Steve Roby (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} steve_roby) wrote,@ 2009-06-23 08:29:00 |
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On watching DS9 reruns
I've finally managed to get back to watching my DS9 DVD box sets (left off ages ago early in the third season). I've watched most of the third season and am a few episodes into the fourth season now. And it's so damn good, and it's so not what the new movie is. I like the new movie, I think it did a lot of interesting things and took some risks that appear to have paid off, and I'm glad it's a hit. But... DS9 is just the peak of what Star Trek used to be.
There's not much action at all. Instead, there's believable and interesting characters who have intelligent conversations. And what a great bunch of characters, too. All the regulars have their parts down perfectly, and the recurring characters get so many great moments. Winn, Garak, Dukat, Kasidy, and more to come....
You could have a brilliant DS9 episode with no real plot, just scenes with the right combinations of characters talking. And now Worf is added to the mix, and it's obvious that the writers are actually thinking about the character and how he'd deal with this different environment (as in his frustration over how Odo deals with Quark in "Hippocratic Oath").
Damn, this is a great show.
I've finally managed to get back to watching my DS9 DVD box sets (left off ages ago early in the third season). I've watched most of the third season and am a few episodes into the fourth season now. And it's so damn good, and it's so not what the new movie is. I like the new movie, I think it did a lot of interesting things and took some risks that appear to have paid off, and I'm glad it's a hit. But... DS9 is just the peak of what Star Trek used to be.
There's not much action at all. Instead, there's believable and interesting characters who have intelligent conversations. And what a great bunch of characters, too. All the regulars have their parts down perfectly, and the recurring characters get so many great moments. Winn, Garak, Dukat, Kasidy, and more to come....
You could have a brilliant DS9 episode with no real plot, just scenes with the right combinations of characters talking. And now Worf is added to the mix, and it's obvious that the writers are actually thinking about the character and how he'd deal with this different environment (as in his frustration over how Odo deals with Quark in "Hippocratic Oath").
Damn, this is a great show.
