They can say it is, but that doesn’t mean audiences would accept it as such.
Star Trek Picard is not Star Trek
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They can say it is, but that doesn’t mean audiences would accept it as such.
Well, I would.
My wife likes The Good Fight. Me too.
I'd still like Discovery even if it wasn't a Star Trek show. But that's not the surprise. This is the surprise. I wasn't in any hurry to see any type of TNG/VOY Continuation. I really wasn't. Picard had a much steeper hill to climb with me than Discovery ever did. So the fact that they actually did it, means this is a show I'd pay to watch. I enjoy Picard as much as I do in spite of the fact that it's connected to Star Trek shows I'm not enamored with, not because of it.
EDIT: To clarify, if I heard good word-of-mouth, I'd purchase individual episodes for it through Amazon, like I do and have done for a lot of other series. If there were enough CBSAA native series that I liked where it would be cheaper to subscribe to them directly, that's when I would've made the jump.
Go out of the way and order CBS for sci-fi you know nothing about?
or someone just likes their tribbles in spicy ranch flavor
You know what was on my mind after the episode? Not Icheb's eyeball getting scooped out. But, why, as a science officer, was he wearing red?
Well Janeway was a science officer in the command track, maybe he was the same.
Holy crap I would watch the heck out that series.
I think star trek needs to become more than what it was to stay relevant and look to different genres to shake things up. If they do an exploration series, I'd want it to go back to the western vein of TOS with the only starship in the quadrant as a play on the only sheriff in town motif. Let's have a 24th century crime noir series, a 24th century Jason bourneesque spy thriller or a 23rd century political drama focusing on events after TUC.
If star trek is going to continue it needs to step out of the shadow cast by the turgidness of 90's trek and explore new ways of telling stories. Disco and Picard are solid steps in that direction.
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Fixed that for you.
Even though I meant the episode airdate, I knew the second I put that in someone would correct it.
Hoo boy, if Disco season 3 confirms the V'Drayash are indeed the Federation gone evil that some think Calypso implies, that's going to cascade into a lot of "NOT MY STAR TREK!!" frothing from the peanut gallery.
It's not the direction I would have wanted to see it go, and I do see some of the criticisms as valid, but I feel that way about all current tv/movies. In TV writer's rooms, I think the Boomers who were going to change the world have given way to Gen. Xers who grew up on Cobain and a certain nihilism. Plus, everyone wants to make the next Dark Knight.
That said, I am watching and getting some enjoyment out of Picard, just taking it for what it is.
Picard is sort of like going to your high school reunion. Your old friends are nothing like what you remember. You feel a bit out of place, awkward with a hint of sadness. But yet, in the end, you are glad you came.
At the end of the day, we are in a far better place than we were in 2005 when it seemed Trek was doomed. So I am along for the ride.
That said, I am watching and getting some enjoyment out of Picard, just taking it for what it is.
Picard is sort of like going to your high school reunion. Your old friends are nothing like what you remember. You feel a bit out of place, awkward with a hint of sadness. But yet, in the end, you are glad you came.
At the end of the day, we are in a far better place than we were in 2005 when it seemed Trek was doomed. So I am along for the ride.
The dialogue is very clear. This show doesn't do subtle.
"I saw you, sitting back in your very fine chateau. Those big oak beams, heirloom furniture. Yeah, I'd show you around my estate, but it's more of a hovel, so that would just be, you know, humiliating."
I think that's indicating Picard's disconnect and Rafi's anger. Again, not a commentary. But, I read lots of things in to things that are not there.
Have we seen any of that uniform in blue? Maybe they never made one.You know what was on my mind after the episode? Not Icheb's eyeball getting scooped out. But, why, as a science officer, was he wearing red?
I had the same thought.
As long as it has scenes like this it will ALWAYS be Star Trek:
The question is not whether Broph is Trek.I think it might be time for Trek or Not Trek. Ooh, I’ll start!
Trek or Not Trek?
The question is whether Trek is Broph.
Other way around. CBS pays us.
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