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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 9664212" data-attributes="member: 54629">Thanks. I feel it's clear that the cast were a bit awkward at the start (especially in the pilot, which is typical and understandable), but as they became more comfortable both in their roles and with each other, they started to shine. I can see what everyone means about DS9 being a character-driven show. When the acting is good, it's really top-notch stuff.I still find the space station a bit claustrophobic, so I'm looking forward to the arrival of Defiant and the increase in off-station settings in later seasons. I think part of what's off-putting about the station is its austere Cardassian design -- all blocky and harsh angles and ugly colors. It's not aesthetically pleasing like the inside of a Federation starship with all its curves and flowing lines. I also think the non-Federation fashions on the station are pretty awful. Jake and Nog have bad taste in clothes., although neither of them is as bad as Quark, who always looks like he's wearing his grandma's upholstery cut-offs. And those Bajoran uniforms are not at all flattering!The action sequences tend to leave a little to be desired. I've noticed numerous scenes where the actors basically just stand there waiting to get shot or have something fall on them or whatever. The hand-to-hand combat choreography isn't the greatest either (I'm thinking of the scene where Sisko is fighting the Bajoran who tried to inject him with something in "Dramatis Personae").While I hope that the action sequences improve over the course of the show, I acknowledge that it's really the character drama that is what makes this show shine (especially in season 1).On to season 2, which I'm fairly sure I also watched back in the day. (I think I stopped watching DS9 around the time TNG ended, but I don't remember exactly when. I may have continued for a while. I also can't remember how much of Voyager I watched before giving up on it as well.)</blockquote>

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