DS9-Better of the trek shows?

[BlackSilver]

Darthjaye- you are right, I cannot judge you by what I know of Harmon’s tail. However from what I have seen and heard from him, he has been trying to communicate something for quite some time.

While I was having trouble with one of my players, he came in to speak about you and the insults you made about and to him, and the years he endured them. He has mentioned that he wants to find a way to remedy what has happened between you two, and has tried many different ways to do so.

He has said sorry to you more times in this forum then he has talked trash about you, and stated that you have refused to accept his apologies.

My post here was in curiosity, and in a desire to help someone that has helped my group. I suppose that I have over stepped my bounds.

It doesn’t seem fair to me that you can so obviously attack him in your post (#116) and then make such demands while he stands by your request. It seems so unfair.

Your hostility is quite clear to me, and I will attempt to stay away from you and your threads, because of Harmon and because as you imply this is not the place for it.

I am not sure how you will take this, but I will say it anyway- I am sorry. Sorry, that you took my query with such hostility. Sorry that you took it as an attack on you or your family. And lastly sorry to EN World for taking up space on a very nice thread.

 

[LightPhoenix]

With all due respect, I felt the Ferengi in DS9 are far more rounded than the Roddenberry's impression in TNG, (supposedly the new main Trek villain ... that flopped).

I felt the episode in which Nog tries to cope having lost his leg during the Dominion War is pretty well-written.

I'm not arguing that, it's just that even so, they all came off as highly annoying and very inconsequential to the series as a whole. Nog is a special case, since he's actually a member of Star Fleet, which is in and of itself a seperate culture entirely from the Ferengi. It's very likely that were Nog more a typical Ferengi, he wouldn't have gotten in, let alone thought of joining. And Quark was an exceptionally written character as well, one of my favorites on the show. It's just that whenever they wrote an episode that didn't have to do with a specific Ferengi, but the Ferengi culture and politics, it was just plain awful.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

This I will only say one time Blacksilver. You only have half the story and not all the details. It's nice to know you make judgement calls without all the facts with a person you REALLY don't know much about (and I mean that about both the people you are talking to and about in question).

I am not one to sit here and complain and admonish a friend or former firend for all here to peruse. I also am not using these forums for sympathy to make myself feel better or slam someone else for all to read. What i am here to do is enjoy myself with people who wish to have fun and not bring people down or disregard their advice and aid.

This all being said, you are welcome to come in to these threads and discuss the topic at hand, but I will not tolerate or let this sort of conversation continue, I have put up with months of this and want it to stop. Do you understand? I'm really trying to be polite in the face of this, but this sort of banter makes it very hard...........


(and just so you know, I am a very loyal friend and good father so I would appreciate that you not make any more judgements on me in my own threads in the future. Would you want the same in return? I'm gonna guess no.)

Um. Can we keep personal quibbles out of a public forum? Please?

 

[Darth K'Trava]

With all due respect, I felt the Ferengi in DS9 are far more rounded than the Roddenberry's impression in TNG, (supposedly the new main Trek villain ... that flopped).

I felt the episode in which Nog tries to cope having lost his leg during the Dominion War is pretty well-written.

Ferengi as a Trek villain did flop. Miserably. They looked like they shoulda been in the circus rather than being bad guys.

About as well-written as the storyline in JAG when Bud Roberts lost his leg in Afghanistan.

 

[mojo1701]

Ferengi as a Trek villain did flop. Miserably. They looked like they shoulda been in the circus rather than being bad guys.

They COULD'VE worked. I mean, the ultimate savage capitalists. Willing to do whatever is necessary for the bottom line.

 

[wilrich]

Um. Can we keep personal quibbles out of a public forum? Please?

Yes, either keep them out, or dish! What happened? Don't leave us in the dark if you're going to go on about them "in public."

 

[Ranger REG]

About as well-written as the storyline in JAG when Bud Roberts lost his leg in Afghanistan.

And your comment on that JAG story arc is...?

 

[Arnwyn]

I am not one to sit here and complain and admonish a friend or former firend for all here to peruse. I also am not using these forums for sympathy to make myself feel better or slam someone else for all to read. What i am here to do is enjoy myself with people who wish to have fun and not bring people down or disregard their advice and aid.

Freaky-weird.

Either spill the beans so we can all watch, point, and laugh at this trainwreck consisting of a bunch of people with questionable social skills in action - or can it.

 

[Orius]

That said, DS9 had it's fair share of cheesy and crappy episodes. Pretty much every Ferengi-oriented episode, for example. Whoever had that fetish needed to be taken out behind the lot and shot.

That was probably Ira Steven Behr. He's the guy that made up the Rules of Acqusition. And he's the reason the DS9 didn't suck, because he was running the show, and Berman left him alone because he didn't get his own way.

 

[Welverin]

For those interested, I picked up the whole DS9 series on DVD for around ~200. The only drawback is that it's the Asian import version (totally legit). But to my surprise, with the exception of the packaging (the whole thing came in one big-ass box, I'll attach a screenshot if asked) it has all the extras and quality of the US discs. The only other thing missing is the last disc (with the extras) from the first season. Otherwise, it's all there. Same menus, and pretty much same everything.

So where does one get such a wonder of technology?

Other questions, what's the region? Is it only the bonus disc for the first season that is missing?

Also, I would be interested in a pic of the packaging.

Finally, give the first few seasons another try. Towards the beginning of the thread you mentioned not liking them as much and skipping them and moving straight to season four. After picking up and watching season one I was surprised how much I liked it, saince over the years I had fallen into the "it picked up with season four" mode of thinking.