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"He's inside the main computer. He extended his matrix through the deflector dish to create a hologram. It's an illusion to make the ship appear to have been destroyed. Shields protected us mostly from Braka's torpedoes ..."
I'm glad they figured out how shields work, and that these pirates to set up the Omega mines were very very dumb.
TOS - ENT would use nostalgia once on a while, but nowhere near the frequency Kurtzman era does it. It was infrequent enough in the Berman era to be and feel like a special event. ("Unification" two-parter, "Relics", "TRIALS AND TRIBBLE-ATIONS", etc.) That's the problem with how it's used now: it's been used so often now that almost none of it feels special. To paraphrase Janeway, they "treat the extraordinary as just another day at the office."Most post-ENT Trek uses nostalgia bait to get viewers, and so did a lot of Trek between 1973 and 2005. I mean, does anyone think that Captain Pike and the Enterprise 1701 were brought into DSC for purely narrative-based reasons that were wholly organic?Trek uses nerd and canon bait and will probably never stop doing so.
Not a single series of the Kurtzman era isn't tethered to the previous shows. Even SFA, which is the one series that would have been the likeliest and perfect candidate to break that chain still couldn't help themselves: The Doctor is a lead and they had the main plot of one of the episodes center on Sisko.
It gives off the impression that the producers don't believe in their shows enough to let them stand on their own without using the past as a crutch.
But DS9 had already been on for 3 seasons prior to his joining. It already was standing on both legs by that time... unlike DISCO that had their primary lead character be the adopted sister of someone who is literally the face of the franchise.
Must have had some shaky legs if they had to import a character from a different show, Sorf of forced the show into a different direction too.
DS9 had Worf and O'Brien, it was about the Bajor and Cardassia situation introduced in TNG, its first season featured Picard, Lursa and B'Etor, Lwaxana, Vash and Q. The second featured Koloth, Kang and Kor and reintroduced the Mirror Universe.
It only lasted 10 episodes. I dont think I'll watch another brand new episode for a year
They had shields in previous episodes too
Worf was at least treated more seriously than so much of his time on TNG. And DS9 did get back on track with their Dominion plans.
O'Brien was a recurring secondary TNG that was promoted to DS9 because everyone loved Colm's work. Worf was added later, and was given more serious treatment than being the constant meme of being tossed around to show a threat. Picard on the pilot made sense given Sisko's story and his grief and his development in that episode. "Q-LESS" and "THE FORSAKEN" are considered lower tier episodes anyway... when they did TNG like episodes, they weren't really taking advantage of their premise. (Which was why season 1 was the only one that used TNG-ish episodes in any real frequency.) "BLOOD OATH" was an excellent episode that felt special. "CROSSOVER" was great, but the DS9 Mirror Universe had diminishing returns each time.
And even adding all those together, it's still LESS use of nostalgia across all of DS9 than a single season of most Kurtzman era shows.
Nostalgia is a spice. Season accordingly and to taste.
Picard: over seasoned.
Academy: little too much but not bad.
Discovery: uneven seasoning.
Strange New Worlds: A good mix but starting to over season.
Deep Space Nine: a good mix, and really the nostalgia was the main reason I decided to give it a second chance. I guess a good mix. Did not like Blood Oath or Kor.
Picard: over seasoned.
Academy: little too much but not bad.
Discovery: uneven seasoning.
Strange New Worlds: A good mix but starting to over season.
Deep Space Nine: a good mix, and really the nostalgia was the main reason I decided to give it a second chance. I guess a good mix. Did not like Blood Oath or Kor.
Being a prequel and set earlier than any other series in the franchise ENT had the least amount of cameos and fan service, but even with that show we had James Cromwell's Zefram Cochrane in the series premiere, a vision of Surak of Vulcan, young T'Pau and the TOS Defiant along with a cameo by a tribble.
You missed out a fairly obvious returning character from the very very end of season 4.
We got a picture of Colonel Green!
And a speech from him!
Don't forget Brent Spiner as Arik Soong.
True!
TNG time to cameo: 45 minutes (McCoy).
Voyager time to cameo: 45 seconds (Gul Evek)
DS9 time to cameo: Locutus is literally the first face on screen.
Voyager time to cameo: 45 seconds (Gul Evek)
DS9 time to cameo: Locutus is literally the first face on screen.
Zefram Cochrane doesn't appear in the ENT premiere until almost 18 minutes in.
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