Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Welcome! The TrekBBS is the number one place to chat about Star Trek with like-minded fans.
If you are not already a member then please register an account and join in the discussion!
Kristie Alley didn't pass away till December, so she "Might" have filmed some for her as Saavik before her passing. This was filming over a year ago, so it is possible. [/SPOILER
But yes, all the Ship shuffling and stuff is leaving a bad taste in my mouth as well..
Terry Matalas went to Emerson College. I would've gone to Emerson, if my father had been willing to pay for it. Granted I'm four years younger than Terry Matalas, so we wouldn't have gone during the same years but through networking, in a different reality, I could've known Terry Matalas.
A straggler from Empire magazine in the UK... which has some details I haven't heard before:
"Picard’s latter-day relationships with Jurati, Rios, Soji et al, while well-intentioned, failed to truly sparkle across the first two seasons, the chemistry never quite there. However, with almost all of Picard’s new characters now set aside, there’s room for Starfleet legends to take centre stage, and the effect is seismic. Each exchange and sideways glance carries the weight of seven seasons, four films, and countless tie-in novels, games and comics — the sheer volume of shared experience setting phasers to ‘feels’ with surprising potency. The relationships have heft and history, weaving a rich tapestry of human emotion against which to stage the obligatory sci-fi shenanigans. Hearing how the Enterprise crew drifted apart shortly after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis strikes home like a well-placed photon torpedo, and seeing the genuine hurt in Picard’s eyes
when confronting Beverly Crusher (who apparently ghosted him after a shore leave shag two decades earlier)
rings true in a way that his awkward dalliance with Romulan housekeeper Laris never did."
"There are new faces mixed in with the old — Ed Speleers’ Solo-esque space rogue is a welcome addition, as is Todd Stashwick’s delightfully salty Captain Shaw — but this is a show that, like its protagonist, defines itself primarily by things past. Nods and throwbacks to missions of yore dot scenes like distant stars on a viewscreen, ranging from the subtle (a familiar painting) to the very much not (important callbacks underscored by clunky use of archive footage). None prove too distracting from the overarching plot, however, enriching rather than detracting, and paying tribute to the long legacy of The Next Generation, as well as that of both Voyager and Deep Space Nine, in surprising and often delightful ways."
"From the streamlined titles (complete with familiar cobalt typeface) to a score that unapologetically riffs on Jerry Goldsmith’s original theme, Season 3 finally feels of a piece with its Next Gen roots, shedding the chilly glaze of Kurtzman-era Trek for the good-natured warmth of its heyday. In doing so, it brings us Picard’s strongest season by far — one last trip to the final frontier with the men and women who charted it. The tragedy is that it took until the show’s last hurrah to finally find its groove. All good things must come to an end, but it's hard not to feel that we’re bidding farewell to Picard at the very moment it got us to engage." https://www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/star-trek-picard-season-3/
[their season 2 review for comparison]
They also discuss season 3 on a podcast... apparently a Trek newbie really liked it. This is the second time I've heard the heavy on Trek lore season also having crossover appeal, which is a really really good sign of this holy grail circle being squared as it were
This is the second time I've heard the heavy on Trek lore season also having crossover appeal, which is a really really good sign of this holy grail circle being squared as it were
Like, one of the main arguments for a Star Trek show (especially an expensive live action one) to avoid heavy continuity is the risk of turning off "casual viewers". If this season is able to both go really into Star Trek lore, but also is still managing to appeal to people that have never given a franchise a try, isn't that a good thing?
Like, one of the main arguments for a Star Trek show (especially an expensive live action one) to avoid heavy continuity is the risk of turning off "casual viewers". If this season is able to both go really into Star Trek lore, but also is still managing to appeal to people that have never given a franchise a try, isn't that a good thing?
I hope it does. Kelvin films got my wife to watch DS9. One thing that actually sounds good from all the arms breaking from the pats on the back this past week.
These episodes drop at 2:07 AM Eastern Time on Thursday.
I've been re-watching all the TOS Movies, and am timing it so that when I'm done with TUC, I'll be able to dive right into PIC S3.
I've wanted another TOS Movie since I was a kid and a "TNG Movie" done in TOS Movie style is the closest I'm ever going to get, so I'm really looking forward to this. Even moreso than usual.
These episodes drop at 2:07 AM Eastern Time on Thursday.
I've been re-watching all the TOS Movies, and am timing it so that when I'm done with TUC, I'll be able to dive right into PIC S3.
I've wanted another TOS Movie since I was a kid and a "TNG Movie" done in TOS Movie style is the closest I'm ever going to get, so I'm really looking forward to this. Even moreso than usual.
Bloody hell. Very asocial... They really really don't want anyone being distracted from watching the CBS primetime lineup... That's doable for people on the west coast, but the east coast people would need to wake up early before going to work / school etc lest they find themselves spoiled when they open social media.
These episodes drop at 2:07 AM Eastern Time on Thursday.
I've been re-watching all the TOS Movies, and am timing it so that when I'm done with TUC, I'll be able to dive right into PIC S3.
I've wanted another TOS Movie since I was a kid and a "TNG Movie" done in TOS Movie style is the closest I'm ever going to get, so I'm really looking forward to this. Even moreso than usual.
