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My Sci-fi unpopular opinion is that 2001: A Space Odyssey is nothing but pretentious, LSD fueled nonsense. I’ve tried watching it multiple times and each time I have absolutely no patience for the pointless little scenes which contain little to no depth or meaningful plot, all coalescing towards that 15 minute “journey” through space and series of hallucinations or whatever that are supposed to be deep, shake you to your foundations, and make you re-think the whole human condition.
But it doesn’t. Because it’s just pretentious, LSD fueled nonsense. Planet of the Apes was released in the same year and is, on every level, a better Sci-fi movie. It offers mystery, a consistent and engaging plot, relatable characters you actually care about, and asks a lot more questions about the world and our place in it.
Deep Space 9 is and always was the greatest Star Trek series. Also I’ll go one more and say that I would take Sisko over Picard or Kirk any day of the week.
In The Pale Moonlight (s6e19) sealed these opinions for me.
Idk if this is an unpopular opinion these days, the show seems to have had a bit of a reassurance. Back when it came out, the more serialized nature of it might not have worked as well, but in the age of streaming it’s aged amazingly. The only other Star Trek series I’ve watched are TNG and a bit of TOS, but DS9 has definitely been my favorite by far.
Yes! I agree with you that DS9 was better than the others. It moved away from The Alien of the Week storylines to something bigger. A great show.