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Essential trek-ness found in new
science fiction television series
Science fiction is making a big
splash on TV this year. Two series
have already premiered—“StarTrek:
Deep Space Nine” on Fox and “Space
Rangers” on CBS.
Two more scries are set to debut
this spring. On January 20, NBC will
premiere “Time Trax,” which is about
criminals who escape from the 22nd
century to the 20th, and “Babylon
Five,” a series set on a space station in
a contested sector of space. All four
offer a mixed bag for the fan and the
casual viewer.
“Deep Space Nine” is, so far, the
best of the lot, and it is no stretch of
psychic powers lo foretell a long and
happy run in syndication. It has a
built-in audience of devoted Trek fans
and borrows from “Star Trek: The
Next Generation” for creative talent.
DS9 is a run-down space station on
the frontier between the Federation
and the Cardassian Empire, orbiting ]
the planet Bajor. The Cardassians
abandoned it as part of a treaty, but
sacked it before they left.
i he snow has Lhat essential I rck
ncss. The two-hour premiere on Jan. 5
featured a race of noncorporcal be
ings who had no concept of linear ]
time, and the commander of DS9 had
to explain it to them. It bordered on (
the pop-psychology frontier, but was ]
well-crafted.
DS9 moved from its orbital posi
tion to guard at the first known stable
wormhole, built by the aliens, which
opens up a distant reach of the galaxy.
It will, likely, be a source of conten- 1
lion for the Federation and the
Cardassians in coming episodes — 1
the next episode, set to air Jan. 16, will
deal with an attempt to destroy the 1
wormhole.
The acting is also first-rate. Avery
Brooks asCmdr. Benjamin Sisko is a '
man with a monkey on his back. His
wife died in a Borg attack directed by
none other than Capt Jean-Luc Picard
while he was a Borg hostage, forcing
Sisko to raise his teen-age son alone. <
1 Sisko’s wryness is a compromise be
tween the stuffiness of Picard and the
histrionics of Kirk.
Lt. Jadzia Dax (played by Terry
Farrell) is a symbiont whose person
ality comes from a slug-like alien
inked to a host body. Rene
\uberjonois plays Odo, the station
security chief, a shape-changer (cour
tesy of the “morphing” pioneered in
‘Terminator 2”). \_
The supporting cast will recreate
he same ensemble feel of ST:TNG.
>tddig cl-Fadil plays Dr. Bashir, fresh
Mil of medical school. Nana Visitor
days Major Kira, Sisko’s Bajoran
'•lumber One (ST:TNG fans know the
Jajorans as PLO types, who count
Ensign Ro Larcn among their num
>cr). Armin Shimmerman plays
3uark, a Fercngi bar owner. It is an
jnorthodox mix of remarkable talent,
vhich will lend itself to more humor
ind, we are promised, more romantic
pursuits than on ST:TNG. However,
he cast probably won’t equal the
egendary exploits of James T. Kirk,
vho bedded at least one alien babe per
jpisode.
Acting is one of many problems
for “Space Rangers” (Wednesdays, 7
[).m., CBS). The premiere on Jan. 7
introduced us to a group of interstel lar
:ops besieged by budget cuts and
faulty equipment. It’s a second-rate
“Hill Street Blues” with space ships
and machine guns — yes, machine
guns. Somehow a civilization that
manufactures starships can’t get the
basics of a laser rifle down right.
The cast is run-of-the mill. A drop
dead handsome lead (Jeff Kaakc), a
half-mechanical repairman (Jack
McGee), a humanoid alien (alien due
to the weird bumps on his otherwise
normal head), and the obligatory
knockout blonde.
The acting is what you’d expect
from a cop show — everybody with
chips on their shoulders, talking lough,
with wisecracks falling flat every
where. The sole standout is Linda
Hunt (Oscar winner from “The Kill
ing Fields’’) as the commander of Fort
Hope, the Ranger’s base. Butcvcn her
performances are wooden.
The plots are simple, to boot. The
prem icr featured an attempt to sm ugglc
a drug known as XJ into the sector by
fashioning cargo containers from it.
(Big deal — Chccch and Chong did
the same thing with a van and mari
juana bricks.)
The special effects are, to their
credit, excellent. Shots of a villain
dissolving into small pieces and go
ing through a wall stand out.
Unfortunately, the FX can’t save
it. I give “Space Rangers” until June
before being canceled. For those who
enjoy action and who don’t like to get
too cerebral with their TV or their SF,
“Space Rangers” will cover the bill.
— Sam Kepfleid is an avowed SF nut, born a
century too early.
Films, musicals, wrestling to enliven Lincoln
From Staff Reports _____
More fun things to do in a town
where nothing ever happens:
Join an experienced bird watcher
indoors at the Chet Ager Nature
Lodge at the Pioneers Park Nature
Center on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. to discuss bird habits and feed
ing tips.
If that lakes too much effort,
take in a nature film at the Prairie
Building, same place, Saturday and
Sunday at 2 p.m.
Arc you an arts aficionado? The
Sheldon hosts “No Laughing Mat
ter,” which opens today. The show
focuses on artists who use humor to
address serious subjects.
And“High Places, Acrylic Paint
ings and Drawings by Michele
Angle Farrar”opcns lonightat 6:30
in the Haymarket Art Gallery. There
will be a public reception and RE
FRESHMENTS WILL BE
SERVED.
“Reinterpreting the Land.” an
art exhibition sponsored by the
Great Plains Art Collection, also
opens Sunday at 3:30 p.m. You can
probably pick up some snacks there
too.
“The Jealous Potter,” recent
work by Mary Day, a master of fine
arts candidate at UNL, is currently
on display in The Gallery of the
Department of Art and Art History
in Richards Hall.
For the music minded, the UNL
music festival is tomorrow at 8
p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. *
All the above events arc free and
open to the public.
If you’re into spending cash, or
really want to impress your date,
“Fiddler on the Roof’ is playing at
the Lied Center and tickets arc sti 11
available for the 2 p.m. show this
afternoon. Prices vary.
“If I were a rich man...”
Also up this weekend is “Bus
Stop,” a play, at the Creamery.
There arc Saturday and Sunday
shows at 8 p.m. No ticket informa
tion was available at press time.
And finally, it has to be men
tioned, the WWF Superstars of
Wrestling do their thing Saturday
at 8 p.m. in big, beautiful, Pershing
Auditorium.