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shallownessAs I've said before, I am embarking on a rewatch of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine DVDs. I have started and a post about the first batch of episodes will be a coming, but I thought I should introduce that by talking about my relationship with the show.
DS9 was one of the many shows on BBC2’s lovely cult TV teatime slot in the nineties (along with Farscape, Buffy, Space Precinct and all the other Trek shows, from TOS and the animated series to TNG, and Voyager probably – very important for British geeks of a certain vintage). I watched the first few (several?) series and then stopped because of life, returning to watch the final series, so I was a bit confused there, but I always mentally rated it as probably the best Star Trek show, as it was the most arc-y and least likely to press 'reset', for one thing. Well, I decided, after the movie reboot, it was about time I caught up on all the episodes, saw if it stood up and reminded myself of what I loved. Because this is me, it took a few years to get around to it. I must remember that when I see the date in Roman numerals and have to do shocked mental arithmetic.
One disc down and I’m really happy so far. I had forgotten how much I loved Kira Nerys (how COULD I?) and Jadzia Dax and Odo and Quark, and the politics and the conspiracies and the potential. It’s not perfect, there are things that would probably be done differently now in terms of the approach – some better, some worse. But how many shows have a black man in a position of leadership who is also a single father at its heart these days? It’s also a family show that isn’t afraid of complexities, although it could be even more complex. And I appreciate the budget that gives me lots of aliens and psychedelic wormholes. But it’s also great to know that the Bajorans, the Cardassians, the Trill, the Ferengi, the shapeshifters and Klingons and their cultures are going to be explored thoroughly and that the Federation (mentioned a lot more than Starfleet) is going to be seen from another point of view, from a mainly static one, give or take the stable wormhole.
Also, the tablets that seemed so cool twenty years or so ago are now hilariously everyday.
When I was starting this rewatch, this thoughtful piece about where the Star Trek franchise should/could go next appeared at Den of Geek. It puts forward an excellent argument for an animated series, following where DC, Marvel and Star Wars have gone, but I have to admit that I've long thought they should do an animated show because of what they could do with the aliens, in a 'do it for me, not the kids' way. Ahem.
DS9 was one of the many shows on BBC2’s lovely cult TV teatime slot in the nineties (along with Farscape, Buffy, Space Precinct and all the other Trek shows, from TOS and the animated series to TNG, and Voyager probably – very important for British geeks of a certain vintage). I watched the first few (several?) series and then stopped because of life, returning to watch the final series, so I was a bit confused there, but I always mentally rated it as probably the best Star Trek show, as it was the most arc-y and least likely to press 'reset', for one thing. Well, I decided, after the movie reboot, it was about time I caught up on all the episodes, saw if it stood up and reminded myself of what I loved. Because this is me, it took a few years to get around to it. I must remember that when I see the date in Roman numerals and have to do shocked mental arithmetic.
One disc down and I’m really happy so far. I had forgotten how much I loved Kira Nerys (how COULD I?) and Jadzia Dax and Odo and Quark, and the politics and the conspiracies and the potential. It’s not perfect, there are things that would probably be done differently now in terms of the approach – some better, some worse. But how many shows have a black man in a position of leadership who is also a single father at its heart these days? It’s also a family show that isn’t afraid of complexities, although it could be even more complex. And I appreciate the budget that gives me lots of aliens and psychedelic wormholes. But it’s also great to know that the Bajorans, the Cardassians, the Trill, the Ferengi, the shapeshifters and Klingons and their cultures are going to be explored thoroughly and that the Federation (mentioned a lot more than Starfleet) is going to be seen from another point of view, from a mainly static one, give or take the stable wormhole.
Also, the tablets that seemed so cool twenty years or so ago are now hilariously everyday.
When I was starting this rewatch, this thoughtful piece about where the Star Trek franchise should/could go next appeared at Den of Geek. It puts forward an excellent argument for an animated series, following where DC, Marvel and Star Wars have gone, but I have to admit that I've long thought they should do an animated show because of what they could do with the aliens, in a 'do it for me, not the kids' way. Ahem.
