One of the people transferred in this starfleet coup plot is Snowden, lol
― mh 😏, Saturday, 31 December 2016 00:53 (seven years ago) link
this looks cool. Berman briefly talks about producing this in that interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnOSU6QJrOs
"This program is about some of the alternative ways of attaining civilization - different myths, different truths -- even different realities. And it's also about people who lived outside the western world who have some important lessons to teach us all".Jamake HighwaterJoin Jamake Highwater as he explores differences in how American Indians and people of European heritage experience themselves and their environments. Illustrated through contrasting views of time, art, medicine and dance, Primal Mind identifies important distinctions between a mind rooted in respect for nature, sacred myths and rituals, and a mind that strives toward achievement, order and the desire to rise above nature.
Join Jamake Highwater as he explores differences in how American Indians and people of European heritage experience themselves and their environments. Illustrated through contrasting views of time, art, medicine and dance, Primal Mind identifies important distinctions between a mind rooted in respect for nature, sacred myths and rituals, and a mind that strives toward achievement, order and the desire to rise above nature.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 31 December 2016 18:25 (seven years ago) link
http://mashable.com/2017/02/09/deep-space-nine-documentary-news/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#yGmFz7DRQiq3
Netflix is producing a documentary on DS9, and then there's also this:
“A big part of it is Netflix,” said former DS9 show runner Ira Steven Behr, who is now producing the new documentary on the series tentatively titled, What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek Deep Space Nine (a nod to the shows’ final episode, "What You Leave Behind"). And, in a special twist DS9 fans will love, Behr reassembled the show's writers to create a story for what, in another universe, might have been the first episode in a never-produced season eight.
Behr and his production team are launching a $145,000 Indiegogo campaign on Thursday to fund the project and, he hopes, help them complete it for a winter 2017 release. Adam Nimoy, who produced a loving documentary tribute to his father, the late Leonard Nimoy ("Spock" from the original series), is on board to direct.
I'm sure they'll get the funding, but I can't imagine this "episode" will be any good... Seems unlikely they'll get many of the original actors, and even if they did, it'd be pretty weird to seem them almost 20 years older. But if they get new actors to play the parts (so that there's no timeskip), that'll feel weird for fans too. Sounds like lose-lose situation to me.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 9 February 2017 10:20 (seven years ago) link
The whole cast has aged remarkably well. And half will have heavy makeup on. Now do I really want Nana Visitor to cook me dinner? Probably need to decide today.
― Jeff, Thursday, 9 February 2017 11:48 (seven years ago) link
I looked at some recent interviews of them, and you're not wrong! So I guess it could work, provided they manage to get all of the principal cast to join. (Who would want to do see Odo without Quark, or vice versa?) They'd have to use Nicole deBoer and not Terry Farrell though, unless they want to jump through some ridiculous plot loops... But I'm fine with that, I think deBoer did great with the limited time she had, and the main reason people hated her seems to be that she was not Farrell.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 9 February 2017 12:22 (seven years ago) link
Just animate it, problem solved. (I doubt they'll do this) Happy to see this and the doc
― Nhex, Thursday, 9 February 2017 12:34 (seven years ago) link
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― brekekekexit collapse collapse (ledge), Thursday, 9 February 2017 13:43 (seven years ago) link
i'd watch the shit out of a muppet episode of ds9
― for sale: steve bannon waifu pillow (heavily soiled) (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 9 February 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
Are they suggesting that they're going to actually produce an episode? I read it as the writers just writing a script.
― Virginia Worf (Leee), Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
Still doing this but at a much slower rate than before. Just finished season 2, pretty good run at the end. One reminder of bajoran political intrigue (not as dull as it sounds), one reminder that the cardassians really are eeeeeeevil (just in case garak was contributing to a false sense of security), and then an introduction to the badass jem'hadar.
