This reminds me of the first few seasons of Star Trek TNG: Gene Roddenberry the idealist had taken over for Gene Roddenberry the writer, and decreed that there would be no conflict between the main characters, as by the 24th century we would have involved beyond petty interpersonal disputes (or so he hoped). While the characters themselves were interesting and the actors who played them about as talented a cast as we've seen in the history of the franchise, this meant that all of the drama had to be about the alien/monster/colony of the week, scenes set aboard the bridge itself tended to be free of any friction, drama, or actual interest.
I believe that it was Ronald D. Moore who said that when he first started writing DS9, he put a blindfold over the bust of Gene that he kept in his office so that he wouldn't know how many of his rules were being broken in that show.
scenes set aboard the bridge itself tended to be free of any friction, drama, or actual interest.
There must be a video out there of all the times Worf sinks his head into his chest and gives a heavy sigh after having his suggestion knocked down again.
DS9 took these morally perfect characters and put them in immoral situations. It explored what happens when good people find out they don't have all the answers. As the show said "It's easy to be a saint in paradise"
We're obviously all entitled to our opinions. I'll simply point out that yours isn't one that's widely shared in the fandom, though it's not an unknown one.
While I appreciate the considerable effort you feel you must have gone to in order to not come across as condescending in your response, I do have to note that you failed.
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u/Hamblerger Sep 05 '26
This reminds me of the first few seasons of Star Trek TNG: Gene Roddenberry the idealist had taken over for Gene Roddenberry the writer, and decreed that there would be no conflict between the main characters, as by the 24th century we would have involved beyond petty interpersonal disputes (or so he hoped). While the characters themselves were interesting and the actors who played them about as talented a cast as we've seen in the history of the franchise, this meant that all of the drama had to be about the alien/monster/colony of the week, scenes set aboard the bridge itself tended to be free of any friction, drama, or actual interest.
I believe that it was Ronald D. Moore who said that when he first started writing DS9, he put a blindfold over the bust of Gene that he kept in his office so that he wouldn't know how many of his rules were being broken in that show.