Comment on I want to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Go watch DS9’s “Past Tense” two parter (S3E11/12). Star Trek is surprisingly bang-on in predicting what the world would look like in 2023.
Unfortunately I don’t think that we will have the Gabriel Bell Riots next year, but we’ll see.
shikogo@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Do I need context for DS9 for this? I never got around to watching any of it.
Kichae@kbin.social 11 months ago
Being able to identify the characters might help some, but otherwise no. It's a two part capsule episode
andthenthreemore@startrek.website 11 months ago
Not really. It’s not part of ds9’s big arc. Little bottle time travel episodes.
PapaStevesy@midwest.social 11 months ago
I’m not sure, but the basic set-up is DS9 is a space station positioned near a planet wherein one species has very recently freed itself from slavery to another species. It’s in the ass-end of nowhere and is seemingly a quiet posting until a wormhole leading to the unexplored gamma quadrant opens nearby, drawing all kinds of attention. That’s all I really remember and it’s probably largely inaccurate, lol.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
None of that is relevant to the episode I mentioned. It’s a time travel episode
PapaStevesy@midwest.social 11 months ago
Idc
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
It’s a time travel episode, so no, not really.