2/3 would have been really good. The Drakh virus would have been solved by the end of Season 3 from what I've read and some of the storylines involving Gideon sounded very good.

[@Dazza_Doo]

If you watch the interviews with J Stracynski - the company behind $ wanted more and more changes from the script. The Board said, do this or we will cancel the show, you know the result.

[@shawnattwells5355]

Am I the only one, who thought the designer of that ship, might have been a Blake's 7 fan?

[@TheJovian16]

You're not the only one, in fact the series is filled with Blake's 7 references from the Apocalypse Box being basically an evil version of Orac, to Dureena being what you get if you split the difference between Cally and Vila, to Eilerson being basically Avon but with a different skillset. Oh and if the series hadn't been cancelled eventually the Excalibur crew would've become renegades trying to expose a government conspiracy within the Earth Alliance government.

[@nissan300zxmike]

@@TheJovian16 Well seems like a new SciFi for me to watch! Thanks. I had no idea was Blake's 7 was. Also, nice name Jovian, cheers!

[@diablorojo3887]

Is a shame what the network do with this series, when aired on Brasil (between 2003 and 2004) the Network aired crusade for a entire year non stop thank to the ratings.
Is sad that they are playing a reboot for babilon 5, a show that don't need one and have his history completed and not Crusade that need conclusion.

[@derickennedy6278]

This had a Star Blazers feel to it

[@Blktxdom2004]

I agree…
I feel that the creators of Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato) got word of the series and threatened a class action lawsuit. (Copyright infringement if you can tell.)
13 episodes were made and TNT dropped the series. I’m certain that the lawsuit threats were made in secret.

[@NovaFeedback1979]

I remember watching this on TNT the night it aired after watching all of Babylon 5 on TNT. I can't remember if I watched the remaining 12 episodes. TNT were such poor custodians in promoting this thing.

[@TVNostalgia1978]

Totally, I remember watching it in the UK, it premiered on Channel 4 for us over here

[@NovaFeedback1979]

@@TVNostalgia1978 Glad you got it in the UK!
Apparently Gary Cole was not the first choice by JMS to play Gideon. I only recently read that the network forced Cole to be cast. JMS thought Cole did his best, but that he was too laconic with his acting style.

[@TVNostalgia1978]

Wow I didn't know that, I was always a fan of Gary Cole from Midnight caller and later on from American Gothic. Do you have any idea who JMS wanted to play Gideon?

[@NovaFeedback1979]

@@TVNostalgia1978 Michael York was his first choice, but TNT didn't want a British actor in that part. The character would have been a lot different with York for sure. I need to go back and watch all of Crusade now. It's been too long at this point.
Did you ever watch Office Space? Cole filmed it around the same time as Crusade and wears the same ring for both parts!

[@TVNostalgia1978]

Wow that would have been different, no I haven't seen Office Space I'll give it a watch! Also you're right I need to rewatch Crusade as well.. LOL Thanks

[@davidpigott9958]

Isnt that the font from those "you wouldn't steal a television" anti piracy adds?

[@TheChosenOne66501]

basically yeah haha th-cam.com/video/HmZm8vNHBSU/w-d-xo.html

[@derekramsaroup3883]

After B5 ,the incidental music in this series was awful ..but the main theme is utterly haunting ...

[@SuStel]

WHOM do you serve, and WHOM do you trust?

[@KingArgus-fy5xq]

If anyone remembers correctly, in Babylon 5, the Vorlons asked, "Who are you?" whereas the Shadows asked, "What do you want?" They were both considered to be the last of the First Ones.
Now here's mine and my friends' question... there are 3 more questions asked in this show... what First Ones asked those other 3 questions?

[@Xerdoz]

One of the worst intros of any series ever. I think this is one of the reasons they flopped hard.

[@StarWho666]

That what I said when I first watched it but since then after rewatch the show recently I think it’s a beautiful well written theme

[@StarWho666]

It’s both weird in the beginning and incredible later