Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Complete Series (Seasons 1-7)
by Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Alexander Siddig, Corey Allen, Reza Badiyi
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Actor: Alexander Siddig, Michael Dorn, Rene AuberjonoisDirector: Alexander Siddig, Corey Allen, Michael Dorn, Rene Auberjonois, Reza Badiyi
Brand: PARAMOUNT HOME VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 8006 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-10-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Complete Series (Seasons 1-7)
DVD Review: Far and away the best of the Star Treks
Summary: 5 Stars
Why precisely was DS9 the finest of the STAR TREK series? It had a very good cast, though not clearly the best of the various series in the franchise. Deep Space 9, the space station, was not especially compelling nor were the sets much different than other shows. I think the reason it easily surpassed the other shows in quality was the political premise of the show and the way they stuck with that from beginning to end. While Cardassians, Romulans, and Klingons appeared on other series, only DS9 fully exploited the potential of their struggles with one another. The introduction of the Bajorans, the Jem'Hadar, the Dominion, and the Breen gave the series a complexity that none of the other series even remotely approached. Long story arcs always give series more depth and focus, and this was one of the great limiting factors in the other series, all of which relied on standalone formats without any real overarching story, even VOYAGER, which had a long story arc built into its very structure, that it failed to embrace.
While the main cast was not clearly better than other STAR TREK series, the cast of recurring characters were far and away to best. Garak, Gul Dukat, Rom, Nog, Martak, Keiko, Leeta, Zek the Grand Nagus, Weyoun and Brunt (both played by Jeffrey Combs), Damar, Vic Fontaine, and many others gave the show a marvelous depth and diversity. Oh, and we can't forget Morn, perhaps the most famous TV character never to have uttered a single word of dialogue. The show also does the best job of the various TREKs of fully exploiting the contrasting cultures of the various races. I never really came to like the Klingons in any of the series and DS9 shows it as a rather foolish culture, with hints that they were on the verge of collapse and change. I was slow to like the Ferengi, but I came to enjoy the absurd light they are used to place hyper free market capitalists in our own society (sort of Milton Friedman taken to his logical extreme).
Although DS9 depended upon a mythology developed in the original series and refined in THE NEXT GENERATION, the series actually resembles BABYLON 5 more than those shows. Both were set in space stations built beside wormholes. Both dealt with ongoing political conflicts. Both had commanders with a prophetic destiny. Both began at roughly the same time (DS9 began in January 1993 while BABYLON 5's Season One began in 1994, but the made for TV movie that served as a back door pilot was released in Feberuary of 1993). B5 has a substantial number of passionate fans. I am not among them. I have a number of problems with it, from what I believe is weaknesses in the writing deriving from a lack of a strong writing staff (J. Michael Stracyznski, though unquestionably a very good writer, simply tried to shoulder too much of he writing, despite not being very good with humor and writing somewhat stilted dialogue -- I think the show would have been stronger if he had allowed other writers to take on much of the burden, allowing him to work more on redaction) and rather extreme over acting and rather bizarre character design (I am thinking of Peter Jurasik's ridiculous hair and absurd accent). I understand completely what aspects of B5 some find appealing, but they generally are not bothered as I am by the weaknesses of the show, or at least are able to overlook them. DS9's overall story arc doesn't contain quite the degree of pathos of B5, what with the tragic story of Londo and the complex fate of G'Kar, but I find it overall a more consistently successful series, with fewer of the missteps that marred B5.
I have found in discussions that a surprising number of people who have watched the original series and THE NEXT GENERATION, or even VOYAGER, have not seen DEEP SPACE NINE. Of the four major series in the franchise (I see ENTERPRISE as a rather minor offshoot of the other series), this was the least watched series despite being by far the best. I think part of the explanation for that lies in the more involved story. With the other three series, you could easily miss a dozen or two episodes and completely enjoy an episode, understanding every aspect of the episode. But if you missed a dozen episodes of DS9, you would find things completely changed since the previous episode. This reflects the ongoing evolution of the story.
