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Is a DS9 film possible? {TV or Big Screen}
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I say no it's not. DS9 got snubbed for a TOS remake film. 
I was always expecting DS9 to get it's turn after TNG but then reality set in when the TOS remake film was announced that DS9 was being passed over. 
However, I do not agree with the dismal consensus among many DS9 fans that DS9 couldn't do well in the theatres. In my view I'm sure it could if it was made into a 3-hour epic film or trilogy akin to LOTR.
Also do not agree that DS9 should have been snubbed from having a film of it's own just because TNG's last of many films didn't do so well. That's not DS9's fault, and that doesn't mean a DS9 film would automatically do worse.
Also disagree that they will make a DS9 film around 2015. The DS9 actors are not immortal. A few of them have already become deceased in recent years. You can't just keep putting off the film for decades and then expect the great elderly actors from DS9 to all be around to come back decades later. Or the ones who were not elderly at the time DS9 was on, will be too elderly to reassume their DS9 roles decades later.
Ultimately though the reason it will definitely absoluately never happen is because DS9 fans are not united in wanting it to happen.
I was always expecting DS9 to get it's turn after TNG but then reality set in when the TOS remake film was announced that DS9 was being passed over. However, I do not agree with the dismal consensus among many DS9 fans that DS9 couldn't do well in the theatres. In my view I'm sure it could if it was made into a 3-hour epic film or trilogy akin to LOTR.
Also do not agree that DS9 should have been snubbed from having a film of it's own just because TNG's last of many films didn't do so well. That's not DS9's fault, and that doesn't mean a DS9 film would automatically do worse.
Also disagree that they will make a DS9 film around 2015. The DS9 actors are not immortal. A few of them have already become deceased in recent years. You can't just keep putting off the film for decades and then expect the great elderly actors from DS9 to all be around to come back decades later. Or the ones who were not elderly at the time DS9 was on, will be too elderly to reassume their DS9 roles decades later.
Ultimately though the reason it will definitely absoluately never happen is because DS9 fans are not united in wanting it to happen.
It's a pity, though. Even B5 got its direct-to-DVD movie, and that's after a failed spin-off series (Crusade) and a movie that failed to start another spin-off series (Legend of the Rangers). Ultimately, the advantage B5 has to DS9, ironically, is that it's an independent product. DS9 is saddled to its Star Trek identity and so, when the rest of the franchise takes a back seat to a film reimagining the original show, DS9 can't fire off direct-to-DVD movies to appeal to its niche element.
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I think Navaros is referring to some of DS9's wide range of supporting cast. Brock Peters (Joseph Sisko), for example, is no longer with us.
However, all of the actors who played series regulars on the show are still alive. That's more than can be said for B5, which sadly has lost Biggs and Katsulas - who were easily two of its best performers. In dramatic terms, a DS9 movie thus makes more sense than a B5 movie (especially as we haven't had any flash-forwards twenty years into the future). But in franchise terms it's not feasible for some of the reasons outlined above.
I think Navaros is referring to some of DS9's wide range of supporting cast. Brock Peters (Joseph Sisko), for example, is no longer with us.
However, all of the actors who played series regulars on the show are still alive. That's more than can be said for B5, which sadly has lost Biggs and Katsulas - who were easily two of its best performers. In dramatic terms, a DS9 movie thus makes more sense than a B5 movie (especially as we haven't had any flash-forwards twenty years into the future). But in franchise terms it's not feasible for some of the reasons outlined above.
There are several reasons why I don't think it will happen, most of which have already been mentioned. Another reason is that it would probably be cost-prohibitive to reconstruct the sets for what the potential return would be.
As much as I would love to see it I don't think it's likely. Part of the reason aside from what's posted here is that unlike the other Trek shows (save for VOY and "Endgame") is the fact that the final episode brings things to a conclusion. It shows characters leaving the station to new phases in their lives and if new adventures were to be done since the show is called Deep Space Nine it would have to be about the station and the people currently residing there not the characters coming and going.
I would love new DS9 but I don't think it will ever happen. 
