From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: epwise{at}yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Deep Space Nine - Some final thoughts

anim8rFSK  wrote in
news:anim8rfsk-3E350A.03221523022014{at}news.easynews.com: 

> In article ,
>  "Daniel47{at}teranews.com"  wrote:
> 
>> On 23/02/14 02:20, anim8rFSK wrote:
>> > In article ,
>> >   "Al Kaiser"  wrote:
>> >
>> >> Well good bye to DS9. I finished it last night. I was up until
>> >> almost 3:30 AM
>> >> going through the final episode and special features on Season 7
>> >> Disc 7. 
>> >>
>> >> The episode was 90 minutes or so. When it ran on TV it was done as
>> >> two one hour episodes and ended up on the DVD as about 90 minutes.
>> >> Boy I DID forget a
>> >> lot of things like Rom becoming the Naguis and where everyone went
>> >> after the
>> >> war was over.
>> >>
>> >> If anything when you watch it on DVD you've GOT to watch the last
>> >> episode and
>> >> the special features they almost put the cap on the story that
>> >> doesn't happen
>> >> because of any made for TV movies. The "What You
Leave Behind"
>> >> title is sure
>> >> fitting. And the comments from directors cast and crew are exactly
>> >> as I have
>> >> said. They said that DS9 lived in the shadow of Next Generation
>> >> for a number
>> >> of years and never got the audience respect that it so rightly
>> >> deserved. They
>> >> said if you see it in reruns and for the second time, (which this
>> >> is because
>> >> it
>> >> never went to syndication), you will see how the series stands
>> >> alone by itself.
>> >> I agree the whole 7 year ARC worked well and the brought the story
>> >> to a logical conclusion.
>> >>
>> >> You could parallel it to what JMS did with B5. They do admit there
>> >> are still
>> >> some stories left and some loose ends that could have been delved
>> >> into further
>> >> but for the most part they are finished.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately Netflix doesn't give you extras so all that's
>> > available to me are the raw episodes.  I hate the final DS9 with
>> > the fiery intensity of 1000 superdupernovas.  Sisko goes crazy,
>> > murders Dukat (who himself had earlier gone crazy) and commits
>> > suicide in the process and Jake's left alone staring into space? 
>> > It invalidates the entire series, and especially their finest hour,
>> > THE VISITOR.  I pretend that nothing as of and including the murder
>> > of Jadzia happened. 
>> >
>> Well, there was that episode were Sisko was writing SF stories for
>> one of the monthly SF mags, so maybe, DS9 never did, really, happen!
>> 
>> ;-p
>> 
>> Daniel
> 
> It happened more than the holonovel called ENTERPRISE did, that's for 
> sure.
> 

Just because you didn't like it doesn't mean it didn't exist.
That's a sign of mental illness.  Please get help.
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