yeah made a comment about the lack of Avery Brooks in a review I finally posted the other day on What We Left Behind.
The extras were shared in an article that doesn't necessarily suggest more with Brooks unfortunately.
August 6th is the release date
https://www.iconvsicon.com/2019/05/28/critically-acclaimed-star-trek-documentary-what-we-left-behind-looking-back-at-star-trek-deep-space-nine-to-hit-blu-ray-in-august/
Great blog. Thanks for sharing. It's funny, I grew up liking TNG, but wasn't all that fond of TOS episodes (I liked the feature films though). When DS9 came out, I was just graduating high school, and as things got moving, I was in college. I watched DS9, but didn't really have an affinity for it. I was one of those guys that blended with most crowds. I could hang with the jocks, because I loved sports and I was a pretty good athlete (basketball, tennis, baseball), but then I was also a nerd who loved box scores, and sci-fi/fantasy stuff (Dragonlance, Star Wars, Trek, Batman of course, lol). And then finally, I was also a big metal guy, so I had that sect of friends. It was an interesting time for sure. So, I say all that to say, I never gave DS9 its due, because I was spread thin during the years it aired. I liked it, but wasn't as devoted to it as I was TNG. That changed following me graduating from law school a few years later. The summer after I graduated, I wasn't working for a six-month period, and so I watched the first season, and was immediately hooked. In fact, I loved it so much, I sold all of my TNG seasons (I had purchased all those 100 dollar box sets), to afford the DS9 ones (the original ones). Then I watched the rest of the series religiously, probably four or five episodes a day. TNG was mature, particularly in seasons three through seven, but DS9 just made it, as you said in your blog, more relatable, more down to earth and real human issues. It was the Trek for a more mature, politically-oriented audience. I became an uber fan real quick, and have remained one ever since.
As I got older and had more disposable income, I purchased a lot of carded action figures of the show (I have probably around 30 now, the first run of nine, and then a couple dozen from the sets that followed), plus the DS9 station. In fact, I'm still collecting here and there (just bought some more characters in a lot on eBay). There was just something really different and special about DS9, that frankly, no other Trek show or movie since has captured. I read the whole "continuation" of the series in the books, but after the first five or six books, I felt like it was just getting too long in the tooth and too many personnel changes. It was good, but not AS good as the show, of course.
So suffice it to say, I am completely excited to watch the documentary. I had plans the night of the special screening so I unfortunately had to miss it. But I have pre-ordered the Blu-ray, and I'm currently re-watching the entire series on Netflix for the first time since 2003. I'm at the end of Season One right now. I even re-bought (I had sold my original DVDs probably about 12 or 13 years ago, figuring it would come out on Blu-ray, which it never did) the series on DVD, as Amazon had a special on the box set last week (see my post above).
But everything about the show is just...special. From Sisko's command style and history, to those relationships between the other regular characters, they all seem really REAL. Instead of a utopian future and traveling the stars, which the other Treks had, DS9 was more like - here is real life, taking place hundreds of years from now on a space station. Such a shame Season 8 never came to fruition. But I'm glad that you mentioned the writers talk about what they would have done in the documentary. I can't wait to see it.
Again, thanks for the blog. DS9 is just such a special show, and I'm glad others also give it its proper credit.