Spoilers We know now, when Guinan and Q met for the first time

[Qonundrum]

I actually put BOTH seasons of PICARD above "First Contact" a movie which cemented my belief TNG movies were set in a different universe because none of what was established made any common sense or correlated with Star Trek: The Next Generation.

STFC was campy fan-party fluff with pop culture top-10 hits, long before 21st century Trek movies did it (and BEYOND did it a lot more artfully, IMHO!) I'm not going to argue against it being in a different universe or timeline to the one that the hip'n'trendy "JL" is in along with the "EX-B's"... or the original one either. Either way, it was bad enough when "The Visitors" became "The V's" in 2009...)

PIC has had its ups and downs, but it's not always "doing it first" but "doing it better". One example includes Doctor Who - it referenced the destruction of Atlantis three times and at least each time it was crap. The same show had Gallifrey destroyed twice (or three times had the original season 23 not been put on hiatus and retooled). The most recent attempt, as committed by the Master because he throw a temper tantrum over hating the Doctor, was far more effective than a zillion CGI cybernetic robot salt shakers on screen, though in fairness the ultimate reason for the Master was so badly executed that there are a dozen ways to quickly retcon and undo it. Which is okay, the more shows retcon themselves, the more the retcons will be retconned too. Probably. The fact DW already said "time can be rewritten" pretty much wipes the slate clean each and every time, so something else and more clever needs to keep it genuinely interesting than the Etch-a-sketch playground that's now ubiquitous.

 

[STEPhon IT]

These shows work better without the extra baggage, WHO had a way of bringing audiences in without desecrating what was and then came Steven Moffat and Chris Chibnall. For me, things went all wrong and bizarro when Clara came into the picture.
I do believe I would've had a kinder opinion for STFC if I hadn't seen ALIENS first; I was appalled the Borg was reduced to being run by some James Cameron ALIENS Queen wannabe. I thought the species was so much more than that steaming pile.
A Guinan tale can be told with the respect for the character and Picard, but these things are overblown "vanity projects" where these serials are series of events where the showrunners can express there disdain for current political American topics. Star Trek had a wonderful way of addressing both sides without feeling condescending, you know like "I Borg" nearly the majority of the crew had an opinion about a subject but one or a few had a different take. This is explored and in the end the crew and the viewer share a compromising outcome which was right and true.

In PICARD, illegal aliens are the victims and ICE Agents, who risk their lives to protect American citizens, are the villains. And that is THAT. Good to know, there's writers out there who know nothing about Star Trek.

 

[Charles Phipps]

A Guinan tale can be told with the respect for the character and Picard, but these things are overblown "vanity projects" where these serials are series of events where the showrunners can express there disdain for current political American topics. Star Trek had a wonderful way of addressing both sides without feeling condescending, you know like "I Borg" nearly the majority of the crew had an opinion about a subject but one or a few had a different take.

I'm sorry, but this seems like a terrible attitude. It'd be like doing a racism show where you have one of them say, "Well, the racists DO have a point."

And the creators of Star Trek have ALWAYS taken sides on contemporary issues.