tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post1657530331418545913..comments2024-03-26T19:52:25.909-04:00Comments on PT Dilloway: Thursday Review: Deep Space NinePT Dillowayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-45575329589122014672012-07-02T15:47:18.588-04:002012-07-02T15:47:18.588-04:00Nice post. Deep space nine was 50/50 for me. Some ...Nice post. Deep space nine was 50/50 for me. Some shows I liked and others not so much. I agree with Chris that the Ferengi were rather cartoonish, but yet again aren't most aliens? I guess it's hard to make realistic aliens.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922596724107742478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-55702969252767349172012-07-02T02:18:22.012-04:002012-07-02T02:18:22.012-04:00I don't really remember much of this one as I ...I don't really remember much of this one as I moved out of the States in '93. But I certainly was fascinated by your recap of the series main events and characters. Long live Star Trek and all its spin-offs. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735576044552810103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-52727744853686713042012-07-01T23:49:43.751-04:002012-07-01T23:49:43.751-04:00I honestly had a hard time getting into DS9, or St...I honestly had a hard time getting into DS9, or Star Trek, for that matter, but then my wife introduced me to Voyager and I'm fairly acquainted now. :)David P. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259276981865439853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-20464716863101328742012-07-01T13:51:32.722-04:002012-07-01T13:51:32.722-04:00I loved Deep Space Nine - and wish they had done m...I loved Deep Space Nine - and wish they had done more episodes! I will agree that some of the episodes, especially at the beginning, could have been better. I think that put some people off, but if you had kept watching you would have seen the very best of Star Trek! Especially the Cardassians and the superb acting of Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat!<br />Ah!! Bring back Deep Space Nine!!!!Neeliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182026231388529760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-40679220579394329982012-07-01T13:49:44.231-04:002012-07-01T13:49:44.231-04:00I loved Deep Space Nine - and wish they had done m...I loved Deep Space Nine - and wish they had done more episodes! I will agree that some of the episodes, especially at the beginning, could have been better. I think that put some people off, but if you had kept watching you would have seen the very best of Star Trek! Especially the Cardassians and the superb acting of Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat!<br />Ah!! Bring back Deep Space Nine!!!!Neeliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07182026231388529760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-9814390181438600322012-07-01T07:49:04.467-04:002012-07-01T07:49:04.467-04:00In 1972, when I ws in England, Star Trek seemed so...In 1972, when I ws in England, Star Trek seemed so futuristic and out of this world- - guess what, if you watch it again it will be still very good fiction and futuristic in nature. They must have done something right.MunirGhiasuddinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232362559666320301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-50382058819569286182012-06-29T21:34:48.198-04:002012-06-29T21:34:48.198-04:00Hey PT,
Over in here in Britain, they are about to...Hey PT,<br />Over in here in Britain, they are about to reshow the entire series of DS9 and Voyager. Looking forward to it. Make it so.<br />Enjoy your weekend :)klahaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613505424843475639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-74894726721531434822012-06-28T22:25:09.196-04:002012-06-28T22:25:09.196-04:00I love Star Trek in general, but don't remembe...I love Star Trek in general, but don't remember watching DS9 much. Fun that you watched it all the way through.Tonjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652479946102909276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-3588026073210978962012-06-28T15:36:20.979-04:002012-06-28T15:36:20.979-04:00I loved ST:TNG but never clicked with DS9 for some...I loved ST:TNG but never clicked with DS9 for some reason. I never liked the Ferengi -- they just seemed cartoonish, and the Cardassians were like "KlingonsLite" as Bad Guys, so I never paid too much attention to it when it was first on. But now I'd probably grow into liking the show if I sat down and watched enough episodes to get into it. Kinda like "Firefly" - I ignored it as a hokey 'cowboys in space' concept when it was first on, but later watched it on DVD and grew to really like it.StratPlayerCJFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07341440379767694905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-45754848540653411372012-06-28T14:58:56.494-04:002012-06-28T14:58:56.494-04:00I think when it comes to writing off a character w...I think when it comes to writing off a character who's been in a contract dispute, the writers like to exact a little vengeance. "Two and a Half Men" springs to mind. I think the natural inclination is to get a little petty about the whole thing. The question that sprung to mind in that scenario was why Dax was in charge of the station while Kira went on the mission when the opposite was usually true.