For an underreported movie that I found out about the last minute, "What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine " complimented Star Trek: Deep Space 9 greatly as it provided additional input from the directors and actors and fans during a convention in Las Vegas that I did not hear about. The movie was approximately 2 hours 30 minutes in length with additional notes about the making of the series and the movie after the credits. And as a Black male I was astonished that, like my high school experience, the crowd was overwhelmingly a Caucasian audience ( watching a series that should be designed for a Black audience featuring a Black Commander destined to become a Captain, who was widowed, raising his Black *******, and a religious prophet ) at my location in Toronto at the Queensway theatres where the cashier who sold me the ticket stated that this special event was 96% sold!!!?? A very good accomplishment for such a poorly advertised movie, I barely heard about the day before the event, shown only yesterday in a limited number of theatres, during a time of the week people usually have difficulty seeing movies. I hope that that will reverberate back to the directors stating the fan base is hungry enough for a sequel for this series?
In the film I was surprised to see that the actor that portrayed Rom (Max Grodénchik) can sing quite well where he opened the movie with his singing much like Vic Fontaine (James Darren). I was impressed to see all the women who said that they were influenced by the characters of Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) and Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor). And there was at least one Black guy that said Bejamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) was his inspiration to join the US Navy.
The actors and directors admitted that the series was considered as a forgotten bastard c.hild as during any talk of Star Trek people speak of Captain Kirk from the original series, Captain Picard from Next Generation, and then forget DS9 where they speak of Captain Janeway from Voyager. Not to undermine any of those fine programs I great agree with what Quark (Armin Shimerman) said that DS9 was just as good if not better. Plus the brave stance they had creating a series with Avery Brooks who all involved agreed there could be no other better to portray Benjamin Sisko who not only was initially a Starfleet Commander and then a Starfleet Captain, but also a religious icon to Bajor. Moreover the series when aired on television was aired in certain markets and then it was removed and then aired at awkward time schedules 3 AM or 4 AM where it was hard to keep track of the plot and storyline. Only in recent years with the benefit of Crave TV and Netflix one can binge watch all the episodes where the viewers will not miss any episodes as well.
They created a delightful plausible season where Sisko came back after years had advanced. They station remained but there were other plot lines developed after Captain Nog's death which greatly irritated (Aron Eisenberg). And there were lots of additional things said by the actors where Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) included her true pregnancy in the series where they wrote in the part where she had the O'Brian's baby, and she had a true romance with Dr Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig), and she spurned true romantic advances from the actor who portrayed Gul Dukat (Marc Alaimo). Avery Brooks was so close with Cirroc Lofton (who portrayed Jake Sisko) that in real life he was virtually adopted in his real family. It crushed me when they killed off Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) and she did not want to leave the show despite the growth in her character as well as with the confidence of the actress that portrayed her. And mysterious Elim Garak (Andrew J. Robinson) said that his character was obviously a homosexual where he desired Dr Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) more than just a friend. The director stated that several perspectives had to be removed from this movie because if everything was included from all actors this movie would be at least 8 hours long.
I could go on but don't despair as you can sign up for the DVD when it is available here:
And if you desire to learn more about Star Trek: Deep Space 9 here:
en.wikipedia.org
Courtesy of the wayback machine that literally stores everything posted on the Internet there were unaired written stories at the end of the series of Star Trek: Deep Space 9 at the end of the war with the Founders here as that website sadly no longer exists:
For any others who wish to reflect upon Deep Space 9 feel free to air your opinions on this thread.
In the film I was surprised to see that the actor that portrayed Rom (Max Grodénchik) can sing quite well where he opened the movie with his singing much like Vic Fontaine (James Darren). I was impressed to see all the women who said that they were influenced by the characters of Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) and Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor). And there was at least one Black guy that said Bejamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) was his inspiration to join the US Navy.
The actors and directors admitted that the series was considered as a forgotten bastard c.hild as during any talk of Star Trek people speak of Captain Kirk from the original series, Captain Picard from Next Generation, and then forget DS9 where they speak of Captain Janeway from Voyager. Not to undermine any of those fine programs I great agree with what Quark (Armin Shimerman) said that DS9 was just as good if not better. Plus the brave stance they had creating a series with Avery Brooks who all involved agreed there could be no other better to portray Benjamin Sisko who not only was initially a Starfleet Commander and then a Starfleet Captain, but also a religious icon to Bajor. Moreover the series when aired on television was aired in certain markets and then it was removed and then aired at awkward time schedules 3 AM or 4 AM where it was hard to keep track of the plot and storyline. Only in recent years with the benefit of Crave TV and Netflix one can binge watch all the episodes where the viewers will not miss any episodes as well.
They created a delightful plausible season where Sisko came back after years had advanced. They station remained but there were other plot lines developed after Captain Nog's death which greatly irritated (Aron Eisenberg). And there were lots of additional things said by the actors where Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) included her true pregnancy in the series where they wrote in the part where she had the O'Brian's baby, and she had a true romance with Dr Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig), and she spurned true romantic advances from the actor who portrayed Gul Dukat (Marc Alaimo). Avery Brooks was so close with Cirroc Lofton (who portrayed Jake Sisko) that in real life he was virtually adopted in his real family. It crushed me when they killed off Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell) and she did not want to leave the show despite the growth in her character as well as with the confidence of the actress that portrayed her. And mysterious Elim Garak (Andrew J. Robinson) said that his character was obviously a homosexual where he desired Dr Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) more than just a friend. The director stated that several perspectives had to be removed from this movie because if everything was included from all actors this movie would be at least 8 hours long.
I could go on but don't despair as you can sign up for the DVD when it is available here:
And if you desire to learn more about Star Trek: Deep Space 9 here:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Courtesy of the wayback machine that literally stores everything posted on the Internet there were unaired written stories at the end of the series of Star Trek: Deep Space 9 at the end of the war with the Founders here as that website sadly no longer exists:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: What You Come Back To
web.archive.org
For any others who wish to reflect upon Deep Space 9 feel free to air your opinions on this thread.
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