Category: Bluesky

Re: DS9 and Comedy

Yes! I’m in the middle of rewatching the series and just watched an episode where Odo and Quark are stranded on an uninhabited planet with nothing edible and have to climb a mountain for days to get a distress signal through the atmosphere. Heavy premise. But their constant bickering is hilarious!
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TNG I think was always trying too hard to prove itself as Serious Television Despite Being Sci Fi. Their comedy episodes never rose to the level of DS9 or even TOS’ funny episodes. #

Re: DS9 as a B5 Knockoff

There are some loose similarities at the beginning and some oddly specific but otherwise superficial similarities later on. Plus the usual weird moments when both shows came up with similar ideas at the same time & found out about it when the other show’s episode aired. #

I eventually concluded I believe the people doing the show when they said it wasn’t a deliberate knockoff.

But I’m still not convinced there wasn’t someone in corporate who saw JMS’ pitch, decided they needed to get out in front of it, and suggested a station-based spinoff to the Trek people. #