tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post8204797447015897152..comments2024-03-19T07:50:26.697-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Trials and Tribble-ationsBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-47447972680731518102020-07-12T13:09:33.764-04:002020-07-12T13:09:33.764-04:00I had forgotten about this episode entirely and wa...I had forgotten about this episode entirely and watched it last night after reading this review. It was definitely fun, and it must have been just as fun to put it together. The amount of work that must have gone into building the sets for the original <i>Enterprise</i> is unfathomable; I suppose they had the budget for it!<br /><br />I have to say, though, if I had one criticism to offer it's that — and this is pretty much true of all the <i>Star Trek</i> spinoffs — the difference in the direction, timing, and delivery is amazingly apparent when comparing the TOS and DS9 episodes. There's something flatter about the way the DS9 actors deliver their lines, the humour just isn't as bright, the writing is not as sharp, and the whole feel of the thing is off somehow — almost as though ... I don't even know how to describe it, really. For example, in the fight scene in the bar — brilliantly integrated as it is — there's such an obvious difference in the choreography of the TOS scenes and the DS9 scenes. DS9 is much more restrained, TOS much more — perhaps <i>enthusiastic</i> is the word. Just watch the roundhouses Scotty is throwing and try to find that level of effort in any of the DS9 actors; it just isn't there. There's an immediacy, a crispness that's lacking, and I see that in all the new Trek. As though they're acting through cling film or something.<br /><br />Anyway, that's me. Maybe I'm just old. I still had fun watching it, and laughed out loud at many of the bits. It was great that they did it, and maybe it got some new <i>Trek</i> fans who had never seen TOS to go back and watch it.NomadUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08446926330764642137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-52477766273250446352020-07-12T07:57:23.658-04:002020-07-12T07:57:23.658-04:00JRS, you don't need to change anything. I have...JRS, you don't need to change anything. I have to say it's fascinating that it's "Old" in ASL when a lot of Trek fans really hate that. Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-3716812310459127902020-07-12T07:44:19.754-04:002020-07-12T07:44:19.754-04:00Billie - no intent to fight! Imma change to Origin...Billie - no intent to fight! Imma change to Original... though it’s interesting in ASL we do say ‘Old’; wouldn’t Original be the Pike pilot?JRShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485752215710916988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-88909316591271131652020-07-11T20:44:18.806-04:002020-07-11T20:44:18.806-04:00This episode is amazing. Your point about the '...This episode is amazing. Your point about the 'racism' against Klingons, etc. is well taken, though. It's not like they had the room to really address it properly here, but it does make for a glaring omission, especially viewed right now.CoramDeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510669006452859585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-57189799790214157502020-07-11T13:53:27.805-04:002020-07-11T13:53:27.805-04:00Thanks! Wouldn't it be fun to listen to a song...Thanks! Wouldn't it be fun to listen to a song about The Great Tribble Hunt? Certainly the Klingons could claim to have fought millions, maybe billions.Victoria Grossackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808023266088914173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-35224622356027150992020-07-11T12:38:04.641-04:002020-07-11T12:38:04.641-04:00Absolutely an undeniably great homage. Loved it. I...Absolutely an undeniably great homage. Loved it. It was pretty much perfect.<br /><br />And before anyone else says it, calling the original series "the old series" is fightin' words. :)Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.com