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Mennonite · 02-21-2020, 05:31 PM

One thing that some Trek fans misunderstand about Sisko contaminating those Cardassian worlds is that they don't seem to realize that he is only playing up his role as Javert because he knows Eddington has a desire to sacrifice himself as a noble martyr. Some fans howl "Sisko tried to commit genocide" but I think it was just a risky gamble that took advantage of his understanding Eddington's psychology.

Random DS9 hottake since I'm doing a rewatch: Far Beyond the Stars kinda sucks.

"Racism is bad" isn't a new topic for Trek, and it's usually handled in a hamfisted manner. Here it's typically on the nose, but it's message is kind of undercut by placing the story in the late 40s /early 50s. The message becomes "racism was bad...in 1948."

It was fun seeing the characters out of make-up, but it's pretty obvious that some members of the cast are only good at playing their regular roles.

The "Trek is all a story by some unknown sci-fi writer named Benny Russel" is insultingly bad. It's a ripoff of St. Elsewhere's ending to begin with, it pisses on the other series, and it completely comes out of left field. Just bad all around. Did you know that their were discussions about having the series finale end with Benny leaving the Paramount studio?

02-21-2020, 05:31 PM	#232
Mennonite Veteran Join Date: Jun 2014	One thing that some Trek fans misunderstand about Sisko contaminating those Cardassian worlds is that they don't seem to realize that he is only playing up his role as Javert because he knows Eddington has a desire to sacrifice himself as a noble martyr. Some fans howl "Sisko tried to commit genocide" but I think it was just a risky gamble that took advantage of his understanding Eddington's psychology. Random DS9 hottake since I'm doing a rewatch: Far Beyond the Stars kinda sucks. "Racism is bad" isn't a new topic for Trek, and it's usually handled in a hamfisted manner. Here it's typically on the nose, but it's message is kind of undercut by placing the story in the late 40s /early 50s. The message becomes "racism was bad...in 1948." It was fun seeing the characters out of make-up, but it's pretty obvious that some members of the cast are only good at playing their regular roles. The "Trek is all a story by some unknown sci-fi writer named Benny Russel" is insultingly bad. It's a ripoff of St. Elsewhere's ending to begin with, it pisses on the other series, and it completely comes out of left field. Just bad all around. Did you know that their were discussions about having the series finale end with Benny leaving the Paramount studio? Last edited by Mennonite; 02-21-2020 at 05:37 PM..
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