Crusade is a spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5. Its plot is set in AD 2267, five years after the events of Babylon 5, and just after the movie A Call to Arms. A race called the Drakh have released a nanovirus plague on Earth, which will destroy all life on Earth within five years if it is not stopped. To that end, thedestroyer Excalibur has been sent out to look for anything that could help the search for a cure.
Like Babylon 5, Crusade was intended to have a five-year story arc, although as Straczynski notes in the DVD commentary for A Call To Arms, it was intended to resolve the Drakh plague after a season or two and move onto other arcs. However, conflicts arose between the producers and executives at TNT, and production was cancelled before the first episode was broadcast.
TNT's research had indicated that the audience for Babylon 5 did not watch other TNT programming, and likewise TNT's main audience was not watching the show, making another related program unattractive to the network's management. Straczynski believes that the network's "interference" with the production was an attempt to get out of their contract by allowing them to argue that he failed to deliver the series they wanted.
Thirteen episodes were made and broadcast by TNT, with at least four more scripted. The Sci-Fi Channel attempted to pick up the show and continue production, but was unable to find room in its budget. Cast and crew have indicated that the asking price TNT gave to Sci-Fi was purposely set too high so that the executives at TNT would not risk embarrassment if Crusade had gone on to do well on another network.
Crusade is een spin-off tv serie van Babylon 5. Verhaal speelt zich af in 2267, 5 jaar na Babylon 5 en net na de film "A Call to Arms". Een ras, Drakh genaamd, heeft een nanovirus vrijgelaten boven Aarde wat binnen 5 jaar al het leven op Aarde zal doen eindigen wanneer er geen antivirus gevonden wordt. Om dit te bewerkstelligen wordt de destroyer Excalibur erop uitgestuurd om te zoeken naar een geneesmiddel tegen het virus.
Net als Babylon 5 was ook Crusade bedoeld als een 5 jarig verhaal. De arc rondom het Drakh virus zou na 1 of 2 jaar zijn verteld en daarna zouden er weer nieuwe arcs ontstaan. Maar Straczynski en de bazen van TNT raakten constant in conflict wat resulteerde in een cancellation van Crusade nog voordat de eerste aflevering werd uitgezonden. Er zijn 13 afleveringen geproduceerd en er waren nog minstens 4 scripts al geschreven en na de cancellation heeft Sci-Fi channel nog geprobeerd de serie voor te zetten maar uiteindelijk paste het niet in hun budget. Volgens cast en crew van Crusade was de prijs erg hoog die TNT vroeg omdat ze bang waren dat het op Sci-Fi wel een hit zou kunnen worden.
Season 1 Episodes [complete series]
1. War Zone (108)
2. The Long Road (107)
3. Ruling From the Tomb (111)
4. Appearances and Other Deceits (113)
5. The Memory of War (102)
6. The Needs of Earth (101)
7. Racing the Night (103)
8. Visitors From Down the Street (104)
9. Each Night I Dream of Home (105)
10. The Path of Sorrows (109)
11. Patterns of the Soul (110)
12. The Well of Forever (106)
13. The Rules of the Game (112)
According to Straczynski this is the chronological order, the best view to watch Crusade. The sequence it was produced you can find behind the
episodes.
Dit is volgens Straczynski de chronologische volgorde, de beste manier om de serie te kijken. De productie volgorde staat achter de betreffende aflevering.
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