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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 1068135" data-attributes="member: 505">I don't think he meant that it was somehow against Trek, just that it didn't fall into the pseudo-science trap that many post Trek sci-fi series have.In other words, the key to solving the crisis of each episode didn't revolve around reversing the polarity. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Seriously though, there were quite a bit of things that actually give it a vibe that was the opposite of Trek.1.) The Federation was the bad guy.2.) A dirty and used-looking future.3.) Conflict As for that last bit, I remember reading an interview with somebody associated with DS9 who said that, before the series went to air, someone from Paramount (or whoever's in charge of the Trek franchise) came to them and told them he didn't like the personal conflict between the characters.  According to him, the company line is that no one in the Federation argues.  They were forced to create more alien characters so that the humans would have someone to argue with.  That's my biggest problem with Trek; it's written by commitee.  They want to keep everything the same all the time.  Heck, I've heard Frakes got notes when he was directing to stop making the movies so cinematic and make them look more like tv.Sorry, I don't want to be ragging on Trek, but when you compare the original series to what it's become, it's like the soul has been sucked out of it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />  Put the staff from DS9 in charge!</blockquote>

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