(July 10, 2018 at 5:57 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: Tiz, DS9 showed that utopia is not so easily accomplished. It added depth to Roddenberry's optimistic vision, without discarding it from the realm of possibility. Sometimes you need an anti-Picard because (sometimes) ideals must be fought for in the trenches. Sisko represented that part of the equation.
Like Sisko himself said, "It's easy to be a saint in paradise." Picard and crew hardly ever had to deal with morally ambiguous situations, and most conflicts were simply solved by pretty speeches because the Enterprise represented a force most others couldn't match. They didn't just have the moral advantage, but a technological advantage that allowed them their white tower.
I think that Sisko is one of the more interesting characters in all of Trek. Father, widower, tactically brilliant, cutthroat, passionate, wounded and strong, reluctant and skeptical religious figure.... Where Picard is a paragon, Sisko is a person.
That's not to say Picard is a bad character. Far from it.
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