<br /><br />It is probably better than "Happy Days" or "Family Matters" where a character simply disappeared and was never seen nor heard from again. And less cheesy than the "second Darren" approach of just replacing someone as the same character. The whole Trill worm thing allowed them to write in a new character but one who had all the memories of the old one, so that was advantageous.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-49303068712401904502012-06-28T14:43:29.254-04:002012-06-28T14:43:29.254-04:00I'm a big fan of the show. I went through the ...I'm a big fan of the show. I went through the complete run of the series a few years ago and enjoyed it more the second time than I did the first. I think the show fell flat on its biggest moments, but was strong as could be for the most part. The whole death of Dax thing was almost as bad as a Redshirt death. It wasn't as meaningless ad Tasha Yar from TNG, but it wasn't much better either. <br /><br />I think the strength of the show was the relationships amongst the characters. It's unique for a Trek series to have main characters with such conflicting goals - it made for better drama. <br /><br />Although, I wasnt a fan of the early episodes either.Rusty Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887821877521181811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-68379287684640837172012-06-28T14:27:11.901-04:002012-06-28T14:27:11.901-04:00It just seemed the final showdown was a bit rushed...It just seemed the final showdown was a bit rushed and tacked on from the standpoint of he's in the club with everyone else to say goodbye and then, "Oh gee, the Prophets are calling me to Bajor!" And then we wrap up that whole thing in about five minutes. It would have been better if they could have devoted a full episode to that part of it.<br /><br />But oh well, that was 13 years ago. Poor Sisko's still in there with the Prophets, isn't he? Though maybe in the books they got him out of there. Really they needed to do a reunion movie where he could have come back.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-34871738677953365732012-06-28T14:14:56.212-04:002012-06-28T14:14:56.212-04:00Big, big fan of the series. It's a little har...Big, big fan of the series. It's a little hard to understand how you thought the series finale felt rushed, considering there were ten episodes in the arc. Dukat's transformation into the emissary of the Pah-Wraiths was something that more or less began at the end of the initial Dominion War arc, when his daughter dies. By the end of the sixth season he's found his calling, and in final season he's figured out that he's got to seduce religion, something he's never had any interest in, and more importantly Kai Winn, whose ambition was always threatening to be her undoing, but it took Dukat to finally put her over the edge, before she realizes she didn't actually want to go there (too late, much as "The Reckoning" had portended earlier). <br /><br />Anyway, so the final episode wraps up the Dominion War in the first hour and then wraps up the Cardassian/Bajoran mess in the second, by eliminating the last two problems either species has to finally move forward. Dukat takes care of Winn, and Sisko takes care of Dukat, and in the process learns that the only way forward, at least for him, after this is to sacrifice everything he held so dear and grew to cherish over the last seven seasons. Everyone had already started moving on. Sisko could have stayed, too, and maybe that would have been a happy ending, but for everything that happens in the pilot, it's like the culmination, even if you go so far as to consider his joining the Prophets as being assimilated, something that negatively defined his life for years.<br /><br />Anyway, big fan of the series.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-33100199272689041322012-06-28T14:06:52.940-04:002012-06-28T14:06:52.940-04:00It was the kind of show like "The Simpsons&qu...It was the kind of show like "The Simpsons" for instance where it needed a little time to develop. I suppose that was a good thing about being in syndication that they didn't have to worry about network expectations.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-65367495260779263132012-06-28T13:52:55.886-04:002012-06-28T13:52:55.886-04:00I know a few people who absolutely loved this prog...I know a few people who absolutely loved this program, but other than the pilot I don't think I saw any episodes. It just didn't hold my interest.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-32307828956133418782012-06-28T13:25:07.087-04:002012-06-28T13:25:07.087-04:00You already know what I liked about this show from...You already know what I liked about this show from a previous comment. Last season of DS9 sucked the big one. The meat was the middle of the show. First two seasons were so bad it made them almost unwatchable.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-74160222913377444192012-06-28T13:05:12.452-04:002012-06-28T13:05:12.452-04:00Pat, this show never really clicked with me since ...Pat, this show never really clicked with me since I was incensed about the apparent theft of the concept by Babylon 5. Now that I got over that I agree it had some really interesting stuff going on.Maurice Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338165486757095191noreply@blogger.com