DVD : Crusade - The Complete Series
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085393972028
Feature: Another Thrilling Reach Into Tomorrow From The Creator of Babylon 5! 2267 A.
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 169
Label: Warner Home Video
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 6312
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 07, 2004
Running Time: 576 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: June 09, 1999
Features:
- Another Thrilling Reach Into Tomorrow From The Creator of Babylon 5! 2267 A.
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Platform: DVD MOVIE Publisher: WARNER BROTHERS Packaging: RETAIL BOX Rating: NOT RATED Another Thrilling Reach Into Tomorrow From The Creator of Babylon 5! 2267 A.D. The battle is won the war may be lost. After fending off the fierce attack of Drakh combatants Earth faces an unseen yet even greater foe. The Drakhs have left behind a microbial biogenetic plague that will destroy all life of the planet in five years if a cure isn’t found.From Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski comes an exciting 13-part adventure about the race to find that cure - an urgent and hazardous quest that sends an Earthforce expedition across the reaches of space to explore technologies more advanced than Earth’s. The race is on. The perils are many. And savvy real-tomorrow issues and potential technologies underlie every episode thanks to production input from forward-looking thinkers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The future begins - or ends - here! Features:Audio Commentary on 2 Key EpisodesProbing Documentary: The Making Of CrusadeForging Excalibur: Learn about the starship from the inside outProduct Details:Video:Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)Standard 1.33:1 ColorFormat: DVD NTSCAudio: ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]Subtitles: English Spanish FrenchYear: 2004Running Time: 576 minutesStudio: Warner Home Video
Amazon.com:
The first and only spin-off of Babylon 5, J. Michael Straczynski’s short-lived sci-fi series Crusade had its roots in the B5 television movie A Call to Arms, in which Earth was battling a Drakh invasion at the end of the Shadow Wars. When Crusade begins, the Drakh have released a deadly virus that threatens to wipe out all 10 billion humans living on Earth unless a cure can be found in five years. To take on this monumental task, Captain Matthew Gideon (Gary Cole) is assigned command of the state-of-the-art Destroyer-class ship Excalibur. His crew includes telepath John Matheson (Daniel Dae Kim); pompous but brilliant archaeologist-linguist Max Eilerson (David Allen Brooks); Dureena, a member of the Thieves’ Guild and the last surviving member of her species (Carrie Dobro); medical officer Sarah Chambers (Marjean Holden); and technomage Galen (Peter Woodward).
While Babylon 5 had five years to develop into a powerful saga, Crusade had its plug pulled after a mere 13 episodes (which were reordered for TNT’s broadcast), and the series never really got its footing. Galen often took center stage, then disappeared for several episodes. Matheson was underutilized (other than to provide fans with clues about what happened in the Psi-Wars after B5 ended), and tough-guy Gideon bounced back and forth between his desire to save the human race and his own moral code. There were some good action scenes and intriguing concepts (developed in conjunction with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory). Special effects sometimes were impressive and sometimes showed budget constraints, and we never really saw the power and scope of the mile-and-a-half-long ship, other than the cool bullet cars used to traverse its length. But it did have its moments. If B5 was the spiritual companion to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with its space-station setting and long story arc, Crusade was more like a traditional Star Trek setting, with mostly stand-alone episodes involving first contact with various species (even if, due to the nature of the Excalibur’s quest, such species were usually extinct). And there were occasional tantalizing hints of a broader conspiracy that might have allowed the series to soar. Regardless, B5 fans will welcome even a brief opportunity to revisit this universe, especially when the Excalibur visits the station in “The Rules of the Game.” John Sheridan’s ex-wife Captain Elizabeth Lochley (Tracy Scoggins) even earned a spot in the opening credits for her appearance in a few episodes. –David Horiuchi
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Not bad, but not B5 either
I enjoyed this series, and like most B5 fans, I was sorry to see it end after 5+ (mostly) glorious years. Unfortunately, due to events with Warner Brothers, Babylon 5 was moved to TNT for the 5th year, and while we did get some cool movies out of the deal, TNT was in some respects trying to milk it for what it could get, and Crusade was the result. I have enjoyed Gary Cole in other roles immensely (Office Space, American Gothic, etc.), and as we’ve seen, he and others from this series have gone on … Read More
Rating: - Wish they made more!
Nice series with great potential. Very well done. Not B-5 which I very much enjoyed as well. I wish they made several more seasons as it explored several interesting themes and the characters were developing quite nicely.
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- Crusade - The Complete Series
It pisses me off when I think of this series. It could of been another great scifi series and Babylon 5 franchize if the powers that be would of let it continue instead of canceling it staight of.
Rating: - B5: CRUSADE
Considering I loved the B5 Series & movies, this was a natural purchase.
I’ve been looking for this title outside the internet for a few years now. I only just recently decided to seek it out on the net. I thought it was very good, the only problem I had with it was it was not presented in widescreen format, if it was, I would have given it a 5 star rating. That said, the story was solid and in depth. I was sorry to see the show did not progress farther than it did.
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Rating: - crusade
this was a very interesting series but it has left me unhappy becuase it has not got an ending to it will they be making any more episode of this series thank you
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