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It's a real shame he apparently didn't seem to like Star Trek.
I would guess he didn’t like having to go through a bunch of shit Patrick Stewart didn’t have to. Looking at DS9 now, it’s hard to imagine the original context of it airing. Every new Trek gets shit on but people were out of line with DS9 for way too long. That’s a ridiculously huge lift with little support and - who wouldn’t be unhappy with that.
It’s only in hindsight that people started to appreciate what a great show it was. Which is much like TOS.
I, uh, enjoyed ds9 from the get go.
So did my uncle. The only thing I really hated about it was that I had to chose between it and bab5.
That’s because you’re a discriminating person of refined taste who appreciates great art. The drunken yobs I was hanging out with at the time only tut-tutted about it in passing like.
I enjoyed it but realized it was a shitty star trek.
It's funny... In some ways, I think he adored the stories they were telling, and particularly the potential the characters and the setting held, but he really seemed to dislike the production environment and many of the specific decisions that were made. He is an artist with a very specific voice (lol, literally even) and mindset that was maybe poorly suited to making Star Trek his "thing."
God though, can you imagine if the brooding-to-manic Sisko acting roller coaster had become iconic in the broader culture like Shatner's staccato shouting and dramatic pauses?
I think that's part of the appeal of Star Trek. Few other shows put as much effort into telling a complete story in 1 hour.
Personally Holodeck episodes are my favorite. No other show does that. And they go so over the top with the costumes its brilliant.
I think he just didn't like living with Rick Berman's decisions
I have to wonder if that's part of what made him good for the role? The series was trying to break the Trek mold anyway, so it was maybe for the best that the head of the ensemble cast didn't have any particular reverence for the source.
It is, but at least he was on and seemed to be a positive influence for the series. I can't recall a creative decision that he advocated for which wasn't an improvement of the character and the world.
I just don't understand the people that work in a large team creating something with a subjective component and end-up satisfied with the result.
But on the other side, those are very few people.
He could have at least acted like he liked it.
Oh, no he couldn’t.