Star Trek: Dominion First Contact

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In an attempt to rescue Commander Sisko from the Jem'Hadar the U.S.S. Odyssey and three runabouts engage them in battle with disastrous results that will be but a taste of things to come.

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[kimildash]

The destruction of the Odyssey for me was probably the most awe-inducing moment in DS9. To think "Fuck they destroyed a Galaxy class"

[BlindMansRevenge2002]

It stinks 2 c a galaxy go down. Even though by the 2370's they were the largest, fastest, & most powerful ships starfleet had in it's inventory they were just 2 big for this kind of combat. Smaller ships just turn circles around them. It also doesn't help that the federations emphasis on diplomacy & exploration meant that the galaxy class was not as formidable as it could have been. I wonder if a soverign class or a nebula class ship would have survived this fight.

[Tyco200]

"Captain, they're using some kind of super, condom sheids, with polerone dildo spermerz!!!!!" "DAMN! Convert all power to frontal condom, latex-dog styled condom shields!!!!!"

[Robocain1]

True, they were shameless in their plot stealing.Terrible. May trek rest in peace. Maybe someone will wise up one day and remake B5. Unlike Enterprise, that would be an entertaining show.

[Robocain1]

Sure, Avery Brookes CANNOT act, neither could Terry Farrell (which is why her character was removed from the tv show "Becker").

Furthermore, it was DS9 that AGAIN copied B5 when it began using CGI...after trek producers first claimed they would never go there. B5 had a much smaller budget, but did well with what it had. If you are going to argue that DS9 was better for that reason then you might as well claim the Star Wars prequels are the best movies ever.

[Robocain1]

Wow, walked through a force field...so awesome.

[Robocain1]

Actually, it is apparent that you have not watched that which you criticize. The Shadows were NOT pure evil. They and the Vorlons were actings as the Americans and the Soviets did during the cold war - attempting to control and manipulate the fates of satellite states, which is completely realistic.

The Dominon were just typical bad guys - not much different from any other Trek bad guy. They could easily be confused with any other villian in either trek or Star Wars (the empire).

[Robocain1]

10) Coup on Earth plot: B5 did it, then DS9 copied in the episode "Paradise Lost."

11) B5 didn't use shields for dramatic effect. DS9 copied by dropping shield effects during the dominion war.

12) DS9's quest to retake Cardassia from occupation in the Dominion war vs. B5's quest to retake Earth from occupation.

13) The ending of both series. Sheridan disappears, taken by god-like aliens...so does Sisko.

Most of whatever DS9 had was directly stolen by Paramount.

[Robocain1]

4) DS9 is located next to a wormhole. B5 is located next to an artificial wormhole generator.

5) Both stations become strategically important.

6) Sisko starts off as a Commander, so does B5's Sinclair.

7) Sisko lost his wife before arriving at DS9, so did B5's captain Sheridan.

8) The DS9 character Shakar is basically a priest. B5's G'hkar became an "enlightened" religious figure (their names are also almost identically pronounced).

9) DS9's Leeta vs B5's Lyta Alexander (name rip-off)

[Robocain1]

B5 also had more interesting and realistic aliens - the makeup and design, of which, was unquestionably superior. Star Trek is still stuck with pathetic bumpy forehead aliens-of-the-week.

DS9 rip-offs:

1) Cardassia invades and conquers Bajor vs. Centauri invade and conquer Narn (both victims resent and hate occupiers).

2) Terrorism: the Circle vs. B5's homegaurd (both are are xenophobic).

3) Big interstellar war. Founders believed in "order" so did B5's Vorlons.

[Robocain1]

Nah. DS9 was just a rip-off of B5. JMS presented his idea to Paramount and they stole it. B5 was more innovative and had more realistic characters with realistic problems (drinking, etc.). The show inspired everything from the remake of the Battlestar Galactica series to stargate SG-1 and even Star Trek (which Enterprise tried to copy in many ways). They also had more realistic enemies with realistic motivations - the Dominion was hardly realistic....just more typical bad guys.

[Satyros2009]

@NotDuncan UBER LOL. You've got that wrong. It is B5 that is a lesser version of DS9. B5 had the most unrealistic enemies, that were shown as pure evil. You know blowing up planets and all. Compare that to the complexity of the Founders, Jem'Hadar and Vorta.