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Product Description Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/24/2006 Rating: Nr
Amazon.com Deep Space Nine's third season begins eventfully, with Sisko promoted to Captain and being given a prototype warship equipped with a cloaking device, while Odo learns where he came from. In the two-part opening tale, this clever gambit is played to hook viewers into the idea of DS9 becoming an ongoing mystery/conflict show. Why the sudden intense change in format? Mostly it was to ensure the show continued to thrive, when a rather greedy production hierarchy fast-tracked Voyager onto the air mid-season (cue unnecessary crossover episode with Tuvok). Of greater concern was ratings thief Babylon 5, which played its counter-Trek cards at precisely the right time. Fortunately the result (initially at least) was a genuine boost for DS9.
Cast members seemed to have hit their stride and played off one another more assuredly than before. For example, Odo's character took several additional interesting twists, especially in his relationship with Kira. Rene Auberjonois had a very good year, directing two episodes to boot. Avery Brooks had begun this trend with the previous year's penultimate show. The real surprise was seeing Jonathan Frakes's name working behind the camera on three occasions, because he also appeared on screen in his alternate rogue Riker role, when Thomas dramatically steals the Defiant. Other welcome cameos that aided the feeling of casual camaraderie included the return of Lwaxana Troi, as well as first appearances by Quark's mother, the spooky Founder Leader, the lovely Leeta, and the sneaky Eddington. Clint Howard--a cult Trek figure--was briefly welcomed back, and with the many faces of Jeffrey Combs another was born. Stories advanced the complicated Bajoran/Cardassian healing process, while simultaneously brewing potential conflicts far worse than the behind-the-scenes ratings war. --Paul Tonks
Flimsy packaging for a great showAugust 21, 2008 Lydia Wolfe(Eugene, OR) Everyone has their own opinion when it comes to Star Trek. I, personally, prefer TNG and believe Picard could kick Kirk's bottom all over the NCC-1701 *and* the NCC-1701-D. So, while I prefer TNG, I do enjoy DS9, and this is a well done season with some great development and good stories, but what is with the casing? It has to be the cheapest multi-disk DVD case I have ever seen. The tri-fold design lost two flaps after being opened and closed less then five times (that means the case will fall apart when you're about halfway through the season). So, ***** for the show, and * for the case. Enjoy and good luck!
DS9 is the Trek of the future!July 3, 2008 Marcus Kirk(Ashburn, VA) Awesome quality albeit at 4x3 aspect. If youve not watched DS9 since it aired, youre in for a treat! The plotline was at least a decade before its time!!!!
DS9June 20, 2008 John G. Weldy WELL, IF YOU ARE A FAN OF ANY STAR TREK SERIES THIS ONE WON'T DISSAPPOINT, BUT IT IS A BIT DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF THE OTHER SERIES', IN THAT THEY'RE ON A STATION AND NOT A STARSHIP. ALOT OF NEW ACTORS MAKE THE FIRST FEW SEASONS A BIT SHAKY, BUT IF YOU STICK WITH IT, YOU WILL FIND SOME VERY INTERESTING TALES WITH ALOT OF YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS FROM SERIES' PAST. I WOULD PERSONALLY RECOMMEND DS9 TO ANYONE LOOKING FOR AN INTRIGUING STORYLINE WITH ALOT OF MEMORABLE MOMENTS. AND BEING PROBABLY THE BIGGEST COLM MEANEY FAN DOESN'T HURT AS HE'S THE CHIEF OF THE STATIONS ENGINEERING DEPT.
Bones' Review of DS9 Season ThreeMay 25, 2008 P. McCoy(Greenbelt, MD United States) I'm still in the midst of watching Season 3 of Star Trek Deep Space Nine and I'm ENJOYING it as much as the first time these episodes were broadcast! My boyfriend, who had never seen the broadcasts, is a new convert to the series. Neither of us can wait to get home and watch!
Deep Trek - The Dominion and the Defiant.May 5, 2008 OverTheMoon(overthemoonreview@hotmail.com) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Star Trek Collection is a worthy hobby and certainly the largest of the television series DVD Collections (The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise). At around 880 minutes, it is 4 episodes (1 Disc) less than TNG, and at least 2 Discs less than TOS. However in total, for the definitive, Star Trek collection, we are still looking at approx 30 boxes with 700 hours of viewing. That is 1 month of non-stop Star Trek. No DVD series comes remotely close to that. Get going collecting right now and build up on each succession over the years. By the end you will have a very serious anthology that defines the word awe. This is the kind of item that requires 1 hour a day of your time for the next few years. It is a cherished memory that served your fathers and will serve your children also. Our very planet, Earth, has advanced because of Gene Roddenberry's admirable concept. Roddenberry nailed the premise of the series when he said that he wanted to create a show with characters that we could look up too. `The Bridge' members are like our family. Watch what they do. Then go and spend your life striving for the same on Earth. What engineer, medic, scientist, teacher, worker can not say that Star Trek has not influenced them? The show is this significant in the development of our species. Parents respect and quote its authority and it is not hard to see why. The DVD case may be the best of the lot. The shadowy design is foreboding of a darker trek inside. The case opens to reveal the 6 discs and a collectors' DVD-ROM of a section of a model graphic of DS9 (collect all complete the computer model). The discs are held in an open (no cardboard covering) plastic flip holder like in the TOS seasons. However these collectors' boxes are being replaced by the new slim line boxes that are cheaper. These are simply a cardboard holder with four to five slim DVD case holders with 1 to 2 discs in each holder (The slim line boxes do not contain the special collectors' DVD-ROM). There are 4 episodes per disc. However the last disc, disc 6 is devoted to Star Trek interviews and trailers with the usual expected extras...and then some more. Often the bonus disc may contain the last episode or two of the season, so watch out for those. Sometimes the episodes are ordered not in the sequence they where filmed, but in the sequence that they aired, however each episode has been numbered according to the order they where filmed in. This means on one disc you have shows 4, 2, 12 and 1, in that order. The sound has also been remastered to 5:1 Dolby Digital! Since the show was shot in full frame, these dimensions are retained.
Star Trek, Deep Space Nine (DS9), Season three is mostly about the new war looming on the other side of the wormhole by the Dominion.
The same crew is back. DS9 is commanded by Benjamin Sisko. Jake Sisko is his son. The mysterious Odo, learning more about his species in this season, is the station's metamorphosing police constable and a Bajoran operative. Doctor Bashir is the Starfleet doctor and Chief O'Brien is chief engineer. Quark is a Ferengi host who owns a casino and bar. Major Kira is Sisko's first in command, and a Bajoran. Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax is a Trill woman (and a long term friend of Sisko) assigned by Starfleet as technical advisor. Gul Dukat is a leading Cardassian. The mysterious Cardassian Garak reveals more about who he truly is.
Season Three of DS9 is mostly about the Dominion, Klingon marriage, Trills, memory implants, Jem'Hadar, auto destruct, dimension shifting, Will Riker, Bajoran celebrations, time travel, life support, love, joint science projects, rules of acquisition, psyche, parallel universes, war, ships, Ferengi laws, resistance and shape shifters.
Best episodes are Improbable Cause, The Die is Cast, The Abandoned, Civil Defence, Destiny and The Adversary. DS9 Season three has lots about the new threat of the Dominion and many of the stories are very interesting. One of the new directions this season goes in is with the Defiant ship which allows the crew of the DS9 to leave the space station and travel more into deep space. This means DS9 looses some it's `hotel in space' criticisms and does more trekking. The end of season three sets the stage for a revelation about what the Dominion have been up to all along. Season four looks like it may be a paranoid year for Starfleet.
