^ Good thing we have 173 wonderful episodes of Deep Space Nine to enjoy over and over for many years to come. We don't need a movie.
Well said
if you need me, I'll be watching Profit And Lace
Oh, wait. OK, maybe 172.
DS9 deserving of a movie?
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Well said
if you need me, I'll be watching Profit And Lace
Oh, wait. OK, maybe 172.
I agree.
Also, on a personal level, I think I've kind of moved past DS9. I still think it's a great show, and I have very fond memories of watching it my some of my best friends but I feel it had it's time and that's ok.
The only story you might tell would be Sisko coming back from being with the Prophets and checking in on everyone, starting with wife, child and son. Then you would need some hook or crisis to hang that on. I dunno, DS9 had a great ending with WYLB. It's nice they stuck with their ending instead of mucking it up like TNG with their film series, only one of which IMHO was passable (FC). TNG was finished with AGT but they had to be greedy...
Myself, I would definitely enjoy seeing DS9 on the big screen. The problem is, if you're making a movie based on a TV show, you'll have to come up with some plot device or excuse to bring all the characters together again after they were scattered to the four winds after the end of the show.
Second of all, whatever Paramount came up with for a DS9 movie could not help but suffer in comparison to what's already happened in the DS9 Relaunch novels. Written fiction is a considerably different medium from film and TV, not just in terms of what can be imagined but in terms of the expectations people have. Maybe the DS9-R novels could introduce new characters and not have to get the old gang back together again (although almost everybody on the show did put in an appearance at some point or another). But people going in to see a DS9 film would probably want to see Sisko, Odo, or O'Brien again (or even Worf, for that matter). True, Sisko's with the Prophets, Odo's with the Founders and Worf's back on the Enterprise again, but the expectations would be raised for them to show up in some manner, fashion or form.
Second of all, whatever Paramount came up with for a DS9 movie could not help but suffer in comparison to what's already happened in the DS9 Relaunch novels. Written fiction is a considerably different medium from film and TV, not just in terms of what can be imagined but in terms of the expectations people have. Maybe the DS9-R novels could introduce new characters and not have to get the old gang back together again (although almost everybody on the show did put in an appearance at some point or another). But people going in to see a DS9 film would probably want to see Sisko, Odo, or O'Brien again (or even Worf, for that matter). True, Sisko's with the Prophets, Odo's with the Founders and Worf's back on the Enterprise again, but the expectations would be raised for them to show up in some manner, fashion or form.
Maybe they could get around the WYLB issue by setting the movie in a time earlier than that?
With everyone looking a decade older than when the show ended?
How about Jake and Nog's Excellent Adventure? But then I guess those guys are in their late 20's by now.
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We essentially got DS9 "movies" with the six-episode War Arc (seven if you count "Call to Arms") and the ten-part (counting WYLB twice) Final Chapter.
The only crap thing was that they didn't show anything of the post-war, excluding the tail end of the finale but, after 10 years, I'd expect all the in-universe situations would've either changed or been resolved.
If there were to be a post-finale DS9 movie, the trick would have to be going against what would be expected if you projected from WYLB but then it would have to be constrasted against what happened the last time we saw DS9 which would require the general audience to be familiar with how the series ended.
Barring the above, you'd either have to gloss over the end of DS9 as if nothing changed and say that Sisko returned to the station and everything is as was or you'd have to tell the story of DS9 all over again, strart from scratch, and then the story would have to go through a simplification process to fit two hours.
The only crap thing was that they didn't show anything of the post-war, excluding the tail end of the finale but, after 10 years, I'd expect all the in-universe situations would've either changed or been resolved.
If there were to be a post-finale DS9 movie, the trick would have to be going against what would be expected if you projected from WYLB but then it would have to be constrasted against what happened the last time we saw DS9 which would require the general audience to be familiar with how the series ended.
Barring the above, you'd either have to gloss over the end of DS9 as if nothing changed and say that Sisko returned to the station and everything is as was or you'd have to tell the story of DS9 all over again, strart from scratch, and then the story would have to go through a simplification process to fit two hours.
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A DS9 movie? Praise be to you fans, but -- ick, no. A shopping mall in space? To sit back and let strange new worlds and civilizations come to have a drink at Quark's bar? I never enjoyed it as a series because of that, and it grew so incestuously baroque, with sub-sub-sub-sub plots that only regular viewers could enjoy . . . heck, I love Star Trek, but DS9 confused the hell out of me every time I honestly tried to enjoy it. How do you think a general movie audience would react? I could not even begin to keep track of it all.
Jayrath, it's a great deal more than a "shopping mall in space" with all due respect.
See I never got this, how is it possible to be confused by a Star Trek TV show? I watched DS9 hopelessly out of broadcast order the first time I saw it, it really wasn't hard to grasp - this isn't some intricate arty production designed to throw off the audience, it's a pretty simple linear story with the same characters pretty much every show. A single 'Previously on...' should be enough, really.
It's like people who claim they were 'confused' by The Matrix. Why? were you doing your tax return at the same time or something?
Okay, let's keep it cool, guys. ^^
Deserving? Yes.
Is it feasible? No.
The show had a cult following. The casual audience is barely aware of it's existence. The show ended in such a way that a hypothetical movie could either leave out half the cast or address a bunch of decade old storylines that even the fans don't remember in much detail. Either one isn't a good idea.
Is it feasible? No.
The show had a cult following. The casual audience is barely aware of it's existence. The show ended in such a way that a hypothetical movie could either leave out half the cast or address a bunch of decade old storylines that even the fans don't remember in much detail. Either one isn't a good idea.
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