Comments on: Retro Review: Dramatis Personae

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:03:00 +0000

i disagree. I think mvdelaney77 is right on the money.
In the first episode review on this DS9 series. my post was deleted for pointing out these fairly dubious assumptions on social behaviours.
Anyone arguing that others can’t make statements you think is wrong or disagree just shows the narrowness of you own arguments.

One thing in you favour, that I cannot agree with you, though, is that I too enjoy episodes that are a fun ride. Mostly I want to be entertained rather than expecting some political or social statement that expects to sway our point of view.

By: mvdelaney77

mvdelaney77 — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:07:00 +0000

So, I’m not allowed to have an opinion unless it’s a glowing one? A review is an opinion by definition. I can’t express an alternate opinion? That’s awfully convenient.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:34:00 +0000

Nice try at trying to be clever. But fail.

I was commenting on a wealth of different comments, and quite frankly will carry on reading comments on the site because they will vary in intelligence and content.

However, you are clearly complaining about ONE feature ONCE a week CLEARLY marked as a retro review. Written by the SAME person every week.

Yet you keep on going in, getting yourself upset and then repeat again next week?

Grow up.

By: mvdelaney77

mvdelaney77 — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:07:00 +0000

My usertag on this site is mvdelaney77… if you don’t like what I consistently post, you’re free to move on, too.

As for wanting her to comment on the phasers being fired from the wrong place, no… but it would be nice if she weren’t fantasizing about genetalia going in the wrong place from time to time.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:27:00 +0000

I really love this episode. I don’t expect much ‘meat’ in the stories in season 1, so just enjoy the episodes that are a fun ride. And this was one of them.

As to the people bitching about reviews… move on. If you know a reviewer is like something, and always is, why keep coming back to read them? You’re wasting your time reading them, then wasting more of your time commenting on them.

Reviews are personal viewpoints… she can say whatever she pleases. If you want her to yapper on about how the phasers didn’t come out of the right hole or something, go to another site.

By: Majestic

Majestic — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:45:00 +0000

I personally have been enjoying these reviews, and think that Michelle is an excellent writer. She does a great job of analyzing the story structures and themes, and she obviously likes the characters (especially Kira). That said, I do wish that she’d tone down the homoeroticism that I think was never intended by the writers.

By: mvdelaney77

mvdelaney77 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000

She didn’t think it was a good episode… but not because of the elements she made up or is fixated upon as fantasy. Sure, she was disappointed… but disappointed that Kira and Dax didn’t end up in bed together… which isn’t remotely what the show is about… even tangentially. One wonders if you read the review or the previous ones where she keeps trying to force this twisted little fantasy on the rest of the review reading public. She can pretend the homosexual undertones are there. I can point out that they aren’t and that she’s a hack as a result… and everyone gets to have their opinion… ahhhh… feels like the 24th century already.

By: mvdelaney77

mvdelaney77 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:51:00 +0000

Indeed… and I disagreed.

By: fainodraino

fainodraino — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:51:00 +0000

Comments are welcome, even if you don’t like them. This reviewer is SO predictable. She’s also pro-homoeroticism, pro-DS9, and anti-men. It’s annoying for those of us who love Trek and like to review old eps to always know what’s coming from this person.

By: ldude

ldude — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:28:00 +0000

All of you who are getting bent out of shape regarding Michelle’s alleged homoerotic bias… did you even read her review? She did NOT think it a particularly good episode. Nor did I, although I got a kick out of Sisko’s reaction to his clock after the fact.