I'm not going to read any of the past comments in this thread--lest I read spoilers that I would regret in the event you convince me to keep watching this series. So far, that's the first 6 episodes completed in season 1, I'm bored. Really bored. I find this show a total snooze fest. I wanna like it! I love TOS. I like Next Gen (except for Riker). I liked Enterprise very much. And I loved Voyager. But this series?? Through six episodes, these are my impressions:
* The show seems downright amateurish--borderline fan film quality--in its writing, acting, direction and cinematography.
* I don't find any of the characters remotely interesting. At first, I was intrigued by Sisko. But while he's still likable enough, he's so stiff I now think he's boring.
* Dax, although a drop-dead beauty, is played by a horrible actress. That ditzy voice of hers rattling off techno-jargon is downright cringeworthy.
* The butch red-headed chick's aggressiveness is beyond annoying. Also a terrible actress.
* Quark is okay, I guess. But quite honestly, those Ferengi are very difficult to look at, and I think are better seen less frequently--not in the featured role he seems to have.
* The doctor is completely unremarkable. But if I had to remark on him, I'd say his accent bugs.
* The shape-shifting chief of security is about the only semi-interesting character on the show. But that's not nearly enough, with all its other deficits.
I've only struggled through it this long, because I know a bunch of people love the show, and I wanted to give it a fair chance. But how big of a sample size do I really need, to know whether or not I will ever begin to like this series? Are the half-dozen episodes I've watched enough? Do I throw in the towel now? Or does this show, like some other series, take a while longer to find their stride? Does the series get appreciably better?
Thanks.
The Wook
ps~There is one interesting character to me, but she's barely in the show. She's an extra on the bridge, who wears the same peach-colored uniform as the butch chick. Well, I know I'm not alone in loving getting glimpses of her, because whoever directs these episodes puts her extraordinarily hot fanny in the background of so many shots. lol In fact, in the one episode where Quark opened up his gambling room, the director had her butt squarely facing the camera in the background and then lean over a gambling table. lmao It was so obvious, he positioned her that way and instructed her to do that. In the brief moments we've seen her slightly out-of-focus face, she looks very pretty--and as stated--has a derriere to die for. Sadly, through six eps, she's not even come close to uttering a line. If I knew her role was expanded in later eps, I'd surely keep watching.