Was there ever a 2nd series of Crusade?
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I’ve seen Crusade (whole series) about twice, the ending does not end the entire show (as in they still can’t stop the nanobots) but I have never seen a 2nd series. Was it cancelled?
yup. Apparently it was going to be really good in the 2nd series (same with all cancelled shows I guess)
Interesting. I never saw the finale, just 4-5 random eps, and I really hated it =( Just wasent my cup of tea, too different compared to the B5 movies/series. But it was a great idea, and this is all news to me hehe I just assumed Crusade was a one time mini-series to explain the Drakh(sp) plague on Earth and how it was defeated.
Poor JMS, that Rangers movie was really good, no idea, I mean NO IDEA as to why Sci-Fi wouldent pick that up, but a show like Tremors…… GREEN LIGHTS! Geez.
And that’s why we don’t watch Sci-Fi anymore….. 😥
I WANT CRUSADE BAAACK! WAAAAAH! 😥
Crusade wasn’t exactly ‘cancelled’ – abandoned is perhaps a better term. Whilst TNT and Babylonian productions both wanted the show to survive, there were notorious creative differences during the production of the first series. Lots of acrimony on both sides, with both parties accusing each other of being misled as to what they both agreed to. Suffice to say, JMS wanted something ruminative with a gradual 5 year arc, TNT insisted on MORE ACTION NOW! The conflict is even present on screen (its tone is either uncertain or maddeningly variable), with JMS taking a swipe at TNT via the decision to give the cast a more sexy uniform during a late episode. Personally speaking, I thought the show was complete crap [i]and[/i] utterly fab, either during the course of an episode or from week to week. Generally, I thought the first season of Crusade showed more promise than the first season of Babylon 5, and I often preferred it at times.
There were emergency talks of other networks taking on a second season when it was apparent that the creative differences became irreconciliable differences, but it was difficult to commit anyone a year or two down the track (from memory, SCI FI or WB had already budgeted for the upcoming financial year and everyone was reluctant to commit themselves so abruptly in advance to a show whose future remained uncertain and essentially diabled by the creative strain).
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