DS9 at 20

[J-Sun]

Here's an article celebrating the event by looking back over the course of the show. The article could be criticized for not being especially informative to old fans on the one hand, but maybe not including enough to hook unfamiliar viewers but it probably could for the latter and at least it's a mostly unobjectionable trip down memory lane for the former.

Someone mentioned that it'd also be the the 20th anniversary for Babylon 5 and it's also the 20th anniversary of the X-Files first season (which I'm re-watching on DVD now). Heck of a year.

 

[psikeyhackr]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine In 82.5 Hours
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine In 82.5 Hours – Maxistentialism Blog

Deep Space Nine is a remarkable show. It is unfairly overlooked as one of the foundational programs (like Buffy, The Sopranos, and Hill Street Blues) of our current golden age of television. DS9 introduced long, serialized stories about morally ambiguous characters to network television ten years before Battlestar Galactica, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones.

DS9 is funny, exciting, and mysterious. It has some of the best plot twists in the history of television. It has a pleasing continuity, so that episodes build upon one another — characters make mistakes and then they grow and learn over time. Best of all, Deep Space Nine is impeccably structured, with a beginning, middle, and end (when Deep Space Nine ends, it ends).

It was Babylon 5 that introduced serialized stories.

I don’t think there’s really any doubt that Deep Space Nine was a darker show, or at least presented things in a more gray light, than the other installments of Star Trek. It wasn’t always clear who the good guys and the bad guys were. Sometimes the good guys were the bad guys and vice versa, depending on the situation or which side you were on. After all, to many Kira Nerys, one of the most stand out characters on the show, was a brave resistance fighter, but to others she was a terrorist. Other elements like Section 31 were also introduced, which helped show how the Federation wasn’t as perfect an organization as we overall thought. By embracing its unique darkness, it was able to tackle issues in ways Star Trek never had before. It dealt with religion and politics in a new way. It also examined war and how it impacts people. Benjamin Sisko was faced with very different issues than Jean-Luc Picard as he led his crew, and it made the show all the more interesting.

Why Deep Space Nine will always be my favorite Star Trek

psik

 

[J-Sun]

Cool articles; especially the second. Thanks.

It was Babylon 5 that introduced serialized stories.

Technically, DS9 aired first. Granted, DS9 became more serialized as it went on, so B5 could be nominated. But DS9's premiere introduced several elements that recurred throughout, so DS9 could be nominated. But B5's development predated DS9's, so B5 could be nominated....

 

[Parson]

Technically, DS9 aired first. Granted, DS9 became more serialized as it went on, so B5 could be nominated. But DS9's premiere introduced several elements that recurred throughout, so DS9 could be nominated. But B5's development predated DS9's, so B5 could be nominated....

Hill Street Blues began in 1981 more than 10 years before DS9 or Babylon 5. But wouldn't serialized stories actually have begun with soap operas. If you mean prime time than Dallas 1978 might be the first.