Star Trek: Deep Space Nine DVD Details Announced

l0key432 writes "The first season of Deep Space Nine will be released on DVD in late-February next year in the form of a six-disc box set, Paramount Home Entertainment officially announced on StarTrek.com. The DVDs will contain, of course, all of the season one episodes, newly remixed Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and many extras. The following six seasons will be released one or two months apart from each other, as the Next Generation box sets were. Good to see this show finally coming out on DVD and getting some of the recognition it truly deserves."

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Recognition?

[someguy]

I'm not so sure how releasing something on DVD is providing recognition it deserves. I could understand saying that if Paramount went all out trying to promote it I could call it recognition. But if, not keep in mind how much low quality stuff gets put out that is "gaining recognition".

Re:Recognition?

[mceister]

Paramount has always treated DS9 as the family dog of the Trek shows. Best example is the commercial for four commanders during the early years of Voyager. Kirk, Piccard, Janeway and... Warf? That was a Paramount produced commercial and a slap in the face to Sisko and DS9. I'm afraid I would be insulted by however Paramount would try to market this release so it might be best they don't.

The fact DS9 is being released on DVD before they pump out that 'Mister Roger's Neighborhood' derivative of a show called 'Voyager' is all the recognition I need from them. Thank you Paramount for this small favor to the best Trek ever - DS9. (IMHO)

Re:Recognition?

[entrylevel]

I totally agree. I've been searching desperately for reruns of DS9 ever since it went off the air, and just haven't been able to find them (on television). Most people claim that DS9 was a bad ripoff of B5, and I tend to agree, except for the "bad" part. I thought it was well written, fairly well acted ripoff, with much better special effects. I do wish there were equivalent cast members for Leeta and Talya [sic?] on DS9 though.

I loved TNG as a kid, but now I watch it and wonder what I was thinking. People in tights standing in a room talking about "issues" while the camera gets shaken every now and then. Nowadays I just feel bad for Patrick Stewart for having to put up with the whole concept (having experienced several of his performances off-broadway).

I always thought Voyager was a joke. How couldn't it be? First ever (televised, on a Trek) female starship captain. Pilot episode: she gets her crew hopelessly lost and spends the rest of the series trying to find her way back. To add insult to injury, how many times was the Enterprise and its experienced, battle-hardened crew completely destroyed by a broken, underpowered, 20-year old stolen Klingon ship, or a subspace anomaly? Yet Voyager (and its ragtag, fresh-from-the-womb crew) were indestructible, even to the Borg and Species 8579 (or whatever)! Too bad there was never a punchline.

Of course I like TOS, but after you've seen every episode 700 times, it gets hard to watch. Although I still try to watch it now and then just to support "space-oriented" shows on the SciFi channel.

Enterprise? Uhm. Right. WTF? Does _anyone_ enjoy that PC drivel?

As for DS9, does anyone remember the grand finale? I would pay full DVD price just for that. The space battle at the end was absolutely the best I've seen on a TV show to date.

I personally can't wait. I rarely buy DVDs, but DS9 and B5 are "must haves" in my book.

Re:Recognition?

[Ponty]

Re: Janeway & crew. That's what always got me about Voyager. They had an opportunity to do something really interesting in that show. TNG was all about the biggest, bestest ship in the fleet. DS9 was all about crazy folks dealing with other crazy folks. TOS was all about cowboys in space. They had their niches and they worked. The Voyager crew was a bunch of losers stuck on a lowly science ship. On top of that, they had the nutso Maquis stuck on board with them. They were pretty much average, run-of-the-mill Starfleet officers on a so-so ship with an average captain. They never once had to confront their mediocrity. That's what would have been interesting. If they hadn't come up with a dozen scientific breakthroughs a season or figured out how to singlehandedly hand the Borg's ass to them every time they met. I would have loved to watch a show about average folks in the middle of a really crappy situation having to overcome their own inadequacies before they could even think about dealing with the rest of the universe. Big missed opportunity.

