Happy 30th DS9!
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I watched it when it premiered. I thought it could be my favorite series ever. I was right.
I remember watching it when it first premiered and loving it right off the bat. The characters all looked so interesting to me and tying it into The Best of Both Worlds was a great idea which hooked me immediately.
It took a while to warm up but it did well. Interesting characters, unique dramatic situations. Not always my go to, but still one of my favorites.
Happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary!
To commemorate the occasion I didn't watch an episode of Deep Space Nine itself, but I watched the crossover episode of Lower Decks.
The series certainly opened with a bang. Possibly still the best teaser for a pilot episode that the franchise has yet managed.
I wasn't really keen on the amount of time spent with the Prophets in the latter half of the episode (it reminded me unfavorably of the more "cerebral" stuff in "The Cage"), but it's grown on me over time, and it benefits from realizing that this isn't at all a one-off encounter and that the Prophets will be a significant factor in the course of the series.
I wasn't really keen on the amount of time spent with the Prophets in the latter half of the episode (it reminded me unfavorably of the more "cerebral" stuff in "The Cage"), but it's grown on me over time, and it benefits from realizing that this isn't at all a one-off encounter and that the Prophets will be a significant factor in the course of the series.
"Hmm, I think I'll re-watch this 30-year-old show for the umpteenth time."
"You exist here."
"I... exist here."
"It is not linear..."
*Blubs* "No. It's not linear."
"You exist here."
"I... exist here."
"It is not linear..."
*Blubs* "No. It's not linear."
If you had asked me sometime around 2000 (when a lot of Star Trek was a dimmer memory for me) what I remembered about Emissary I would have said Kira saying "I'm just a Bajoran" and that scene with Sisko. They certainly didn't give Patrick Stewart anything that good right off the bat.
I don't!
And remember: You're only as old as you feel!
I can only agree, even if I liked the first three seasons of Voyager.
I watched the first season back in 1997. Then the stupid channel scrapped the series after one season.
At that time I thought it was an OK series.
It took many years due to different cicumstances such as stupid channels and defect DVD.s before I could watch the whole seris from start to finish.
And that's when I realized how INCREDIBLE GOOD the series is. The character development, all the twist and turns in the story, how well-written the episodes are.
I have now started my fourth or fifth re-watch of the series and it still feels so exciting.
Happy Anniversary Star Trek Deep Space Nine!
Hah. Watched a ds9 episode this morning - “Ferengi Love Songs”. I had been thinking about Wallace Shawn recently and had looked up Naguses (Nagii?), seen about one that was assassinated, and thought “hmm I don’t remember that”
an episode with Brunt, FCA in it though? Brilliant. I think Magnificent Ferengi is calling
an episode with Brunt, FCA in it though? Brilliant. I think Magnificent Ferengi is calling
Happy Anniversary to the best series in the franchise!
I remember watching it when it premiered, and I was instantly enthralled by it. More than any other show, the characters felt alive from the jump.
I have been a Niner now for 30 years.
Times sure does fly, and I have aged decently... but DEEP SPACE NINE has aged superbly.
I remember watching it when it premiered, and I was instantly enthralled by it. More than any other show, the characters felt alive from the jump.
I have been a Niner now for 30 years.
Times sure does fly, and I have aged decently... but DEEP SPACE NINE has aged superbly.
Zek faked his death in the season 1 episode "THE NAGUS". It was a test for his son to see if he was worthy to take over for him when he retires. Zek's words to him...
"And you failed! Miserably!"
"And you failed! Miserably!"
I remember watching the premiere as a 12 year old geek with my fellow trekkie friend who didn't have TV because his family were reprobrates, him being the black sheep achiever. Hard to believe it was 30 years ago as the show hasn't aged a bit in rewatching, even if I have. DS9 quickly became a favorite show of mine in the 1990s and it's the last Trek I really enjoyed watching without any reservations. The whole production was top rate and it was definitely the most talented cast in all of Star Trek history with even supporting players being consistently outstanding. The past couple years I've been watching interviews of the surviving cast and frustratingly wishing for a reunion film that will never happen. But in a way that also makes the show self contained and perfect just like the station, and I guess some things you really do have to leave behind.
When DS9 started I was younger than Jake. I’m now older than Ben. :/
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