This is just lovely, and I love this man's interviews too.
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Sisko might just be the GOAT!
Sisko was hands down, my favorite captain.
His armor was a little dented, his ship a little care worn.
But you know what? His world felt a little more realistic, his battles a little more hard fought and his weaknesses a little more understandable (and far less like the “weaknesses” you share at a job interview.)
And that all came from Avery.
When I start a rewatch of DS9, it still grates on me that he seemingly felt justified in holding Picard responsible for what happened to his wife. The guy was assimilated by the Borg, and Sisko has had years to come to terms with what happened before the conversation with Picard.
Later, I was able to appreciate the appeal of a flawed, complex, possibly more realistic Star Trek captain, but it did make him pretty unlikable, right off the bat, especially when I first saw it as a kid. I grew up on TNG, and Picard was my main man. Still, Brooks did a hell of a job on the series, and Sisko was a fantastic character.
Regardless of blame or guilt or even justification… Picard was still the face- the only real face.
Humans are messy. Sisko could intellectually recognize all this and still have that face bring up boatloads of trauma and grief.
TNG that would have been a side comment from Troi and forgotten halfway through the episode.
To be fair to TNG, in my mind, it’s a trilogy with “family” where they actually had some continuity.
I hated that episode when I was a kid because after the big adventure it seemed boring. I can now appreciate it and Patrick Stewart acting still gets me when he breaks down in front of his brother.
Of course they forgot about it next episode and never talked about it again but…
Episode 1: I kind of didn’t care about the whole life falling apart backstory. Idk you yet this is weird you’re weird. You’re kind of a cool dad though.
Finale: I would bleed and fight for this man and rally the banner at any beckon of his guidance. Wisdom patience and just enough edge to him. He’s human and delightfully rounded out and fully replaced the janeway as my lead captain.
I said almost the same here a few weeks ago. Sisko got results, and wasn't afraid to fight on occasion. I will love Picard cause he was the first captain I knew as a kid. But being a paragon will only get you so far. Sometimes you need to bend/break the rules & get your hands dirty if you want shit to get done!
And it wasn’t like with Picard where he made a decision and apparently felt good enough about that it was business as normal once made.
Like In The Pale Moonlught when he brought the romulans into the fight.
There were no good answers. No ethical ones. He’ll have to live with it, and he can.
Good point! Maybe I should give tng another binge, cause I'm only remembering him as this stalwart of Starfleet doing everything by the viewscreen.
In the pale moonlight is DS9, they needed the romulans to join against the dominion/cardassians so he did some unethical things that garak came up with to get them on side.
Picard is a paragon of federation virtue, and he was never in a situation where all the options were just as bad. There always a clear way forward.
(Though I do have to wonder what was said about data blasting the aqueduct.)
My bad, I misunderstood your previous comment. Thanks for explaining it to my dumb dumb behind.
No worries.
I do like both shows, but I also have this insidious headcannon that TNG is a federation holodrama produced as propaganda (exactly like Cops from the 90s)
This is the second or third interjection I've seen from you in the past week I've been stuck up a frozen hill. I feel blessed to be part of one.
Inspiration tends to strike from all manner of random vectors. Glad to have landed in this one.
What movie/episode is that gif from? Cause it looks dope af!
Strange New Worlds s2e1 "The Broken Circle"
This just got recommended to me by someone else! Totally checking it out, of my local library! Because we should support our local libraries.
Fuck, I love that interpretation!
The miniature Bev Crusher with the homemade uniform, this is amazing.
Also the best answer for Avery in particular to not to have to lie to anybody.
A real straight shooter.
Come on buddy, gotta seperate the actor from the role.
Next you're gonna tell me that Jack Gleeson is actually a very kind guy in real life, that Kevin Costner actually CAN speak in an English accent, or that the ghost of Robin Williams isn't trapped in a magic lamp for eternity!
Those are all wrong, it's just that it's impossible for an actor to be as big a liar as Sisko
He CAN live with it, though…
Hey once you turn a planet inhospitable and only give one hour evacuation time
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?
adored the stories they were telling
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.
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