Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 3x01 - "The Next Generation"

Discussion in 'Star Trek: Picard' started by Commander Richard, Feb 15, 2023.

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  1. Andyliini

    Andyliini Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    I rated it 8/10, good, but not as good as Season 1 or 2 openers. Funny thing I noticed is that every season begins by someone asking help from Picard. First season it was Dahj, second season it was Jurati-Borg and now third season, Beverly Crusher.
     
  2. Ianburns252

    Ianburns252 Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Easy solution - the universal translator is real and has translated their speech into modern language for us, the audience, to understand.

    Bit of suspending disbelief/fantasy there but so is the thinking by some that we can predict how future generations will speak
     
  3. warp-coil

    warp-coil Lieutenant Red Shirt

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    loving the incredibly volume of discussion already! I guess I am late.

    9/10 for me.

    I loved seeing the retro Beverly Crusher identification photo on the computer. The whole view of the LCARS was so cool to see.
     
  4. NCC-73515

    NCC-73515 Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Could be because the show is called Picard...? :D
     
  5. Markonian

    Markonian Fleet Admiral Moderator

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    I wonder if there are elements of the English language that survive to modern day only because Star Trek reruns introduced them to younger audiences over the decades?

    As for the ep, visually appealing. Nice ships. Liking the Titan-A less after seeing it in action.
    Doctor Crusher follows the modern trope of "exceptional Starfleet officer becomes disgruntled civilian". She also got cheated out of her USS Pasteur captaincy in this dark post-NEM timeline.
     
  6. Trekker4747

    Trekker4747 Boldly going... Premium Member

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    It's not an Easter Egg when it's obvious and right in your GD face
     
  7. Trekker4747

    Trekker4747 Boldly going... Premium Member

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    ... I had.

    :mad:
     
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  8. Serveaux

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    +1 for colloquially- SNW rules!

    The first character to say "memberberry," however, should meet with a swift transporter accident.
     
  9. SJGardner

    SJGardner Commodore Commodore

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    I'm not worried about contemporary slang in Star Trek. Wake me up and complain when the Enterprise-F swoops in to save the day and Riker exclaims "Poggers," to which Crusher agrees that it's indeed "Lit", Picard offers a sympathetic "Bruh" to Seven whenever Shaw antagonizes her, Lore summarizes Vadic's motive rant with "Based," or Riker cringes hard at Seven's attempts to rekindle her relationship with Raffi by murmuring to Picard that "she has no rizz, Fam."
     
  10. Serveaux

    Serveaux Fleet Admiral Premium Member

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    Or, Picard will continue addressing Seven as Seven, whereupon Shaw will rant about "woke shit."
     
  11. MrPicard

    MrPicard Jean-Luc's Loving Husband Fleet Captain

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    I would LOVE to hear/see Jean-Luc exclaim "bruh...!" :lol:
     
  12. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Maybe the universal translator doesn’t translate cursing. Picard has said merde a few times. There’s examples of Klingon cursing not being translated (though you could hand wave that as the word not having an exact translation into standard)


    A friend of mine tried to explain Shaw’s point of view by spinning the situation around

     
  13. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Re-watch TNG 6x22
     
  14. ED-209

    ED-209 Commodore Commodore

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    He wasn't incapacitated on the floor.
     
  15. Caeruleus

    Caeruleus Commander Red Shirt

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    I have a problem with Shaw's "Picard is now retired admiral". How Picard can be retired, when he's doing active duty for Starfleet heading it's Academy? Isn't he The Chancellor of Star Fleet Academy? That's means he's is Starfleet personnel with current rank of an admiral. So he can not be retired in season 3 as he was in season 1.
     
  16. Tuskin38

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    She still fired a kill shot first, she didn’t even try to stun him, she went straight for the kill setting.
     
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  17. Paul Weaver

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    he was active in season 2, presumably he recently re-retired to move to new Romulus with Laris.
     
  18. ED-209

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    So I rewatched and that Crusher momment still left a bad taste in my mouth, it was explained later as others have said but still....

    So are we all supposed to act surprised when Crushers son turns out to be Picards??

    Apart from the presence of Raffi (sorry can't stand her) it was a good season opening, will be interesting to see where it goes.
     
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  19. Guy Gardener

    Guy Gardener Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Since the invention of wax cilinders and then magnetic tape, verbal drift has screached to almost a complete halt.
     
  20. Guy Gardener

    Guy Gardener Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Isn't it weird that Shinzon went after Dee, when in his bones, when all he could feel beyond his own body falling apart, was an aching love for Beverly?