Postby Rigil Kent » Wed Aug 29, 2007 11:12 pm
To preface, let me say I'm a little irked. I wanted a super monstrous ass-kicking fleet action space battle to kick off the season ... and didn't get it. Don't get me wrong though: the first two episodes of season 6 are pretty strong, but dammit ... I got all excited and pumped for the battle ... and didn't get it. It was especially difficult to stomach given the recap of the second battle of DS9. Grrrrrrr...
A Time to Stand establishes right from the beginning that three months of bitter fighting has passed ... and that opening sequence in the teaser irked me a lot 'cause we didn't see the battle that caused that fleet damage. Garak's line about Bashir always "showing off" was funny, but the punch line about the doctor being a Vulcan was pretty good. The end of the teaser does set up how badly Starfleet is getting their ass kicked ... 14 ships survive out of a hundred plus? Ouch. (grumble grumble ... would have liked to have seen that battle though, grumble grumble).
The stuff back on the station was mildly interesting. The animosity Kira holds for Dukat was really evident, and that was a nice bit of acting between the players. Ditto that between Damar and pretty much anyone other than Dukat. Appreciated that Weyoun's Jem'Hadar bodyguards in the Weyoun/Jake interaction were keeping an eye on the crowd. The speed in which Weyoun agreed to anything Odo demanded was hysterical.
Rather liked the look of the starbase, although it should really have more ships around it, shouldn't it? Really liked the interactions between Sisko and his dad ... again; why is it that the Siskos are the only characters in Trek who don't have "daddy" issues? Don't get me wrong: I love that fact, but it's just kind of weird. Some surprisingly strong tactical thinking on Starfleet's part in regards to the White, and I loved the continuity of the Jem'Hadar ship that Sisko & Co. captured back in "The Ship." Amazing that they're taking a cadet into this crap; I get that he's kind of a "main character," but he's only been through a year of Starfleet training. There's no logic in taking him along.
The Centaur was a pretty cool looking ship, I must say. Nice pretty explosion at the end of the ep, though.
The beginning of Rocks and Shoals just caused me to shake my head. A "dark matter" nebula? Come on. Dark matter can't be observed directly, which caused me to groan at the "Trek science" that makes no sense. And, of course, there just happened to be not only a habitable planet inside the nebula, but one with life on it (based on the sound of birds during some of the outdoors scenes). Uh huh. Riiight. Cool last shot of the Jem'Hadar ship falling toward the planet, though.
Phil Morris was pretty easily recognizable as the Jem'Hadar Third ... and I have to say, it's kind of weird how these Jem'Hadar leaders are always so cool. There was the one on the prison planet, the one who grabbed Bashir & O'Brien, and the one who was in charge of those guys when we first met Weyoun. Morris does a really good job at making Third Ramataclan (or however it is spelled) have a strong personality without coming across as an evil asshole. On the flip side, I kind of wanted Sisko to shoot that Vorta at the end of the episode ... or at least have Garak do it. Would have loved for Sisko to say "Mister Garak," and the Cardassian zap the Vorta before saying something like "Oh dear. My finger appears to have slipped." But that's just me.
The "ripped my pants" scene was pretty damned funny, given the stress that they've been under and their near death experience. Another bit of nice continuity between Nog and Garak. Random sexist comment: the redhead Starfleet chick (LT Neeley?) was pretty cute. Glad she survived.
Not entirely sure what the hell the Vedek's suicide accomplished, apart from proving that some of the Bajorans are insane. If I was Dukat, I would encourage the Bajoran's to kill themselves like this. But then, I've never understood zealots anyhow.
"Humans have rules in war." Heh. Garak hasn't read much human history, has he? Wanted to smack the Starfleeters when the Jem'Hadar were charging forward to get themselves killed, though. Have they ever considered aiming? And how they managed to lose a man while firing from defended positions like they were on eludes my comprehension.
Still haven't gotten my super big, bad ass space battle, dammit. Two pretty strong episodes, though.
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