From: ynecelc@sx.mont.nec.com (Ellison Chan)
Subject: Re: Am I the only person who DIDN'T like DSN??
Organization: HNSX Supercomputers
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:31:25 GMT

In article <10328.406.uupcb@the-matrix.com> mark.lindsay@the-matrix.com (Mark Lindsay)  writes:
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>If DS9 is supposed to be dramatic over TNG's blandness, I'll take the
>blandness any day of the week!
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>When the show opened at Wolf 359 and Sisko's ship blew as they escaped,
>DS9 got my attention.  Soon after, it faded.  The Bajoran female needs
>severe acting lessons: in her opening scene she was banging the table
>to show how "tough" she was supposed to be.  All it struck me as was
>gross over-acting.

Hmm...the battle scenes in the Wolf 359 scene was top-notch.
There's nothing like it in TNG, TOS or TMP's which compare.

The "over acting" as you describe it was not out of character,
as it has been demonstrated in TNG(Ro Laren) that Bjorn women tend to
be very forceful and allow their emotions to speak for them.
(And don't forget that they _are_ always right -- no sarcasim intended)

Don't forget what O'Brien says to Sisko, "Sir, have you ever served with
Bjorn women before?" This suggests to me that Nana Visitor's portrayal
of Major Kira is exactly what the director called for -- explosive.

I personally liked Ms. Visitor's acting; amongst other things. :)


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>The station's problems:  these got old real fast.  How many tricks does
>O'Brien have to pull out of his hat in one episode?  An occasional
>technobabble solution is fine, but they could have explained what
>shape the station was in without resorting to "Oh this system doesn't
>work either, but we can pull off this miracle instead!"

Yes, this was rather tiring, since he kept confusing deflectors with
shields -- no wonder the computer kept over-riding him. :)

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>The aliens:  How long can we be hit over the head with "linear
>existence" plot.

I don't think this was to redundant. It's like trying to explain
to someone the theory of time travel in the space of a few hours.
Except in this case, Sisko could travel forward in time while
the worm-hole folks(we never got a name did we?) didn't have any
concept of time. 

And, they had to put Sisko somewhere while Major Kira ran
the ship. I think we will see this alot:

Major Kira playing soldier while Commander Sisko plays politician.


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>About the only bit of drama I felt coming out of this show was the
>first scene with Picard & Sisko.  When he said they met at W359,
>Picard looked downright ill.  The rest of it reminded me, not of
>Star Trek, but of 70's style Buck Rogers where a few techno-miracles
>and bad acting save the day.

I don't think that it was dramatic at all. Throughout the Picard scenes,
I get the feel that Picard _really didn't belong there. Then again,
maybe this was what they were trying for.

As a matter of fact, I liked Buck Rogers too. --  If you're talking about
the series which appeared in the early 80's.

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