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Article: Deep Space Nine - A Subtly Different Star Trek

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  1. Soral
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    #1
    Posted Sat 15 Mar, 2014 12:40 PM
    You can view the article at https://ufplanets.com/content.php?27...rent-Star-Trek
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    #2
    Posted Sat 15 Mar, 2014 6:23 PM
    Brilliant article you made some interesting points and brought up some interesting ideas, I like it Smile
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    Posted Sat 15 Mar, 2014 11:24 PM
    Fantastic. Even better than I had expected. I hope you decide to write more articles for FNS :mrgreen:
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    Posted Sat 15 Mar, 2014 11:50 PM
    Originally Posted by Hermanator
    Fantastic. Even better than I had expected. I hope you decide to write more articles for FNS :mrgreen:
    Hear, hear!
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    #5
    Posted Sun 16 Mar, 2014 3:28 AM
    I'm ashamed to admit it, but DS9 was not a series I watched during it's original run. As I've seen an episode here and there, I've decided to start watching them when I get some time, and your great article reinforces the fact that I missed some great shows.

    Thanks for writing the article
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    Posted Sun 16 Mar, 2014 4:03 AM
    This was a fantastic and will-written article. DS9 remains my second favorite series behind TNG.
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    Posted Sun 16 Mar, 2014 9:18 AM
    Originally Posted by Trekster
    I'm ashamed to admit it, but DS9 was not a series I watched during it's original run. As I've seen an episode here and there,
    You definetly should. Some (me included) consider DS9 to be he very best Star Trek series.
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    Posted Sun 16 Mar, 2014 11:29 AM
    The last time I watched DS9, I was about 16 years old. For some reason, it bored me then, because it didn't seem as focused as TNG for instance. But I plan on going back and watching it through now that I'm grown and my perception of storytelling has evolved.
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    #9
    Posted Mon 17 Mar, 2014 2:16 AM
    I highly recommend watching it all the way from start to finish if you haven't. The storytelling is some of the best and the flow of how the story arc develops across the season and then even across seasons is quite epic IMO.

    If you think about it, one of the main reasons having the series based around a starbase was so effective was because it made sense that what happened in the last episode may still have some bearing on the next episode or the episode after that. And we got to see a lot more of that because their main location never really changed and the events going on there were constantly impacting the daily lives of the crew. It was a new challenge for writers and I think those on DS9 succeeded beautifully.
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    #10
    Posted Mon 17 Mar, 2014 10:34 AM
    You nailed it down. The characters and there evolution made Deep Space 9 so special. Thanks for this jump back in time Big Grin