DS9 Intro music and the funny situation it has caused.

[Namikaze]

So, I have been fairly brave and have started to introduce my girl to all things nerdy, because we are in a well-established relationship and she has nowhere to run.

It started with South Park, progressed through NuBSG - to season 2.5, continued with selected episodes of TNG and has evolved into a unspoken agreement to watch the entire run of DS9 (as the series is one of my favorites).

As we've watched, she has expressed her displeasure with the lack of a narrated intro, akin to Patrick Stewart's opener in the beginning of TNG, and has started to write her own intro for the series..

She hasn't completed it yet, it may be just in jest, but it left me wondering if anyone else has considered writing their own DS9 intro?

 

[Cyke101]

I can't say I have, but I'd love to read what she comes up with, if you'll post it (and if she'll allow it, of course).

The one thing that bugged me about the DS9/VOY premieres was the need for prologue text a la Star Wars, though.

 

[JWD75]

I think that a narrated intro (perhaps one that was updated every season like what was done for B5) would have been helpful for casual viewers who were probably confused by the station's complex backstory and current situation.

 

[trekkiebaggio]

I did a long time ago. It's not great and I can't really remember but it went something like:

"Space, beyond the final frontier. These are the adventures of space station Deep Space Nine. It's mission, to seek out new life and help rebuild a civilisation...I can't think of a line equivalent to 'to boldly go where no man has gone before'.

I did one for Voyager as well come to think of it, "Space, the new frontier. This is the odyssey of the starship Voyager. It's mission, to get home."

 

[RoJoHen]

I love DS9 and VOY's theme songs, but I think it would have been nice to mix them up. I realize DS9 sped theirs up and added a bunch of starships and things flying around the station around Season 4, but still, seven years of the exact same thing got a little old. While I'd hate to incur further comparison to Babylon 5, DS9's intro could have benefited from cut scenes from various episodes to give you an idea of the story arc involved.

VOY's intro song was great, but I wish they had updated the visuals every season or so. The ship is traveling across the galaxy, encountering new and exciting things as they go. I would have liked the visuals in the intro to have reflected that.

 

[toughlittleship]

"On the edge of the final frontier..."

 

[Photon]

To me, any words would just mess it up...Both's music is awesome

 

[Photon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JC7fyl7SzI

This is the only opening words for DS9

 

[defiantfan]

I too thought that there should be an intro until I saw the strong visual the station provided especially with the wormhole opening at the end. Voyager on the other hand probably could have benefited from such a intro. I look forward to reading the suggested narratives.

 

[You_Will_Fail]

On the very edge of space comes new chances for exploration, discovering new worlds and new civilizations and new opportunities to make friends and forge alliances but also the possibility of new problems - new enemies and war and we will see it all, Deep Space Nine.

Rushed out in a minute :3

 

[RoJoHen]

"The Wormhole Project was our last, best hope for peace. A self-constained world a couple miles around, located in Bajoran space. A place of commerce and diplomacy for a quarter million humans and aliens. A shining beacon in space...all alone in the night...except for the Cardassians and Klingons and Jem'Hadar. It was the dawn of a new age for the Alpha Quadrant...the year the great war came upon us all. The stardate is 0235702370823489034 point 6. The name of the place: Deep Space 9."

 

[Namikaze]

"The Wormhole Project was our last, best hope for peace. A self-constained world a couple miles around, located in Bajoran space. A place of commerce and diplomacy for a quarter million humans and aliens. A shining beacon in space...all alone in the night...except for the Cardassians and Klingons and Jem'Hadar. It was the dawn of a new age for the Alpha Quadrant...the year the great war came upon us all. The stardate is 0235702370823489034 point 6. The name of the place: Deep Space 9."

Makes me wanna watch Babylon 5!

 

[Therin of Andor]

An early Paramount Television promotional poster for DS9 featured the model of the station, captioned simply:

"It waits."

 

[Cyke101]

I think that a narrated intro (perhaps one that was updated every season like what was done for B5) would have been helpful for casual viewers who were probably confused by the station's complex backstory and current situation.

I realize that, but it pains me that they had to rely so much on backstory just to get their own story started, that they couldn't stand on their own feet from the getgo (especially since Voyager eventually dropped the Maquis aspect of the show and DS9 needed Jennifer's death much, much more than it needed the Borg -- save for the great Sisko Vs. Picard showdown). TNG didn't start out with a narration about the Federation 100 years since TOS or the events of the movies, but then again, such a jump in time doesn't need more explanation than that.

 

[Marie1]

There's always somewhere to run. And the theme didn't need words... just to be half as long.

 

[Shatnertage]

I thought that the opener would work better if Avery Brooks got to explain what the show was about. Like with this voice-over, along with appropriate clips from episodes. I imagine it as Brooks speaking over a jazzy beat.

"I'm Ben Sisko. On stardate 46379.1, I took command of Deep Space Nine, a former Cardassian station in Bajoran space.

"That's Constable Odo. He's a shapeshifter, and he's our head of security.

"And there's Quark. He pours a stiff drink, but I'd watch myself at his dabo tables."

And so on. I just imagine the intro like that when I want a laugh. Although I really do tend to like shows where they explain the show in the intro.

 

[Damask]

Kinda like the intro to He-Man

I am Ben Sisko, a starfleet commander and defender of the secrets of the celestial temple

This is the Defiant, my warship of doom

Fabulous powers were revealed to me the day I entered the wormhole and the Prophets said "He is the Sisko!"

and I became the most badass captain in the universe!

Together with my crew, Kira, Dax, O'Brien, Bashir and Odo we defend DS9 from the evil Dominion and their leader the terrible Dukat!

Sisko!

 

[CmndrSela318]

Together with my crew, Kira, Dax, O'Brien, Bashir and Odo we defend DS9 from the evil Dominion and their leader the terrible Dukat!

Sisko!

You forgot Worf.
Worf: How could you forget me?!?!?!

 

[tafkats]

"In the Bajoran System, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the Bajoran Militia, who have planetary-mass chips on their shoulders, and the Federation Starfleet, who walk around being self-righteous. These are their stories. (Clang clang.)"

"In every generation, there is a chosen one. He alone will stand against the Pah-wraiths, the Cardassians and the forces of the Dominion. He is ... the Emissary."

 

[Herkimer Jitty]

"My name is Ben Sisko, a Starfleet officer. Four years ago I got shot through a wormhole. I'm in a distant part of the Alpha Quadrant aboard this run down space station. I've become a messiah. I've made enemies. Powerful. Dangerous. Now all I want is to warn Earth. Look upward, and share... the wonders I have seen."