New life forms and new civilizations? Check. O'Brien suffers a bit? Check. Needlessly mysterious aliens? Double-check. Strong, moral idea at its core?
...uh-oh.
There's a lot to be said for this week's aliens. Like, "Is there a planet full of filthy gym socks in this universe?" and "Can those aliens go and suffocate in its core?"
It's fun, but I feel like we stretch a bit to get the story beats we want and it's ultimately unsatisfying. Am I being too harsh? Should we just accept Sisko's decisions here as being reasonable, in-universe?
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2 comments:
Is a story where Sisko has the ability to resist the aliens better than one where he doesn't, and should a story always push its moral decisions up to the highest-ranked character?
These first episodes of DS9 are, at the least, much stronger and more original than TNG's first season was. Still look to be built around concepts from TOS though.
The rank structure of Starfleet means there's usually a little scaffolding to keep the CO from making all the decisions.
Or not, TNG.
You're right on with the early season analysis.
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