Loved B5! Own all the DVDs. Watched them a million times. Excellent stuff. This, however. Unwatchable. I bought the DVDs because I wanted more B5. Ouch. Embarrassing.IMDb says I need to write more... so here you go: abhorrent, abominable, appalling, awful, disgusting, distasteful, dreadful, evil, foul, fulsome, gross, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, noxious, obnoxious, obscene, odious, rancid, repellent (also repellent), repugnant, repulsive, revolting, scandalous, shocking, sickening, ugly Related Words exceptionable, objectionable; brackish, disagreeable, dis- likable (also dislikeable), unpleasant; contemptible, despicable, detestable, hard, hateful; unhealthy, unsavory, unwholesome; execrable, lousy, miserable; atrocious, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome (also gruesome), heinous, horrendous, horrific, horrifying, lurid, macabre, monstrous, nightmarish, shocking, sick, sickish, sickly, terrible, unspeakable, vile; off-putting, undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome; barbarous, unchristian, uncivilized, ungodly, unholy; distressing, disturbing, upsetting.

I just recently finished watching all 13 episodes of Crusade, and I must say, it had potential. I liked the design of the Excalibur(which reminded me of the rockets used in The Martian Chronicles mini-series). Most of all, I liked the main characters and some of the guest stars that were on the show.It's a shame that TNT had to be pig-headed about the show. Sometimes major networks don't know artistic freedom, integrity, quality, or originality, period. I can understand J. Michael Straczynski's frustration over the entire incident.It may not be Babylon 5, but it was a decent sequel to that show, and it had potential.Here is to hoping that, like Futurama, we'll see the return of Crusade and the crew of the starship Excalibur.

For some reason, the spit and polish of the established Babylon 5 theme wasn't translated into Crusade. Star Trek accomplished this with DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise... on any of those series the "look" was not a major hindrance. But Crusade launched feeling as if it was a completely new creation, almost totally devoid of the feel of it's Babylonian mother. The first ax against the show truly was the music. The battle sequences were devoid of the martial themes, background chatter, and (implausable) sound effects. Instead we get some neo-classical claptrap whose rhythms and peaks in no way mate with what's on screen. The second ax is in the writing. Episodes 8-13 show that they were trying to fix that, but by god, I'll never watch episode 3 and 5 again. I nearly stopped right there. It should have been an adventure show with a little mystery, but the only mystery it presented us was where was the adventure?

How many shows/films at IMDB get better that 60% positive feedback? As I read the reviews for crusade, I only see a couple of people that didn't like the show. (One of them just wasn't ready for the different direction in music and assumes everyone feels the same way.) The rest of the people were touched by a great vision that was never completed.It's amazing that Crusade became my favourite TV show after watching just 2 episodes. The combination of stories, acting and music just worked. I had very little clue that the show had been meddled with until I seriously watched the episodes in sucession. Even after finding out about TNT and the cancellation, it didnt remove my enjoyment.