First Picard Show pic!

[fireproof78]

Someone can correct me if i'm wrong but it wasn't Romulus's star that went nova. The nova originated in Hobus, a system some distance from Romulus. The explosion supposedly travelled through subspace, like what occurred with Praxis, which is why it apparently wasn't detected in time for an evacuation.

You are correct. The supernova travelled faster than predicted and destroyed Romulus before Spock could complete his mission.

 

[DaveyNY]

Third time's a charm... Does no one else see BEVERLY CRUSHER in the bottom left of this picture, walking on screen and seeming to notice JLP standing and looking lost?

I'm pretty sure that if Gates McFadden had been there, the person taking the video/pictures would have pointed it out.

And she most likely would have mentioned it on her Twitter or Facebook page.

 

[DaveyNY]

This. It's been part of Star Trek Online's backstory since it launched, it was covered in the backstory comic, it was featured in the movie (again, co-written and co-produced by the guy running Star Trek)... It's only the silly fans who want The Last Jedi and now Game of Thrones remade that dispute it at all.

If a completely new creative team were coming in, anything's possible (a la endless Terminator movies selectively ignoring their predecessors), but Kurtzman isn't going to wipe away one of his biggest successes especially in such a weirdly continuity obsessed fandom.

Also, CBS insisted that STO include the whole back story of ST'09 in the game.
I rather doubt They will be ignoring it now.

 

[Nerys Myk]

not to be honest, no - I see an extra in the bottom left.

I see someone who is probably crew not cast

 

[Nerys Myk]

Until... Alex Kurtzman got involved in the franchise Star Trek. The comic is canon.

Nope

 

[SolarisOne]

Another shot confirms...they're still using the early DS9/VOY uniforms:

With TNG-style collars.

 

[Push The Button]

Third time's a charm... Does no one else see BEVERLY CRUSHER in the bottom left of this picture, walking on screen and seeming to notice JLP standing and looking lost?

It certainly could be her.

 

[DaveyNY]

They've made a big deal out of announcing who the Actors are joining the show.

I can't imagine that having an original member of Picard's crew show up would be left out of those kind of announcements.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

They've made a big deal out of announcing who the Actors are joining the show.

I can't imagine that having an original member of Picard's crew show up would be left out of those kind of announcements.

They've made a big deal about announcing the REGULAR CAST, which is: Patrick Stewart and miscellaneous others (who?). Who cares what non-Trek actors will be in the mix.

I can't imagine them blowing the surprise about TNG guest appearances. I think they're banking on the nostalgia factor to keep eyes glued to the show. That's the Trek formula, e.g. TOS --> TMP and other movies. Think All Good Things if it were actually done this many years after the series ended.

TLDR: there is no way this show will not bring back key TNG characters integral to Picard's life (Riker and Bev, most importantly -- unless either or both are dead and that's part of his crisis).

 

[Jayson1]

They've made a big deal out of announcing who the Actors are joining the show.

I can't imagine that having an original member of Picard's crew show up would be left out of those kind of announcements.

Unless they are hiding her guest spot. If she is in it I suspect it would only be for a cameo or extended cameo. Whether they can hid this till the premiere is unknown. Guess it depends on how good they are at keeping secrets. She might be credited under some other name than "Dr Crusher" or hidden some other way.


Jason

 

[DaveyNY]

I still think that the person who shot the pic would have mentioned that Gates was there.

 

[Danlav05]

I'd be shocked if TNG folk won't appear at some point.

They'll want to put in some fan pleasers, Stewart is starring and Frakes is one of the directors!

patience, my children, patience.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

I'd be shocked if TNG folk won't appear at some point.

They'll want to put in some fan pleasers, Stewart is starring and Frakes is one of the directors!

patience, my children, patience.

As I mentioned earlier, if they're not going to include anyone from Picard's past, and only anecdotally mention his history because it's "not about that", what's really the point of making it about Picard? Introduce someone new who is at a crossroads in the twilight of his life. If it's well written, it'll carry itself.

It's been said he's dealing with a huge personal crisis in the post-Romulus era. I can't imagine it's only because he misses Spock or those good times in the Romulan Senate chambers. Let's be real here.

As Trek has taught us: nostalgia sells. That's why the TMP era films were so successful. Also more recently (with the same production staff as Picard), remember how quickly Discovery went from being "standalone" to becoming the Enterprise/Pike/Spock show.

 

[Rahul]

Well... the original plan was wholesale annihilation of the Prime universe including Earth and Kronos... it was Cryptic who saved the day by informing CBS the game they'd spent a lot of time and money on would be rendered moot by such a happening. So the destruction was scaled waaaaaay back to just Romulus.

Oh jeez...
If that was the reasoning for the weird mash-up that instead happened, gives me even less confidence they are going to handle this right.

To be quite honest: They should have gone for it. You either do a reboot. Or don't.

Don't half-ass two things at the same time. Full-ass one thing.

If you see the film as a complete reboot, maybe. But as an in-universe alternate universe created by time travel, black holes and a supernova, it makes sense.

Yeah, this part right here is the problem. Because quite frankly, beyond some surface level, it just isn't. It's a weird hybrid, where they pull out pictures of the original crew to get people nostalgic, but Nimoy-Spock recognizes Pegg as "his" Scotty, Khan has a vastly different backstory, the Enterprise is stardestroyer-size and all the universe-rules work differently.

And of course, although unlikely, the Kelvin Universe may yet live on. It's a bit like how we thought Next Gen was dead 10 years ago.

And yes - IF the Kelvin universe returns - I want that return to FULLY COMMIT to that, too!
NOT some half-assing again, where they recreate some parts of it, but not others, and others get influenced retro-actively by the new series, and Michael Burnham gets shoved in as Spocks sister and so on...
Just. Fucking. commit. fully.

 

[Antonovus]

So who is playing young Picard in this show?

Anyone under age 60.

 

[Danlav05]

It certainly could be her.

If it was wouldn't someone have snapped her? If you've got a surprise cameo why film it out in public?

 

[Dukhat]

Let’s see, female with long blonde hair and civilian clothes seen from the rear with absolutely no view of her face.

Yep, that’s Gates McFadden all right.

 

[ITDUDE]

Not sure if its been posted. Here is the video clip from which we saw the first "official" Picard pic:

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Edit: Lol, I guess it's been posted couple days ago.

 

[seigezunt]

Every time I see that shot with Picard alone in the crowd, I hear the theme from Curb Your Enthusiasm kick in.

 

[WarpFactorZ]

Every time I see that shot with Picard alone in the crowd, I hear the theme from Curb Your Enthusiasm kick in.

He is sporting the Larry David look, now that you mention it. Maybe the real title of the show is Curb Your Trek-thusiasm (not to be confused with the "Everchanging Trek-thusiasm" thread).