These characters seem to cling on as Captain as long as possible, I would like to see Picard as Captain, and I would hope they would try to stay away from the fan service... which I know this whole CBS Access projects are simply fan service, but I would like to see this Picard series mention what happened to the cast and move on immediately. I don't want to see special guest stars from TNG cast but I would like to see John De Lancie as the co-star, and just go crazy with it... like Farscape. Just keep going out there and never come back, but please don't make Picard a God or something ridiculous like what was done on DS9.How much of The Future in "All Good Things" could work for the Picard Series and how likely would these things be? Here are my guesses. It'll be interesting to see how much of this turns out to be right or wrong.
Was Picard an Ambassador? I think it's possible and he might even still be one in the "real" 2399. But I only think it's possible. He might be doing something else.
Does Picard have Irumodic Syndrome? I think it's possible, but I'm leaning towards probably not. Or maybe he does because it adds something to the character. Like it's something he has to fight. So I guess I'm split on this.
Is Picard tending the Vineyard? Hmmm. I wonder if the Vineyard is even still around after his brother died?
Are Picard and Crusher divorced? I don't think they ever even actually got married but, either way, I'm guessing they're not together.
Have relations between the Klingons and the Federation deteriorated? I think technically it's possible but not likely. I say that because it would be too much like DSC.
And for the heck of it...
Is Troi dead? Probably not. Marina Sirtis would jump at the chance to appear and the writers know it.
Is Worf a Klingon Governor? Probably not. He was a Klingon Ambassador and if Nemesis is anything to go by, it doesn't look like Klingon politics agreed with him, so he was back on the Enterprise.
Is Riker an Admiral? Probably.
Is Geordi married to Leah Brahams? Yeah right. I think that was a pure fantasy!
Is Data back and working at Cambridge? Good luck getting Brent Spiner back in front of the camera as Data.
BONUS: The three-nacelled Enterprise-D obviously won't be around, but...
Is the Enterprise-E still around? I think it's been decommissioned. I'd be surprised if it's still around. Maybe the ship is just being decommissioned. I don't know. But, either way, I don't think Picard's been Captain for a while.
How much do you think of "All Good Things" will be in the Picard series?
People don't work for promotions. They work for the betterment of themselves and humanity.Flagship captain to groundskeeper? Not quite the promotion he probably expected.
John de Lancie has said he's not interested in playing Q anymore. Like Spiner, he feels he's too old to play an ageless character.
People don't work for promotions. They work for the betterment of themselves and humanity.
The technology has come a long way since Melted Waxwork Patrick in X-Men IIIWith the reverse-aging tech they've been using in recent films (including Stewart himself in the X-Men films) there is no reason why Spiner and de Lancie couldn't easily reprise their respective roles.
Google „Deep Fake“ (NSFW though...)How is it on a TV budget?
So, if the betterment of humanity involves working with the next generation (pun not intended) how is that not a promotion?Promotion is a broad term, which in this case means exactly what you said (and what I meant).
So, if the betterment of humanity involves working with the next generation (pun not intended) how is that not a promotion?![]()
If Picard regards that as bettering himself and humanity then that is a promotion. Again, this has to be framed within the context of the Federation, not our own real world. If Picard passing on knowledge, then what does it matter what his title is?The "promotion" would be giving Picard a tenured professorship at SF Academy, so he can bestow his knowledge and experience on future generations. This kind of thing happens all the time with e.g. former Cabinet officials who end up teaching government issues at prestigious law schools. They usually don't end up working as janitors (well, up to now, anyway).
Boothby wasn't hired because he was a sage. The point of his character was that he taught the students about life in ways they wouldn't learn in books. But at the end of the day, he was part of the school's maintenance staff, not an academic.
Which makes one wonder if they're thinking of it as a "nostalgia romp" in the first place.Which is weird for a nostalgia romp like this
If Picard regards that as bettering himself and humanity then that is a promotion. Again, this has to be framed within the context of the Federation, not our own real world. If Picard passing on knowledge, then what does it matter what his title is?
If Picard is bettering himself then it is a promotion.Because the groundskeeper isn't hired to pass on knowledge. He's hired to do menial labor. There was no Life Skills 101 class taught by him. While the odd student might have gotten along with him, I sincerely doubt most of the cadets paid an iota of attention to his "teachings".
The way they've pitched this show from the start it doesn't seem like a "nostalgia romp". One of the very first things they said, from Stewart himself, that this would be a Picard 20 years later and not the same person we remembered. It's the next chapter in his life. That to me tells me this is not being advertised as a look back. This is why I've tried to say when people ask about this show that it's not TNG 2.0 or another season of TNG. It's going to be something new and don't expect Picard to be like how he was in TNG or the end of the TNG films. It's going to be the same man but he's going have to 20 years of life impacting how he is in the present and that can go in a number of different directions and all those directions can be 100% valid depending on what his life was like.Which makes one wonder if they're thinking of it as a "nostalgia romp" in the first place.
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