It’s good and an easy watch, only 5 seasons. SURE you can watch all the movies too and maybe the spin off series but in all honestly you can probably skip the spin off.
The first season can be a struggle to get through for many people but you kinda have to watch it as everything ties together. and there’s a major plot point you won’t understand or appreciate in the last couple seasons unless you watch season 1. But once the Shadow War kicks off man that show hits its stride, starts running, and just doesn’t stop until the very last episode.
The space combat is probably the absolute best. The best part in that series is seeing jump gates open at JUST the right time and wondering whose coming out of them.
Not to mention the graphic design of the whole thing. Those black ships gave me the absolute creeps back in the day. And obviously there’s no sound in space, luckily the ships are telepathic and scream in your mind as they go by. Fucking sci-fi Aztec Death Whistles, jikes!
Crusade was pretty forgettable, and didn’t help me enjoy Babylon 5 more or anything. I wouldn’t hesitate to skip it. The one thing I do remember about it is how the person controls the ship’s weapons systems. It was pretty cool how they get suspended in midair in an empty room and their bodily gestures are somehow translated into weapons actions.
Karate guns were actually from Legend of the Rangers, which never made it past the pilot movie. Crusade was the series TNT fucked with so they could activate an escape clause in their contract, with episodes that didn’t make sense in any order and only half a season produced.
This sure looks more silly and nonsensical than what I remember. Though I’m not sure if this video is exactly what was in the episode or if the video was edited to make it more silly. EDIT: I just skipped around the actual episode. That scene in the YouTube video is definitely the most obnoxious of the karate guns scenes, but that is exactly how the scene went. No video editing trickery to make it seem more silly.
So, I guess that means I don’t remember anything from Crusade. I definitely remember the techno mage, but I don’t remember anything specific about him, and he was also a major character in a few episodes of Babylon 5 anyway. I do remember the captain asking for TPS reports.
It’s good and an easy watch, only 5 seasons. SURE you can watch all the movies too and maybe the spin off series but in all honestly you can probably skip the spin off.
The first season can be a struggle to get through for many people but you kinda have to watch it as everything ties together. and there’s a major plot point you won’t understand or appreciate in the last couple seasons unless you watch season 1. But once the Shadow War kicks off man that show hits its stride, starts running, and just doesn’t stop until the very last episode.
The space combat is probably the absolute best. The best part in that series is seeing jump gates open at JUST the right time and wondering whose coming out of them.
Not to mention the graphic design of the whole thing. Those black ships gave me the absolute creeps back in the day. And obviously there’s no sound in space, luckily the ships are telepathic and scream in your mind as they go by. Fucking sci-fi Aztec Death Whistles, jikes!
Picard ripped off the shadow vessel design so damned hard…
Crusade was pretty forgettable, and didn’t help me enjoy Babylon 5 more or anything. I wouldn’t hesitate to skip it. The one thing I do remember about it is how the person controls the ship’s weapons systems. It was pretty cool how they get suspended in midair in an empty room and their bodily gestures are somehow translated into weapons actions.
Karate guns were actually from Legend of the Rangers, which never made it past the pilot movie. Crusade was the series TNT fucked with so they could activate an escape clause in their contract, with episodes that didn’t make sense in any order and only half a season produced.
That explains why I couldn’t find a video or anything when searching for info on the subject!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZapAjjTDbh4
This sure looks more silly and nonsensical than what I remember. Though I’m not sure if this video is exactly what was in the episode or if the video was edited to make it more silly. EDIT: I just skipped around the actual episode. That scene in the YouTube video is definitely the most obnoxious of the karate guns scenes, but that is exactly how the scene went. No video editing trickery to make it seem more silly.
So, I guess that means I don’t remember anything from Crusade. I definitely remember the techno mage, but I don’t remember anything specific about him, and he was also a major character in a few episodes of Babylon 5 anyway. I do remember the captain asking for TPS reports.
I recently did an in-universe chronological rewatch of b5 and daaaaaaamn did it sing