tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609209381691098447.post1090114846117418720..comments2023-08-03T11:39:05.649+01:00Comments on OdoKosh's Blog of very limited audience: Deep Space Nine - The Esssentials (pat 1)Ben Willanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05374408148863732162noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609209381691098447.post-85292560570841970702009-03-21T08:48:00.000+00:002009-03-21T08:48:00.000+00:00Yeah, you're right about Kira. I did some lazy sho...Yeah, you're right about Kira. I did some lazy shorthand there. She was always clear about her faith, but having Nurse Ratched as a spiritual leader would give anybody concerns!I.J. Parnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933834936324859175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609209381691098447.post-50122913019514691982009-03-20T18:09:00.000+00:002009-03-20T18:09:00.000+00:00Yeah I'm slightly concerned about that one myself....Yeah I'm slightly concerned about that one myself. The baseball one with the Vulcans is definitely going in the list though!<BR/><BR/>I think Quark learned a lot. But he also maintained his core world view. I like that about the character. Babylon 5 seemed to lead to SF fans assuming that unless characters changed radically they do not/did not evolve and grow at all. DS9 was more subtle than that and more true to how people usually develop in real life.<BR/><BR/>I don't think Kira ever struggled with her faith as such. What i liked about DS9 was that it had plots concerning her faith and how it affected her life.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, nice to get some feedback and please make yourself at home!Ben Willanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374408148863732162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1609209381691098447.post-19344161511225175162009-03-20T15:27:00.000+00:002009-03-20T15:27:00.000+00:00Nice recap of what for me is by far the best of th...Nice recap of what for me is by far the best of the Trek series. The only things I'd disagree with is that I never found the main characters to be particularly more complex than the walking cyphers of the other Trek series. O'Brien was the same at the end as the start. Bashir's enforced character change in season 5 invalidated everything. Sisko got bolder and fatter, but not much else. Quark learnt nothing. They gave up on Jake. Kira only ever struggled with her faith when the plot called for it. Dax just got whatever hobby of the week type character changes the stories required...<BR/><BR/>All the other characters though were the finest set assembled for any series.<BR/><BR/>I like that you don't take the traditional Ferengi bashing line, although I've never quite clicked with the pilot, but then again I was never a fan of the scenes involving those non-temporal aliens who thought in very temporal ways.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to part 2, although how you'll limit yourself to picking the best episodes I don't know. Perhaps you should just list them all (aside from the baseball one).I.J. Parnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933834936324859175noreply@blogger.com