Spoilers Star Trek: Picard General Discussion Thread

[Tuskin38]

Some Picard props on display on the Star Trek Cruise (there are also DSC Season 3 props in here warning)
http://blog.trekcore.com/2020/03/explore-star-trek-props-picard-discovery-cruise-museum/

 

[thribs]

How is that Cruise doing with the virus outbreak? I was close to going on it. I imagine it’s very subdued.

 

[cooleddie74]

How is that Cruise doing with the virus outbreak? I was close to going on it. I imagine it’s very subdued.

I hear it's risky business and the time ticks away like days of thunder.

 

[DaveyNY]

I hear it's risky business and the time ticks away like days of thunder.

Almost like it's an impossible mission.

 

[Paul755]

Not a fan of the idea that Vulcans/Romulans are biological androids like nu-bsg. It seems to be plausible but hope that is not the way they go with it. Would feel very unoriginal and derivative

I dunno if I could go on with the series if they went that direction with BOTH Romulans and Vulcans or just Vulcans. Either one of those would be just a bridge to far.

If they wanted to do it with just Romulans I could probably buy that but with reservations.

 

[NCC-73515]

The idea that the Vulcan race are some type of biological android (ala BSG) is interesting to me. It'd make sense as to why they're so mystical, like the transferring of memories and revival of Spock. It'd make sense thematically and kind of prove what Picard always said, about how Androids could become a race of sentient human beings.

It would explain mind melds and neck pinches if their fingertips work like advanced electrodes

 

[Cyrus]

Wikipedia is listing the title of the 2 part season finale as "Et in Arcadia Ego".

I don't know what it means in Latin but it is the name of a famous painting:

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[Roboturner913]

The idea that the Vulcan race are some type of biological android (ala BSG) is interesting to me. It'd make sense as to why they're so mystical, like the transferring of memories and revival of Spock. It'd make sense thematically and kind of prove what Picard always said, about how Androids could become a race of sentient human beings.

I like it. It's full of possibilities, including the (IMO) kind of juvenile "logic above everything else" stance whereas any advanced species should've figured out how bogus that stance is. Sort of an adolescent AI rebellion, if that makes any sense.

On that note, I'd hate for the show to become too derivative of BSG, which had more than a note of adolescent AI rebellion itself. But in the world we live in, where humans are rarely seen separate from their phones, it seems inevitable that the lines between people and software become irrevocably blurred.

 

[NCC-73515]

Wikipedia is listing the title of the 2 part season finale as "Et in Arcadia Ego".

I don't know what it means in Latin but it is the name of a famous painting:

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Arcadia is not far from here XD

 

[Harpsichord]

Wikipedia is listing the title of the 2 part season finale as "Et in Arcadia Ego".

I don't know what it means in Latin

According to wikipedia:

The translation of the phrase is "Even in Arcadia, there am I". The usual interpretation is that "I" refers to Death, and "Arcadia" means an utopian land.

 

[Mage]

Just my two cents sofar.....

4 episodes in, really digging it. Can't wait to watch more.

 

[ThreeEdgedSword]

Marina Sirtis really, really needs to ditch her agent. She is just as important, and at least as good, as Frakes in this episode, and there is no excuse for her being lumped in with the other guest stars in the end credits, while he is given "special guest star" status in the opening creds. Frakes, juding from his interview in The Ready Room, knows how good she was, so I'm sure the directors and producers know, too.

 

[Gonzo]

Removed due to spoilers.

Not major ones but even so.

 

[ThreeEdgedSword]

Ugh, wrong thread and I still can't edit! Was supposed to go in the episode thread.

Yes, agreed. The hint was that Riker said "I'm still on active reserve", not "WE are still..."

 

[Noname Given]

Ugh, wrong thread and I still can't edit! Was supposed to go in the episode thread.

Yes, agreed. The hint was that Riker said "I'm still on active reserve", not "WE are still..."

Maybe starfleet no longer uses ships counselors.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

According to wikipedia:

The translation of the phrase is "Even in Arcadia, there am I". The usual interpretation is that "I" refers to Death, and "Arcadia" means an utopian land.

Yes, a common interpretation is "One cannot escape death, even in Utopia."

 

[Nerys Myk]

So...utopia confirmed?

 

[ThreeEdgedSword]

Maybe starfleet no longer uses ships counselors.

Well, in case of imminent danger, a captain may be more needed than a counselor... Although, you never know, maybe she could out-empathize the villains! Drive Rizzo to madness with loving understanding! "I give up. Please just stop talking about my feelings, please!" ;-)

 

[Llywela]

Let us not forget, however, that Troi is a fully qualified bridge officer, not just a counsellor.

 

[ThreeEdgedSword]

Yes, a common interpretation is "One cannot escape death, even in Utopia."

OK, Picard dying confirmed!