I don’t mind the Gabriel Bell storyline at all.
That’s a past that the Federation has supposedly left behind.
What I mind is the well-written but ultimately still a mustache twirling saturday morning cartoon villain known as Gul Dukat, together with the sycophantic Weyoun and the Dominion lady.
The villain’s chief if not only motivation? More power!
This sets up for excuses for the Federation to justify any action, like Section 31, because the villains are always one step ahead in evilness.
That doesn’t challenge Roddenberry’s vision which they set up to do. It dilutes it by bringing in conflict as the central part of the story, with irredeemable antagonists and beatified protagonists, where you root for the heroes to save the day and where you’re told that the villains are undefeatable, yet were easily and quickly defeated, just like any other action flick.
Luckily, most episodes did not focus on the overarching story, so DS9 was still very enjoyable, but it set a precedent for further disappointment.
yeah i guess you’re right about that. bashir should have done more to challenge section 31 than just run it up the flagpole and nothing else. especially after it became clear ross and the rest of high command were in on it. both sisko and bashir were key players in the bell riots and yet neither of them bothered to do anything about section 31 besides complain through proper channels? it’s not disco
hard disagree on ds9. the gabriel bell storyline was kind of idealist but i still really liked it
I don’t mind the Gabriel Bell storyline at all.
That’s a past that the Federation has supposedly left behind.
What I mind is the well-written but ultimately still a mustache twirling saturday morning cartoon villain known as Gul Dukat, together with the sycophantic Weyoun and the Dominion lady.
The villain’s chief if not only motivation? More power!
This sets up for excuses for the Federation to justify any action, like Section 31, because the villains are always one step ahead in evilness.
That doesn’t challenge Roddenberry’s vision which they set up to do. It dilutes it by bringing in conflict as the central part of the story, with irredeemable antagonists and beatified protagonists, where you root for the heroes to save the day and where you’re told that the villains are undefeatable, yet were easily and quickly defeated, just like any other action flick.
Luckily, most episodes did not focus on the overarching story, so DS9 was still very enjoyable, but it set a precedent for further disappointment.
yeah i guess you’re right about that. bashir should have done more to challenge section 31 than just run it up the flagpole and nothing else. especially after it became clear ross and the rest of high command were in on it. both sisko and bashir were key players in the bell riots and yet neither of them bothered to do anything about section 31 besides complain through proper channels? it’s not disco