Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, DS9 was back on this morning! LOVED the episode (Favour the Bold), wow, those fleets are impressive, and Odo.....well that story continues to be fascinating, and I really liked Quark in this one again, who knew he could care so much about his brother? And of course all followed by a "To Be Continued..."
My only nit-pick is in the Odo storyline. Not much actually happens in terms of events, and because of that I think they should have focused more on the actor performances, and the emotion that they bring to the characters. Which I don't think they did enough. I'd chalk this up to the director (whoever that was). Half the time it felt like the camera was too distant (like there's a giant slab of plexiglass between the camera and the actors) and wasn't getting everything from the actors that I know they can provide in those scenes (which is actually a grievance that I have with all Star Trek, but because of this story and it's content, it stood out a lot more. There are a few exceptions throughout the various incarnations of Trek, but overall it seems to be a fairly consistant flaw.). It's too bad, because it is a more emotional storyline, but that emotion isn't quite being played enough, the performances are there but they aren't- it felt almost too scripted, if you get my meaning. Of course I've only seen the episodes once, so it's more of the residual feeling after watching them that I base this on. But have to see what happens tomorrow.
Hope that made sense.
My only nit-pick is in the Odo storyline. Not much actually happens in terms of events, and because of that I think they should have focused more on the actor performances, and the emotion that they bring to the characters. Which I don't think they did enough. I'd chalk this up to the director (whoever that was). Half the time it felt like the camera was too distant (like there's a giant slab of plexiglass between the camera and the actors) and wasn't getting everything from the actors that I know they can provide in those scenes (which is actually a grievance that I have with all Star Trek, but because of this story and it's content, it stood out a lot more. There are a few exceptions throughout the various incarnations of Trek, but overall it seems to be a fairly consistant flaw.). It's too bad, because it is a more emotional storyline, but that emotion isn't quite being played enough, the performances are there but they aren't- it felt almost too scripted, if you get my meaning. Of course I've only seen the episodes once, so it's more of the residual feeling after watching them that I base this on. But have to see what happens tomorrow.
Hope that made sense.
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