New Picard SDCC Trailer

[Amasov]

FYI: Frakes is shooting his scenes on Monday.

https://twitter.com/jonathansfrakes/status/1152939303565025280

 

[IMC Headquarters]

I wonder how much of this series is influenced by Seven Samurai?

 

[Tuskin38]

I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but this planet appears to be Mars

 

[fireproof78]

I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but this planet appears to be Mars

Good. I need more Mars in my life.

 

[Amasov]

But that is probably what the story is about! For example this first season seems to deal with the liberated Borg, thus it makes perfect sense to feature the three former Borg characters (Picard, Seven, Hugh) that we already have.

Confidence in Disco vanished after it turned out that the writing on the first season was utterly terrible and only got worse after the season progressed. Season two was better but still unravewelled midway. With Disco they don't seem to have plan or a coherent creative vision. With Picard it seems that they have actually a concept they believe on, and probably at least an outline for the three seasons. Sure, they can still fuck it up, but it seems they have a solid starting point.

Continuing the stories of existing characters is not nostalgia.

But that's also how you draw in veteran Trekkies.

Great! Picard is here, but for some, TNG may not be their Star Trek; Voyager could be. And who knows, there may be some hidden references to DS9 that we have yet to see in an effort to appeal to fans of that show, as well. Point is, while it's great that Seven is there, I highly doubt she is other than nostalgic purposes. She seems to be there for a vital reason.

 

[eschaton]

Good. I need more Mars in my life.

I wonder if the Short Trek titled The Queen of Mars is the Picard prequel.

Basically dealing with a Borg queen on Mars.

 

[Turtletrekker]

DISCO & this Picard show are not in the Kelvin timeline, but they are made under the same alternative licence that the Kelvin series of movies were made under

The so called 'Prime Universe' is not the original Star Trek continuity - it's an universe where things mostly match the events of the original continuity

Whilst this timeline might have the same rough chain of events there have to be differences - a minimum 15% difference I believe - so Seven's implants being different - the Borg cube having blue rather than green light, the DISCO Enterprise being larger than TOS all these things are different for contractual reasons

Discovery & Picard are made for CBS, yes, but they are made by Secret Hideout under the same alternative licence as Bad Robot made the Kelvin movies

However I think the Picard series will walk the line as close as it possibly can - and by the time it airs the CBS/Viacom re-merger might have gone through and it might not be an issue anymore. Picard at that point could then be potentially subsumed into the original continuity. Perhaps the same will be true of Discovery from Series 3 onwards post time jump

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Yes, Discovery and the Picard show are in the original Prime universe. The original continuity. Everything else is just braindead fanboy nonsense. Midnight's Edgelord and Doomcuck and the like are so divorced from reality that it's amazing there isn't some level of alimony involved.

 

[Tuskin38]

I wonder if the Short Trek titled The Queen of Mars is the Picard prequel.

Basically dealing with a Borg queen on Mars.

It's Children of Mars, not Queen.

 

[Amasov]

I just want Jean-Luc and his ragtag bunch to visit one place in order to make this the most perfect Star Trek ever.

 

[eschaton]

It's Children of Mars.

Never mind

 

[Tuskin38]

Never mind

In the mythology, Romulus and Remus are the children of Mars. So it could still be the Picard one.

 

[KennyB]

Sure. And if it is cancelled after the first season, then there obviously won't be more TNG character appearing. But if they get the three years they want then they can easily feature then all at some point without it feeling like a TNG reunion.

I'd be more worried about the lead actor staying healthy enough to continue.

 

[eschaton]

I just want Jean-Luc and his ragtag bunch to visit one place in order to make this the most perfect Star Trek ever.

I'd love that, but there's no reason they'd rebuild the promenade for a 5 minute scene.

We're only seeing the station again if there is a straight up revival.

 

[Saul]

The trailer for some reason didn't sit right with me. I don't know why but just feels off, a bit fanish. A girl who is like some secret weapon? Rag tag crew? One of them knows kung fu (note the stick). Seven of Nine was interesting though. It's more nostalgia laden than I expected.

 

[Tuskin38]

One of them knows kung fu (note the stick).

How does a stick relate to kung fu?

 

[Amasov]

I'd love that, but there's no reason they'd rebuild the promenade for a 5 minute scene.

We're only seeing the station again if there is a straight up revival.

Why would it only be a five minute scene?

 

[Sebine_91]

Stewart said a few months back that Picard will run "2 or 3 years", which says to me that Beyer & Chabon have the story all planned out. They just are or weren't yet sure how many episodes it would take to tell it. Knock on wood, we're getting 20-30 episodes of Picard goodness.

Brilliant! I've also just seen that the series will consist of ten episodes (I must have missed this news) so I'm over the moon; I'd always figured it would be more like a 3 episode miniseries.

 

[KennyB]

I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but this planet appears to be Mars

Do you think you see see Olympus Mons? Just looks like stock red planet to me. Olympus Mons is much more defined.

 

[Saul]

How does a stick relate to kung fu?

Or Karate, Aikido or Vulcan-Fu etc

What else is the stick for?

Clean answers only please....

 

[WarpFactorZ]

I'd love that, but there's no reason they'd rebuild the promenade for a 5 minute scene.
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I'm pretty sure DS9 will not appear. That being said, the promenade could be largely green-screened in with minimal physical sets/props.