B5 Crusade

[ffutures]

A local 2nd hand DVD shop has the Crusade boxed set for £6; that's pretty cheap, but I recall people being pretty scathing about the series - is it worth watching even at that price?

Update Tuesday - Since the comments seemed to think it was worth the minimal price, I got the set today, probably won't get round to watching it for a while since I have a lot of other unwatched movies, episodes etc. to get through.

Comments

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

It's a mixed bag. The episodes I saw were okay straight up adventures, but apparently there was a lot of Executive Meddling that got in the way of many of the early episodes that were shot (when the uniforms looked like they belonged to bellboys).

On the other hand you've got at least one which features the Equalizer as a Technomage, so that episode is probably worth at least six quid by itself.

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Overall, I liked it. As Andraste once said, if it doesn't reach the B5 heights, it also avoids the lows (both as compared to the first season, which is the only fair comparison), and I bought the dvds myself. However, the viewing order is a headache, because of the executive meddling, and unfortunaly the unavoidable first episode (in any order) is the worst. So watch with gritted teeth and plug on, it's worth it from that point onwards.

Andraste reccomended what is my prefered Crusade episodes viewing order here:

http://andrastewhite.livejournal.com/191627.html

Way better than the one on the dvds.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I never made it past the first episode, despite a deep love for B5. That pilot was just so painful I couldn't bring myself to see any more.

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

I'd say yes.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks - maybe I'll take a look.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I might give it a shot then.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[eledonecirrhosa.livejournal.com]

It was fairly dire. I taped all the episodes, but only watched about half of them. I was expecting Babylon 5 and got mediocre to bad episodes of Andromeda instead.

[eledonecirrhosa.livejournal.com]

Me again... will the 2nd hand DVD shop buy it back if you hate it? If you can buy it for £6 and sell it back for £3, then you'll only have paid £3 for 13 episodes...

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

For that price I'd say for sure. Lots of good story in those 5 seasons.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Probably get more if I sell it on ebay - got it today but haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Crusade? I thought there was only one season?