'Crusoe' was absolute magic last night...the best debut of the 2008-9 season by far.



I really enjoyed the opener. So beautifully lensed, with all sorts of cool gadgets (how very Wild Wild West), such an attractive and talented cast (Mr. Sam Neill, Mr. Sean Bean, Mr. Philip Winchester, Mr. Tongai Chirisa), and most of all, that delightfully wicked psycho pirate vamp Judy (essayed by the lovely Miss Georgina Rylance, pictured below).



This show is such vastly superior storytelling to the trite 'Pirates of the Caribbean' franchise which has defiled the pirate adventure genre with its insipid silliness.

I hope 'Crusoe' re-establishes quality to the pirate genre and that it garners such mammoth Nielsens and leads to a re-birth of appointment television on Friday nights. NBC needs another 'Heroes' to juice its numbers, and if there's any justice in the ratings, 'Crusoe' must reign supreme on Friday nights!

Can't wait for this one to implode about one week from now.

What an awful show!

I liked Crusoe, I really did but it did tend to drag a little. Maybe as it goes into a one hour format, they can add more content and not drag as much.

'Crusoe' was truly marvelous this past Friday.

I had expected a series that would be on par with 'Xena' or 'Beastmaster', but this show is so much more. The acting, the lensing, the production values are all very impressive.

It is such a treat to watch.