Grey
Sr Member
I'm not a huge Trek guy (as a franchise) but I loved TNG, they were always showing re-runs on the old Sci-Fi channel when I was a kid and it was one of the many shows I grew up watching that cultivated my love of science fiction in general. So that being said i'm a bit conflicted over this news, he's getting on in years and his age has been discussed already but I think it could be made to work with the right script and the right people involved to handle the character, but outside of Mr. Stewart himself.... that doesn't seem to be the case, unfortunately.
What's more, I hated the TNG movies and I think they completely ruined his character by trying to make the quiet, rational, intelligent Captain Picard into a loud, angry, violent action hero who makes split-second emotional decisions and rebels from Starfleet at the drop of a hat. I prefer to think those movies just don't exist and i'm not really looking forward to a chronological continuation of his character in those films, regardless of his age.
What's more, I hated the TNG movies and I think they completely ruined his character by trying to make the quiet, rational, intelligent Captain Picard into a loud, angry, violent action hero who makes split-second emotional decisions and rebels from Starfleet at the drop of a hat. I prefer to think those movies just don't exist and i'm not really looking forward to a chronological continuation of his character in those films, regardless of his age.