Re-Watching DS9

[Orac]

I like A Late Delivery from Avalon.

Love the scene with G'Kar joining KIng Arthurs fight then getting knighted.

< Me watching the aforementioned scene.

Spoiler: about the broad strokes of the rest of the show

This kind of standaloneish story all but disappears in the next season. Then the final season almost recaptures the feel of the first season with the return of the strange man visits B5 trope (sans Sinclair).

 

[akb1979]

I like A Late Delivery from Avalon.

Love the scene with G'Kar joining KIng Arthurs fight then getting knighted.

< Me watching the aforementioned scene.

Spoiler: about the broad strokes of the rest of the show

This kind of standaloneish story all but disappears in the next season. Then the final season almost recaptures the feel of the first season with the return of the strange man visits B5 trope (sans Sinclair).

G'Kar was excellent in that episode. "They made a satisfying thump as they hit the ground."

Well, guess I know what I'm doing in 2026. TOS. TAS. TNG. DS9. VOY. ENT. B5. Galactica. I'll never get anything done!

 

[The Lensman]

I didn't realize you hadn't seen Babylon 5 before Lord Garth! You're a few episodes away from my favorite two part story (technically three part) in all of televised scifi. I'll be very interested in hearing your thoughts on it. I've been watching some Babylon 5 clips lately and they reminded me of why it became this old Trekker's second favorite scifi show after Star Trek again.

I keep wanting to re-watch DS9 again for the first time since first run.....but ultimately everything post TNG just has all the stuff I was getting tired of in Trek by that point and I struggle to do it. Babylon 5 is like an epic novel and I've watched it multiple times. The last episode is my favorite finale of any tv show and more than any other it feels like the end of a grand story and there's a sense of completion, and sadness that it's over that no other show has ever engendered.

Ah, to experience it for the first time again. Although to be fair, the experience isn't complete until a second watch through as then you will see just how much foreshadowing was actually done in the first season. A crazy amount, even in episodes you wouldn't think of when thinking back on season one.

Enjoy!

 

[Lord Garth]

I know it's not DS9 (or B5), but I just gave my take on the first episode of SFA. And the second.

Like I said before, it's not going to affect my first-watch/re-watch here. In fact, I'm going to speed things up a little, so I can get to "War Without End, Part I" sooner. I'll try to go for one review a day of what I'm watching until I get there. At least I'll try my best to, anyway.