Journal #8117
Posted 11 years ago2013-02-20 05:08:01 UTC
Watching the final season of Star Trek: DS9, and wow what a ride!
Deep Space Nine is the third(i think) incarnation of the Star Trek tv franchise, the last series for me to watch, and i must say it gives voyager a run for it's money as my favourite.
Dominion war is pretty bitchin' and i must say out of all the treks, i feel like the writing is the best for this one. So many good episodes, and truly excellent performances from the cast all-around, not to mention some great comic relief, particularly from some lesser-seen-yet-great alien characters like Garrak or Quark's Brother.
Another thing i love about ds9 is they have some really great "filler" episodes. Some of these standalone shows--that has nothing to do with any of the main story arcs-- had some of the best/meaningful performances of the series(sometimes from the most unlikely of characters), and are among my favourite episodes.
Deep Space Nine is the third(i think) incarnation of the Star Trek tv franchise, the last series for me to watch, and i must say it gives voyager a run for it's money as my favourite.
Dominion war is pretty bitchin' and i must say out of all the treks, i feel like the writing is the best for this one. So many good episodes, and truly excellent performances from the cast all-around, not to mention some great comic relief, particularly from some lesser-seen-yet-great alien characters like Garrak or Quark's Brother.
Another thing i love about ds9 is they have some really great "filler" episodes. Some of these standalone shows--that has nothing to do with any of the main story arcs-- had some of the best/meaningful performances of the series(sometimes from the most unlikely of characters), and are among my favourite episodes.
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Voyager was more about survival, tough moral decisions, unfavorable situations, and techno-babble. The number of opportunities they passed up to get home annoyed me, but it's a great series. The last episode of voyager in particular was a damned great episode. I like how that episode framed it so that they could end the series whenever they wanted.
TNG was more about social/moral issues, and contact/tolerance with other races. It introduced the holo-deck, which was a pretty brilliant idea. It allowed them to explore ideas/locations in any setting they wanted. It's a damned solid series, but I wish Barclay had more episodes.
Enterprise sucked for a while, but it got pretty good towards the end. It was probably the only star trek series that I hated any of the actors in. It would've been significantly better if T'Pol wasn't there (although she was hot), and if they didn't try to ret-con giant history changing events into the Trek rhetoric (The Xindi weren't mentioned in any of the future trek series.) It did put star-trek technology into perspective though; It was the only star-trek that really showed any grit or inconvenience in their daily lives. I think they even showed a bathroom! The others were all about using well-established "science!" to accomplish things with minimal effort. I enjoyed the fact that they didn't have replicators. Also, Shran was awesome.
tldr; You should all watch Star Trek. Start with The Next Generation if you are new.
I'm not saying don't watch the earlier ones, just expect some noob ahead