GaribaldisHair
Regular
I was just closing down my PC a couple of nights ago, and happened to hear the Crusade theme drifting out of the next room. Wandered through and discovered Racing The Night playing on Sky One.
Now, I have all of the episodes of Crusade on VHS (bought when they first appeared), but haven't watched them for a while because it never really floated my boat quite the way B5 did.
I always considerd RTN to be one of the best two eps, the other being Each Night I Dream of Home, but on watching this time I was struck that it was much better than I remembered it.
I thought the different look of the lighting, a bit darker and more X-Files, suited the style of the show really well, and overall this episode was enjoyable and intriguing in equal measure.
Apart from the grey pyjamas !!!
Leaving aside the issues around where the story would have gone, I for one would have been interested to see whether the Excalibur did return to that world when they found the cure, and if so what would have become of that race.
There is also some great cryptic stuff about "The Box", and (I think) a nice piece of foreshadowing in Gideon asking Galen "Where do you go" when he leaves the ship. I always felt that "where Galen goes" was going to be of major importance further down the line.
You can certainly see why JMS originally planned this as the opening episode - it kicks butt, and for me makes a better opening episode than Midnight on the Firing Line!!
Just a pity about TNT.
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DaveC
"Somebody gulped. You were supposed to sip not gulp!"
Now, I have all of the episodes of Crusade on VHS (bought when they first appeared), but haven't watched them for a while because it never really floated my boat quite the way B5 did.
I always considerd RTN to be one of the best two eps, the other being Each Night I Dream of Home, but on watching this time I was struck that it was much better than I remembered it.
I thought the different look of the lighting, a bit darker and more X-Files, suited the style of the show really well, and overall this episode was enjoyable and intriguing in equal measure.
Apart from the grey pyjamas !!!
Leaving aside the issues around where the story would have gone, I for one would have been interested to see whether the Excalibur did return to that world when they found the cure, and if so what would have become of that race.
There is also some great cryptic stuff about "The Box", and (I think) a nice piece of foreshadowing in Gideon asking Galen "Where do you go" when he leaves the ship. I always felt that "where Galen goes" was going to be of major importance further down the line.
You can certainly see why JMS originally planned this as the opening episode - it kicks butt, and for me makes a better opening episode than Midnight on the Firing Line!!
Just a pity about TNT.
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DaveC
"Somebody gulped. You were supposed to sip not gulp!"
