I almost think a better TNG intro to the Cardassians would be the episode (which was practically remade in DS9, eventually) where the rogue Starfleet captain is attacking the Cardassians and Picard has to stop him.
I almost think a better TNG intro to the Cardassians would be the episode (which was practically remade in DS9, eventually) where the rogue Starfleet captain is attacking the Cardassians and Picard has to stop him.
The post-soviet thing didn't even occur to me, but that's a good point.
Oh! Maybe this will serve as a sort of aversion therapy and finally cure me of my inappropriate crush on Starbuck!
I think they're also a great way to force Federation (a pretty damn secular organization) officers to deal with religious stuff. Unfortunately, the series fails to ever do this in a truly spectacular manner, but that shouldn't be held against the concept itself.
Which eps are you counting as "the best" for both series in that assessment? I've been thinking off and on all day about whether there's any TNG ep which can measure up to (for example) "Under the Pale Moonlight".
Move Along home gets a pass from me. Yes, the basic plot is pretty damn stupid, and the stuff "inside" the game is pretty bad, too, but Quark's and Odo's performances make it worthwhile for me.
I agree wholeheartedly re: Sisko's initial reaction to Picard. Picard's the ranking officer, so Sisko will behave appropriately, but he won't give an ounce more than what is required of him, and won't be happy about giving what he must.
You're not alone!
As much as I fear to provoke conflict with The sentient autonomous penis, I don't think that it's "pretty clear that Bajor is based on Israel" at all.
He changed it so that his and Nana Visitor's names would come up consecutively in the credits, as I recall.
You talk about the manipulation of Quark, but I also get the sense that he's willingly helping Kira, et al screw with the Cardassians by providing them with the Odo bag. I think this is noteworthy, given what we later learn about Quark's operations during the Cardassian occupation.
And so begins the long, grueling cycle of comments from Babylon 5 fans who can never stop hating DS9. No doubt these will be with us all the way through.
I think that exact sentence is somewhere in the scribblings I made while watching this.
Bajor was militarily occupied by the Cardassians for 60 years, fought a successful guerrilla war, and achieved independence. And, while different aspects of Bajor can be seen in various different Real World nations/states/peoples, there really isn't a single one that it is mirroring (which is in its favor, in my…
Mild spoiler, I guess?
I always have a really hard time picking out a single favorite character for this show (gun to my head, Garak usually wins out), but Quark is certainly right up there. I like to pretend that Principal Snyder in Buffy actually IS Quark due to
DS9 has finally begun! Not only is DS9 my favorite Star Trek series by a significant margin, it was (mostly through virtue of timing) the first TV series I ever appreciated critically, so to speak, and it holds a very special place in my heart for that.
Berlin. Duh.
To be fair, given Eric Bolling's history of extremely racist statements (i.e. "The President is too busy drinkin' forties"; "Hoods in the Hizzy"), simply idiotic ones like this seem like a step up. Kudos, I say.
I am shocked and appalled to not see "Hey Sandy" from The Adventures of Pete and Pete on here.