Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Sixth Season
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Actor: Star Trek Deep Space NineDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1176 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
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Movie Review: DS9 keeps getting better
Summary: 4 Stars
Deep Space Nine goes where the other Star Trek series rarely did. After the first few seasons, DS9 steered away from the techno-babble and "we can solve it with science" approach (which is often the complaint against Star Trek in general), and moved into the darker side of Trek and inter-planetary society.
The sixth and seventh seasons of Deep Space Nine are must buys for any fan. If you own one, you have to own the other, they not only go together, but more importantly, it is the point at which the series takes its darkest plot twists, and really becomes all about war, and the social and political issues surrounding it. There are some fun and less heavy episodes of course, as Star Trek has always done so well, but there is no lack of action in this DVD set.
If you're trying to decide on only one season, don't make the mistake of passing over season seven. It has by far the most involved and dark storyline, which season six lacks at times. Season six is not on the same level as season seven. Don't get me wrong. This season (6) is still great, but not quite as good as the next one. Still, for any fan of the series, season six is a must buy, (you can get tired of watching season 7 over and over), and it completes the storyline that culminates in season 7 and the last episode.
Summary of Star Trek Deep Space Nine - The Complete Sixth Season
Deep Space Nine's sixth season began ambitiously with a six-part story arc devoted to the Dominion War. This was a brave move in many ways, but a sensible one too. Whereas other sci-fi shows wouldn't commit to showing the impact of war (e.g., Babylon 5), here there were numerous visible sacrifices. Characters were frequently kidnapped and held prisoner, allowing screen time for other members of the ever-growing cast (at its peak there were as many as 18 individuals with speaking roles per episode). This year also introduced the idea of Starfleet Intelligence and its sinister Section 31; alliances were built only to crumble almost immediately; Sisko led a suicide mission and at long last his destiny as the Emissary took a serious turn.
Amid all this sturm und drang the writers felt it necessary to inject some levity. In fact, there was so much comedic sidetracking this year it actually seemed as if they were afraid of the series' dark tone. Witness: Quark undergoing a temporary sex change, leading a Magnificent Seven-style band of Ferengi (with a cameo from Iggy Pop), Morn's nonspeaking character being sorely missed, the blend of Troi and Guinan into '60s crooner Vic Fontaine, and, in one fan favorite episode ("Far Beyond the Stars"), Sisko having visions of himself and the crew as 1950s staff writers on pulp magazine Incredible Tales. There were also cute reconciliations among Worf's extended family (leading to Trek's first cast wedding), and even the revelation of Bashir's genetically enhanced origins quickly became a subject for easy jokes.
Any of these events would have been satisfactorily cute if the war had ended and the show had moved on. But it confused the viewer when every so often the battle would be rejoined mid-episode. The clinching proof that no grand design was really at work was in the sudden exit of Dax. Despite all the jarring humor scattered about after the strong opening, the show seemed unable to avoid reverting to shock tactics for its finale. All of which hardly made the promised final year seem a particularly enticing prospect. --Paul Tonks
Episodes: A Time to Stand, Rocks and Shoals, Sons and Daughters, Behind the Lines, Favor the Bold, Sacrifice of Angels, You Are Cordially Invited..., Resurrection, Statistical Probabilities, The Magnificent Ferengi, Waltz, Who Mourns for Morn?, Far Beyond the Stars, One Little Ship, Honor Among Thieves, Change of Heart, Wrongs Darker than Death or Night, Inquisition, In the Pale Moonlight, His Way, The Reckoning, Valiant, Profit and Lace, Time's Orphan, The Sound of Her Voice, Tears of the Prophets.
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