Comments on: Hewitt: Creating The World Of Deep Space Nine

By: BlueThunder

BlueThunder — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 05:34:00 +0000

Seems to me DS9 was the beginning of the end. They took so much from Babylon 5, it wasn’t funny!

By: Dub

Dub — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:25:00 +0000

I recently watched all of DS9 for the first time on Netflix. The show started when I was a teenager. I tried to watch it, but I couldn’t get into it at the time. Now years later, I’m amazed. I believe this is the best Trek series. What a beautiful story. As I watched the finale, I kept thinking…man, I wish there were more episodes to watch. This is brilliant.

By: Kang the Unbalanced

Kang the Unbalanced — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:17:00 +0000

We have to have hope. Or, failing that, we have to have rope.
For the pin~atas.

By: Robert Clements

Robert Clements — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:30:00 +0000

That image reminds me that Ms Mulgrew once begged Mr Stewart not to leave her alone with the Shat. Was this photo taken that night?

(Where IS his hand, precisely?)

I’m a Niner. Doesn’t mean that i don’t appreciate what TNG, Voy, etc, did; but DS9 is the purest expression of the literary SF i grew up on (Asimov, ACClarke, Tiptree/Sheldon, Smith/Linebarger, Ballard, Moorcock & Delany (aka the real Benny Russell)). I miss its uncompromising pretentiousness; & i’m borderline p.ed off by people who want me to like bad comic book films simply be they look vaguely like SF to people who don’t give a holosuite

By: Robert Clements

Robert Clements — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:21:00 +0000

I’m curious: what in the track record of any of these people would suggest to you that ST XII will be any different to its predecessor (ie, a torrent of CGI with a token gesture of Mr Nimoy)? These hacks specialise in high-volume vacuity, offering relentless nothingness as though it were storytelling (as you yourself put it, the advanced Attention Deficit Disorder school of filmmaking). They have consistently aimed for the lowest common denominator; & – when they’ve been lucky – have hit it. Their work lacks heart & soul & intelligence, which real Star Trek had in abundance

If the franchise isn’t seized back from these people – & in a weird sense, it has been, by the people who continue to watch the reruns & New Voyages & Star Trek Continues – Star Trek as a living genre won’t exist in 5 years let alone 15

By: Seventhbeacon

Seventhbeacon — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 22:56:00 +0000

I think Trek will persist and carry them farther than they might otherwise have been. I remember thinking how much better the 2009 movie would have been if, when those character moments were reached, to slow the eff down and actually explore those moments, relationships, without rushing past them to get back to the action.

It’s, I think, a flaw in the style of Abrams, Kurtzman, Orci, Lindelof and the rest of that particular camp of movie/tv makers that their style is so ADD (and i’m pretty ADD) and post-MTV generation that substance gets sacrificed for attention span. I do hope that with the ‘origin’ out of the way, this next Trek movie 1) explores interesting themes like the best of Trek, and 2) Finds a better pace that actually respects the ‘beats’ of film-making grammar, rather than shoots past things in a frenzy again.

By: Ireland

Ireland — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:24:00 +0000

Your post made me think of this image: http://www.lolroflmao.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/startrek-captains-gym.jpg

DS9 wil always be a close second for me right after TNG. I grew up watching TNG with my dad so none of the other series’ will ever top it but I did love the story arcs and character development unique to DS9

By: hostile_17

hostile_17 — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:23:00 +0000

I would have said yes… there’s always an appetite for Trek, and probably will be. They have created a brilliant chunk of Trek lore and reinvigorated a franchise. If they’re not continuing big careers there’d always be space for them in the convention circuit.

By: Robert Clements

Robert Clements — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:33:00 +0000

I’m just wondering: in 15 years time – Wolfie left DS9 after season 5 – will anyone want to hear Kurtzman et al tell stories about the writing of ST XI & XII? Will anyone care about all of the marketing decisions that were made? & how the relentless drive for pace prevented any need for storytelling & soul? I’m sure there will be – not

By: Epf

Epf — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:56:00 +0000

i recently finished watching the entire DS9 series on netflix. i used it as my incentive to go to the gym every day for cardio. it allowed for healthy 40-45 minutes of excercise that flew by. DSP has always been my favorite Trek, specifically becuase of the long story arcs.