Spoilers Control?!?!
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Please, please, please ... keep Discovery as far away from Picard as possible. Connecting the two shows would ruin everything that Picard has accomplished so far.
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I like both shows. I would prefer they not be connected. I doubt it will happen. so far the only connection has been a throwaway line about a Gormadander.
And Kaseelian opera.
Spock has a vision of future where AI destroys life
Oh has a vision of the future where AI destroys life.
Damn it Kurtzman!
The eyes of the second one look distinctly Asian for me, and there just happens to be an actress of Filipino ancestry playing an android on the show... might the vision be related to Dahj and Soji somehow, perhaps an early prototype?We can probably leave off spoiler tags here since this is a spoiler tagged already, plus it's mostly conjecture.
But yeah...
I can see how the thing in second pic is related to Airiam somehow..
I find it hard to believe this is anything more than convenient stock footage given that the shots in question are maybe two seconds of screen time. I seriously doubt that Chabon and company are going to rerun the same enemy and obstacle used in the most recent previous season of Star Trek.
There's also the fact that we're told that half the galaxy is in danger. That's not all sentient life per Discovery; that's a more accessible way of saying "Alpha and Beta Quadrants." I doubt they'd say, "Let's have the same threat, but not as scary!"
There's also the fact that we're told that half the galaxy is in danger. That's not all sentient life per Discovery; that's a more accessible way of saying "Alpha and Beta Quadrants." I doubt they'd say, "Let's have the same threat, but not as scary!"
It's possible. Might even be a soft lead-in to the season premiere of Discovery. The CW does this all the time with its shows in the same universe.
I think all the Trek shows from now on are going to be heavily interconnected.
It's just the way things are now with everything under one roof, so to speak.
I like DISCOVERY so I've got no problem with there being major threads intertwined among the new shows.
Seven of Nine: "Come on, Picard. Time to kick some AI ass."
Picard: "Yum yum."
IMHO there's a big difference between superhero series set on earth and a setting that takes up the entire galaxy. Making everything self-referential and "small universe" makes the setting seem small and tawdry. More like a stage play than a big open universe.
Covert Zhat Vash agent James T. Kirk to be confirmed in a new tie-in novel.
The CW. I don't like where this is going.
I think all the Trek shows from now on are going to be heavily interconnected.
It's just the way things are now with everything under one roof, so to speak.
I like DISCOVERY so I've got no problem with there being major threads intertwined among the new shows.
Except they are not under the same roof - remember part of the financial model is selling the series to international streaming services - a show that relies on narrative from shows not on your service is less attractive and also contractually complex.
Section 31 is a spin-off of Discovery so Netflix has first rights on it. Picard is not so it can be openly sold.
It is pretty unlikely to me that when Amazon were doing their due diligence they did not ask "this does not rely on strong ties to the Netflix show?"
Cameos, easter eggs and references sure - that we find out that it is an bad guy from an entirely different show? No.
CBS is the Producer. Amazon/Netflix are just international distributors. I doubt they have any creative control.
That cyborg/android who looks like Airiam looks a lot less advanced than Data or the Synths. Robotic and not "more human". So he/she/it can't be a prediction of the future.
If Airiam comes back, they have to explain who Airiam is for people who don't watch Discovery and they're setting up something that won't happen for another 800 years. For us, we just have to wait a few months? But for the actual characters in Picard? "There's this threat that's going to come in 800 years!" And that's it.
It's like us saying "There's going to be a threat in 2800!" That's horrible, but that's never going to happen in our lifetimes. Most people won't care. You can't even get people today to care about the environment and what that will mean by the middle of this century. Forget about 800 years.
So linking Picard to Discovery so directly doesn't work dramatically. There's nothing that effects anyone's life in Picard. I give Michael Chabon more credit than that.
If Airiam comes back, they have to explain who Airiam is for people who don't watch Discovery and they're setting up something that won't happen for another 800 years. For us, we just have to wait a few months? But for the actual characters in Picard? "There's this threat that's going to come in 800 years!" And that's it.
It's like us saying "There's going to be a threat in 2800!" That's horrible, but that's never going to happen in our lifetimes. Most people won't care. You can't even get people today to care about the environment and what that will mean by the middle of this century. Forget about 800 years.
So linking Picard to Discovery so directly doesn't work dramatically. There's nothing that effects anyone's life in Picard. I give Michael Chabon more credit than that.
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