I absolutely love Deep Space Nine. It's not the stuff action movies are made of, but that is one if it's better qualities. I don't watch television so I missed much of it when it was on in prime time, but I've been watching it here and there through netflix and I have read most of the books? Was there ever a more complex character than Garak, for instance? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garak
Or Odo for that matter? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_%28Star_Trek%29 On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:260858 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