― brekekekexit collapse collapse (ledge), Sunday, 19 March 2017 14:30 (seven years ago) link
so if i were to watch this, do i need to start at the beginning? heard tell that like tng, it doesn't settle in until season three. i saw a few here and there back in the day; i know who everyone is
and what should i know to skip over, like wesley/lwaxana episodes in tng
not really looking forward to cardassian facial divots and ferengi teeth every damn episode tbh
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 March 2017 23:01 (seven years ago) link
you have to start from the beginning - it sets up Sisko & DS9 in relation to the Enterprise, etc and gives a lot of context.
it's much more watchable from the beginning than TNG & finds its groove very quickly imo
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 March 2017 23:16 (seven years ago) link
SKIP NOTHINGWATCH ALL OF IT
:D
when does sisko grow the goatee
― mookieproof, Thursday, 23 March 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link
i forget but he has it by season 4
you do have to start from the beginning but if you really wanted to you could probably skip all of the season 1 episodes that aren't about the Bajoran/Cardassian political situation. i think season 2 is actually pretty solid.
you can skip the Quark/Ferengi episodes at all points, most of them are pretty lame and none are essential to the story arcs iirc. the one in season 6 that had Iggy Pop in it is the only one i would watch again
― ciderpress, Thursday, 23 March 2017 23:34 (seven years ago) link
boooooo disagree!
― Nhex, Thursday, 23 March 2017 23:35 (seven years ago) link
disagree disagreee
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 23 March 2017 23:53 (seven years ago) link
the people have spoken. ferengi episodes are good now
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 March 2017 00:02 (seven years ago) link
lol thanks
― mookieproof, Friday, 24 March 2017 00:35 (seven years ago) link
Ferengi eps are good. Needed to break up the serious eps.
― Jeff, Friday, 24 March 2017 00:41 (seven years ago) link
is it okay if i think of him as captain sisqó
(tbh i will always think of avery brooks as hawk from spensaaah)
― mookieproof, Friday, 24 March 2017 00:45 (seven years ago) link
a while back i compiled four lists of the most-recommended ds9 episodes (from geek.com, medium.com, thr.com, reddit.com/daystrominstitute, trekbbs.com/daystrominstitute) and came up with a weighted stack of best-loved episodes – season 3 onward. have at it: http://bit.ly/2nObGKu
― remy bean, Friday, 24 March 2017 00:48 (seven years ago) link
Don't skip Vic/holosuite eps either. Don't you dare.
― Jeff, Friday, 24 March 2017 00:50 (seven years ago) link
there is maybe one inessential one, but the "Nog returns from war" one is among the best episodes
― mh 😏, Friday, 24 March 2017 00:51 (seven years ago) link
I only recommend skipping one episode.
https://youtu.be/WY4w0RCZTqQ
― Jeff, Friday, 24 March 2017 00:52 (seven years ago) link
From my favorite holosuite episode
https://youtu.be/6hPrxYRzuAg
― Jeff, Friday, 24 March 2017 00:55 (seven years ago) link
omg who the hell cut these promos
I remember watching them and ignoring the tone and voiceover to try to figure out who the main characters in the episode would be and a hint as to the plot
― mh 😏, Friday, 24 March 2017 00:55 (seven years ago) link
Still waiting for the third season leap in quality. Dax's featured character episodes reveal her to be a charisma vacuum, and boy am I tired of the running 'gag' of the Ferengi's brutal oppression of their women. Just had to sit through Jake apologising to Nog for being offended when he treated their partners on a double date like shit.
The ol' stranded back in time double bill was ok though, kudos for some creativity in actually setting it in our future.
