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Spoilers New Picard TV Series and Litverse Continuity (may contain TV show spoilers)

Starbreaker said:
The writing staff is going to want to do their own thing and I doubt they'll be Memory Betaing Picard's life. If he is married to Beverly with a son named Rene, I will be shocked.
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There's a slight possibility of that, if they wanted to explore Picard from a different angle than he's been looked at in the past. Rene would be a teenager by that point, opening up some story possibilities (if handled right). He and Beverly may not be married by that point either. Or they could be and she is off on some mission somewhere (not unheard of in Star Trek). Or something could have happened to them during the destruction of Romulus.

I'm not expecting that. Only that I wouldn't rule it out either. It all depends on what route and what background do they want Picard to have. Kurtzman did indicate that they are looking at some 'non-canon' information. That indicates it's at least possible they decide to incorporate some element(s) of the litverse into the new show.

It'd be nice if after almost 2 decades of continuing novels they decide to canonize some small part of it in some fashion.

Now what would shock me is if they take all of it and build off of it using all the litverse. Would I love that, sure, that would mean the existing relaunches can continue as is. But that would be a shocker.

But taking some element and building off that, sure. It seems they are at least open to the idea if it fits their vision for the show and they like it. Or it could be the end of the Borg if they decide they don't want to do any Borg episodes anymore. Or maybe just a character they like from the books they decide to incorporate in the show.
 
There is no chance the borg is gone, none, zero, zip. They might not *appear* in the Picard series, they might not have been seen for decades but gone? no chance at all.

By the time the Picard series airs, the Borg will have not been seen on-screen for 17 years. The question of when the Borg are reused by a show writer is a *when* not if.
 
JoeZhang said:
There is no chance the borg is gone, none, zero, zip. They might not *appear* in the Picard series, they might not have been seen for decades but gone? no chance at all.

By the time the Picard series airs, the Borg will have not been seen on-screen for 17 years. The question of when the Borg are reused by a show writer is a *when* not if.
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I'll be honest, I'd be fine if they were gone. Don't get me wrong, I thought they were a great villain for the series. But we've seen them how many times now. I'd like to see something different, esp. since this show takes place as far in the future as any Star Trek show thus far. How about a new species for a change. Ditto for the Klingons, they've been done to death. If I see no Klingons (well, except maybe Worf at some point), I'd be fine with that too on this show.

But I'm not all that interested in seeing Picard face his Borg demons yet again. One thing I liked about the Destiny book series is it finally concluded that angle. I'm content to leave them in the past. Of course that's just my take.
 
Damian said:
I'll be honest, I'd be fine if they were gone. Don't get me wrong, I thought they were a great villain for the series. But we've seen them how many times now.
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Many of the audience they CBS wants have never seen them - except in repeats of old shows that their parents liked.

But I'm not all that interested in seeing Picard face his Borg demons yet again. One thing I liked about the Destiny book series is it finally concluded that angle. I'm content to leave them in the past. Of course that's just my take.
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My point wasn't about the Picard show - it was the general point that there is no chance the borg don't reappear at some point.
 
JoeZhang said:
There is no chance the borg is gone, none, zero, zip. They might not *appear* in the Picard series, they might not have been seen for decades but gone? no chance at all.

By the time the Picard series airs, the Borg will have not been seen on-screen for 17 years. The question of when the Borg are reused by a show writer is a *when* not if.
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I wouldn't be so sure. Stewart himself said he'll only do something if it's different from what's been done before, otherwise whats the point? I'm sure a show writer would love to, but that doesn't mean it will happen.

Damian said:
But I'm not all that interested in seeing Picard face his Borg demons yet again.
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Exactly, it's been done, and from all I've understood, they're moving on.

EDIT: Just noticed your second post, my apologies.
 
JoeZhang said:
My point wasn't about the Picard show - it was the general point that there is no chance the borg don't reappear at some point.
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Oh, I'm not ruling that out either. I just wouldn't say there's zero chance anything happens or doesn't happen, and I was referring to the nu-TNG show specifically. They may decide to bag what happened in the Destiny trilogy, or they may decide it 'frees' them from doing Borg episodes if they don't want to.

But sure, there could be a future show that takes place before Destiny in which case the Borg are still out there and it wouldn't matter in that case. Or they could decide there's still other factions of the Borg not tied to the Collective out there (Descent showed us that the Borg don't necessarily need to exist as part of the Collective, and Seven of Nine was not absorbed in the Caeliar so there may very well be individual Borg or small groups out there). Or they certainly can still decide to ignore the entire litverse story and decide to do Picard vs. the Borg yet again.

My personal hope, for the miniscule value it's worth, is that they just move on with the nu-TNG show. I'm ready to see something new. They say this show will differ from any other Star Trek show out there, including Discovery. Having Picard vs. the Borg for a 3rd go around does not feel different to me, rather it would feel like a retread.
 
I'ma just come out and say it: I would prefer the novelverse continue, rather than have a mini-series of broken old-man Picard that seems likely to kill the novelverse.
 
I'm almost certain back when the series was first announced it was said Picard would be a "changed and broken man" in it, but now I can't fins that quote anywhere.
 
The Wormhole said:
I'm almost certain back when the series was first announced it was said Picard would be a "changed and broken man" in it, but now I can't fins that quote anywhere.
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At this point, Picard has had several decades to violate the Prime Directive. Even by the fourth season of TNG, he'd already racked up nine violations.
 
It wouldn't be a very dramatic show if Picard didn't have some sort of inner conflict to resolve. Contented characters make for great endings, but lousy ongoing shows. Nobody's clamoring for a series about the years where Kirk was retired and living in a cabin in the woods with Antonia.
 
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