Yeah, the direction at Paramount is that everything is going to be made far, by, and about 20-somethings. It's like anyone over 30 is dead to them.
It's certainly a shame but no one is going to do a DS9 movie. That story finished it's arc and Sisko is with the profits and there's not really any commercial reason to revisit that universe.
Frankly, I really liked DS9-and with Chase and Jimmy as friends I have a vested interest in the show but there's no way Joe Schmoe on the street knows or cares about Deep Space Nine.
It's certainly a shame but no one is going to do a DS9 movie. That story finished it's arc and Sisko is with the profits and there's not really any commercial reason to revisit that universe.
Frankly, I really liked DS9-and with Chase and Jimmy as friends I have a vested interest in the show but there's no way Joe Schmoe on the street knows or cares about Deep Space Nine.
Frankly, Deep Space Nine is so far outside the general public's consciousness that the reaction to such an announcement would consist of, "Another Trek film? ... Deep Space Nine? ... Is that a new o—? ... Oh, the space station ... again? I never watched that show ... whatever."
I think it would be received as something refreshing. A welcome departure from the average Trek fair. Might be good to diverge from what has been seen as a bit of a rut, a too worn path, aboard the flagship Enterprise.
Oh for heaven's sake, this could actually work as a movie by hybridizing the casts.
Let's see: the Enterprise E if seen would only involve Picard, Geordi, Worf, and Beverly. Of these, only Picard and Worf need show up on screen, since the bridge staff has changed so much. Give the other two a cameo.
Mr. and Mrs. Troi, I mean Riker
could show up in their new ship, but they could equally be mentioned as being too far away.
We know the crew of DS9 is quite limited with Ezri, Nog, Kira, Quark, and Bashir staying behind. Quark could have moved to Ferenginar. So, I say only have Ezri, Kira, Bashir, and Nog show onscreen.
Ben is in the Wormhole, Jake and Kassidy are likely on Bajor, and the Chief is on Earth. Odo is in the GQ. Garak is on Cardassia Prime. Of these only Odo need show up.
Not all of these need to show up.
So, how about this: Odo comes through the wormhole pleading for help. The Dominion has been attacked by the Borg and is losing. This would be a good place to insert Seven of Nine as Starfleet Tactical Specialist on the Borg. The Doctor could come along as well. Insert planning session. Send a taskforce into the GQ to do reconnaissance with Worf commanding the Defiant (since it has a cloaking device). The Alliance Fleet led by the E-E gathers @ DS9 and, as they prepare to enter the Wormhole, the Defiant comes racing through followed by a Borg Taskforce from the Wormhole. Battle ensues, giving fans what they really want, a big ol' shoot'em up between DS9 and a Borg armada...yada, yada, yada, they are beaten back, but DS9 is heavily damaged. The Defiant or the E-E is destroyed in the battle. The Fleet enters the GQ, and Ben appears for the final battle. Insert Deus Ex Machina ending with Ben using Prophet Powers (of course) to defeat the Borg. The Founders join the Federation. The end.
Let's see: the Enterprise E if seen would only involve Picard, Geordi, Worf, and Beverly. Of these, only Picard and Worf need show up on screen, since the bridge staff has changed so much. Give the other two a cameo.
Mr. and Mrs. Troi, I mean Riker
could show up in their new ship, but they could equally be mentioned as being too far away.We know the crew of DS9 is quite limited with Ezri, Nog, Kira, Quark, and Bashir staying behind. Quark could have moved to Ferenginar. So, I say only have Ezri, Kira, Bashir, and Nog show onscreen.
Ben is in the Wormhole, Jake and Kassidy are likely on Bajor, and the Chief is on Earth. Odo is in the GQ. Garak is on Cardassia Prime. Of these only Odo need show up.
Not all of these need to show up.
