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Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Season 1

Avery Brooks (Actor), Rene Auberjonois (Actor), Cliff Bole (Director), Corey Allen (Director) | Rated: NR (Not Rated) | Format: DVD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (140 customer reviews)

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Of all the spinoff TV incarnations of Star Trek, Deep Space Nine had the hardest job persuading an audience to watch. By all accounts, Gene Roddenberry had concerns about the idea before his death in 1991. It took two more years to develop, and when it finally aired in 1993 reasons for that concern were evident right away. The show was dark (literally), characters argued a lot, no one went anywhere, and the neighboring natives were hardly ever friendly. Yet for all that the show went against the grain of the Great Bird's original vision of the future, it undeniably caught the mood of the time, incorporating a complex political backdrop that mirrored our own.

In the casting, there was a clear intent to differentiate the show from its predecessors. Genre stalwarts Tony Todd and James Earl Jones were considered for Commander Sisko before Avery Brooks. The one letdown at the time was that Michelle Forbes did not carry Ensign Ro across from The Next Generation, but when the explosive Nana Visitor defiantly slapped her hand on a console in the pilot episode, viewers knew they were in for a different crew dynamic. In fact, the two-part pilot show ("The Emissary") is largely responsible for DS9's early success. Mysterious, spiritual, claustrophobic, funny, and feisty, it remains the most attention-grabbing series opener (apart from the original series') the franchise has had. The first year may have relied on a few too many familiar faces--like Picard, Q, and Lwaxana Troi--but these were more than outweighed by refreshingly detailed explorations of cultures old and new (Trill, Bajoran, Cardassian, Ferengi). As it turned out, Deep Space Nine was the boldest venture into Roddenberry's galaxy that had been (or ever would be) seen. --Paul Tonks

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The first season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine follows the same pattern as the Next Generation sets: four episodes per disc, very good Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 surround sound, English subtitles, and one disc of bonus features. Those features total about 75 minutes, including an 18-minute documentary "Deep Space Nine: A Bold Beginning," a profile of Kira Nerys, makeup and props spotlights, and other short segments, all incorporating a variety of cast and crew interviews from 1992 (the beginning of the series), 1999 (the end), and 2002. It's good stuff, but Star Trek television DVDs seem overdue for a commentary track on at least a few episodes.

The packaging is noticeably different. Instead of TNG's heavy cardboard box and foldout disc trays, DS9's trays are bound in a book format, which makes the discs much easier to get to; on the downside, the outer plastic sleeve seems more susceptible to wear and tear. Another benefit is that the set occupies almost 50% less shelf space than a season of TNG, meaning that from the Original Series to TNG to DS9, each series is getting more compact, which is a welcome development for Trekkers who had been considering renting a storage unit to house their collections. --David Horiuchi

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4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended but some rough areas, April 2 2004
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Tristan Lawrence (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Season 1 (DVD)
This is the only season of this show I have seen. It was quite good and I am planning to purchase additional season-in fact I almost gave it five stars. The season premiere was really excellent, easily shouldering the burden of introducing us to the characters and environment without losing focus on its own story.

The rest of the season was generally good, with a few standout episodes and no particular bloopers. My biggest complaint was that the closest thing to a season theme (tension between the Bajorans and Starfleet) never got the consistant attention it needed. Also the final episode of this brief package (only 19 episodes), although quite good as a stand-alone episode, was completely unable to balance out the overall experience and left everything feeling truncated.

That said, the episodes were engaging and occasionally thought-provoking. Although DS9 lacks the commanding presence of Patrick Stewart and is thus more of an ensemble piece than TNG, the characters were interesting and worked well together. Recommended!

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4.0 out of 5 stars A slow start, but a good series, Feb 28 2004
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McHenry John (McHenry, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Season 1 (DVD)
Ben Sisko (Avery Brooks) is commissioned by Starfleet to an old Cardassian space station called Terok Nor which Starfleet has re-named Deep Space Nine to safeguard the planet Bajor. He later discovers a stable wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant and is chosen as the Emissary by a race of aliens known as "The Prophets"

BEST EPISODE: DUET

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Star Trek Series that could, Nov 19 2003
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Andrew Clark (Pasadena, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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The DS9 series was a bold step into the unknown. It is true that people did not really travel away from the station , and the neighbors were restless , but it was those uncertanties that did make DS9 a good series. Not every episode ended with happiness and not all problems were solved in 45 minutes like the other series did. There were more background elements that made this series more real and to me more enjoiable to watch. DS9 may not have been the best sci-fi series out there at the time , but it was a lot better that most and in the long run I think that it could turn out to have been the best of all the Star Trak series.
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