Spoilers Star Trek: Picard General Discussion Thread

[Detached Nacelle]

The more we learn about season 3, those that were upset, those that were dicks, honestly it's just makes me sadder the damn thing exists. And I do mean sad, not pissed off. No season would have been better and as a maximalist that wants everything to go on forever that is an extremely rare thing for me to say.

I do wish it continued as it was meant to do originally, be the show it was set out to be, tell the story they wanted to tell and sod what anyone thought - they had the renewal and it was always going to be a 3 and done deal so why not be true to the vision?

The road not taken.

 

[Firebird]

The more we learn about season 3, those that were upset, those that were dicks, honestly it's just makes me sadder the damn thing exists. And I do mean sad, not pissed off. No season would have been better and as a maximalist that wants everything to go on forever that is an extremely rare thing for me to say.

I do wish it continued as it was meant to do originally, be the show it was set out to be, tell the story they wanted to tell and sod what anyone thought - they had the renewal and it was always going to be a 3 and done deal so why not be true to the vision?

The road not taken.

Yup, it just sours me on the whole deal, given how it ended up being handled.

 

[HotRod]

Even some of the technical crew found ways to annoy me. The way Dave Blass talked about the production of Season 3 always left a sour taste in my mouth. It often felt like he was putting down the newer productions while trying to uplift his own work. Same with Drexler. The Okudas, at least, managed to come off well enough.

 

[Firebird]

Even some of the technical crew found ways to annoy me. The way Dave Blass talked about the production of Season 3 always left a sour taste in my mouth. It often felt like he was putting down the newer productions while trying to uplift his own work. Same with Drexler. The Okudas, at least, managed to come off well enough.

There was a lack of class from a lot of folks on the production side. Never liked seeing Blass or Drexler doing that so openly. Even when fans would do the same thing in threads on twitter and elsewhere as they chatted with Matalas, Blass, etc, I always noticed a lack of pushback or making any sort of effort to stand up for the other Kurtzman-era shows. That's the kind of shit that really irritates me.

Compare that with the TNG cast who have always been some of the first to welcome all of the new cast members to the franchise, and who generally stand up for them, too.

 

[HotRod]

There was a lack of class from a lot of folks on the production side. Never liked seeing Blass or Drexler doing that so openly. Even when fans would do the same thing in threads on twitter and elsewhere as they chatted with Matalas, Blass, etc, I always noticed a lack of pushback or making any sort of effort to stand up for the other Kurtzman-era shows. That's the kind of shit that really irritates me.

Compare that with the TNG cast who have always been some of the first to welcome all of the new cast members to the franchise, and who generally stand up for them, too.

Yeah, everyone in that production needs to take a page from Jonathan Frakes' book.

 

[Tomalak]

Blass was always very gracious with fans and towards other production choices imo. But there clearly was an undertone that PIC S3 was more 'faithful' to 1990s Trek.

 

[Campe]

Define proper Trek, Dave Blass.

 

[Tomalak]

That is not a quote from Blass and I don't think he ever would have used that term.

 

[fireproof78]

Define proper Trek, Dave Blass.

The Trek I like, of course. Unlike the other Trek that I hate but will still watch for reasons.

 

[NYPinTA]

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Brent Spiner says Michelle Hurd had survivor's guilt over being the only new actor to make it to the third season of Picard. Jonathan Frakes said she had a postmortem at her house with all the departing cast members. They also said how the suits in charge got rid of the actors was handled poorly but didn't specify.

TBH I'm not sure even Patrick Stewart should have made it to the third season of Picard. I think it would have been genius (and hilarious) if at the end of season one when he gets his "new" body, if they had actually gotten someone younger, say, and I'm not kidding, Tom Hardy to be the Picard from then on.

And as much as I love Brent Spiner, they could easily upload Data into a new android so someone else could play him as well. Then the new Picard and new Data could have many more grand adventures together with his dog, Number One.

 

[Danja]

#stlv

Is that Shaw and Rios in the foreground?

 

[Firebird]

#stlv

Is that Shaw and Rios in the foreground?

EXO6 made a custom figure of Terry Matalas in the PIC season 2/3 Starfleet duty uniform.

I really hope they don't actually sell it for real.

 

[Tosk]

I really hope they don't actually sell it for real.

They won't. They just made two customs to suck up to as a present for Matalas.
(I think the second one can be partially seen in the captain's chair.)

 

[Danja]

They won't. They just made two customs to suck up to as a present for Matalas.

(I think the second one can be partially seen in the captain's chair.)

I thought that was Riker?

They're wearing a TNG uniform.

 

[Catboots]

TBH I'm not sure even Patrick Stewart should have made it to the third season of Picard. I think it would have been genius (and hilarious) if at the end of season one when he gets his "new" body, if they had actually gotten someone younger, say, and I'm not kidding, Tom Hardy to be the Picard from then on.

And as much as I love Brent Spiner, they could easily upload Data into a new android so someone else could play him as well. Then the new Picard and new Data could have many more grand adventures together with his dog, Number One.

It was the perfect opportunity to pull a Doctor Who and recast the characters with someone new/younger/fresh, to keep the characters going in the same way regeneration does on Who. Kinda like the had planned for Spock in the movies, until Nimoy changed his mind.

 

[Tosk]

I thought that was Riker?

They're wearing a TNG uniform.

As far as I'm aware they didn't have Riker on display this time, but there was a TNG Terry and a PIC Terry.


Funny thing is, Matalas actually did appear on TNG as some rando crewmember, but Exo-6 was too lazy to sculpt a TNG-era head for Terry I guess.

 

[HotRod]

As far as I'm aware they didn't have Riker on display this time, but there was a TNG Terry and a PIC Terry.


Funny thing is, Matalas actually did appear on TNG as some rando crewmember, but Exo-6 was too lazy to sculpt a TNG-era head for Terry I guess.

 

[Firebird]

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And that’s how season 3 was born, children.

 

[HotRod]

And that’s how season 3 was born, children.

Pretty much.

 

[The Wormhole]

Matalas actually did appear on TNG as some rando crewmember,

Enterprise actually, though it was as a crewman on the Enterprise D in TATV, per Memory Alpha.