Vadic's hand?

[Therin of Andor]

Why does everything have to be explained?

It was intriguing and creepy and eventually we realise that Hand Face is also the Borg Queen's face. Vadic was already a different version of Changeling. They can be assimilated. Kind of.

Did anyone else notice that she used Shinzon's knife?

 

[Timofnine]

The physical Borg Queen face prosthetic could have been sculpted from the CGI 3D mesh model of the ‘hand face’ retrospectively, or vice versa.

 

[Tosk]

Why does everything have to be explained?

No one said they have to explain everything.

The hand-communicator was weird and invites questions both before and after the reveal.

Did anyone else notice that she used Shinzon's knife?

Yes, but he stole it from Faith and Buffy, so it's even-steven.

 

[drt]

Yes, but he stole it from Faith and Buffy, so it's even-steven.

It's the most popular model at Scary SciFi Knives 'r Us

 

[shapeshifter]

They explained it thusly:

HEY LOOK IT'S THE ENTERPRISE-D!!!!

LOOK JACK IS THE NEW LOCUTUS OMG REMEMBER BEST OF BOTH WORLDS?!?!?!!!

Handwavium.

 

[FalTorPan]

They explained it thusly:

HEY LOOK IT'S THE ENTERPRISE-D!!!!

LOOK JACK IS THE NEW LOCUTUS OMG REMEMBER BEST OF BOTH WORLDS?!?!?!!!

Yep.

What happened to the portal weapon that was abandoned in space? It would have been helpful against -- Holy crap, Data is back!

 

[Tuskin38]

The the face was modelled after the Queen
https://twitter.com/gaghyogi49/status/1654169017236721666

What happened to the portal weapon that was abandoned in space?

The Titan wasn't there to see Vadic eject it, so they had no idea it floating there out in space.
For all they know it was destroyed when they destroyed the Shrike.

It is not even clarified if the virus affecting the Borg in Picard season 3 is the same virus, as its effects are different from Janeway’s.

Matalas said that was the Queen was fucked up by Janeway's virus.

But it didn’t sound like her

Well yeah, they didn't want to spoil the episode 9 'Surprise'.
But some of the head's dialogue sounded very Borg.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

The Titan wasn't there to see Vadic eject it, so they had no idea it floating there out in space. For all they know it was destroyed when they destroyed the Shrike.

I got a bad feeling about that....

 

[Cortez]

Vadic full stop. Changelings full stop. Where do you start? Crazy bad.

 

[Cortez]

Amanda was fantastic and deserved a good plot.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

Why does everything have to be explained?

It was intriguing and creepy and eventually we realise that Hand Face is also the Borg Queen's face. Vadic was already a different version of Changeling. They can be assimilated. Kind of.

Did anyone else notice that she used Shinzon's knife?

Not everything has to be explained but stuff like this is annoying because it was clearly a cheap misdirect.
Clues about the big mystery need to be just that "clues" not completely unrelated bullshit that doesn't add up at the end.

But as someone else said earlier the explanation is "OMG it's the Enterprise D"

 

[Lord Garth]

The the face was modelled after the Queen
https://twitter.com/gaghyogi49/status/1654169017236721666

I can see it now.

Before, I was like, "This looks like something from Image Comics in the '90s!" Still does, but now it makes sense.

 

[Timofnine]

I can see it now.

Before, I was like, "This looks like something from Image Comics in the '90s!" Still does, but now it makes sense.

Yeah, totally get you. I can see it now too.

 

[fireproof78]

Well yeah, they didn't want to spoil the episode 9 'Surprise'.
But some of the head's dialogue sounded very Borg.

Given the Queen's effort to utilize more biological tools, vs. Cybernetic, I think that the Changelings were manipulated through their more solid type abilities to be effective tools. Blinded by revenge they were trapped by the Borg.

 

[Tuskin38]

not completely unrelated bullshit that doesn't add up at the end.

But it wasn't unrelated and did add up.

 

[gweeps]

But it wasn't unrelated and did add up.

Nah. No explanation as to how a massively crippled Borg Queen was able to get in touch with rogue changelings in the first place.

And then, to fudge transporters everywhere to infect only a certain age group of Starfleet officers.

And know Picard would have a son out there for over 20 years unbeknownst to him, without getting injured or killed.

Lots of jumping to conclusions. Too many for me to suspend disbelief. I can get how

Spoiler

Q is still alive in this timeline

much more than all this other convolulted mess of a plot.

Matalas could have kept things more believable by simply having Picard reunited with his son, the changelings be the big bad, the crews do some exploration throughout the season, etc. But no, he had to throw the kitchen sink at us. Oh well.

 

[Tuskin38]

And then, to fudge transporters everywhere to infect only a certain age group of Starfleet officers.

We have an explanation for that, changelings can disguise themselves.

Nah. No explanation as to how a massively crippled Borg Queen was able to get in touch with rogue changelings in the first place.

Subspace communications are a thing.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

But it wasn't unrelated and did add up.

No it didn't. The Skeletor scene gave us no clue as to who the bad guy was. The use of a deep male voice was a deliberate and cheap misdirect.
In a show based on mysteries and slow drip clues you should be able to rewatch the show and see all the dots now you know the answer.
All we got was deliberate "Lost" style messing around.

 

[Tuskin38]

In a show based on mysteries and slow drip clues you should be able to rewatch the show and see all the dots now you know the answer.

The head was shaped like the Queen's, and used very Queen sounding dialogue.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

The head was shaped like the Queen's, and used very Queen sounding dialogue.

Which bit of the dialogue was "Queen sounding" ?