― ledge, Monday, 24 April 2017 08:13 (seven years ago) link
such a great show, started a couple months ago and am nearing the end of S3 now
― clouds, Monday, 24 April 2017 12:31 (seven years ago) link
i've watched nearly the whole first season now and idk
imo the only *good* episode was the one with kira trying to evacuate the dude from the moon they were going to energy-tap
i guess every show needs a grumpy competent dude who's secretly nice, but in odo and o'brien we have two
quark is okay, but they keep fucking with his character -- sometimes he's arranging a hijacking, the rest of the time he's secretly a good guy who loves our hu-mans. nog and all of the rest of the ferengi suck
never has a creature with the experiences of a dozen lives been as boring as dax. bashir is a puppy. kira moves from shrillness to shrillness, but that one episode was cool and showed promise
sisko is awesome; keep waiting for him to give someone the d'onofrio head tilt when he issues orders
jake is cool too but i am not a child and do not care about his scamming on girls with dumbass nog
oh hey this evil genius discovered a way to transfer his soul into another person's body and then dax figured it out in a few hours and then we never heard of it again. oh hey these gamma quadrant ppl discovered a way to make everyone eternal with nanobots but we're just going to leave the bajoran high priestess here and gtfo
idk man
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 May 2017 05:05 (seven years ago) link
;_;
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 May 2017 05:08 (seven years ago) link
you'll change your tune
― just another (diamonddave85), Sunday, 21 May 2017 05:17 (seven years ago) link
mmm imagine basing your opinion of TNG off the first season
― the late great, Sunday, 21 May 2017 05:18 (seven years ago) link
also at some point TNG ends and DS9 gets all of the writers from TNG and the writing gets 10^6 times better
― the late great, Sunday, 21 May 2017 05:19 (seven years ago) link
quark: hey odo want a drinkodo: i'm watching you quarkquark: you need to get laidodo: i'm watching you quark
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 May 2017 05:20 (seven years ago) link
well it never gets that good
― the late great, Sunday, 21 May 2017 05:23 (seven years ago) link
tbf the cardassian tailor was cool and my understanding is that he becomes a more important (if less gay) character
otoh my next episode to watch apparently involves lwaxana troi hitting on odo
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 May 2017 05:26 (seven years ago) link
oh hey we are being invaded by aliens whose attack involves manifesting our (most boring) imaginations but it's not really an attack it's just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ with little people and plump japanese baseball players
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 May 2017 06:23 (seven years ago) link
u are so mean
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 21 May 2017 06:33 (seven years ago) link
i want to <3 tho
― mookieproof, Sunday, 21 May 2017 06:34 (seven years ago) link
With the first season, it was obvious they didn't yet know what kind of a series they were doing... They did plant some seeds for longer story arcs with the Bajoran/Cardassian situation, with Sisko's relationship to the wormhole aliens, and with the mystery of Odo's origin, but mostly the episodes were TNG style standalone stories, only with Weird Space Encounter of the Week being replaced with Weird Gamma Quadrant Visitor of the Week. But during the second season they do start to build longer arcs, and the 2nd season finale/3rd season opener introduces elements that will define the rest of the series. From the 3rd to 6th season the quality remains almost constantly good, it's the best stretch of Trek I've ever seen. (Season 7 is not bad either, but unfortunately the P**-Wr**** storyline is silly and feels completely out of place in Trek.)
nog and all of the rest of the ferengi suck
I'm hoping you will change your mind once they start properly developing Nog and Rom too. The scene with Nog in Sisko's office (won't say more not to spoil it, but those of you who've seen it will know what I mean) especially is one of the strongest moments in all of Star Trek, it made me cry.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 21 May 2017 12:36 (seven years ago) link
was that before or after he was a humongous misogynistic dick on the double date and then jake apologised for getting offended?I mean I am looking forward to federation nog or wherever they're going with that, but c'mon.
― ledge, Sunday, 21 May 2017 13:38 (seven years ago) link
starfleet nog I mean.
this turned out to be one of my favorite episodes. it's sweet but also pretty weird. feel like Lwaxana episodes start off bottom-barrel in TNG and get better and better from there.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 21 May 2017 16:32 (seven years ago) link
xps yeah i was gonna say, nog somehow ended up being one of my favorite characters
― just another (diamonddave85), Sunday, 21 May 2017 19:09 (seven years ago) link
into S5 now and tbh DS9 is better than TNG for me
― clouds, Monday, 22 May 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
also i just watched hellraiser and garak's actor is the main character lol
― clouds, Monday, 22 May 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
he was the bad guy in the first dirty harry!
― mookieproof, Monday, 22 May 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
yeah saw on imdb, never seen the movie
― clouds, Monday, 22 May 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
heh yup, andrew robinson is amazingso is jeffrey combs!
― Nhex, Monday, 22 May 2017 19:59 (six years ago) link