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“Jean-Luc Picard is back”: will new Picard show eclipse Discovery?

By a country mile, dude, Stewart's the most famous in the Anglosphere, and that's where Trek is targeted.

SMG, while a good actor (see "Rhonda" in The New Girl), doesn't have the same star power as the other members of TWD. And, nah, Michelle Yeoh hasn't been relevant here since like 2002. Isaacs is a rising star, but no, ask Joe Schmo on the street who Jason Isaacs is, and they'll have no idea.
I'm willing to bet the majority of Schmo's have no idea who Patrick Stewart is either. They might on a good day know "Captain Picard" or "That bald guy in X-Men"
Yeoh, OTOH is in a movie that was number one at the box office a couple of weeks back.
 
I really hope the new series isn't some super-fanwank about the governments and powers of the Galaxy maneuvering and relating to each other in various treacherous and political ways.

I have a suspicion that's exactly what they're going to do, though...

You know... the Cardassians have aligned with the Tholians and started a conflict with the Romulans, who have paired with the Federation, but it's really a ruse to influence Klingon politics so they can take over the Breen homeworld in order to pay off debts to the Ferengi...that is until the Gorn show up with Bajoran prisoners as bargaining chips to get the Andorians to separate from the Federation. And Ambassador Picard is at the center of it all!!!!

:ack::barf:
 
I'm willing to bet the majority of Schmo's have no idea who Patrick Stewart is either. They might on a good day know "Captain Picard" or "That bald guy in X-Men"
Yeoh, OTOH is in a movie that was number one at the box office a couple of weeks back.

Were you a Trek fan in the early 90s? TNG was "water cooler" material. Everyone knew Picard and Stewart. They even had his face on like slurpee cup type merchandise. You couldn't get away from it, even if you wanted to. STD just doesn't have that kind of penetration.
 
I really hope the new series isn't some super-fanwank about the governments and powers of the Galaxy maneuvering and relating to each other in various treacherous and political ways.

I have a suspicion that's exactly what they're going to do, though...

You know... the Cardassians have aligned with the Tholians and started a conflict with the Romulans, who have paired with the Federation, but it's really a ruse to influence Klingon politics so they can take over the Breen homeworld in order to pay off debts to the Ferengi...that is until the Gorn show up with Bajoran prisoners as bargaining chips to get the Andorians to separate from the Federation. And Ambassador Picard is at the center of it all!!!!

:ack::barf:

Game of Treks

It's a no from me dawg
 
Were you a Trek fan in the early 90s? TNG was "water cooler" material. Everyone knew Picard and Stewart. They even had his face on like slurpee cup type merchandise. You couldn't get away from it, even if you wanted to. STD just doesn't have that kind of penetration.

That was over 20 years ago. And DSC isn't meant to be that kind of show. The market and delivery method are completely different.

You're comparing apples to rubick's cubes.
 
Were you a Trek fan in the early 90s? TNG was "water cooler" material. Everyone knew Picard and Stewart. They even had his face on like slurpee cup type merchandise. You couldn't get away from it, even if you wanted to. STD just doesn't have that kind of penetration.
I've been a Trek fan since the 60's. I was there when TNG premiered and was home every night to catch the newest episode. Being on a Slurpee cup just means the studio made a deal with 7-11. Joe Schmo goes to 7-11 for a Slurpee he doesn't care who's face is on the cup. Joe Fanboy might go there for the cup. But there are more Schmos than Fanboys. Yeah the show was popular. A lot of people watched it. But watching a show doesn't mean they know or care who Stewart/Picard is outside of the one hour a week they spend watching TNG.

If Yeoh's main claim to fame was DISCO, you might have a point about it's penetration.
 
And, nah, Michelle Yeoh hasn't been relevant here since like 2002.
One of the more interesting "Bond Girls," and was fantastic in Tiger/Dragoon. I haven't seen Crazy Rich Asians yet, but how many productions has she been in where she carried the show?
 
No one remembers Tomorrow Never Dies.
I remember it. ;)
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Both Teri Hatcher and Yeoh have been in Star Trek now.
I love TND. The idea that a person would create a war simply so he could cover it in the news sounds like something someone would do.
 
Both Teri Hatcher and Yeoh have been in Star Trek now.
I love TND. The idea that a person would create a war simply so he could cover it in the news sounds like something someone would do.

Much more unbelievable things happen, nowadays.
 
I love Tomorrow Never Dies. It's probably the most underrated Bond movie. That David Arnold soundtrack is amazing. I wish the newer Bond movies had soundtracks that great. Anyway this isn't the place for that discussion. Carry on.
 
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