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Well, I finished the series tonight. I have some very definite opinions on what happened.
So now that I'm finished, should I move on to Voyager? Or is it not worth it? I know not to expect it to be as good as DS9, but is it at least worth watching?
EDIT - I went back and looked at the dates, and it took me 2 and a half months to watch 7 seasons of DS9. That's insane - 176 episodes.
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The buildup leading to the invasion of Cardassia was well done, imo. I think we could've used more main-character deaths (Garak would've been a good character to see die), but I think, overall, it was satisfying. It felt great to see Gowran die. When Worf went crashing through the glass, I was sure he was ko'd and it would've been another snooze-fest where he loses and Martok saves his ass. It would've been typical Worf, but it was refreshing to see him actually do something.
I liked Odo leaving to be with his people. Makes sense, and the old bitch stands trial for war crimes. I can live with that.
My biggest complaint was the pah-wraith conclusion. It was so anticlimactic. So much buildup with pah-wraiths fighting the prophets on DS9, the sealing of the celestial temple, Dukat manipulating Kai Winn and drawing her to the dark side (lol) --all for what? Sisko hurls him off the cliff and they both die in a pit of fire, and they're sealed. Maybe I'm used to Dragonball where it takes 50 episodes to conclude a battle, but that took all of 10 minutes, if that. It almost felt thrown in at the last instant, like they were focusing so much on the war that they sort of said "oh shit, we need to tie up this loose end." It was bad. They didn't even show the vision Sisko had where they told him he had to go to the fire caves. Like it was edited for time.
I like that Bashir and Dax finally got together, even if it was where Dax was in a host that closely resembles a 12 year old boy. I'll never argue true love, though. He has big shoes to fill, because Worf stuffed her with Klingon cock only a week or two prior. I've seen Bashir's clothes, they're pretty form-fitting --I don't think he's packing enough to please 8 lifetimes.
O'brien leaving is just weird. Almost like "hey, everything is changing and everybody is leaving, let's have him leave and give a lame excuse as to why." I'd much rather like to think that the two boyfriends would continue to suppress their gay feelings for years to come.
Worf becoming an Ambassador is hilarious as all hell. Yeah, that's what Worf is --an ambassador. Might as well be. Guy was a shit security officer, and lost like 95% of his fights (although, to be fair, he's a lot better in DS9 than TNG).
Some other observations:
So Sisko is in the celestial temple now, right? It looks like he's in the exact place he was when he got caught up in time being tied to Jake in "The Visitor" episode. Just white all-around. Looks boring, how you gonna learn anything there, Ben?
I love Vic Fontaine. The episode where everybody is fighting to get the casino back could very well be my favorite out of them all. It was delightfully ridiculous, and a much-needed break from all the super serious, dark reality they were always pushing in our face.
I also love the way Ferengi's scream like little kids whenever they're hurt or scared. I laugh every single time one of them does that. When Nog lost his leg, I almost pulled a muscle laughing at that scream. I also like how Ferengi's are fleshed out much, much more than their TNG counterparts.
Overall, I really liked the series. I'd say it's better than TNG, but not by much, and both are good for very different reasons. There were a few boring episodes, but it's nothing like the good/shit ratio you got with TNG. I'm kind of bummed that it's over.
I liked Odo leaving to be with his people. Makes sense, and the old bitch stands trial for war crimes. I can live with that.
My biggest complaint was the pah-wraith conclusion. It was so anticlimactic. So much buildup with pah-wraiths fighting the prophets on DS9, the sealing of the celestial temple, Dukat manipulating Kai Winn and drawing her to the dark side (lol) --all for what? Sisko hurls him off the cliff and they both die in a pit of fire, and they're sealed. Maybe I'm used to Dragonball where it takes 50 episodes to conclude a battle, but that took all of 10 minutes, if that. It almost felt thrown in at the last instant, like they were focusing so much on the war that they sort of said "oh shit, we need to tie up this loose end." It was bad. They didn't even show the vision Sisko had where they told him he had to go to the fire caves. Like it was edited for time.
I like that Bashir and Dax finally got together, even if it was where Dax was in a host that closely resembles a 12 year old boy. I'll never argue true love, though. He has big shoes to fill, because Worf stuffed her with Klingon cock only a week or two prior. I've seen Bashir's clothes, they're pretty form-fitting --I don't think he's packing enough to please 8 lifetimes.
O'brien leaving is just weird. Almost like "hey, everything is changing and everybody is leaving, let's have him leave and give a lame excuse as to why." I'd much rather like to think that the two boyfriends would continue to suppress their gay feelings for years to come.
Worf becoming an Ambassador is hilarious as all hell. Yeah, that's what Worf is --an ambassador. Might as well be. Guy was a shit security officer, and lost like 95% of his fights (although, to be fair, he's a lot better in DS9 than TNG).
Some other observations:
So Sisko is in the celestial temple now, right? It looks like he's in the exact place he was when he got caught up in time being tied to Jake in "The Visitor" episode. Just white all-around. Looks boring, how you gonna learn anything there, Ben?
I love Vic Fontaine. The episode where everybody is fighting to get the casino back could very well be my favorite out of them all. It was delightfully ridiculous, and a much-needed break from all the super serious, dark reality they were always pushing in our face.
I also love the way Ferengi's scream like little kids whenever they're hurt or scared. I laugh every single time one of them does that. When Nog lost his leg, I almost pulled a muscle laughing at that scream. I also like how Ferengi's are fleshed out much, much more than their TNG counterparts.
Overall, I really liked the series. I'd say it's better than TNG, but not by much, and both are good for very different reasons. There were a few boring episodes, but it's nothing like the good/shit ratio you got with TNG. I'm kind of bummed that it's over.
So now that I'm finished, should I move on to Voyager? Or is it not worth it? I know not to expect it to be as good as DS9, but is it at least worth watching?
EDIT - I went back and looked at the dates, and it took me 2 and a half months to watch 7 seasons of DS9. That's insane - 176 episodes.
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