Although I've seen all of the STAR TREK series at least twice all the way through, this is the one series that I would be most interested in rewatching once again. I have to admit that all in all I'm not a huge STAR TREK fan, but I am very definitely a DS9 fan. In my own ranking of the best SF series of all time, this is the one STAR TREK series that I would rank up with BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (which was headed by DS9 alum Ronald D. Moore), FIREFLY, and FARSCAPE. Any serious fan of TV SF has probably seen this a couple of times already, but I think something that Nana Visitor said in the extras for the Season Seven box set is true, that people might have liked this when they first watched it, but upon rewatching it they are going to be genuinely surprised at how good it is. And the mark of a good series is definitely that it is better the second time through.
DVD Review: DS9 is on top!! Ahead of it's time:)
Summary: 5 Stars
The best written, the best acted, the most realistic and yet profoundly fantastic series in ALL of Star Trek. A great mix of people and aliens, plus a progressive way of telling stories--nothing is taken for granted here, and each episode is not just there to entertain you, it 's there to tell a pointed story. And the entire series was good because it allowed the galactic masses to come to YOU (DS9), as well as go to them-in the Defiant. This was the new Battlestar Galactica of it's time as far as drama went--and DS9 started that kind of raw story telling that we see all the time now. DS9 was ahead of it's time, and Gene R., although not always enjoying the concept of a long war (Dominion War), would, with all the other series going on anyways, would like the change of pace that DS9 provided--not to mention the surprising end to the deadliest war in the Milky Way. And, there's Gul Dukat. As far as Star Trek Magizine is concerned, Marc Alimo's charactor was the all time #2 best villian ever; right behind Khan. #2!! That's a good show.
(Best episodes ever in all of Star Trek, however, are the TNG episodes of "The Inner Light" and "Half a life" and DS9's "The Visiter", among a few others. Those ones will make you cry, they were that heartfelt and that good.)
DVD Review: DEEP SPACE NINE
Summary: 5 Stars
Star Trek Deep Space Nine will always be the cult within the cult.Although not as popular as the other Star Trek spin-offs,it has the diehard follwing of Trekker Niners who'll easily attest that DS9 was the best Trek show ever.
Unlike the other spin-offs,the show as well as the characters evolved in its seven seasons.Notably what you are getting when you buy these DVDs is all the seasons in this series.
DVD Review: Where's the videos?
Summary: 1 Stars
Well..Here goes..I can't review this product because I NEVER received it..But I got my credit card statement and the almost 400 dollar charge was on it...I sent e-mail to the seller (Waldrongroup) and was told their payments account is on hold due to scheduled maintenance. Right before Christmas?..Go figure..I've never had a problem before with Amazon delivering so I'm trying to be patient...But I really wanted these items before Christmas so I'm getting IMpatient about now...I pay my credit cards off every month so I don't owe any interest at all but I hate paying for something I haven't received and no estimated delivery date pending..I ordered on Oct.31st and my delivery date was Nov. 23rd...No tracking available because they weren't shipped yet...I ordered Star Trek Voyager and Star Trek Deep Space 9 entire seasons..I sure would like them soon...Maybe I can give a better review if I actually receive the products!....Thanks for nothing....RandyDVD Review: Deep Space Wow!
Summary: 5 Stars
Star Treck, the ancient ancestor of Deep Space Nine, went "where no one has gone before." Deep Space Nine goes on the pilgrimage, deep inside the self, where we've all been before. That alone makes DS9 wierder and scarier than most science fiction.
All the usual conflicts are located on DS9: racism, prejudice, anger, arrogance. And they're all jammed inside wonderfully visual sci-fi settings and characters. All the genres are there, too, including romance and mystery.
From the first season to the last, the characters develop in both depth and relation to the others. Here's my favorite part of DS9: The same old racial attitudes prevail, but a couple of naive kids cross the forbidden borders to form the kind of friendship only kids can form. Nog is the Ferrengi kid, and Jake is the human kid, the son of Commander Benjamin Cisco.
Whether one watches Deep Space Nine as pure fiction or latter-day morality play, it is pure enjoyment!
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