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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 6622562" data-attributes="member: 32740"><p>Yes, DS9 did a better job at actually indicating that a wider world existed, much of that made possible by the simple trick of actually having regular characters who are NOT Starfleet. But the show overall is still centered relentlessly around interactions with Starfleet because the plot arcs revolve around the station... which is administered by Starfleet. It's certainly not <em>that</em> show's only perspective, but as Quark and Garak said in one of the DS9 episodes, Starfleet is like root beer - bubbly and cloying and happy, and it's insidious because if you drink enough of it you get to like it. Well I'd say that if you drink TOO much Starfleet you eventually get to where you feel like you might vomit if you have to watch one more show with the cloying and insidious Starfleet as the focal point. You want coffee, or beer, or Champagne, or orange juice, or simple mineral water. There are other drinks in the galaxy but we've never been given more than a few sips before you get handed yet another big mug of (now room temperature) frothy, freakin' root beer.</p><p></p><p>Not trying to hit the point too hard, but there is an undeniable wealth of potential that is just ignored in the ST universe because it never, ever gets out of sight from Starfleet, that's all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 6622562, member: 32740"] Yes, DS9 did a better job at actually indicating that a wider world existed, much of that made possible by the simple trick of actually having regular characters who are NOT Starfleet. But the show overall is still centered relentlessly around interactions with Starfleet because the plot arcs revolve around the station... which is administered by Starfleet. It's certainly not [i]that[/i] show's only perspective, but as Quark and Garak said in one of the DS9 episodes, Starfleet is like root beer - bubbly and cloying and happy, and it's insidious because if you drink enough of it you get to like it. Well I'd say that if you drink TOO much Starfleet you eventually get to where you feel like you might vomit if you have to watch one more show with the cloying and insidious Starfleet as the focal point. You want coffee, or beer, or Champagne, or orange juice, or simple mineral water. There are other drinks in the galaxy but we've never been given more than a few sips before you get handed yet another big mug of (now room temperature) frothy, freakin' root beer. Not trying to hit the point too hard, but there is an undeniable wealth of potential that is just ignored in the ST universe because it never, ever gets out of sight from Starfleet, that's all. [/QUOTE]
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