RobertScorpio
Pariah
But the most rewarding part of DS9 that none of the other TREK shows, including TOS, really had was the evolution of the characters...
Agreed. Continuity & Character Development. These are what I look for in a series, and DS9 had them in spades. Next Gen was ok, but DS9 is where Trek took off for me. It's funny because I remember this special that aired right around the finale of Next Gen called "Journey's End" (not to be confused with the actual episode of the same title) and there were interviews with the creative peeps behind Next Gen, and Rick Berman was trying to describe how we'd seen the characters 'grow' over the years and the examples of this were almost comical, with him pointing out that when the series started LaForge was one of the youngest members of the crew (which obviously didn't change) and that Riker had grown a beard. lol. That was the character developement on Next Gen. lol On DS9, there was more character development for the 30 odd recurring characters than for the main characters of all the other Treks combined, which made me care about DS9's characters more; they felt real. And at the end of DS9 we had an actual ending with crew members going their separate ways. It was just the best possible Trek.![]()
Well said...When a show has that kind of growth, IMO, it helps you see them as more than just characters. When they grow, and you are going through changes in your own life, its as if you share the experience of life. Yeah, I know, we shouldn't see these shows as counterparts to our own live...but you know what? We do. That is why an entire generation grew up on shows lik LITTLE HOUSE or COSBY or whatever..because they grew up with those shows and watched these characters grow up too..
TNG is a great show. But that kind of story telling, to me, went away back in the 80s. I don't think the makers of TNG, especially the early two seasons, had really any clue as to how evolved writing had become. GR, great producer, and supposed champion of new ideas, IMO, was stuck in 1970s motif. Rick Berman (who will soon be on 24 I guess) for all his problems did modernize the feel of Star Trek when he brought Piller and RDM, and the other writers as well, aboard.
DS9 took that baton and ran with it. It may have started off slow like Forest Gump, but when it hit its stride, it was RUNNING!!!
Rob