David, of course, hates my opinion of DS9. I always tease him by calling it "Boldly sitting where nobody wanted to sit before," and it sends him into a defensive tirade that's very entertaining.
Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement > -----Original Message----- > From: David Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:14 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Deep Space Nine is Still the Best Trek! > > I wholeheartedly agree. > > A really fun read is the Deep Space Nine Companion (I've probably > mentioned > it before, but I can't remember). Seeing the show's cast and crew > (including all the writers, producers, directors, and even composers) > talk > about the process of making DS9 is so cool, especially when they go > into the > sources that influenced a particular story. I remember them talking > about > how one episode started out as an attempt to do Waiting For Godot in > space. > > For me, DS9 is some of the best sci-fi of all time, and its legacy has > been > felt afterwards in many ways. The trend these days is to have dark, > gritty, > character driven stories set against a sci-fi background... which is a > legacy of DS9 and Babylon 5. I would say that Battlestar Galactica > especially owes DS9 a debt of honor, as BSG inherited Ron Moore from > DS9. > > I think a lot of DS9's bad rap comes from casual viewers who may have > seen > the whole space station angle and been immediately turned off by it - > I've > heard it described as "boldly sitting where no one has sat before." > But I > know many a hardcore Trekker like myself who loves how DS9 gave the > Star > Trek universe a depth that none of the other incarnations could match. > > Slightly related to this - Avery Brooks and Kate Mulgrew are going to > be at > this year's Dragon*Con. I cannot wait! > > David C > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:42 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Deep Space Nine is Still the Best Trek! > > Over the past few months I've been watching through the entire series > of > Deep Space Nine... I've just reached the beginning of "The Dominion > War" and > I'd forgotten how good this show was. > > (If you've never seen it then this won't make any sense.) > > I just watched the scene where, after several years of a "cold war" > between > The Dominion and the powers of the Alpha Quadrant, a massive Dominion > fleet > pours through the wormhole... and promptly heads of to Cardassia as we > learn > that Cardassia has decided to join the Dominion. > > Maybe I was stupid, but this was one of the few times that something > make > complete, logical sense; was absolutely in character for everybody > involved; > was (at least in hindsight) clearly predictable and yes still took me > utterly by surprise. The web of political ramifications, personal > grudges > and personalities and painstakingly tailored tension made everything > absolutely believable but still shocking; still a "curve ball". > > I mean other shows have had intricate plots but they're often > transparent > and predictable ("Babylon 5" was an amazing show, but falls into this > category). Other shows have created surprise, but often by butchering > character development (having events hinge upon somebody doing > something > completely out of character) or straining reason to the breaking point > ("Lost" comes to mind). > > It's so very rare that all those pieces fall into place at the same > time and > for this show it was a surprisingly common occurrence. > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260850 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
