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Like I've said, I don't know much about DS9. This episode seems better than TNG in that regard.
That was one thing that I liked about B5. It seemed obvious that it was written by an athiest, but at it showed respect for religions and religious people.
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I think DS9 does a terrific job of portraying religious people.
Kira is probably the most "real" religious character I have ever seen on television. Her religious beliefs influence almost every aspect of her decision making. Kira takes her religion seriously and draws strength from it. Too many other shows portray religious people as merely "turn the other cheek" saps or "faith will conquer all" zealots. Kira is more complex than that.
I also liked how all the characters eventually stopped referring to the wormhole entities as "prophets" instead of "aliens."
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Maybe they figure that all the geeks out there watching Star Trek need more, um, self esteem.
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The geeks are fine. After all, we all are pretty good at conserving our strength for important matters - like lifting donuts from the boxes to our mouths.
It's the steroid athletes that end up needing help with uh.. self-esteem.
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I only got 19 right. Missed one trick question through sheer carelessness. You'll know the one I'm talking about. Posts: 4116 | Registered: Apr 2002
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mph -- episodes are only an hour long (minus ads). If they've got a plot revolving around religious fanatics, the religious fanatics are going to be the center of the episode and there won't be time for much else.
Not having equal time for even minded religious people in the same episode isn't an agenda, or even something that should be changed. Its just a natural consequence of the format when applied to the basic plot of the particular episode.
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I have the first 47 episodes of DS9 all on tape! Labeled!
The bad news:
Spike TV is apparently going to start running DS9 once per day - starting from the beginning! That means new shows (season 3) won't show up for about ten weeks!
It gets worse. On Fridays, they'll be airing "DS9 Uncut" - which will be two-episode arcs of DS9 played back-to-back. But they'll be played completely out of sequence!
Grrr. (Promising myself I won't watch shows out of sequence, but knowing I'll wimp out on that promise.)
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heh heh!! I've seen all three of the series out of sequence. It does get confusing. (we have all 8 seasons of TNG on tape. )
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ARGH!!!!! I thought that spike was being really smart and getting the lame first 2 episodes out of the way in one week, and then going on with the rest. But they are starting back over? What a crap! Posts: 16551 | Registered: Feb 2003
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How did you manage to get the secret eighth season? Paramount is still denying that it even exists!
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Well, they've moved the show all over the schedule, but I've actually managed to tape almost all the episodes. And now we're down to the final season - and they're showing two episodes a day in sequence!
Reacquainted myself with what may be my favorite Garak quote of all. Sisko enlists Garak's help in getting the Romulans to break their alliance with the dominion. Garak engineers the death of a Romulan Senator and makes it look like the Dominion did it, Sisko storms into the tailor shop and hits him.
Garak's response:
quote:"That's why you came to see me--isn't it, Captain? Because you knew I could do those things you weren't capable of doing. Well, it worked! And you'll get what you want - a war between the Romulans and the Dominion. And if your conscience is bothering you, you should soothe it with the knowledge that you may have just saved the entire Alpha Quadrant, and all it cost was the life of one Romulan senator, one criminal, and the self-respect of one Starfleet officer. I don't know about you, but I'd call that a bargain."
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I love Garik too. Did you ever read the book stitch in time? it was written by the guy who played Garik, kind of filled in his back story, really good book imo.
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Yes! "A Stitch in Time" is one of the few novels in the Star Trek franchise that stands out very distinctly for me. Most of the other books just get remembered as a general fuzzy mess - like much of my memory. Posts: 4344 | Registered: Mar 2003
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