Don'cha see?

Discussion in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' started by myselfeneye, May 28, 2012.

  1. myselfeneye

    myselfeneye Lieutenant Junior Grade Red Shirt

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    When you watch a bunch of episodes back-to-back within a brief period of time, you start to pick out little things. Sometimes, when they're more noticeable, they're kind of annoying. Lately I've been noticing DS9's overuse of the phrase "Don't you see"/"Don'cha see". I started picking it out when every episode for what might have been a 5-episode span used it between seasons 4 and 5, and, well...damn! Isn't that crazy? People don't even actually say that. I'm not letting it bother me, because in general the dialogue in DS9 is way above par for Star Trek, but has anyone else noticed it? Does it bother any of you?
     
  2. The Laughing Vulcan

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    Theoretically it is possible.
     
  3. Tiberius

    Tiberius Commodore Commodore

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    Two phrases Trek used way too often...

    "I can't. You see, I'm dying."

    "I will feel it for both of us."
     
  4. Flying Spaghetti Monster

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    Can the OP provide specific examples.
     
  5. Tosk

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    One overused DS9 phrase I wish I could un-notice is, "Ironic, isn't it?" It's especially obvious/annoying during the last batch of season 7.
     
  6. BruntFCA

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    I'v noticed the saying "Another time perhaps" quite a bit in modern Trek.
     
  7. Kinggodzillak

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    Plus ""I don't like it any more than you do" and "If you have something to say to me SAY it.", both of which usually came from Sisko.
     
  8. teacake

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    I hear that in Quark's voice.

    I hear that in Cyrano Jone's voice..
     
  9. Deranged Nasat

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    Weyoun, for me. :)
     
  10. Thor Damar

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    For me its Damar.
     
  11. Tiberius

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    For me it's the old Bajoran monk in the DS9 pilot...
     
  12. myselfeneye

    myselfeneye Lieutenant Junior Grade Red Shirt

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    I would be happy to post original examples for you, FSM, but I didn't memorize the ones I've heard up to this point. If I catch more I'll pass them on. In the meantime, another overused phrase would be "Welcome home," and I can recall its use by the Borg Queen and the Female Changeling, in about the same tone. Some of the others seem to be deliberate, such as "Another time, perhaps", which I, too, connect with the Bajoran monk in Emissary. A lot of the series revolves around the Prophets, who are timeless beings, and a lot of what happens seems to be related to destiny. Much like in Lost, when things were also repeated on purpose.
     
  13. Oso Blanco

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    I was going to say that! Both of them can almost be considered Sisko's catch phrases.
     
  14. SonOfMogh

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    I heard it in Odo's
     
  15. backstept

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    I hate "don't you see?" it's one of those cliche lines that nobody says in real life
    seems like it's always used by someone trying to persuade the un-persuade-able with some outlandish realization

    "Don't you see? This is all a DRAEM!!!!111eleventy"
     
  16. Tiberius

    Tiberius Commodore Commodore

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    Someone needs to make a video of all of this....