So, how about this: Odo comes through the wormhole pleading for help. The Dominion has been attacked by the Borg and is losing. This would be a good place to insert Seven of Nine as Starfleet Tactical Specialist on the Borg. The Doctor could come along as well. Insert planning session. Send a taskforce into the GQ to do reconnaissance with Worf commanding the Defiant (since it has a cloaking device). The Alliance Fleet led by the E-E gathers @ DS9 and, as they prepare to enter the Wormhole, the Defiant comes racing through followed by a Borg Taskforce from the Wormhole. Battle ensues, giving fans what they really want, a big ol' shoot'em up between DS9 and a Borg armada...yada, yada, yada, they are beaten back, but DS9 is heavily damaged. The Defiant or the E-E is destroyed in the battle. The Fleet enters the GQ, and Ben appears for the final battle. Insert Deus Ex Machina ending with Ben using Prophet Powers (of course) to defeat the Borg. The Founders join the Federation. The end.
^Borg Jem'Hadar... That's scary...
Can Founders be assimilated?
Can Founders be assimilated?
I don't want a new DS9 movie, or any new DS9 episodes.
The show ended perfectly, and if it re-started, it wouldn't be anything at all like the DS9 we knew and loved.
DS9 is well and truly over, in my opinion.
I wouldn't even be interested in any kind of prequel. The actors would look way too different to how they looked 15 years ago. Odo and Quark could probably pass, but certainly Ben and Jake could never look the same as they did in 1992. (That would take some makeup!)
And then, even if we could believe they were all younger, it still seems like digging up something that shouldn't be messed with.
After 'What You Leave Behind' was made, that was the end of it. I'm sure even the actors themselves wouldn't want to go back to something that was given such a touching and sensitive farewell. (It's like going back to a job after they've thrown you the biggest leaving party ever.) And Terry Farrell was pissed off with the creators, so is not likely to want to return. (She didn't even want clips of herself to be featured in the final episode.)
There's only one way I would be interested in seeing DS9 brought back to life, and that would be for characters (or the station) to cameo in a brand new Trek series. I wouldn't mind a three-part episode based on DS9, or featuring several DS9 characters. That, I would enjoy.
I am also very keen to see more of O'Brien, and I actually think he could successfully move on to a third Trek series (and help make it a success). I'd also like to see more Guinan, but that's another issue entirely.
So, cameos in new series, yes, but any attempt to resurrect DS9 in its own right — I think would be wrong.
The show ended perfectly, and if it re-started, it wouldn't be anything at all like the DS9 we knew and loved.
DS9 is well and truly over, in my opinion.
I wouldn't even be interested in any kind of prequel. The actors would look way too different to how they looked 15 years ago. Odo and Quark could probably pass, but certainly Ben and Jake could never look the same as they did in 1992. (That would take some makeup!)
And then, even if we could believe they were all younger, it still seems like digging up something that shouldn't be messed with.
After 'What You Leave Behind' was made, that was the end of it. I'm sure even the actors themselves wouldn't want to go back to something that was given such a touching and sensitive farewell. (It's like going back to a job after they've thrown you the biggest leaving party ever.) And Terry Farrell was pissed off with the creators, so is not likely to want to return. (She didn't even want clips of herself to be featured in the final episode.)
There's only one way I would be interested in seeing DS9 brought back to life, and that would be for characters (or the station) to cameo in a brand new Trek series. I wouldn't mind a three-part episode based on DS9, or featuring several DS9 characters. That, I would enjoy.
I am also very keen to see more of O'Brien, and I actually think he could successfully move on to a third Trek series (and help make it a success). I'd also like to see more Guinan, but that's another issue entirely.
So, cameos in new series, yes, but any attempt to resurrect DS9 in its own right — I think would be wrong.
The station, the wormhole and Bajor were major characters in the show and might still be powerful enough to make a nearly wholesale change in cast doable and use the more mature crew in cameos, or some of them at least in more matured roles to lend a sense of familiarity. Kira might be a major political figure on Bajor, for example. Jake could return as a writer or as an Earth official studying the worm hole as he did in The Visitor. Odo liaises for his people. Worf might have become a governor in the Klingon Empire. Nog might have a son helping out his Uncle on the station. There should be plausible ways of integrating them into a story, without them becoming the story. A couple of key characters would be enough.
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