Star Trek Meme: Day 10
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selenakDay 10 - What's your favorite species? (Humans are a species as well.)
Cardassians. They benefit of having a lot of interesting representatives. The only Cardassian I felt was a dissapointment, writing wise, was Seska on Voyager. She started out well, with her initial episode making her a real version of Iliana. (DS9 watchers know whom I mean.) The show could have done such a lot with her years undercover, loyalty and identity conflicts galore, but no, after the episode that established her as a character she was written as a one dimensional evil overlady, additionally burdened with the Kazon as allies, who, as villains go... well.
All other Cardassians, though, be they one shot (Gul Madred in TNG's Chain of Command), Marritza (in DS9's Duet), Rugal (in DS9's Cardassians), showing up in only a few episodes (Enabran Tain!), or recurring throughout many a season (Garak, Dukat, Damar, also Ziyal) - most episodes with them were excellent, and the characters really got my attention every time. Cardassia as a fascist/totalitarian society with various elements struggling against each other (not necessarily because one of them was better than the other - the conflict between the Cardassian military and the Obsidian Order comes to mind) was for once convincing, as opposed to many a space Nazi in many a show, Trek or not, elsewhere. The aftermath of a brutal occupation both on the occupied and the occupiers was one of DS9's most fascinating storylines, and if the Cardassians had solely been presented as evil caricatures, it would not have worked as well as it did. Oh, and I really liked that scaly reptialian look.
I'm never quite sure whether I want the reboot movies to tackle Cardassians. On the one hand: they haven't been done in the movies before, and they offer such a rich storytelling mine. On the other: I doubt the movie scriptwriters could do justice to them. We'd probably end up with Waltz rather than Duet, is what I mean. And there's no Kira in the movies, not just in the sense of Kira Nerys, but in the sense of "character to whom Cardassians have a visceral, deeply personal meaning". So all in all, it's probably best they remain in the tv verse.
Day 1 - Which Star Trek series is your favorite?
Day 2 - Who is your favorite character?
Day 3 - Who is your least favorite character?
Day 4 - What was the first episode/movie you watched?
Day 5 - What was the first Star Trek series you watched?
Day 6 - Your favorite canon pairing? (Canon being the series and the movies, including the reboot.)
Day 7 - Your favorite non-canon pairing?
Day 8 - Your favorite actor/actress? (Not the same as character.)
Day 9 - What's your favorite episode?
Day 11 - What's your least favorite species? (See question 9 about species.)
Day 12 - What's your favorite funny moment?
Day 13 - What's your favorite dramatic moment?
Day 14 - What's your favorite Star Trek quote?
Day 15 - How did you get into Star Trek?
Day 16 - Are you involved with Star Trek fandom?
Day 17 - Have you read any of the books? If so, which ones?
Day 18 - If you could be any species in the Star Trek universe, what would you be?
Day 19 - How did the Star Trek reboot affect you?
Day 20 - Of the minor characters (one shots, not the recurring ones) who’s your favorite?
Day 21 - Which Star Trek food would you want to try at least once?
Day 22 - Which Star Trek world would you want to visit at least once?
Day 23 - Is there anything you'd want to change about Star Trek? Why?
Day 24 - Is there anything about Star Trek that has disappointed you?
Day 25 - How has Star Trek changed you?
Day 26 - Lots of Star Trek Parodies out there. Which do you dig?
Day 27 - What would you cross over with Star Trek?
Day 28 - Your favourite friendship in Star Trek?
Day 29 - If you could tell Gene Roddenberry one thing, Star Trek related or not, what would it be?
Cardassians. They benefit of having a lot of interesting representatives. The only Cardassian I felt was a dissapointment, writing wise, was Seska on Voyager. She started out well, with her initial episode making her a real version of Iliana. (DS9 watchers know whom I mean.) The show could have done such a lot with her years undercover, loyalty and identity conflicts galore, but no, after the episode that established her as a character she was written as a one dimensional evil overlady, additionally burdened with the Kazon as allies, who, as villains go... well.
All other Cardassians, though, be they one shot (Gul Madred in TNG's Chain of Command), Marritza (in DS9's Duet), Rugal (in DS9's Cardassians), showing up in only a few episodes (Enabran Tain!), or recurring throughout many a season (Garak, Dukat, Damar, also Ziyal) - most episodes with them were excellent, and the characters really got my attention every time. Cardassia as a fascist/totalitarian society with various elements struggling against each other (not necessarily because one of them was better than the other - the conflict between the Cardassian military and the Obsidian Order comes to mind) was for once convincing, as opposed to many a space Nazi in many a show, Trek or not, elsewhere. The aftermath of a brutal occupation both on the occupied and the occupiers was one of DS9's most fascinating storylines, and if the Cardassians had solely been presented as evil caricatures, it would not have worked as well as it did. Oh, and I really liked that scaly reptialian look.
I'm never quite sure whether I want the reboot movies to tackle Cardassians. On the one hand: they haven't been done in the movies before, and they offer such a rich storytelling mine. On the other: I doubt the movie scriptwriters could do justice to them. We'd probably end up with Waltz rather than Duet, is what I mean. And there's no Kira in the movies, not just in the sense of Kira Nerys, but in the sense of "character to whom Cardassians have a visceral, deeply personal meaning". So all in all, it's probably best they remain in the tv verse.
Day 1 - Which Star Trek series is your favorite?
Day 2 - Who is your favorite character?
Day 3 - Who is your least favorite character?
Day 4 - What was the first episode/movie you watched?
Day 5 - What was the first Star Trek series you watched?
Day 6 - Your favorite canon pairing? (Canon being the series and the movies, including the reboot.)
Day 7 - Your favorite non-canon pairing?
Day 8 - Your favorite actor/actress? (Not the same as character.)
Day 9 - What's your favorite episode?
Day 11 - What's your least favorite species? (See question 9 about species.)
Day 12 - What's your favorite funny moment?
Day 13 - What's your favorite dramatic moment?
Day 14 - What's your favorite Star Trek quote?
Day 15 - How did you get into Star Trek?
Day 16 - Are you involved with Star Trek fandom?
Day 17 - Have you read any of the books? If so, which ones?
Day 18 - If you could be any species in the Star Trek universe, what would you be?
Day 19 - How did the Star Trek reboot affect you?
Day 20 - Of the minor characters (one shots, not the recurring ones) who’s your favorite?
Day 21 - Which Star Trek food would you want to try at least once?
Day 22 - Which Star Trek world would you want to visit at least once?
Day 23 - Is there anything you'd want to change about Star Trek? Why?
Day 24 - Is there anything about Star Trek that has disappointed you?
Day 25 - How has Star Trek changed you?
Day 26 - Lots of Star Trek Parodies out there. Which do you dig?
Day 27 - What would you cross over with Star Trek?
Day 28 - Your favourite friendship in Star Trek?
Day 29 - If you could tell Gene Roddenberry one thing, Star Trek related or not, what would it be?
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Date: 2015-06-14 04:53 pm (UTC)/The aftermath of a brutal occupation both on the occupied and the occupiers was one of DS9's most fascinating storyl!nes/ - I couldn't agree more.
/I doubt the movie scriptwriters could do justice to them./ - Yes, exactyl, what if they end up like the Klingons did? Brrr...
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