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TNG Returns!
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Now it's not really for me to say, because I didn't see the whole season, only the half pilot, which left me uninterested. However, I've kept abreast of some of the chatter, enough to know I wouldn't like it.
I also know enough to say that the season 2 teaser very much looks like a retooling of the whole thing, to reflect some older Trek styles, & maybe even a nod or two at MacFarlane's Orville.
This tells me they're already scurrying to make people happier, & this move with Stewart almost certainly lines up with that. So while I doubt we'll see him as Picard in anything that resembles the way Discovery came off in its freshman outing, I do expect that what they have planned to do with Discovery, in its upcoming directions, will very much line up with his series.
That's the kind of brand synergy I expect, & when I say I hope it will be good, my bar is my own. There's lots now I don't think is good, including some Sir Patrick himself worked on
and frankly, as tentative as I am in general, & as displeased about having to subscribe to a new servise to boot... even with Stewart on board (as much of a fan as I am) I probably will still wait until the whole 1st season of it is all available, before I sign up for the free trial.
That way, I can spend a month sifting through his show, as well as running through one or both seasons of Discovery too. From there, I'll decide if all thus hullabaloo is worth the hassle
This announcement was totally out of left field, at least to me. I am excited! However also cautiously optimistic.
All good things...get resurrected by Hollywood and sometimes better off dead!
I am thinking positive thoughts, but with a certain 8th entry in another franchise I am now even more guarded when it comes to Hollywood continuing stories that finished.
All good things...get resurrected by Hollywood and sometimes better off dead!
I am thinking positive thoughts, but with a certain 8th entry in another franchise I am now even more guarded when it comes to Hollywood continuing stories that finished.
CBS is doing their job well with this one- I, too didn’t pop for the all access for Dsc- figured I’d wait for Netflix in a few years. But, I’d buy it for the Picard show in a heartbeat.
Guessing he will be an Ambassador or civilian. Picard as Starfleet man has been done and likely wouldn’t have interested Stewart.
I’d guess that there may be one or two TNG characters guesting on an ep here or there, but probably no more than that.
Guessing he will be an Ambassador or civilian. Picard as Starfleet man has been done and likely wouldn’t have interested Stewart.
I’d guess that there may be one or two TNG characters guesting on an ep here or there, but probably no more than that.
We've already had enough of lost heroes with Luke Skywalker and Dale Cooper gone missing in TFA and Twin Peaks S3. I hope they don't rehash that theme for the new Picard series.
Actually, I kind of like the idea of this show blending select veterans from across Berman Trek. There wasn't enough interaction between TNG and the other shows, especially after TNG switched to movies.
I’m really interested to hear what the heck this show is going to be about. I’d have thought a TNG reunion show would have been more attractive to a larger casual audience, but this doesn’t sound like that. I could potentially see a backlash if audiences tune in expecting Captain Picard exploring space on a starship and he’s now just an ambassador or an archaeologist.
That's what it should have been in the first place. That way they wouldn't have to twist themselves in a pretzel to try to retool and remarket Discovery the way they're doing. It would have just been a one season experiment. Don't like it? Wait for the next experiment.
Series concept: An aging, semi-retired Picard, and a Data who was resurrected out of what he transferred to B4 but who never returned to Starfleet, in a 12 part (2 hours each) performance art piece inspired by the events of "Masks". The 13th episode is done mockumentary style and details the destruction of the Federation at the hands of the Vogon Bureaucracy, due to this unwarranted provocation.
Only one thing in all this is certain. As per its routine nature, our fan base is wholly & completely going to get way ahead of itself here... & there is no better recipe for disappointment than that imho
Just because they signed the 3rd biggest name in the franchise doesn't mean we're guaranteed to get the best outcome, least of all one that fits our expectations
Hold yer horses man
Just because they signed the 3rd biggest name in the franchise doesn't mean we're guaranteed to get the best outcome, least of all one that fits our expectations
Hold yer horses man
Somehow I think the writers of the upcoming show might wish that the TNG movies were never made. Or is it just me?
'All Good Things...' was such an awesome final chapter and the the four movies ruined that...
'All Good Things...' was such an awesome final chapter and the the four movies ruined that...
Also Flynn/Tron2, Deckard/BR2 (and of course there was Spock in Unification)
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We are so getting 7of9 this time
XFiles again?..
We're getting Frakes, surely? If not as Riker at least as director
I think it's a mistake to expect a big reunion, this seems to be a Picard vehicle, but I do hope for cameos/guest stars
I think there's different levels of "gone missing". Picard off doing his own thing could qualify just as much as Luke going into self-exile for 30 years.
Jon Luc had a long and storied career. He certainly earned some privacy if it went that way. The chance to fulfill his passion.
I think Picard could be an ambassador or an archaeologist.
If it's serial storytelling the way that CBS thinks is necessary these days AND it's on for more than one season then I don't see why Picard can't pass through different phases.
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