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Picard Season 3 Blu Ray Coming

I seriously can't wait. They'll tell us how they filmed it all on paramount lot, how it was great to get the old generation back, how the plot was incidental because the vast majority of people would just love seeing them back on the screen, like the ultimate convention.
 
Have any of you watched it again in the cold light of day? It's a terribly written show.
 
Have any of you watched it again in the cold light of day? It's a terribly written show.
I have not rewatched it yet. ...But for the most part, I agree with you. It's a pretty big step up from season two but then again what isn't? ;)
 
Yeah. There are a lot of inconsistencies and the story doesn’t make much sense but it’s still fun to watch. Still better than the first two seasons by far.
 
Got my replacement disc today. Nuthin fancy just a new disc in a paper sleeve, like it came right from an edit bay.

No invoice or anything like that.
 
Sounds like something similar when I got the Batman ‘66 replacement discs.
Maybe I’ll get myself one. I actually prefer the one on the disc but I could get it for completeness sakes.
 
The funny thing is those box covers don't even feature Picard's son (whatever the hell his name was) - the main storyline of the entire season!! Season 3 had such potential with all the original characters, and it was actually ok. But the really dumb father/son filler trash was idiotic. We've seen that boring stuff 50,000 times before on every TV show ever made, why do it again in such a long, drawn-out fashion no less... You have an empty canvas on which to play with a legendary sci-fi story and you choose that??

The other big problem was the lighting. EVERY scene, every setting - dark and subdued. These producers are really bad amateurs. They don't know what the hell they're doing and are apparently so simplistic they think dark/moody = dramatic, so therefore...make it ALL DRAMATIC! We're super-smart that way!
 
The funny thing is those box covers don't even feature Picard's son (whatever the hell his name was) - the main storyline of the entire season!! Season 3 had such potential with all the original characters, and it was actually ok. But the really dumb father/son filler trash was idiotic. We've seen that boring stuff 50,000 times before on every TV show ever made, why do it again in such a long, drawn-out fashion no less... You have an empty canvas on which to play with a legendary sci-fi story and you choose that??
Jack Crusher is his name, and yes his plot was very strange and drawn out.

There were only a couple of moments that I really felt that Picard and Jack had a connection and that Jack was compelling.
The other big problem was the lighting. EVERY scene, every setting - dark and subdued. These producers are really bad amateurs. They don't know what the hell they're doing and are apparently so simplistic they think dark/moody = dramatic, so therefore...make it ALL DRAMATIC! We're super-smart that way!
Well, no.

They thought that the lighting from the graphic panels would be sufficient and found out that it was not.
 
The other big problem was the lighting. EVERY scene, every setting - dark and subdued. These producers are really bad amateurs. They don't know what the hell they're doing and are apparently so simplistic they think dark/moody = dramatic, so therefore...make it ALL DRAMATIC! We're super-smart that way!

No, not really.

They made an artistic decision and you didn’t like it. That’s all.
 
No, not really.

They made an artistic decision and you didn’t like it. That’s all.

Yeah because it makes no sense. It would be like using high volume levels throughout a show because loud = action. It's about dynamic range. Dark is dramatic only if there's something to compare it to - otherwise it's ineffective and depressing. Only terrible producers wouldn't understand this.
 
Yeah because it makes no sense. It would be like using high volume levels throughout a show because loud = action. It's about dynamic range. Dark is dramatic only if there's something to compare it to - otherwise it's ineffective and depressing. Only terrible producers wouldn't understand this.
Obviously, you've either never seen the TNG Movies or don't remember them well. "The Enterprise-E wasn't that dark!," you might say. To that I'd say yes it was.

As far as nothing to compare it to, the Enterprise-D is bright as day when they're on the bridge.

And who are you even trying to fool? By the looks of it, you were never serious about giving Picard Season 3 an actual chance anyway. They could've done anything and you still would've found a way not to like it. You went into it hating it before they shot a single frame. You prejudged the entire thing.

You want colors so bright it makes you blind? Go watch the Abrams FIlms. The Enterprise over there delivers bright lighting in spades. "The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades!"

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[...] You went into it hating it before they shot a single frame. You prejudged the entire thing.
As I believe I said above, simply not true. Nor did I even hate it, it was overall entertaining and far better than the trash of season 1 & 2. I just pointed out the really stupid, boring and cringeworthy aspects. Criticism is ok, you know! :techman:
 
As I believe I said above, simply not true. Nor did I even hate it, it was overall entertaining and far better than the trash of season 1 & 2. I just pointed out the really stupid, boring and cringeworthy aspects. Criticism is ok, you know! :techman:
Okay, cool.

I only looked at and remembered the current page. So, sorry about that.
 
An update. I ended up getting the replacement Blu-ray after all.
Funnily enough, as well as the switched-out Enterprise shot, they also digitally removed the bug on "Spoiler's" forehead! :rommie:
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Dunno if this has been mentioned before (probably!) but I only just noticed that
in the second-last close-up of Q in the finale, de Lancie has a bug crawling on his forehead. :D
 
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