Why Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Failed
By Drew diet
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Hey, yes, drew Dietsch here for a giant Freakin Robot, and we’re talking again about Star Trek.
But not just any stellar hike. We will look at the Star Trek series, which violated all the rules, was controversial with the fans, threw the studio halfway, had tension behind the scenes with its leading actor and as a result became the top of the story about Star Trek.
Yes, it’s time to study why The stellar path: Deep Space Nine Failed.
Before we can even step on the waterfront we must admit and talk Star Way: Next generation.
It’s hard to understand how much success Star Way: The next generation If you weren’t near during his original run.
Yes, most Trek fans were over the moon when it came to a new series, but sorry, Trekies Sonet did not turn into this show into world success.
Star Way: The next generation After stuffing a large audience when she continued the television mileage.
The show became the main moment in pop culture by the time when a double episode “Best of both worlds” appeared in the third season, and the quality and influence of the show will continue to grow from there.
With a franchise now in the midst for 90s, Vov wanted the ball to swept and submitted another new series to the end Next generation‘S run.
Star Way: Deep Space Nine The premiere took place on January 3, 1993, right in the middle Next generationSixth season, with a pilot episode into which Patrick Stewart even entered Jean-Luc Picard.
And that’s where we get the first obstacle that stopped some Next generation Viewers even want to give a chance to the show.
Star Way: Deep Space Nine Begins its story with the character of Benjamin Cisco, the officer “Star Fleet Speak.
The first episode of the show took place Sisko with Picard, and it was immediately established that Cisco hides resentment during Picard as a locutus.
Sisko even mentions that in the first episode he considers the opportunity to leave the “Star Fleet”, creating the first leading hero “Star Way”, which really cannot agree with the federation.
Now I always say the version of this as a security network for anything else we’re going to study in the video so that it goes: I love Deep space nine. I love the character of Benjamin Cisco. You will not hear anything wrong from me.
However, there is no question that fans have become extremely assigned to the character of Jean-Luk Picard, and for what he represented Star Way: The next generation Overall.
And here was an angry black man who challenged the status right out of the gate to A new star hike Series and use your favorite fan captain’s popular show for this.
We will focus on Ever Brooks a little, but it is important to understand that the nature of the ciscip in encapsulation is a lot Deep space nineMission narrative statement: It’s time to see how much the starry campaign contains more complex and morally complex ideas and history.
And although I’m sure there were fans wanting to give Deep space nine“The competition tone, the shot early, was a vocal contingent that gave them negative opinions.
Undoubtedly from fans, and from the main viewers when it came Deep space nine.
There was a star show here, which was not about being in a spacecraft and heading for a galaxy study.
Located at a reclaimed Cardasi Space Station, Deep space nine Made a lot of similar intentional creative elections that rubbed Star Trek.
Instead of Captain Benjamin Sisk, the series starts as a commander.
Instead of the acting, the crew members immediately receive a sullen change of ode and the righteously angry Corer Neris.
And albeit Deep space nine Of course, there is his warm and stupid side, it does not seem to be that the show deviated from his desire to delve into a darker theme.
There is no question here Deep space nineThe tone and mood have ruled out a significant contingent of the audience.
And since the show became more concentrated on multi -selective episodes, repetitive characters and a comprehensive serialized storyline, as a result, he turned away more viewers who felt like a loop with the show stories.
With -ww Deep space nine Working in syndication, it meant that the show could play at different times across the country or even in another order than intended.
What to say for people who knew Star Trek as an episodic franchise you could just pop up, Deep space nine She did not really invite a fresh audience when she continued her run.
But there were other factors that interfered with potential Deep space nine to escape.
Garganese success Star Way: The next generation As a result, it hurts Deep space nine Ultimately.
The studio compared the ratings Next generation by Deep space nine And they were not delighted.
Although the show started tight, leaving the back Next generationHe quickly began to lose the audience and steadily threw them for seven seasons of the show.
