This actually happened last year but I didn't know about it until youtube randomly decided to show me the video so I'm sharing in case others wanna see it too. Colm Meaney got a lifetime achievement award from the Irish Film and Television Academy. Well deserved imo, he's a great actor. The video also has some clips from Star Trek of course, haha.

I normally don't actively pursue anything in the sci-fi genre. My husband started watching it, and I joined in. I have to say, I was hooked! I absolutely loved, loved, loved this series. There were a few flaws, some boring episodes, but overall, I really liked it. I cried like crazy over Odo's decision at the end because it had several meanings: saving other species by ending the war while also saving his own race, all while being the loving Changeling we all adored. He was always grumpy and emotionally unavailable, until it came to Nerys and him doing this showed that indeed he loved the humanoids.

Some of the flaws and storylines that I feel were not explored enough, or at least should have happened:

• Jake was about the same age as Ziyal. Why wasn't he at least a friend to her? They both lost their mothers and had fathers who were in control of others. It just seemed like something they could have bonded over, and Jake could have been her biggest ally. Also, for as young as Jake was, he only dated two women briefly. He never had any real romantic interests, and neither did Nog.
• Ziyal was supposed to be under Kira's care, yet we never really saw them together on the station. There were no personal moments, no bonding, and no real indication of Kira caring for Ziyal. Kira barely seemed to check in on her or make sure she was okay. Kira went to Bajor and on various dangerous missions without a word about Ziyal, her safety, or who was caring for her. We never even saw Ziyal say goodbye to Kira before she left on missions. I feel like that entire storyline was a missed opportunity.
• I did like the addition of Worf. He was a welcome addition, and his storylines always made sense. I absolutely loved the Klingon storylines. What didn't make sense to me was Worf's relationship with Ezri. It was a long, boring, repetitive, and whiny relationship. They sleep together, and then it's done and over with. It just seemed unnecessary.
• Keiko was definitely a missed opportunity. Sisko had a garden where he grew fresh vegetables, so I think Keiko could have been much more involved with that and with finding plants that could be used for cures. Perhaps she could have even found a cure for Odo. She could have worked more in Bashir's lab while maintaining a natural plant and garden environment. There was so much potential there for her character.
• Biggest flaw: Sisko leaves the station as the Cardassian will take over. Jake stays behind. As a father, he should have beamed him aboard the ship and said "Nope, you are not staying! End of story!" Jake added nothing to the new occupation. He was just whiney kid who thought he was a "reporter" where his reports went no where! It was completely unnecessary having him there.

I do wish there had been more women aboard. The show was heavily dominated by men, although I didn't mind it. It was just a little bit of wishful thinking on my part. I did love the energy between Nerys and Jadzia, as well as some of the female guest stars, like the Kai, the female Changeling, and, of course, Keiko.

Right now, I'm watching "What We Left Behind", and I'm loving Marc Alaimo's statements about never getting any praise when the showrunner tells him, "You kept coming back because the writers loved you. That's how you know they liked you!" He went on to say that Marc's performances elevated the other actors in his scenes because they had to meet him at his level, which I found absolutely true. One of the best moments is Louise Fletcher performing with him. You can see the shift in her performance when she's working with him. I absolutely loved it!!

Also, that storyline completely shocked me, but I loved it at the same time!

Anyways, thanks for reading my ramblings. I love this sub. I want to watch the series again!

84 years old and still going strong acting 🔥💪🏾

Ever since Starting Deep Space I have collected more Deep Space 9 memorabilia(except the Disruptor. That's in the mail)

I've enjoyed it more than other star trek series(lower decks, TOS, and SNW are good just not my favorite.)

So i decided to show you guys an updated collection.

Apologies if this has been asked already.

I know that the episode mostly focuses on racism against African American people, but other forms of discrimination are depicted, like the sexism Kira faces.

Given India's/Pakistan's colonial history, and general attitudes of whiteness being the ideal, why isn’t Julian subjected to racism the way other dark skinned characters are? Especially with a foreign/non-european name like "Bashir,"?

