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The Best Aliens of DS9...
- Thread starter Farscape One
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I remember that Morn used to have hair. I wonder what his hairy congeners look like.Ahh! Just saw this. Thanks for the nod @Farscape One
I really loved what they did with the Cardassians. They made them so multidimensional. Some of my favorite characters in all of DS9 were Garek, Dukat and Ziyal. So much depth there.
The whole trifecta of the Dominion war was incredible. The Vorta and Jem’Hadar were a brilliant army for the Changelings. Easy to grow and control, endlessly loyal.
Even some of the aliens we only see in one episode were on point, like the Teplan blight people or Nidell’s species (Halanan?).
Also, whatever Morn is. Love that guy.
To name one a little off the board, I'm going with Tosk. For being one episode that was a well realized society, and I want to think the Jem'hadar creation took some of that idea from the Tosk make up.
I would also throw the holodeck "aliens" in there, it seems like DS9 really brought those characters to light as more sentient beings, then only to be followed by VOY's Doctor that ran with it.
Pretty sure the Doctor came first. Voyager premiered in 95 (DS9 season 4).
I thought we just met Zimmerman? Was the hologram in that episode?
Zimmerman was in DS9 season 5. Voyager (and the Doctor) had already been on the air for a year before that.
Well darn. You are correct.
Are you talking about those holographic people Odo and Dax helped in "SHADOWPLAY"? If so, that was DS9 season 2, which was the year before VOYAGER premiered.
Ah, I forgot about them. I assumed we were talking about Vic Fontaine.
They so liked the Doctor that they even put him in the movie "First Contact" along with Neelix' actor Ethan Phillips, the latter was a bouncer of all things!!!
I always liked Tosk too. It's an episode that always stood out in my mind over the years.
"Die with honor!" that's one hell of a goodbye!
1) Cardassians - The writers did a good job at giving the Cardassians a multifaceted characterization. This was helped tremendously by Both Andrew Robinson's and Mark Alaimo's portrayals of their respective characters.
2) Jem'Hadar - A warrior culture done right for a change.
3) Tosk - Random pick but it was one of the standouts for me when i watched it years ago...I had always hoped they would do a follow up episode and fold them into the Dominion War at some point....
2) Jem'Hadar - A warrior culture done right for a change.
3) Tosk - Random pick but it was one of the standouts for me when i watched it years ago...I had always hoped they would do a follow up episode and fold them into the Dominion War at some point....
I think the Tosk and the Jem'Hadar are too closely related and that's why we never saw the Tosk again, it would have made it too obvious that one was the inspiration for the other. Both designed for one purpose only, the first one to be a prey and nothing else and the second to be a warrior and nothing else (As Jadzia once discovered, they don't sleep, don't eat, don't have sex, don't have fun... they just kill when ordered to do so...), plus they kinda look alike, the Tosk and the Jem'hadar, I mean. Also, both can camouflage themselves.
In no particular order:
Changelings (I loved their minimalist appearance, their xenophobia, and fanaticism. The Changelings were great as the leaders of the anti-Federation Dominion. And it was such a great twist to have Odo be one of them).
Jem'Hadar (I loved their design, what we learned of their history/culture. The Jem'Hadar were a great addition to the Trek rogues gallery).
Cardassians (It took me a long time to appreciate what DS9 did with the Cardassians. For a long time I thought they were just stock villains, despite the cool makeup. But now I think they were very well developed, even more than the similar Romulans).
Vorta (Another great design, and I liked how they were the face of the Dominion, while the Jem'Hadar were the fist).
Ferengi (DS9 made them less silly than on TNG, though I got to say I can't think of many DS9 Ferengi that were as dangerous as DaiMon Bok, a Picard foe too overlooked).
Trill and Bajorans (I didn't love either species really, but I thought the show did a very good job developing them).
The Hunters (I wish the DS9 writers had went ahead and made these guys part of the Dominion).
Miradorn (I wish we had seen them helping the Dominion during the war, same with the Son'a).
Paradans (I wish we had seen more of them).
Tzenkethi and Hur'q (I only wished we had gotten to see them, but the very little info we got on them was intriguing).
Changelings (I loved their minimalist appearance, their xenophobia, and fanaticism. The Changelings were great as the leaders of the anti-Federation Dominion. And it was such a great twist to have Odo be one of them).
Jem'Hadar (I loved their design, what we learned of their history/culture. The Jem'Hadar were a great addition to the Trek rogues gallery).
Cardassians (It took me a long time to appreciate what DS9 did with the Cardassians. For a long time I thought they were just stock villains, despite the cool makeup. But now I think they were very well developed, even more than the similar Romulans).
Vorta (Another great design, and I liked how they were the face of the Dominion, while the Jem'Hadar were the fist).
Ferengi (DS9 made them less silly than on TNG, though I got to say I can't think of many DS9 Ferengi that were as dangerous as DaiMon Bok, a Picard foe too overlooked).
Trill and Bajorans (I didn't love either species really, but I thought the show did a very good job developing them).
The Hunters (I wish the DS9 writers had went ahead and made these guys part of the Dominion).
Miradorn (I wish we had seen them helping the Dominion during the war, same with the Son'a).
Paradans (I wish we had seen more of them).
Tzenkethi and Hur'q (I only wished we had gotten to see them, but the very little info we got on them was intriguing).
Well, TNG had a Ferengi scientist too, the one that was killed for his invention, that was later used to hide from the Borg, not bad for a people that initially were just jumping around like crazy monkeys.
I believe the Hur'Q are extinct.
The Tzenkethi were never meant to be shown. We never heard from them before or after the episode
The Klingons.
We got to see more of them, old and drunk.
TNG only had Worf who was the Don Quixote of the Klingon Empire.
I liked the old guy with altzheimers saving the day.
And Dax in the tunnels with the Klingons where acted noble but wernt so much.
Lots of good Klingon Episodes.
But wait a darn minute, I hate the Klingon episodes.
So, anyway, never mind I guess.
We got to see more of them, old and drunk.
TNG only had Worf who was the Don Quixote of the Klingon Empire.
I liked the old guy with altzheimers saving the day.
And Dax in the tunnels with the Klingons where acted noble but wernt so much.
Lots of good Klingon Episodes.
But wait a darn minute, I hate the Klingon episodes.
So, anyway, never mind I guess.
Star Trek Online is doing fantastic things with these 2 races. Got most of the cast of DS9 back for voice over work, too!
