mawriz

Yes the writers deserve credit but I feel this was a bit self-indulgent. If they cut out that theoretical season 8, we would have had more time for the actors and also from the make-up artists, costume designers, props makers, etc.

The theoretical season 8 was completely irrelevant and took up so much time. We barely heard anything from Bashir, Quark, Jake Sisko, Leeta, etc. I wish they devoted more time on production stories behind the most notable DS9 episodes.

They made a comedy skit in the end about cutting out stories about the Bashir-O'Brien friendship, stories about episodes like The Visitor and Duet, and in my mind I thought that's exactly what I wanted!

This could have been so interesting. One of the most important but under appreciated factors of making a good documentary is the structure. This documentary had no structure. It's basically a behind the scenes clip.

I think the reason for this is the director / interviewer did not ask the questions that the audience wants to ask. Why was the Event Horizon Telescope team split into three teams? What exactly are they doing? What are their challenges? What did the combining of their methods achieve?

As for the Information Paradox team, What is the backstory of this paradox? Why is it so difficult to solve? What progress are they making? What missteps did they make? What does the success of this paper mean?

Asking those questions would have given this doc a structure. It would have given the audience a story to be engaged in. Visuals are secondary, music is secondary. Structure, format, and asking the right questions are the backbone of all documentaries.