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> "The biggest weakness of the entire genre is this: the protagonists don't tell us anything interesting about the human condition under science fictional circu
by fuball63 8y ago
> "The biggest weakness of the entire genre is this: the protagonists don't tell us anything interesting about the human condition under science fictional circumstances."
The author mentions Voyager by name and references Next Generation characters, but refers to Deep Space Nine as "the one with the space station".
DS9 explores the impact of futuristic society on humanity more than the others because it takes place in a stationary setting within a complex geo-political dispute. So far I like it best out of OST, TNG, and Voyager.
- milesvp 8y agoDS9 was really ahead if it’s time. It tried to do series wide story arcs long before it became standard and almost a decade before the networks tried to ruin Firefly by airing them out of order. It holds up surprisingly well, even if I feel it failed to fully realize it’s potential. In any event, it’s certainly the only Star Trek I feel the need to binge occassionally, and it definitely helped me get through a lot of rough nights dealing with twin infants last year.