That's funny. The way they talk is very similar to how my 80 plus year old parents talk to each other, and there is a 2 years difference between them.
Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 2x01 - "The Star Gazer"
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That's funny. The way they talk is very similar to how my 80 plus year old parents talk to each other, and there is a 2 years difference between them.
I suspect it's because the actor is committed to CSI:LVegas and Wednesday (the Tim Burton Addams Family series) rather than for any plot reason.
He didn't have a huge role in Season 1, and I'm betting he would have been similarly underused if he'd stayed on. I'm going to bet we only see Laris in the first and last episodes.
Let me just say the casting of the younger, early 24th century and circa 2315 version of Picard's mother was inspired. Her wide smile and face remind me so much of the vision we saw of an elderly and deceased Yvette Picard in "Where No One Has Gone Before(TNG)."
Annie Wersching is probably the new evil universe's Borg Queen, and thus wouldn't be the same as the Queens we've seen in First Contact/Voyager.
It's a bit amusing that people keep calling the Borg duplicitous.
Because they aren't.
As odd as it may seem, the Borg have always been trustworthy in any deal's they made or agreements they reached. It's only ever been when the other side turn's on them that they that they respond in kind.
That isn't really true. They're "trustworthy" in the event that it's still advantageous for them not to engage in their default modality, which is aggression. The "compromises" the Queen offered Janeway in "Unimatrix Zero" were demands founded upon threats, and the Queen took the first opportunity to assimilate future Janeway rather than continue to negotiate in "Endgame." The Borg have a very predictable pattern of belligerence.
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The only time the Borg ever made a deal is "Scorpion".
Didn't the Borg turn on the Voyager crew in Scorpion?
This was a great start to the season.
It was a little surprising how much everybody had spread out, but it was especially cool seeing Rios as captain of the Stargazer, and Seven & the hologram were funny.
The stuff with the Borg was interesting, the new ship and design for the queen were pretty cool.
I couldn't quite make out some of Picard's conversation with Raffi on earth, did she say that he's the Chancellor of the Academy or just that he was working for them?
The way they handled Whoopi Goldburg and John de Lancie aging when their characters shouldn't was pretty good. The de-aged Q actually didn't look to bad.
Not quite sure what to make of the Laris/Picard realtionship. It was unexpected, it worked OK here, but I can't remember what their relationship was like last season to know if it fits what we saw of them before.
This was a great start to the season.
It was a little surprising how much everybody had spread out, but it was especially cool seeing Rios as captain of the Stargazer, and Seven & the hologram were funny.
The stuff with the Borg was interesting, the new ship and design for the queen were pretty cool.
I couldn't quite make out some of Picard's conversation with Raffi on earth, did she say that he's the Chancellor of the Academy or just that he was working for them?
The way they handled Whoopi Goldburg and John de Lancie aging when their characters shouldn't was pretty good. The de-aged Q actually didn't look to bad.
Not quite sure what to make of the Laris/Picard realtionship. It was unexpected, it worked OK here, but I can't remember what their relationship was like last season to know if it fits what we saw of them before.
Correct. Now it does appear if the status qua hadn't changed they might have stayed true to it (but we won't ever know), but after a massive loss in the latest encounter with Species 8472, the Collective made it clear their need superseded any other issue.
That wasn't Delta IV though, how do you know they were Deltans? The flirting would support it
Soji says she thought she was going to have to break out a old Deltan folksong
He has gone back as a university dean. Basically a figurehead for the academy so not exactly head of fleet operations or tactical.
I liked it. 8/10.
I was rather amused that they were careful to have in-world explanations for everyone looking older, including characters who technically shouldn't. I dunno that it was necessary, really? But I certainly noticed the opportunity to briefly use a Q deepfake didn't go to waste.
Yet another Borg storyline and yet another Anomaly In Space storyline, but there's clearly a different take going on with at least the first one. Be interesting to see how that ties in with Q's whole thing. Nice to see that Rios is captaining the Stargazer now (his presumably-smokeless stogeys made me laugh). Seven in command of Rios' old ship was cool, complete with the sarcastic holographic crewman. It was nice to see that everyone is happier after the end of Season 1, even if Picard is now ruminating on all the living he lost out on. Glad to see we're getting a season arc that's squarely about fascism in the 21st century, it's only fitting. The time travel plus anomalies stuff is very classic Bermaga-era stuff (and looks like it's being used in that specific way) but has some nostalgia value out of that, so I'm not mad at it. Interested to see where it goes.
I have not had strong feelings about PIC at any point -- DSC is more my jam these days -- but they've done fine work and mainly I'm glad to keep having it so long as Sir Patrick is still with us, however long that is. Looking forward to more.
Yet another Borg storyline and yet another Anomaly In Space storyline, but there's clearly a different take going on with at least the first one. Be interesting to see how that ties in with Q's whole thing. Nice to see that Rios is captaining the Stargazer now (his presumably-smokeless stogeys made me laugh). Seven in command of Rios' old ship was cool, complete with the sarcastic holographic crewman. It was nice to see that everyone is happier after the end of Season 1, even if Picard is now ruminating on all the living he lost out on. Glad to see we're getting a season arc that's squarely about fascism in the 21st century, it's only fitting. The time travel plus anomalies stuff is very classic Bermaga-era stuff (and looks like it's being used in that specific way) but has some nostalgia value out of that, so I'm not mad at it. Interested to see where it goes.
I have not had strong feelings about PIC at any point -- DSC is more my jam these days -- but they've done fine work and mainly I'm glad to keep having it so long as Sir Patrick is still with us, however long that is. Looking forward to more.
Well, over a year had passed since then, and I got the impression their "relationship progression" was more from her perspective e.g. she wanted something deeper. Also, it was late at night, a fire, etc.
Oh, and "Earl Tea. Cold." was a great metaphor for the status of their relationship, and he left without saying goodbye.
As chancellor of academy, giving commencement speeches, maybe to odd old man lecture, perfect man for the role.
the anomoly wanted Picard, so makes sense to send him
The problem seems to be they left Rios In charge of the fleet and he froze.
