I am not a fan.. it moves too slow, a lot of making faces into the camera..does not have a compelling story line so far IMHO..
DS9 is the best Trek series.
The first two seasons are a bit slower, but DS9 DOES get a ship in Season 3 and it kicks ass.
DS9 becomes a sprawling epic and is the best written and acted of any series of Trek, or the films. It focuses on characterization and growth of its characters as well as the conflict and social upheaval and political fabric of the Federation and its neighbors that TNG only rarely touched on.
It helped invent the term "prestige tv."
But, it is episodic story-telling like GOT, so it does take a long time to get through.
To be honest the first two seasons are pretty slow.Moving this to the series thread.
I started DS9. The two part opening shows a lot of promise. The next two episodes weren't as interesting, I assume because they are developing the characters. The opening two parter was good enough to keep going, and good enough to make me wonder why I never even watched it when it came out. Probably because I started having kids in 1992 so didn't watch as much tv anymore.
As someone who loves The Next Generation, overall I found DS9 to be a little too soapy at times for me. There is some very good character development and even though DS9 isn't my favorite, one of my favorite Star Trek characters is in it. So there's that. Some of bad episodes make them good ones, if you know what I mean. There are some decent story arcs and they tackle a lot of "current" social issues in a variety of ways. Stick with it, it gets consistently better.Moving this to the series thread.
I started DS9. The two part opening shows a lot of promise. The next two episodes weren't as interesting, I assume because they are developing the characters. The opening two parter was good enough to keep going, and good enough to make me wonder why I never even watched it when it came out. Probably because I started having kids in 1992 so didn't watch as much tv anymore.
You cannot skip Season 1 episode 10 "Move Along Home" if you haven't seen it before.To be honest the first two seasons are pretty slow.
In fact, you can probably watch Season 1 episode "Duet," Season 2's "Cardassians," Season 2's two-parter, "The Maquis," and then the final episode of Season Two "The Jem Hadar" and call it a day for Seasons 1 and 2.
But, from the first episode of Season 3, "The Search," through the end of the series, and only encounter 4-5 meh episodes.
Season 3 is a huge improvement over Seasons 1 and 2, and is the start of some pretty big, seasons spanning storylines.
DS9 was the first post-9/11 series... three years before 9/11 happened.As someone who loves The Next Generation, overall I found DS9 to be a little too soapy at times for me. There is some very good character development and even though DS9 isn't my favorite, one of my favorite Star Trek characters is in it. So there's that. Some of bad episodes make them good ones, if you know what I mean. There are some decent story arcs and they tackle a lot of "current" social issues in a variety of ways. Stick with it, it gets consistently better.