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For those who watched DS9 during its first airings, did it seem odd to you that Vic Fontaine/James Darren sang entire songs in the later seasons of DS9?

I only finished watching DS9 recently and just found it really odd. It seems out of place in the regular TNG/DS9 format, didn't drove the plotline forward, and sometimes felt just like a filler.

(I don't mean to be disrespectful, I like the character and the actor can sing well, I am just curious why the producers made that decision).

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[–] jimternet@startrek.website 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It felt totally natural to me watching it first time round. It’s part of DS9’s thing to be about a group of people who stay in one place and have lives and relationships. And it’s part of DS9’s thing to throw in stuff and let it grow if it works.

It balances against the harsh darkness of the main storyline, and in a 26 episode series you can’t just bash out war after war after war episode - everyone needs a break.

Probably also helps that it’s likely cheaper than other stuff to produce and means they can save some budget for a space battle in another episode.

[–] NuPNuA@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even in a real war civilian life continues even if you're close to the war zone and soldiers are cycled on and off the front lines. Therefore it's perfectly believable for the DS9 crew to be off duty and having a pint at Vic's between missions.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

It also fit, IMO, with the reality that they were on the frontier and in a war. Which from memory was made explicit when the program was introduced.

Whether you liked it or not, I think it made plenty of sense in universe.

[–] Tammo-Korsai@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It balances against the harsh darkness of the main storyline, and in a 26 episode series you can’t just bash out war after war after war episode - everyone needs a break.

The almost entirely relentless grimness of Picard season 1 is exactly why I detested it. Except Riker's pizza episode, the rest was just characters acting unconvincingly traumatised and chugging alcohol.

[–] regeya@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like they tried to learn from BSG without bringing in Ronald D Moore for insight, and just said, hmm, yes, the things that make BSG work so well are depression and alcoholism.