At some future point, if CBS All Access survives, it is all eventually going to end up there.
And with one guy running the whole shebang at this point, I see no problem with threads interconnecting the shows.
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And with one guy running the whole shebang at this point, I see no problem with threads interconnecting the shows.
I doubt it's related to Control, and suspect it's stock footage like DS9 Klingon battles being reused as Borg/Klingon battles in Voyager.
But we are not at that future point, cbs has no real international streaming presence to speak of - we have a financial model that requires that shows that are attractive to competing streaming services - this type of interconnection goes against that.
That is something worth noting. unless they have Netflix AND Amazon Prime, in some countries, watching Discovery and Picard as part of some connected plot line is not going to happen. I just don't think Control is in this.
Oh please, like there are any Trek fans internationally that aren't already paying for both Netflix and Amazon
Short answer: Discovery production is crap.
Long answer: Discovery at best has been hit and miss, at worst it's been mostly a miss (and a mess). Many are afraid that anything connected to it may suffer because of it. Because Picard is freaking amazing, it can only become worse by being associated with Discovery.
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It can work if done well. It gives a sense of epicness and raises the stakes. There’s always the chance of it being corny or forced, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing.
I am not against it, I just do not think it is realistic for commerical and contractual reasons.
That's a big if. I don't think I'm alone when I say that epicness and raising the stakes is getting old. Some of the best episodes are very simple and almost no stakes. Discovery raised the stakes so much that at one point all live in the entire multiverse was at stake. How do you top that?
I can't see this being a stock footage thing, not in 2020. The reason they used to get away with it is that most people would watch an episode and not notice it, or notice it and shrug their shoulders. Now with social media, all this stuff is important and they've been pretty good with details so far. So why would they recycle footage? Especially with how short the special effects are.
Because people don't like Discovery.
i'd actaully prefer it if this storyline connected with discovery, i didn't find the resolution of the control arc particularly satisfying or believable, so if picard can tie up the loose threads, great.
however, i'm in the stock footage camp. there have been a few tweaked establishing shots straight from disco, the wide shot of vashti used footage shot in jordan for the discovery pilot even.
however, i'm in the stock footage camp. there have been a few tweaked establishing shots straight from disco, the wide shot of vashti used footage shot in jordan for the discovery pilot even.
Me too, can't think of anything realistic...
Epic stakes make the universe seem small, not big.
Again, think back to TOS. There was a new adventure every week, we never saw Earth, Kirk was tangling mostly with other captains, and the "crisis of the week" was almost always just saving the ship - or at most a single planet. The universe seemed to be this wide-open place of possibility where you could imagine dozens of other "Kirks" doing the exact same thing.
Plus Hannah Cheesman looks pretty busy with writing, producing and some acting lately, according to IMDB. They could always give the role to a 3rd person, sure.
Okay. Try this on for size. These are all fears that Oh has. None of it has happened yet. Unless Oh has the power to see into the future, it's all just what she fears. The recycled shot serves the same purpose "AIs will destroy us all!"
But. Picard has been a staunch defender of AI. The AI characters we see in Picard are on the side of "good". They're being portrayed in a positive light. Thad died because synth-related technological development was banned. Oh is dominated by the Vulcan equivalent of fear. Juarti herself is motivated by fear. Therefore, Picard is going to portray the way they're thinking is "wrong".
Therefore, synths aren't going to destroy everything like they all fear, Picard will be proven right, and the status quo we see in the third season of Discovery will have nothing to do with Picard.
That's my reasoned argument about what I think and why I think it, using examples from the show and putting the motivations of the characters and their points of view into context. If someone else wants to do the same thing from the opposite position, then I'm all ears.
the shots are tweaked just enough that... eh i wouldn't put it past them. hope i'm wrong. we'll see in the next one to three weeks.
