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That depends on whether the time period is before or after, for the sake of argument, 1955 or thereabouts.

That depends on whether the time period is before or after, for the sake of argument, 1955 or thereabouts.

The thing with B5 is that it has a strong concept and some great characters but the execution of everything else is so badly done that it deserves a Plinkett beatdown.  Pacing is horrible, the actors might as well have been told not to act, and the dialogue owes more to long-winded speeches than anything naturalistic.…

The thing with B5 is that it has a strong concept and some great characters but the execution of everything else is so badly done that it deserves a Plinkett beatdown.  Pacing is horrible, the actors might as well have been told not to act, and the dialogue owes more to long-winded speeches than anything naturalistic.…

In The Beginning is not a good starting point because it spoils a lot of season 1 and a small but very significant bit of character development in season 4.

In The Beginning is not a good starting point because it spoils a lot of season 1 and a small but very significant bit of character development in season 4.

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The so-called thoughts of Jadzia Dax.

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The so-called thoughts of Jadzia Dax.

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Burn!

Odo learns the hard way not to cavity search prisoners with explosive diarrhoea.

This is a right whale of a thread.

DS9's replicators make energy weapons in a few episodes.

The Cardassian scientists who wanted to…

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@avclub-8b8369fc782a66a1118bd9eda89ebc07:disqus That's because androids don't age.

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I think the reason the writers didn't think of it is that Star Trek progressively lost its nerve about smacking around politically powerful bigots.  TOS didn't always shy too far from calling out racists or jingoists.  By DS9, however, taking on one of the main planks of the social conservative movement was more…

Okay, since I appear to have displeased Disqus somehow and am being punished by not being able to reply to anyone, I will just have to post my own comments.