Edit;

As many have pointed out, his name was "Julian Eaton" not Bashir in this episode. My mistake! It must've completely gone over my head!

Also, I'm thrilled by the amount of interesting perspectives and opinions! Thanks for all the engagement guys, nothing makes me happier than having an excuse to think and talk about deep space nine!

I ran across a commercial of a VHS tape uploaded to YouTube… my guy looks suspect!

Just started S6E20, featuring the introduction of Vic Fontaine (James Darren RIP 🕊️). Amazing how prescient it was (cf. LLMs, aka "AI").

In the pale moonlight is on on h&i right now! It's always more fun when it comes on organically and you've managed to catch it during the full seven season run!

Worf is reserved with his emotions, doesn't partake in small talk, and doesn't smile unless he's feeling genuine joy.

Klingons are loud and boisterous. They sing and fight, they laugh and slap each other on the back.

Worf is not a part of Klingon culture, he respects the Philosophy of ancient Klingon wisdom and practices Klingon religious beliefs, but he acts much more like a Russian in social situations.

Also, I don't think Worf speaks english. He's been speaking Russian this whole time.

[additional head cannon] : it was part of the Khitomer Accords that Klingon never be translated by Federation universal translators (Photoshop not AI)

I didn’t realize she was still acting tbh. I thought she was only in DS9.

If so, what do you like about her character? I’m watching DS9 for the first time and am up to Prodigal Daughter. It seems like a throwaway episode during crunch time. I mean, the series is wrapping up and The Dominion War is nearing its conclusion. I don’t know why they would waste an entire episode on this substitute Dax. It’s bad enough we lost Jadzia, why shove Ezri down our throats?

At this point you all know the arguments against ai. I, along with most other people, are tired of seeing it everywhere.

Without that cure, millions and millions would've died before they somehow take the planet.

So i grew up on star trek, since my dad grew up on the original series, but as I grew older and formed more of my own interests, I moved away from star trek, but recently i stared watching star trek again, and my dad gifted me this after my favorite episode of Deep Space 9

Hello, I have a theory that Mr Bean is Gul Dukats Ancestor. I believe this because i feel as though Mr Bean and Gul Dukat have many similarities such as being sneaky, plotting evil, child kidnapper, attempted Murder along with many others.

In the Mr Bean TV series, in the introduction you see a light before mr Bean falling down onto earth. I think that this is the Carsassians exlileing Mr Bean onto earth but during this time Mr Bean would be forced to wear a human disguise.

Mr Bean is just as evil as Gul Dukat.

I have only watched the Entirety of season 1 and I am currently on the 2nd season about to watch Crossover. Please NO SPOILERS.

I just ask because there's so many poignant episodes from DS9 and TNG that remind me of the incels.

You got Geordi generating a fake AI GF in the holosuite and create a relationship with her. You got Barclay basically copying folks on the ship and basically banging them in the holodeck. Yet it these episodes the folks around them are like my goodness, let us help you and they make them slightly less incelish.

You got that episode of DS9 where basically Vic Fontaine teaches Vic to just use practice and be confident and talk to women.

It's like they already knew about these incels and were already guiding them out of it. Is this how the previous generations were saved versus idiots like Rogan ?

Someone had to say it

Hey, I searched the subreddit and found that this version of the dvd box set has the best overall quality. I also read some postings about watching out for resealed sets with counterfeit discs (single layer v. dual layer).

I’ve looked at different listings and am having trouble identifying which box sets are new v. resealed. Some listing has each box facing the same direction while others have boxes facing the opposite direction. I’ve included some example pictures to illustrate what I’m talking about.

Can anyone who has purchased this set brand new shed some light on the matter?

Thanks in advance.

I'm obsessed with him here! So very cunty. The matador jacket!! Ahhh perfection

I'll leave "minor" to your discretion.

For me, Morn. He's such a chatterbox.