From: BrianT@cup.portal.com (Brian Stuart Thorn)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.startrek.current
Subject: Re: Deep Review 9: "The Emissary" (SPOILERS)
Date: Sat,  9 Jan 93 20:28:25 PST
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>>Watching that scene, the big, bad, Cardassian ship seemed to be only 2-3
>>times larger than the Runabout.  Either those Runabouts are bigger than I
>>thought, or there's nothing *big* about the big, bad Cardassian ships.
>
>Yes, the Star Trek effects people do have an annoying habit of
>screwing-up the size relationships between ships.

    I considered this one of the few weaknesses of the episode. Sisko
    comes out of the wormhole towing the Card ship and the only
    explanation we got was "they had some trouble back there" or some
    such throwaway dialogue. Excuse me? What the hell happened?
    
    Perspective may play a part in the apparent size relationship
    screwup. The Runabout was well ahead of the Card ship, and thus
    appeared pretty big compared to the ship in the background. Still,
    the three Card ships surrounding DS9 looked ALOT bigger than the
    one in the towing sequence.
    
    Maybe that's why I came away with the feeling that DS9 was not
    that big of a station. In other FX scenes, though, DS9 looked
    huge compared to the Enterprise. The effects crews need to do a
    little more work in that department, but it was better than the
    energy beam in "Encounter at Farpoint".
    
>BTW, if the Borg could carve up the fleet like that, how come when the
>Enterprise did the separation (in "Best of Both Worlds Part II") they
>didn't just take out the two pieces?  Are the Enterprise crew that
>much better than the whole fleet?

     Probably because Riker's antimatter spread kept them guessing, and
     then their tactics planner (Locutus) was kidnapped by Data and Worf.
     Geez, how long has it been since you saw TBOBW?
    


>>>2) WAS THERE MORE CONFLICT?  Not a lot more than TNG or TOS, really, but a
>>>lot more potential for conflict.
>>
>>I have to disagree.  There was about as much as in the first series:  somethi
n
>g
>>TNG has been sorely lacking.  Kira seemed to dislike the doctor, and, at
>>first, both her and Odo disliked Sisko.  There's at least *some* tension
>>there, which is better than T-"group hug"-NG.  And of course, there was the
>>conflict with the Borg.  I loved that scene where half a ship's saucer
>>section was destroyed. :-)  Which of course begs the question what the
>>hell was the saucer section doing there in the first place?

    "Saucer section?" Looked like a whole Stargazer-like ship to me.
    In any case, maybe they had to seperate to save what was left
    of the ship, but the Borg wouldn't let them go.

    -Brian
    
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