The Rules of Acquisition: A Star Trek Deep Space Nine Podcast
Summary: A Podcast about Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. IT'S GOLD PRESSED LATINUM FOR YOUR EARS. Every Monday Wade, James, and Hugh dissect another episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a 90s precursor to tv's current golden age. What works? What doesn't work? How does this compare to modern television? Just what are our opinions on the morality of various resistance movements? The Rules of Acquisition attempts to approach DS9 from a less than Trekker perspective -though from time to time an "Angry Nerd Corner" segment will slip in. Have opinions? Give us a call and you may even appear on the show! 917 408 3898
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Wait. This isn't an episode review! In a special episode, Hugh talks to Mark Allen Shepherd, the actor who played the silent alien barfly Morn for all seven seasons of DS9; and Eve Gideon, one of the fans behind a gofundme campaign to make sure Morn's chair at Quark's Bar isn't empty for Star Trek's 50th anniversary celebration in Las Vegas. Mark discusses getting cast, the origins of the character, and how it feels to have portrayed such a cult favorite among fans.
Wait. This isn't an episode review! In a special episode, Hugh talks to Mark Allen Shepherd, the actor who played the silent alien barfly Morn for all seven seasons of DS9; and Eve Gideon, one of the fans behind a gofundme campaign to make sure Morn's chair at Quark's Bar isn't empty for Star Trek's 50th anniversary celebration in Las Vegas. Mark discusses getting cast, the origins of the character, and how it feels to have portrayed such a cult favorite among fans.
A perfect jumping on point for new listeners. Don't feel like slogging through season 1 of DS9? You're in luck! We already did, so you don't have to! We take a break from breaking down individual episodes and talk about the season as a whole. Along the way we try and figure out... just what from Season 1 was worth salvaging? If this were a modern season of television how many episodes would there be? How much can one fix in editing... entire episodes away? We get in depth about what works so far, favorite characters and episodes, and more.
A perfect jumping on point for new listeners. Don't feel like slogging through season 1 of DS9? You're in luck! We already did, so you don't have to! We take a break from breaking down individual episodes and talk about the season as a whole. Along the way we try and figure out... just what from Season 1 was worth salvaging? If this were a modern season of television how many episodes would there be? How much can one fix in editing... entire episodes away? We get in depth about what works so far, favorite characters and episodes, and more.
That's it! We're at the end... ...of the first season; thank the Prophets. If you believe in that sort of thing. Two pretty good episodes back to back; are they realigning the show to be... good? Is it a miracle? Does that answer depend on your point of view? This episode has two issues it's good to stay away from at dinner parties: Religion and Politics. Wade, in fact, gets a little into his cups and perhaps overzealous. And definitely a bit crude with some information. We have a lot to say about Nurse Ratched herself, Louise Fletcher, who shows up as one of the big villains of the show. Apologies are made!
That's it! We're at the end... ...of the first season; thank the Prophets. If you believe in that sort of thing. Two pretty good episodes back to back; are they realigning the show to be... good? Is it a miracle? Does that answer depend on your point of view? This episode has two issues it's good to stay away from at dinner parties: Religion and Politics. Wade, in fact, gets a little into his cups and perhaps overzealous. And definitely a bit crude with some information. We have a lot to say about Nurse Ratched herself, Louise Fletcher, who shows up as one of the big villains of the show. Apologies are made!
No time for ridicule, this is A Very Special Episode! Kira duets with a Cardassian, and three white guys from the bible belt get uncomfortable talking about the Holocaust. From post Cold War relations to The Man in the Glass Booth, Adolf Eichmann, and the Banality of Evil; how can art, and specifically science fiction, best approach some of these prickly topics? Lot's to talk about, and we might not fully cover every controversial subject, including AIDS, without being interrupted by the end... Art's tricky man, I dunno.
No time for ridicule, this is A Very Special Episode! Kira duets with a Cardassian, and three white guys from the bible belt get uncomfortable talking about the Holocaust. From post Cold War relations to The Man in the Glass Booth, Adolf Eichmann, and the Banality of Evil; how can art, and specifically science fiction, best approach some of these prickly topics? Lot's to talk about, and we might not fully cover every controversial subject, including AIDS, without being interrupted by the end... Art's tricky man, I dunno.
Another space day. Another space possession. Or not. Another space virus; this one turns people into paranoid jerks. We dissect this episode it and try to fix it as best we can. Some may like it more than we do... James has things to say about Ira Behr. Wade can't remember Rudy Ray Moore's name, but this episode is not about that. Sadly.
Another space day. Another space possession. Or not. Another space virus; this one turns people into paranoid jerks. We dissect this episode it and try to fix it as best we can. Some may like it more than we do... James has things to say about Ira Behr. Wade can't remember Rudy Ray Moore's name, but this episode is not about that. Sadly.
In the interest of checking off all the obligatory characters from ST: TNG, Lwaxana Troi shows up in this episode! But wait! It's actually pretty good! She gets more intimate with a gooey Odo than she ever did with Picard. Is she more interesting without her daughter? Bashir is Pete Campbell. Technobabble. Obrien gets a puppy.
In the interest of checking off all the obligatory characters from ST: TNG, Lwaxana Troi shows up in this episode! But wait! It's actually pretty good! She gets more intimate with a gooey Odo than she ever did with Picard. Is she more interesting without her daughter? Bashir is Pete Campbell. Technobabble. Obrien gets a puppy.
More like "If Wishes Were Horses#!t." Yes, after last week's praise, we're back into the gutter! Obrien meets WHATISCERTAINLYNOTALEPRECHAUN. Nope, it's just another Alien of the Week. As Peter Dinklage said in Living in Oblivion: "Want to make it weird? Oh, put a dwarf in it." So we get "the Man from Another Place" himself, Michael J Anderson as a guest star. We talk about that, some other things, the Julian Problem, and the one good thing to stick around from this episode: Sisko's baseball.
More like "If Wishes Were Horses#!t." Yes, after last week's praise, we're back into the gutter! Obrien meets WHATISCERTAINLYNOTALEPRECHAUN. Nope, it's just another Alien of the Week. As Peter Dinklage said in Living in Oblivion: "Want to make it weird? Oh, put a dwarf in it." So we get "the Man from Another Place" himself, Michael J Anderson as a guest star. We talk about that, some other things, the Julian Problem, and the one good thing to stick around from this episode: Sisko's baseball.
Listen, and be amazed as we praise Kira's performance. Niners, be confounded by how little we actually talk about self sealing stembolts! Bajoran politics: Kira has to evict an old man from the Shire. Jake and Nog do a red paperclip story; the Ferengi hate land? We go on a tangent about what Marina Sirtis has had to put up with in her career (more than she should have had to). We disagree a bit, but agree this is a pretty good episode of Deep Space Nine, if not your standard Star Trek.
