battletrek galatica nine

very cool mashup illustrates similarities between these two shows, as well as comments made by ron moore on how BSG was borne out of his experience with ST:DS9.



read up on it at trekmovie.com

(EDIT: oops... fixed the above link)

i know many people aren't fond of DS9 but i try to accept incarnations of trek for what they are and find the positive points in them.

one of the ideas that i remember most vividly from DS9 is the prophets' existence outside of linear time. in one episode where capt. sisko has a lot of interaction with them, he kept being flung to a moment in his past, where he lost his wife. he asked them something to the effect of: why do you keep bringing me here? and they said: we do not bring you here... you exist here.

it's actually helped me cope with the loss of my mother last october. i don't believe in souls or the afterlife and i take comfort in that she exists within her slice of time.

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