As a Star Trek fan, it pains me to write this negative review but watching this series was even more painful. I enjoyed TNG, Voyager, and even the short-lived Enterprise, but DS9 just left me sad and disappointed. Many of the stories were adequate but the acting was weak, the dialogue often laughable, and the inclusion of a Ferengi as a central character turned this series into a tongue-in-cheek farce best suited for children.
Let's start with the characters. Captain Sisco must have taken a Quaalude before each scene which would explain his slow, boring, mono-tone delivery and glossy stare into nowhere. Wake up man, you're the Captain!
Major Kira was completely unbelievable as a former freedom-fighter, thanks to her spackled-on makeup and distracting ear bling; which is probably why, in almost every episode, she had to remind us of her painful past battling in the trenches. Oh, did your nails keep breaking you poor thing?
Odo the shape-shifting security chief existed mainly to show off the liquid entity CG effects which created such awe in Terminator 2, but were overshadowed in DS9 by Odo's endless grumpy, sarcastic, whiny barbs usually traded with Quark.
As for Quark and the other clown-like Ferengi, well they are just painful to watch. Did they have any dialog that didn't include the words "profit" and "gold-pressed latinum"? It quickly became intolerably repetitious.
As much as I loved the other Star Trek series and most of the movies, don't bother with this one. Babylon 5 had some faults but overall was a much better outer space drama than DS9.
Let's start with the characters. Captain Sisco must have taken a Quaalude before each scene which would explain his slow, boring, mono-tone delivery and glossy stare into nowhere. Wake up man, you're the Captain!
Major Kira was completely unbelievable as a former freedom-fighter, thanks to her spackled-on makeup and distracting ear bling; which is probably why, in almost every episode, she had to remind us of her painful past battling in the trenches. Oh, did your nails keep breaking you poor thing?
Odo the shape-shifting security chief existed mainly to show off the liquid entity CG effects which created such awe in Terminator 2, but were overshadowed in DS9 by Odo's endless grumpy, sarcastic, whiny barbs usually traded with Quark.
As for Quark and the other clown-like Ferengi, well they are just painful to watch. Did they have any dialog that didn't include the words "profit" and "gold-pressed latinum"? It quickly became intolerably repetitious.
As much as I loved the other Star Trek series and most of the movies, don't bother with this one. Babylon 5 had some faults but overall was a much better outer space drama than DS9.