More DS9 discs came in the mail. I'm currently watching the "Through The Looking Glass" where Commander Sisko gets kidnapped by "Smiley" and taken to the "Mirror Universe" being where everything is backwards. The good guys are bad guys, the bad guys are apparently still bad (Cardassians aren't the heroes of the universe, still opressing folks as often as they can).
And if your Spock you are sporting a goatee and for the most part your evil.
Well it sparked me enough that I felt the need to make a little post about it.
Southpark made fun of the Mirror Universe idea of the fact that people in the mirror universe are the opposite of who they are in this universe and they must sport a goatee.
In the DS9 episodes I don't think there is anyone suddenly sporting a goatee. However, there are a number of the characters that have gone from good to bad. Or at least from good to amoral (being Sisko in the Mirror Universe).
But there are a number of plot flaws that strike me funny. Like the Klingons in the Mirror Universe are still very much a warrior driven race. If things are so different, shouldn't they be more like the Federation. I mean shouldn't they be explorers and scientists not warriors?
And the Cardassians, they should be a peace loving bunch who trust everyone and have no need to the Obsidian Order. I mean they have the Bajorans acting completley different from the main Star Trek universe.
And the Terrans who around the time of The Original Series, TOS had enslaved many of the Federation races (Vulcans, Andorians, Tellerites) have been reduced to a minor power by the time of DS9. They had been beaten by the Klingon/Cardassian Alliance. It also appears that Romulans serve the Alliance.
This means that in the Mirror Universe, the Terrans were a ruthless conquering race. But after running into the gang from TOS events were set into motion that caused the fall of the Terran Empire. Which I guess means that rathering than staying true to form the "evil" Spock decided try to change the way things worked, he broke the Mirror Universe.
So this means stay true to form. Otherwise you end up getting overrun by Klingons and Cardassians.
However, my real interest in making a post about the Looking Glass episode is actually more along the lines of. What would I be like in the Mirror Universe.
Would I sport around a baby face? Seeing as I already have a goatee. Or would I have to sport a full beard instead. Would I be less tech inclined and more into sports. Would I prefer to read more and watch tv less?
Well the Looking Glass episode is over. I should be getting to bed I have to drive to Dallas early in the morning.
Oh yeah, one last thought on the Mirror Universe. Would the Dominion be more like the Federation. Since the Terran Empire was much like the Dominion.
I hope to get 3 discs from Netflix on Saturday, which should start getting into the conflict with the Dominion. I can't wait.
Laterz
(For more info on the Mirror Universe check out Wikipedia.)
