> -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 7:33 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: It's Dead, Jim! > > I'm ready for Trek to die. Deep Space Nine sucked for a long time until > they got into the Dominion Wars. Shut up! Shut your big dumb stupid mouth! You big dumb stupid mouth talker!! ;^)
... um, I really think that DS9 was some of the best sci-fi on TV and definitely the best "Trek". I've just finished watching all of the second season on DVD and am starting the third. Give me a show based on characters rather than events any day. When DS9 ended there were literally dozens of interconnected, completely fleshed out characters. Characters grew naturally and organically in realistic directions. The characters had no ridiculous mandate to "always like one another" and some of the closest friendships on the series grew slowly from utter contempt. Watching Jake grow up on the show and aspire to be a writer seemed so much better than watching Wesley crushing driving a starship at age 13. Personally the best Sci-Fi on television (to me) was "Farscape" hands down. "Firefly was definitely on the way however. Again, both of these shows tended to focus much more on the characters. With "Farscape" (and DS9) you never knew who would become a major recurring player: it was so much more fun to watch when you knew that things might not end up exactly as they started out. "Stargate SG1" has shown some of that growth. It's a really different kind of series in general tho'. "Babylon 5" definitely did it well (although it took a while). This kind of storytelling is actually pretty common in Anime series (Neon Genesis for example). As for "Enterprise" I was actually enjoying it recently after the seemingly never-ending "Temporal War" storyline died out. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145999 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
