Star Trek: Picard

[NakedMoleRat]

To me I can best sum up my feelings about it like this.

You get invited to dinner at a friends house that you have not been over to for a long time. You are excited about it because you look forward to catching up with them as well as they have always provided exceptional meals in the past.

Then when you get there, on the table is a cheese and cracker lunchable. Your friend tells you to eat it quickly, tell them how awesome it was and then leave.

You do and walk out wondering what the heck had just happened...

 

[peterquill]

To me I can best sum up my feelings about it like this.

You get invited to dinner at a friends house that you have not been over to for a long time. You are excited about it because you look forward to catching up with them as well as they have always provided exceptional meals in the past.

Then when you get there, on the table is a cheese and cracker lunchable. Your friend tells you to eat it quickly, tell them how awesome it was and then leave.

You do and walk out wondering what the heck had just happened...

exactly,
but i like lunchables,
id say its more like a rank tin of surströmming ,

 

[patrickivan]

To me I can best sum up my feelings about it like this.

You get invited to dinner at a friends house that you have not been over to for a long time. You are excited about it because you look forward to catching up with them as well as they have always provided exceptional meals in the past.

Then when you get there, on the table is a cheese and cracker lunchable. Your friend tells you to eat it quickly, tell them how awesome it was and then leave.

You do and walk out wondering what the heck had just happened...

I love this analogy. But I have a shorter one. But it's kind of crude.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

 

[robn1]

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Too true...

 

[The Terminator]

Too true...

"It's funny, because it's true"

 

[robn1]

 

[Captain Dunsel]

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There, I fixed that for you:

 

[kalkamel]

Since they like stock images/footage so much.

 

[patrickivan]

It really does punctuate the difference between Star Trek and new battlestar trek. One used profanity as a comedic insert. Bones (the nickname based on the term derived from Saw Bones, a doctor, not someone who was left with nothing but his bones after a divorce) was a little more fluid with it due to his old-timey nature and cantankerous ways, but again, that was part of his comedic character. And the other use it because that's how everyone apparently talks in the 21st century, and therefore in the 24th century, so we can all relate to it.

Just lazy writing. It's kind of like forums. The characters are us, who just spew whatever pops into our heads, reacting to comments.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Bones (the nickname based on the term derived from Saw Bones, a doctor, not someone who was left with nothing but his bones after a divorce) was a little more fluid with it due to his old-timey nature and cantankerous ways, but again, that was part of his comedic character.

Agreed...the tone is completely different, in terms of what we would expect from “an old country doctor” and the level of dignity in his relationship with the other characters.

There is a big difference between a “Bones” McCoy that says: “Damnit, Jim, what the hell‘s the matter with you?” and a “Bones” McCoy that says “Shut the **** up, Jim!”....

 

[patrickivan]

Agreed...the tone is completely different, in terms of what we would expect from “an old country doctor” and the level of dignity in his relationship with the other characters.

There is a big difference between a “Bones” McCoy that says: “Damnit, Jim, what the hell‘s the matter with you?” and a “Bones” McCoy that says “Shut the **** up, Jim!”....

There's some odd lack of respect between the characters. Like everyone hates each other or someone. The stories should reflect our times, but they should also project something more positive than what we have. I think there's a massive disconnect between what Star Trek is, and what the the makers want it to be.

 

[Ron]

Geez I didn't realize they cussed that much. That's terrible. There is no way Gene would have been okay with this.

 

[Strikerkc]

that is wearying.

 

[Cameron]

Cursing when used sparingly and dare I say appropriately can be powerful. Cursing when overused is dull and distracting. Its the difference between using one exclamation point or using them after every sentence. They lose their desired effect.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Cursing when used sparingly and dare I say appropriately can be powerful. Cursing when overused is dull and distracting. Its the difference between using one exclamation point or using them after every sentence. They lose their desired effect.

Great point.

 

[Cody1138]

I watched the series over a week. I was really liking it, right up to the last two episodes. There were red flag moments like Rios seeming to be fine with the fact that Agnes had murdered Maddox. But the whole thing went down the toilet for me when:
1) Soji flipped so quickly from a confused, didn't realize I was an android to "I want to kill all organics" terminator/matrix style.
2) Picard died, but then didn't.
Let me explain #2. I am not morbid or anything like that, but it really dilutes the emotional impact of a beloved characters death when he or she is immediately brought back in some convenient way. I was genuinely upset when Jean Luc passed and felt "cheated" when he came back. This was further cheapened by putting his brain recording into a robot.
Of course some part of me knew they would not kill Picard, after all, there was season 2 to think about. But it just cheapens the emotional impact when filmmakers pull this crap.
In contrast, in Infinity War there were many "deaths" when Thanos snapped his fingers, and I teared up especially when Vision and Spiderman met their fates. And yes, part of me knew they would be back, but to end the film with those characters dead was very powerful.

And I didn't like the cussing, for reasons others have mentioned.

 

[patrickivan]

Great point.

It's hard to watch a lot of TOS eps anymore. Just because the production and action style is so different. I still love TOS though, but despite my hatred for time travel eps, this is still one that I love to watch. Sure McCoy goes a little over the top, but again, old timey acting styles. Just the emotion, the sacrifice, sound track, and pure optimism of Edith, really encapsulated everything that Star Trek meant to me. TOS still has a few episodes that are very watchable for how fun and well written they are.

 

[kalkamel]