bwize
Sr Member
Oh ok. I didn’t catch that Sikaarians reference. It wa such a good episode I’ll watch again and listen more carefully.
Star Trek: Picard
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Are you still watchin Picard?
I didn’t watch (I wouldn’t say I “missed” anything) last week’s episode. I’ll eventually get around to watching it; however, I am not hurriedly racing to watch each episode, as they drop. There is no excitement for me.
Frenzy1971
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We got CBS all access this recent weekend and blew through it FAST. My wife has become a huge Trekkie, especially over Voyager and TNG. It is fantastic! I am so happy they chose not to throw him back on a bridge like an adventurous captain. They play to his age. I actually held off on it, thinking they would have a stunt double doing all this crazy stuff with his face CG'd on ala Dooku. LOVE what they have done. It also got me to try discovery which I avoided because of the chatter about it when it first came out, and OH MY GOD it's awesome too.
I don’t mind Picard. I have no idea what’s going on with the daughter banging on the borg ship storyline...but it’s been a fun watch.
And then there’s the fun to watch Red Letter Media dissect cuz they DO know Trek and hearing about how stuff I like is completely out of character or not trek.
mans the last Redletter vid ended with Mike sitting in the dark mumbling “I bet Macaulay Culkin will sit and discusss Picard with me”
So looking forward to that.
I get it. It’s not Trek. But I guess that’s what they want - rope-in guys like me, not the Trek fans.
This has made me more curious to rewatch TNG or the originals again. Don’t remember at all.
*btw... still enjoy Orville more
And then there’s the fun to watch Red Letter Media dissect cuz they DO know Trek and hearing about how stuff I like is completely out of character or not trek.
mans the last Redletter vid ended with Mike sitting in the dark mumbling “I bet Macaulay Culkin will sit and discusss Picard with me”
So looking forward to that.
I get it. It’s not Trek. But I guess that’s what they want - rope-in guys like me, not the Trek fans.
This has made me more curious to rewatch TNG or the originals again. Don’t remember at all.
*btw... still enjoy Orville more
This thread made me realize that now the number of Trek series I dislike outnumber the ones I like. Technically I suppose that means I can't really qualify as a Trekkie anymore. Feels weird. I can honestly say I never saw that coming.
Well in my feeling there are 4.5 good Star Wars movies... and 6.5 bad ones... so I hear ya.
After all these years, in my 40's, I'm now saying "Make mine Marvel" cuz damn... best track record going for franchises.
Marvel REALLY know what they're doing, they start with a solid story and build from there.
It's sad that we can't get such a high quality level of writing in Picard.
If ever you need further confirmation that Marvel know what they're doing check out these great deep dives into three of Marvel's pieces of fried Gold.
Shaka, when my pants fell lol
None of this IS 'real'.
Picard isn't a continuation of TNG-era Trek. Since they keep referring to the 2009 reboot. They use the wrong combadge. Vulcans now look identical to Romulans.
*Insert Picard facepalm here*
Nah man, don't let the new stuff ruin your appreciation of the other Trek you like.
The sad thing is the more cameos from other Trek stars they include, the more damage they are doing toward having potential returns of the "real" versions of their characters.
They've ruined Seven of Nine's character in just one episode. She's now just as damaged and broken as all of the other principal characters. Everyone is broken because the "Federation abandoned the Romulans"
Hanging everything on that one plot point was possibly the worst thing they did because now everyone in the show has to be broken because the writers think the real world is "broken".
The writers need to read Thegoodnewsnetwork.org or New Scientist for a better more balanced worldview.
Would it really kill the writers to have a character pull out a Tricorder or scanner to do some investigating rather than constantly pull out a phaser to vaporise someone.
I despair of the JJ/Kurtzman era of Trek. I hope they release their strangle hold on the franchise and we get a new guiding hand for the future of Star Trek.
They've ruined Seven of Nine's character in just one episode. She's now just as damaged and broken as all of the other principal characters. Everyone is broken because the "Federation abandoned the Romulans"
Hanging everything on that one plot point was possibly the worst thing they did because now everyone in the show has to be broken because the writers think the real world is "broken".
The writers need to read Thegoodnewsnetwork.org or New Scientist for a better more balanced worldview.
Would it really kill the writers to have a character pull out a Tricorder or scanner to do some investigating rather than constantly pull out a phaser to vaporise someone.
I despair of the JJ/Kurtzman era of Trek. I hope they release their strangle hold on the franchise and we get a new guiding hand for the future of Star Trek.
robn1
Master Member
I can't wait for Shari Redstone to start kicking these ass hats out the door.
I'll throw a party the day that happens...sad thing is damage is done and righting the ship could be too expensive to undertake at this time. I think it's just a sign of the times. Also, notice the new young generation of tv & film reviewers are promoting the new stuff because it's more in line with what appeals to them. I can only hope these same young people study the past, but I doubt it. People don't usually reach out to studying history when they already believe they're doing a better job than anyone who came before them. Reaching out to history in a critical way, is only born out of the desire for the truth, and unfortunately it's never been easier to 'fool' people and never been harder to convince them they've 'been fooled'.
It's all part of the great decline and dumbing down of things. Quality takes a lot of time to produce, and that's the opposite of how the industry works now. Churn out as much as you can in a short time...distract people as much as possible so they won't have time to think about plot and plot holes.
Like that joke in politics, you don't need to win, just try to look better than the other guy. And right now...saying Picard is much better than Discovery, is probably not untrue.
It's all part of the great decline and dumbing down of things. Quality takes a lot of time to produce, and that's the opposite of how the industry works now. Churn out as much as you can in a short time...distract people as much as possible so they won't have time to think about plot and plot holes.
Like that joke in politics, you don't need to win, just try to look better than the other guy. And right now...saying Picard is much better than Discovery, is probably not untrue.
The Brahma Bull
Sr Member
Always wondered why Romulans should look different than Vulcans. They're all Vulcans but with different approaches to their way of life. I mean everything about them is stupid. They're just old Greeks and Romans with pointy ears in space.
They didn't even put a screen printed LCARS panel on it, wow, that is SERIOUSLY lazy.
Be glad they bothered to peel the company logo off the front glass panel!
Who knew? You can print a cup of Earl Grey, hot.
kalkamel
Master Member
And it'll taste like PLA.
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