In my opinion, DS9's second season was the strongest season of any Trek show up until that point, obviously surpassed later by the Dominion War seasons. But I tend to have a bigger appreciation for DS9 than most.

I’ve gotta say, after this second episode I unabashedly love this show, just for how earnest and cheesy it is.

The thing that struck me about a lot of the reviews of the pilot, and even this second episode, were how confused the reviewers were about the tone of the show, whether it was trying to be a comedy or a sci-fi…

There was some confusion about carrying on the old account into the new one.

I enjoyed it for what it was, especially the visual/musical Trek homage that was a bit over-the-top. But I fear the show will try too hard to call attention to how jokey it wants to be. Like when the helm guys talk about if they saw the dog licking its balls. I doubt there’s anyone in the audience who didn’t see that,…

I was wondering if Jon Favreau just shot it like a movie and found the act-breaks later.

It’s a tad more than superficial, in that it specifically borrowed the story structure. But that was intentional, to create resonance with the original in setting up this new generation of characters. But plot points echoing throughout the movies is something “Star Wars” has always done (that’s how that Ring Theory…

Wonder Woman ends with Ares pointing out how humanity is screwed up on its own and he didn’t have to do much to convince them to fight. And the only person she really loves is dead. And since she has clearly been living among humanity for the past 100 years and not in isolation, she probably just meant she stopped…