To emphasize this, pilot episode Deep space nine More than 18 million spectators wet, and in the finals of the series there were 5 million spectators, less than a third of the original audience.
And part of the guilt for the fact that he launched the audience, he landed directly on his shoulders Paramount.
Just two years after the premiere Deep space nineParamount launched its own network station, “United Paramount Network” or “Upn Star Way: Journey.
Because Paramount had greater interest in the success upn and thus VoyagerIt meant that Deep space nine Took the back seat for the company’s marketing and awareness.
Voyager They also promised to the audience something much more traditionally Star Trek with a spacecraft in the galaxy, making it much more accessible and episodic for new viewers.
In many ways, Star Way: Journey broke off as the answer to Deep space nine In the eyes of fans and not positive.
And all this time Paramount also funded and promoted Next generation feature films.
Although it seemed Deep space nine was just another functional part of this mega-franchise, the emphasis of the studio on optimization of success Voyager and TN Movies made creators and directors behind Deep space nine I feel like a “average child” of a star hike.
And then, there is Ever Brooks.
Let me repeat again: I love Deep space nine. I love Benjamin Cisco. And I love Ever Brook performance in the series and as the director of several episodes, especially “far beyond the stars” that I made the whole video you have to watch. This is the best thing that Star Trek never did.
But there is no question that Ever Brooks, when the leading series played, why the show is not quite beloved at one time.
Brooks is a truly unique actor. At the time he was most famous as Hock’s hero Spencer: for rental and was noted enough on this show to get your own spinaf, Man by bell hock.
Brooks felt very much about his appearance on television as a black man and wanted to keep the bald head and coothe.
But the producers vetoed this, because their main actor “Star” was a bald man, and they were worried that people would just see Brooks as their former Hock’s hero.
Thus, several seasons have passed before the pace was allowed to adapt its prevailing look into the character of the Siska.
Why do we all bring it? Because Brooks in the past stated that he wanted to leave the show at the beginning of his run by many conflict feelings during the employment.
Look, Star Trek fans love to consider themselves extremely progressive and open mood, but in each next and idiotic fans were always toxic and Star Trek is no different.
Brooks undoubtedly dealt with racism from fans as the first black leadership of the franchise, and there is a very good chance he felt him behind the scenes.
And sorry if your cheap glasses will tell you differently, but the black presenter is mostly television show in the 90s that a certain white audience will not accept.
Deep space nine He demonstrated a number of black characters and actors, and often showed scenes, no one on the screen, except for black actors.
In the comments about this, you can intensify as you want, but it is absolutely true that the section of the main audience just did not want to watch the black man who leads the charge every week on his space show.
Fortunately Deep space nine He supported a positive critical response during his original run, and the reviewers at the time found a change in the franchise freshening.
But as Voyager continued to find his way through the delta -kvadrant, and Picard paid off like a tarzan on the big screen, Deep space nine He lost his story and completed his seven seasons on June 2, 1999.
And, frankly, it somehow faded out of the conversation in many hikes since Voyager continued and was even more Next generation Movies are happening.
Some time felt that Deep space nine It is destined to remain a favorite for fans of the franchise.
Until the new generation found a series trickle.
It is here that we start seeing a real reassessment Deep space nineBoth for Star Trek fans and modern TV viewers.
Thanks to the binge model of watching streaming shows and greater cultural readiness for darker materials as a result of such shows Game of ThronesNew viewers were much more eager and able to settle Deep space nineLonger stories and tougher tone.
Nowadays you can find Star Trek fans like me who proudly say Deep space nine it The best stellar hike Series.
Believe me, it was not when I grew up during the Peak of Star Trek’s popularity.
Star Way: The next generation can be a common favorite of fans, but when it comes to mature stories, complex characters and remain power, Deep space nine Takes a cake.
Is like Andor From its day, except that the show exists on the market where the spectators of darker, more combat research of their franchise are ready and awaits similar stories.
Deep space nine By really ahead of his time, which is a great reason that he still finds new fans.
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