Fans love this episode. That's not just because it connects to the series that started at all but because the romance and adventure in the original series was never duplicated again. At the same time, you can see how modern Trek (well, modern for then) and TOS don't mesh well. The color and atmosphere of the original doesn't match the toned down and staid look and tone of modern Trek.
It's clear to see how much nicer looking the original cast was, too -- much more classically attractive. For instance, gawky Terry Farrell just looks boyish and curveless in a uniform meant to accentuate the female form. Sisko's bald head and beard make him more appropriate for a Klingon of the era than a clean-shaven and coiffed Starfleet officer. It's not helped that the original color for the command tunics was green, not gold, but the makers of this episode were determined to incorrectly canonize the latter.
When you watch this, the best bits are in the TOS episode. The attempts at jokes from the DS9 crew in what is already a campy episode for TOS are generally flat and predictable. The CGI to place the modern actors in the original scenes is sometimes clever, but the camera angles and movements when they're outside of TOS footage reminds you two different eras are at work. The music is the worst offender -- in the original series it was almost another character, punctuating each scene with gusto. The muzak sonic wall paper of modern Trek just sucks all the life out of the same scene.
If you can't understand why TOS remains the best of the series, you're not going to get these observations. You'll probably love this episode, in part for goofing n the original. But while the story is sort of clever, this isn't the Trek masterpiece some believe it is.
It's clear to see how much nicer looking the original cast was, too -- much more classically attractive. For instance, gawky Terry Farrell just looks boyish and curveless in a uniform meant to accentuate the female form. Sisko's bald head and beard make him more appropriate for a Klingon of the era than a clean-shaven and coiffed Starfleet officer. It's not helped that the original color for the command tunics was green, not gold, but the makers of this episode were determined to incorrectly canonize the latter.
When you watch this, the best bits are in the TOS episode. The attempts at jokes from the DS9 crew in what is already a campy episode for TOS are generally flat and predictable. The CGI to place the modern actors in the original scenes is sometimes clever, but the camera angles and movements when they're outside of TOS footage reminds you two different eras are at work. The music is the worst offender -- in the original series it was almost another character, punctuating each scene with gusto. The muzak sonic wall paper of modern Trek just sucks all the life out of the same scene.
If you can't understand why TOS remains the best of the series, you're not going to get these observations. You'll probably love this episode, in part for goofing n the original. But while the story is sort of clever, this isn't the Trek masterpiece some believe it is.