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Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 3x01 - "The Next Generation"
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Okay, watching RLM.... They're mostly liking it... So far.
It doesn't have to be either-or. He might be a generally competent captain who's got a blind spot/trauma response he's never bothered to work through and is making it everyone else's problem.
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The Critical Drinker being positive says a lot more than Mike and Rich Evans liking it....
Now I want to see Mike and Rich Evans do TMP. (Mike's previous re:View of TMP made me appreciate it more.)
Human beings really shouldn't be put in charge of starships.
I don't know about the spoilers, but I could buy that. But if I hated someone and met them for the first time, my first instinct wouldn't be to go to sleep. Maybe that's just me. lol
He got sleepy on the wine and Romulan brisket.
Human beings really shouldn't be put in charge of starships.
I don't know about the spoilers, but I could buy that. But if I hated someone and met them for the first time, my first instinct wouldn't be to go to sleep. Maybe that's just me. lol
What's your issue? I mean he goes to bed at some point but Shaw left the room not because he was tired but because he very obviously couldn't stand being in the presence of both Picard and Riker. It's perfectly normal behaviour to not want to spend time with people you dislike.
I know green meat would make me excuse myself from the table before the meal ended.
Nope. But, we're all we got.Human beings really shouldn't be put in charge of starships.
44 pages... I'm impressed. 
Anyway, I enjoyed the heck out of the premiere. As others have wrote, the Riker/Picard dynamic was beautiful to watch, the humor was relaxed and organic, and Laris' scene was perfect.
I was concerned when we first see Raffi but pleased she's actually undercover and pleased they showed her struggle a moment before ditching the drugs. Yeah, the warrior line was a dead giveaway that her handler is Worf, but how did Worf end up in Intelligence is the bigger question for me.
Seven's conflict was well acted by Ryan. I haven't seen much VOY, but given what I know about her, this seems like a realistic struggle. Especially when your superior officer doesn't seem to like you much!
I loved 12 Monkeys, so I knew Stashwick would be good here, but the sheer hatred shown for him here shows he's doing his job well!
As @Tallguy pointed out, Shaw is a bit of a characiture now, but I expect that we'll find out more about why he acted like this later. Watching Frakes try to fit on that bunk bed was funny though.
The whole building being portaled like that definitely got a "holy shit" of shock from me. Poor Raffi! You know she's going to blame herself.
FWIW, I like the look of the Titan-A. I also got a kick out of referring to the D as "the fat one" because I remember not liking it much back in 1987.
Why did Bev send to Picard's old comm badge? I think it seemed more secure to her than to his home. Given we saw Picard and Riker being watched, it might've beena good bet.
Now for the question noone seems to have raised... WHY have The Bad Guys been chasing Beverly and her son all over hell and half of space? Something they saw or heard on their travels? Something about her son? This is the mystery I found most intriguing.
I could tell I enjoyed it because I was suprised and disappointed it was over. I'm excited to see more!
Thanks to whoever posted the screencaps. I think every single image in the end credits (and probably a lot of other seemingly insignificant stuff) is a clue to what's going on.
ETA: the end credits show DNA sequences at several points. Also, what's up with "Do not seek blame."
Anyway, I enjoyed the heck out of the premiere. As others have wrote, the Riker/Picard dynamic was beautiful to watch, the humor was relaxed and organic, and Laris' scene was perfect.
I was concerned when we first see Raffi but pleased she's actually undercover and pleased they showed her struggle a moment before ditching the drugs. Yeah, the warrior line was a dead giveaway that her handler is Worf, but how did Worf end up in Intelligence is the bigger question for me.
Seven's conflict was well acted by Ryan. I haven't seen much VOY, but given what I know about her, this seems like a realistic struggle. Especially when your superior officer doesn't seem to like you much!
I loved 12 Monkeys, so I knew Stashwick would be good here, but the sheer hatred shown for him here shows he's doing his job well!
As @Tallguy pointed out, Shaw is a bit of a characiture now, but I expect that we'll find out more about why he acted like this later. Watching Frakes try to fit on that bunk bed was funny though.The whole building being portaled like that definitely got a "holy shit" of shock from me. Poor Raffi! You know she's going to blame herself.
FWIW, I like the look of the Titan-A. I also got a kick out of referring to the D as "the fat one" because I remember not liking it much back in 1987.
Why did Bev send to Picard's old comm badge? I think it seemed more secure to her than to his home. Given we saw Picard and Riker being watched, it might've beena good bet.
Now for the question noone seems to have raised... WHY have The Bad Guys been chasing Beverly and her son all over hell and half of space? Something they saw or heard on their travels? Something about her son? This is the mystery I found most intriguing.
I could tell I enjoyed it because I was suprised and disappointed it was over. I'm excited to see more!
Thanks to whoever posted the screencaps. I think every single image in the end credits (and probably a lot of other seemingly insignificant stuff) is a clue to what's going on.
ETA: the end credits show DNA sequences at several points. Also, what's up with "Do not seek blame."
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I thought it was that 1 season =/= 1 calendar year was the point of that.
Some interesting discussion here about Seven of Nine's name. I've always disdained that name, and do see it as an imposed designation. However, I do understand that is Seven's preferred identifier, so if I knew her in real life, I would respect her choice. I'd say, as opposed to a trans dead name allegory, she is shown to not consider it dead per se, or at least she didn't. I got the impression that she let B'Jayzl (or whatever her name was) call her "Annika" so her birth name was more an intimate name than a dead name. It may have "died" when she found out the one person she let in to her heart in that way ended up murdering her beloved child.
Shaw being an asshole has been, as this thread has gone on, less a "fact" than I originally had taken it to be. Picard and Riker were being obvious and arrogant. With Seven's name, we only actually have Seven's statement as to Shaw's preference. I can see how Seven, not one to explain her feelings, and hoping to make a go of Starfleet, and with the way Shaw might have carried himself, could have thought that his preference was more resolute than it was. Maybe instead of saying, "I insist I be called Seven or Seven of Nine," she just did that choking down anger thing she does, which would not be a great first impression. Shaw might have understood if she said something. Or at least acceded to her wishes as an individual with the right to be called what she wants to. We just don't know. I'm willing to give the character the benefit of the doubt (for now).
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My issue is if he presumably dislikes Seven on a personal level and doesn't trust her on a professional level, having to remind her to remember where her loyalties lie... and he's supposed to be a hardass captain that's all about the numbers and doing things by the book, the writers could have found a way to have him unable to interfere that wasn't him literally taking his eyes off the ball.
Honestly, I'd have preferred if the meat he ate gave him diarrhea and he was stuck on the space toilet during that whole time. lol
Would you like them in a house?
Would you like them with a mouse?
I was reminded of Walker from Doctor Who's "The Sea Devils" as Shaw was forking and masticating...
And even less need to call someone a jerk.
Or a ninny.
Wait a minute, why is the quote showing as my post? I'm confused.
That's weird. I didn't think I had anything in my drafts, but it redirects to one of your comments. Give me a sec, I'll fix it.
Re: the prospect of someone seeking to prevent Mr. Chabon from getting residuals, hence the absence of Elnor, Soji and Laris...
Yes, it really would.
Yes, it really would.
