quote:
Originally posted by Animalman: Deep Space Nine didn't deal with battles or wars or hostile encounters. That's not what it was about. So no, Sisko was not battle tested.
This is making me wonder if we was seeing the same show. DS9 was more about War then any of the series in the Star Trek Franchise! Who wasn't fighting? Granted, until season 4, it was mostly political and dealing with those character growth issues and Religion, but at Season 4 it was the Klingons fighting, The Federation fighting, The Cardassians, The Bajorans, The Vorta, Founders, the Jem Ha'dar and who every else wanted to throw in too. There was nothing but hostile encounters going on! Sisko was more of a Stratagist then Picard could ever claim. The whole problem I had with Kirk and Picard was that they was rarely shown as failable men. Kirk never failed, Picard never failed. Everything was too perfect, to sterile. Even when Picard fell to the Borg. Whoop the fucking do! I almost had a storke when I saw him--brand new with side effects and going on like nothing had happened. Like it was what happened every Sunday afternoon. What did he really suffer? Mental anguish? That's it? UGH! The writers couldn't even allow him to be damaged much by that. Did they allow the Picard character to keep any of the Borg Implants? Hell, 7 or 9 was younger and a full bloodied Borg, and she didn't get off so scott free. It didn't feel real and I can't relate to perfection. Sisko on the other hand was a man first. All his problems wasn't solved to everyone's satafaction, HELL, most of the time it wasn't solved at all. Sisko failed, he admitted that there were a lot of things beyond his control and dealt with it as best as he could. They way we all do. Sisko was the most real of the captains to me. I could relate wwwwwwwwwwwway better and I did my heart good to see him struggle. With Picard we've gotten into the habit that the good guys will save the day when thats false more times then not. The Dominion Was was a long, drawnout, Bloody dragout and Sisko was very much a part of it. He was on the front lines and operating the most valuable stratigic base in the Alpha Quadrant. The man is as Battle Ready as they come.