Yes, I'm aware.
Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 3x07 - "Dominion"
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You question the storytelling necessity of including a DS9 cast member in a season using DS9's primary villain...? The crew that spent years fighting the Founders and literally had a Changeling in their crew. There is literally no better plot, outside of a direct DS9 show/film, that could include them and not be out of place or forced than this season.
It makes way more sense, within the established plot, to reach out to Kira/Dax/Bashir/O'Brien/Kai Winn's ghost/Tosk/Q's bruise from Sisko's punch/Eddington's lucky looney than to reach out to Tuvok or Janeway. They literally found a way to include Lore and Ro Laren but a line is crossed when including the people directly connected to fighting the Dominion/Changelings?
This really reinforces the notion that fan service is a nonsensical concept that is arbitrarily forgiven in some cases and subjectively criticized in others. It's pretty much what people are in the mood to "accept" and in other cases, for whatever reason, see as "a bridge too far".
We already have this in Worf. Thus repetitive and too far in the fan service field which I'm already over with in this season.
That’s a bit of a reach. But sure. Why not?
Umm…no. It’s fiction, all of which is set in…the future (future…future…)
Then how did you ever get into TNG where the characters barely changed (Data kept getting confused by the same idioms over and over for example) - and the largest character advancement for Jean-Luc Picard was that he was interested in Archeology?
But Vadic doesn't seem to have issues changing shape or creating a spear appendage. Did the show say they were experimented on to not be as malleable (I don't recall them saying this) or to be able to create internal organs and pass scanner tests so they could spy/go on covert missions for S31 (this is what was stated).
The transporter officer changeling on the Titan also had no issue changing shape. And these changelings still have to revert back to their natural state...so can you please tell me the "several times" it was explained that changelings were experimented on "to not be as malleable"
Because plot and character had a mutual respect for one another. You can't have one without the other. The issue with new material is that it doesn't actually mean anything. Whatever furthers the plot is fine, irrespective of plot or nuance.
Because characters are to be static. Otherwise how will people recognize them if they change.
In TNG the people were stupid until the plot demanded that they solve it. Some times it worked great and other times less so.
It's genuinely nothing to do with being stupid or when the plot demanded it.
I get the stupid thing but they were always fairly sharp. They're idiots now. Serious idiots.
I rewatched TNG last year. They were stupid then too.
I mean, he also tricked the Klingons into beaming aborted the soon to self destruct Enterprise.
Absolute shithouse move but certainly necessary.
So, to Pubert's point - yes he did resort to murder, deceptive murder at that
And Octopoda for the group of animals
It's like BYOU this season.........so many
Possibly just as a way to indicate that time had passed since the last episode? It was said on Twitter (possibly by Matalas, if I recall) that a few days had passed between episodes 6 and 7, and clearly Shaw and Seven had a change of clothes over those few days. Not sure (in universe) why they chose the field jackets though and not just a clean duty uniform though.
I thought it was also partly to indicate that they had gone rogue, made for a nice contrast with eg LaForge who still seems a bit dubious about the whole thing. Like the black uniforms in Babylon 5? Very disappointed with how much they seem to be phasing out Shaw; maybe they underestimated how popular his character would be?
