Why wasn't "DS9" "Star Trek?" What rule did it break that made it non-Trek and made "Enterprise" (God, I hate prequels) or "Star Trek: Voyager" Trek?
I liked "DS9" a great deal, because it was the most literary, in the sense of characters. They all developed through the course of the series. Sisco was no longer the angry, young man; he had become a world-worn man of faith and character. Quark was more than a greedy money hungry businessman. And so on. True, "DS9" was a darker show in many ways and it explored themes that were ignored or treated with contempt by the other series (religion and the horror of mostly), but it was still in the ST universe and it explored and expanded on several of the original Trek stories ("Trouble with Tribbles," "Errand of Mercy," "Day of the Dove," and "Mirror, Mirror" to name those that I recall). It was much better than Enterprise, which threw established continuity out the window along with the bathwater.
Re: Moby Trek
I liked "DS9" a great deal, because it was the most literary, in the sense of characters. They all developed through the course of the series. Sisco was no longer the angry, young man; he had become a world-worn man of faith and character. Quark was more than a greedy money hungry businessman. And so on. True, "DS9" was a darker show in many ways and it explored themes that were ignored or treated with contempt by the other series (religion and the horror of mostly), but it was still in the ST universe and it explored and expanded on several of the original Trek stories ("Trouble with Tribbles," "Errand of Mercy," "Day of the Dove," and "Mirror, Mirror" to name those that I recall). It was much better than Enterprise, which threw established continuity out the window along with the bathwater.
Gregory (sorry for ranting)