It's not that different from what's currently happening with Enterprise. They have another one of the most exciting opportunities at hand: It's before the Federation, it's mysterious and dangerous. They're totally unprepared and out of their element. Let's go explore! Who the hell cares about some contrived "temporal cold war" plot. Let's set the stage for what comes next, not for something that was just made up. Don't take every chance to moralize and celebrate humanness, let's get our asses kicked and lose once in a while.

Yay!

[acehole]

We can see wayun(?) die all over again.

Who needs kenny when you've got him.

Aged for goodness

[solendril]

Funny that you mention it... I've been tuning in recently to TNN's TNG broadcasts, and remembering how good, and how BAD Trek can be. Some episodes are funny, spooky, interesting or downright cool, but seeing it now as an adult, its not nearly as cool as I remember it being when I was a kid.

The Best of Both Worlds may have been better than most of the movies, but half the time the script didn't live up. The chemistry of TNG had that special something that later series tried to capture with little success, but it DIDN'T have the awesome writing of later series.

Late-season voayger had some fantastic writers at the helm, and as for DS9, a decade after TNG, I'll say that it's severly underrated. Never had Trek ventured so much into politics and religion, never had individuals had so powerful motivations and messages. DS9 had better characters and a deeper milieu than TNG. But because there was no space opera, no flying around and blasting aliens, it wasn't as successful.

Nevermind, I guess I'll buy the DVDS. But that's just my 2 cents.

Despite the fact..

[Anonymous Coward]

..that it had no coherent plot arc that spanned more than four episodes in a row (O'Brien is suicidal one episode, his normal self the next!), and the fact that it became a rip off of Babylon 5 ("They're having a war. We need one! Sheridan's going beyond the rim? Let's send Sisko to the Prophets!")..

I *liked* DS9. I'd actually say I liked it more than Next Gen. It certainly kicks the crap out of Voyager and Enterprise.

Why? One word. Klingons. They are, without a doubt, the coolest part of the entire Trek franchise. They aren't based off of screwed up yet glaringly obvious mythology, like Vulcans and Romulans. They're not just another alien species with bumps on their nose, like the Bajorans and fifty other races. They.. Well, okay, two reasons - Cardassians were pretty damned cool - Garrick, at least.

I wish my tailor went out and killed people.

Despite my bitching about DS9's plot arc, or lack thereof, I'll give them credit - they started forging one in the last seasons. So far, it's the only Trek series to have done that.

Since I have a slight hangover, I'll cheer loudly, and leave you with this quote:

"Comment?! Klingon programmers do not comment!"

DS9's Slogan ...

[Anonymous Coward]

"To boldy stay where no man has stayed before."

Why eat tofu when you can have beef?

[bourne]

The first season of Babylon 5 is available NOW on DVD.

For those who aren't aware, or haven't seen, Babylon 5 has a far more interesting and COHESIVE story than DS9 - and DS9 was the closest approximation ST ever had to a cohesive storyline.

What do I mean by cohesive? Simply this: there's no reset button. Everything isn't solved at the end of the episode, all mutations un-mutated, all weird twists un-twisted. There are episodes in Season 5 which are tied closely to what happened in episodes from the other four seasons.

There's a real story - beginning, middle, and end. It spreads over the full 5 seasons. And, if my opinion isn't already clear - that's huge. It's a good story, and worth exercising your attention span for.

Sure, their special effects budget wasn't as rich as $T. Some threads get mangled because an actor wasn't available two seasons after the seeds were planted. When you consider the difficulty of producing a cohesive epic 5-season TV show, though, B5 did pretty good.

Best moment on DS9

[Reality Master 101]

I loved this scene:

Quark: "I want you to try something for me. Take a sip of this."
Garak: "What is it?"
Quark: "A Human drink, it's called Root Beer."
Garak: "Ahh, I don't know....."
Quark: "Come on....Aren't you in the least bit curious?"
Quark: "..........What d'you think?"
Garak: "It's vile!"
Quark: "I know. It's so bubbly and cloy, and happy."
Garak: "Just like the Federation....."
Quark: "But do you know what's really frightening? If you drink enough of it you begin to like it...."
Garak: "....It's insidious...."
Quark: "....Just like the Federation."