Do you like DS9, why or why not?

iamthepolarbear · **Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:14 pm**

I don't really know if this is the right place for this, but it was something that I had written a while ago:

I think that if you truly want to decide on which series is the best, then you really have to sit down and watch all of the shows all the way through, in order. Since I am really rather obsessed with Star Trek (shame on me), I have all but Enterprise on DVD, mostly cuz it hasn't come out. Over the last six months, I have rewatched all of the series, and I would like to share my findings. The first thing that I have to do is through out TOS. It was a show of a different feather, and it definitely was in a completely different ballpark then the rest, therefore I really can't compare it to the rest. (Apples to Apples) So after that... I have to come to the conclusion that I feel the best Star Trek series is Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Here are my reasons for it.
1. Major Character Development- It allowed the viewer see how each character grew, therefore attaching the viewer to the characters, and their dependents. In the other shows, I think that the character development was very limited to only a couple of characters, and often there was very little done with some characters that had great potential.
2. Well Written Storyline- The beauty of DS9 was its reality. The world that the writers created was not a happy go lucky type of story in which everything worked out fine. Often, shows would end, and I would be left with a touch of sadness because of the intensity and the impact of the true to reality of the show. Not to say that there wasn't happy endings, but life isn't always filled with the happy endings. I found that the rest of the shows often found some of the best stories in the darker and sadder stories, mostly originated from the example set by DS9. Also, the on going story line help develop the stories. While it did make it difficult if you missed an episode, the ability to tie on episode to another just deepened the attachment of the viewer to the show. Also, the storyline arched at the appropriate time, and did not wear it self out like others did.
3. Character Family and Friendship- One of the things that still surprises me about DS9 was the ability to create relationships and friendships. It really grew some true friendships, not based on need or mutual help, but solely cuz they liked each other. This of course was tried on Voyager, and while they did a good job, it truly was a copy of DS9.
4. Originality- I think that Deep Space Nine really was a new venture from the from what Star Trek was at the time. As I really love and appreciate the rest, they really had some flaws. TNG spent 3 or 4 seasons trying to step out of the TOS shadow, and not to copy what they did. Because of this they cumulative ability of the show was limited, and really, in my opinion, wasn't found until the movies. Voyagers issue was its spacial limits. They had to get Voyager home, but after about 5 seasons, they really had difficulty, I think, with creating new leads. There wasn't the Federation to fall back on, or the Romulans or the Klingons(etc). So I really think that they were having to come up with some really new stuff on the fly, some good and some bad. To me, DS9 kind of blazed a new trail. And with that originality, that great characters and character development, coupled with the good stories, good acting, and family atmosphere developed on the show, I really think that Star Trek Deep Space Nine dominates the Star Trek Series.

iamthepolarbear · **Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:51 pm**

Geez.. everytime I post that one.. It always takes people weeks to respond to it

datalore3 · **Sat May 06, 2006 4:49 pm ds9**

i love ds9 i would like them to make a DS9 movie

Slash_Gordon · **Sun May 07, 2006 10:34 pm**

La Forge · **Sun May 07, 2006 11:00 pm**

La Forge? Pervert in the Holodeck? I think you mean Barclay.

Anyhoo, DS9 is the best. DS9 had the best action scenes, best written stories, most developed characters (despite what Slash Gordon up there says. VOY had terrible characters) and was just great all around.

By realisitic, it means that the effects of things that happen in the episodes linger, unlike in VOY or TNG where they would just move on. DS9 had to stay on the station all the time and you would see the effects of the previous ep. and whatnot and anything that happened to the station would still be there in the next ep. unlike VOY (RESET BUTTON!)

Slash_Gordon · **Mon May 08, 2006 1:27 am**

LastManStanding · Junior Cadet Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 15

DS9 works better than a sleeping pill, actually, works better than 3 sleeping pills.

the1st · Lieutenant, Junior Grade Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 83

when ds9 was first aired on tv i struggled to get into it,but after borrowing my bro's videos i found it hard to stop watching.i liked the different ethics,its was good to see everyday life,families and friends i just got so hooked,and most of the storylines were worth writing even in the later serieses.

Arellia · **Tue May 09, 2006 6:59 pm**

Slash_Gordon · **Tue May 09, 2006 8:20 pm**

Ok... I'll retract that statement, and instead say, that he misused the holodeck for own jolly purposes.

Untitled · **Sun Sep 03, 2006 7:01 pm**

I have to say that back when I watched Voyager I didn't care for DS9. And I did what I always do...didn't even give it a chance and truefully didn't have much interest in it. Until very recently that is. I'd say two weeks ago, I became more interested in it, and hey...it turns out. It's not as bad of a show as I thought. In fact I'm starting to get into it. I still don't think I've watch enough of it to give an acurate assesment...but. I'm giving it a chance. Right now I'm kind of fascinated with Odo. And interested to find out how and why Worf comes to DS9.

StarfleetCommand74656 · Captain Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 653 Location: On STV

DS9- not the best series- yes. Boring- no. Its downfall was it was TOO exciting, with the constant continuations in 30-part story arcs. And they overdid the eclecticness of the team a bit, making quite a non-cohesive character set. Still, it was worth it all for Odo, Quark, Kira, Garak and Weyoun

Lord Borg · **Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:59 pm**

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Lord Borg · **Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:53 pm**

I just got done watching the 5th season on DVD, or rather did earlier this week. DS9 had it. While darker then what the great bird intended, the writers knew what they were doing, they took what they learned from TNG (Which ever ones that migrated over), made some good storylines, good actors etc... IT was a unique premise, setting it on a space station (Abiet risky dispite TNG having continue for two more years). IN short not much wrong was really done with this show ultimately. Bring some of the witters back (Sadly, Mr. Pillar passed away

) to work on a movie or a series, Trek would be fixed.

*Star_child* · Sophomore Cadet Joined: 25 Jun 2009 Posts: 10

DS9 is great, if you ask me... but I haven't see a lot of original episodes of Star trek, I am just too young...

I know that I am watching DS9 and I like it, I like the characters and everything... just one thing... it is a bit boring because of that neverending war...