Why did Vic Fontaine sang entire songs in the later seasons of DS9?
Why did Vic Fontaine sang entire songs in the later seasons of DS9?
For those who watched DS9 during its first airings, did it seem odd to you that Vic Fontaine/James Darren sang entire songs in the later seasons of DS9?
I only finished watching DS9 recently and just found it really odd. It seems out of place in the regular TNG/DS9 format, didn't drove the plotline forward, and sometimes felt just like a filler.
(I don't mean to be disrespectful, I like the character and the actor can sing well, I am just curious why the producers made that decision).
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All his episodes felt like the showrunners were pulling a "Sandler" and just hooking up their out of work friend that used to have a hell of a lounge act.
He is a good actor and singer, but using him so much was just freaking weird. 100% filler in my opinion, even though they did some charector development in his episodes.
For some reason "filler" sounds negative to me, but I thought it was excellent filler. Stuffing is my favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner though 😁
What we used to call a "bottle episode" younger people now call "filler" as they've grown up in a world where shows are designed to be binged as a whole in a few days, not slowly eased out over 24 weeks of the year.
I don't think anyone has a problem with bottle episodes. It's the bottle episodes specifically starring Vic Fontaine which stretches the premise thin to incredulity that I think people--or at least I--have an issue with. Do another Ferengi or Klingon thing if need be. But attaching such sentiment to a character that the show really really wants you to like doesn't work for me. Again, he's a love him or hate him character. At least Ezri's episodes, while shoehorned, made sense for why they needed to be there if they had to have her as a replacement at all. Vic was just an insert the writers specficially wanted for no good reason.