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This episode was great fun, as it was supposed to be. It was strange to see the DS9 cast interacting and not interacting with the TOS cast, and all the best bits from the original episode going on in the background, or even the foreground. Did they put the DS9 characters into the background in the remastered TOS episode? I wish they would broadcast it one day so that we could find out. We got to see a view of, in my opinion, the loveliest Trek ship ever built, the original Enterprise. Then there was the strange sight of Klingons with smooth foreheads alongside Worf, which was very curious. My one minor niggle is that Teri Farrell seemed to pick up a little too much of the TOS spirit, and went into the odd burst of overacting. Still, she did wear that miniskirt. I wonder if there's some way to get her into the 23rd Century Mirror Universe...or is that going too far? I should also mention Sisko's scene at the end with Kirk, very cleverly done. There are one question that I would really like to answer. What did they do with all those Tribbles at the end? |
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This was yet another DS9 episode that made prime-time news in the UK. Previously, DS9's huge per-episode budget had been mentioned. The level of technical brilliance in this episode is amazing, with TOS and DS9 characters actually speaking and interacting with one another. There are a number of scenes jostling for number one spot but the bar fight probably did it for me. Odo ribbing Worf and the "Those are Klingons?", which would later lead to one of Enterprise's better storylines, is hilarious. You have to overlook the fact that the Starship Defiant somehow ends up light years away from its starting point, but this is more than compensated for by lots of warmth, humour and genuine, affectionate respect for the fans as well as for the original series. It would have been nice to see the Defiant and Enterprise on screen together but obviously this couldn't happen. The "He put a bomb in a tribble?", along with the resultant detonation in space, were genuine laugh out loud moments. Who knew DS9 could do humour this well? God only knows what kind of appalling crap Bermaga would have made of this episode. |
