Absolutely. When TNG ended, its writing team split up, and half went onto DS9 and half went onto Voyager. And without a doubt, DS9 got the better team. (I mean, I love Voyager, and it was incredibly influential on tiny!Liz, but the quality of the writing was only occasionally as good as DS9.)
Have you watched Babylon 5? It was roughly concurrent with DS9, and there were enough superficial similarities (space stations! early use of story arcs in sci-fi! women!) that even now parts of the fandoms consider themselves at war. They're both great shows, but B5 has the advantage of not being burdened with 25 years of history. Except, of course, in its desperate need to get out of Star Trek's shadow. And DS9 has these amazing moments where it turns the Star Trek legacy on its head.
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Date: 2013-02-26 11:48 pm (UTC)Have you watched Babylon 5? It was roughly concurrent with DS9, and there were enough superficial similarities (space stations! early use of story arcs in sci-fi! women!) that even now parts of the fandoms consider themselves at war. They're both great shows, but B5 has the advantage of not being burdened with 25 years of history. Except, of course, in its desperate need to get out of Star Trek's shadow. And DS9 has these amazing moments where it turns the Star Trek legacy on its head.