KoshN
Super Moderator
Just Posted This Over At \"rec.arts.sf.tv\" ....
> > They (TNT) only know drama in the ass. Crusade would
> > have been great. Just look at the episodes made before
> > TNT shoved a stick up their ass and made JMS do what
> > they wanted.
>
> From what I saw, there wasn't much a difference in suck
> level between the "JMS free to express himself" episodes
> and "JMS, slave of the corporate drones" episodes.
>
> Crusade was just bad. Badly written, badly acted, badly
> done.
Well, of course you're free to hold that opinion. I, on the other
hand, think you're 100% DEAD WRONG. When I first saw
he Crusade episodes on TNT, I wasn't impressed. This was
partly because of the jumbled order (so the characters
seemed to be intermittently lacking direction and impetus),
partly because it was something new (not the comfortable
territory of the "Babylon 5" TV show), and partly because it
contained some stuff that stuck out as "non-JMS." The
episodes also seemed to be empty (i.e. lacking substance,
density of material, the number of threads that I was used to
seeing on B5). However, after seeing the Crusade episodes
more than once and in a better order, being able to pick up
subtle nuances, and getting to know the characters, my
opinion of Crusade has changed drastically (for the better).
Crusade is a show that improves dramatically with repeated
viewings. If you're not willing to put in a little effort, and want
to cling to your current opinion, so be it. However, if your
mind isn't totally rusted shut on this, and you're willing to give
them a second look, you may start to see things a little
differently.
> > They (TNT) only know drama in the ass. Crusade would
> > have been great. Just look at the episodes made before
> > TNT shoved a stick up their ass and made JMS do what
> > they wanted.
>
> From what I saw, there wasn't much a difference in suck
> level between the "JMS free to express himself" episodes
> and "JMS, slave of the corporate drones" episodes.
>
> Crusade was just bad. Badly written, badly acted, badly
> done.
Well, of course you're free to hold that opinion. I, on the other
hand, think you're 100% DEAD WRONG. When I first saw
he Crusade episodes on TNT, I wasn't impressed. This was
partly because of the jumbled order (so the characters
seemed to be intermittently lacking direction and impetus),
partly because it was something new (not the comfortable
territory of the "Babylon 5" TV show), and partly because it
contained some stuff that stuck out as "non-JMS." The
episodes also seemed to be empty (i.e. lacking substance,
density of material, the number of threads that I was used to
seeing on B5). However, after seeing the Crusade episodes
more than once and in a better order, being able to pick up
subtle nuances, and getting to know the characters, my
opinion of Crusade has changed drastically (for the better).
Crusade is a show that improves dramatically with repeated
viewings. If you're not willing to put in a little effort, and want
to cling to your current opinion, so be it. However, if your
mind isn't totally rusted shut on this, and you're willing to give
them a second look, you may start to see things a little
differently.
