Instead of streaming, I wait for the DVDs to come out to watch the newer shows. I end up getting various things spoiled but that's on me. (That being said, I'd prefer to avoid SNW S2 and LD S4 spoilers.)
I was able to finally see Picard Season 3 so here are some of my thoughts:
-Initially I was somewhat irritated at the rehash of the David Marcus storyline (our hero captain has a long lost son). I honestly expected there to be some realization in the season that Jack was actually not Picard's son, but that would have been a rehash of the Bloodlines episode so it was a no-win scenario for me.
-One of the spoilers I got was the Captain Shaw "No" scene. I saw meme after meme about it and thought it would be some huge moment on the show but when it happened it was such a small thing. I wonder why it struck such a chord with so many people?
-There was absolutely no reason for 7 of 9 to be in season 2 and hardly any reason to have her in this season other than to set her up for a spinoff.
-And speaking of Seven, I thought it was odd to have a subplot where she prefers her Borg name to her human name. I can understand why she wouldn't have any connection to her human name but latching on to the name given to her by her abusers was a weird choice. It would be like if Kunta Kinte wanted people to call him "Toby."
-It was cool to see Worf chopping peoples' heads off instead of constantly getting his ass kicked.
-I was disappointed with the reveal that the Borg were the bad guys yet again. As soon as we saw the cube behind the red door I thought, "That shouldn't be a problem. The new Borg Queen is Picard's friend so what's the issue?" But for some reason the "Consent Borgs" weren't even mentioned. I did like that the OG Borgs were still essentially decimated and this was their last ditch effort. And the new Borg Queen design was cool. But still, did we really need to have the Borg in all three seasons of this show?
-The new Changelings group was interesting but I wish they went deeper into the concept. Does their new "partially solid" status make them more susceptible to injury? Does it limit their ability to shape shift? How many of them are there? What is their relationship with the Changelings in the Great Link, if any? Were they recruiting other Changelings to their cause? Were Vadic's underlings wearing masks or is that just what they looked like? For me, it would have been more interesting if the Changelings were the only antagonist. They had a great motivation and backstory and I think there's a lot more to explore there.
-So Tuvok was captured, replaced, presumably tortured, rescued, and then immediately put in charge of giving Seven her promotion?
-I'll pay closer attention in a rewatch but was the Enterprise-F destroyed? It just seemed odd that they were ready to go ahead and christen the Titan as the Enterprise-G. I didn't think that was particularly necessary. There are already too many Enterprises. I like the idea of building up several different hero ships across the franchise so I would have been happy to see Seven captain the Titan. Or if you have to renamed it, how about Voyager-A (or whatever letter they're up to)?
-Also, is it me or would it make more sense for Raffi to be Captain?
-And is Jack an actual doctor? I thought it would have made sense to assign him to sick bay instead of sitting in the Nepo Chair on the bridge.
-For some insane reason, when they brought Ro back they decided to either not give her Bajoran makeup or make it so minuscule as to be unnoticeable. I spent that entire episode staring at the bridge of her nose and didn't hear one word the actress said.
-So the Data that died in Season 1 was the copy that was downloaded into B4 in Nemesis? And this new Seaason 3 Data was a copy of that copy? Plus Lore, Lal, a few Soongs, and maybe some others? Did I follow that correctly? Any Soji in there?
-I hated that they killed Picard in Season 1 only to immediately resurrect him in a robo body. I thought it would be ignored for the rest of the series but they were actually able to use that as an interesting plot point this season (with the stealing of his corpse).
-The refurbished Enterrpise-D is maybe only 25% original parts right? It's definitely in the "ship of Theseus" territory.
-So when they say they gathered the "entire fleet" at Pioneer Day, I assume they mean "1/100th of the fleet"
-Was New Data wearing a Starfleet uniform or was it a jacket made to look like a uniform? I got the impression that Geordi (and Seven and the Titan crew) was the only character in uniform but there's aways variants out there.
That's all I can think of now. Maybe I'll have more thoughts later.
I was able to finally see Picard Season 3 so here are some of my thoughts:
-Initially I was somewhat irritated at the rehash of the David Marcus storyline (our hero captain has a long lost son). I honestly expected there to be some realization in the season that Jack was actually not Picard's son, but that would have been a rehash of the Bloodlines episode so it was a no-win scenario for me.
-One of the spoilers I got was the Captain Shaw "No" scene. I saw meme after meme about it and thought it would be some huge moment on the show but when it happened it was such a small thing. I wonder why it struck such a chord with so many people?
-There was absolutely no reason for 7 of 9 to be in season 2 and hardly any reason to have her in this season other than to set her up for a spinoff.
-And speaking of Seven, I thought it was odd to have a subplot where she prefers her Borg name to her human name. I can understand why she wouldn't have any connection to her human name but latching on to the name given to her by her abusers was a weird choice. It would be like if Kunta Kinte wanted people to call him "Toby."
-It was cool to see Worf chopping peoples' heads off instead of constantly getting his ass kicked.
-I was disappointed with the reveal that the Borg were the bad guys yet again. As soon as we saw the cube behind the red door I thought, "That shouldn't be a problem. The new Borg Queen is Picard's friend so what's the issue?" But for some reason the "Consent Borgs" weren't even mentioned. I did like that the OG Borgs were still essentially decimated and this was their last ditch effort. And the new Borg Queen design was cool. But still, did we really need to have the Borg in all three seasons of this show?
-The new Changelings group was interesting but I wish they went deeper into the concept. Does their new "partially solid" status make them more susceptible to injury? Does it limit their ability to shape shift? How many of them are there? What is their relationship with the Changelings in the Great Link, if any? Were they recruiting other Changelings to their cause? Were Vadic's underlings wearing masks or is that just what they looked like? For me, it would have been more interesting if the Changelings were the only antagonist. They had a great motivation and backstory and I think there's a lot more to explore there.
-So Tuvok was captured, replaced, presumably tortured, rescued, and then immediately put in charge of giving Seven her promotion?
-I'll pay closer attention in a rewatch but was the Enterprise-F destroyed? It just seemed odd that they were ready to go ahead and christen the Titan as the Enterprise-G. I didn't think that was particularly necessary. There are already too many Enterprises. I like the idea of building up several different hero ships across the franchise so I would have been happy to see Seven captain the Titan. Or if you have to renamed it, how about Voyager-A (or whatever letter they're up to)?
-Also, is it me or would it make more sense for Raffi to be Captain?
-And is Jack an actual doctor? I thought it would have made sense to assign him to sick bay instead of sitting in the Nepo Chair on the bridge.
-For some insane reason, when they brought Ro back they decided to either not give her Bajoran makeup or make it so minuscule as to be unnoticeable. I spent that entire episode staring at the bridge of her nose and didn't hear one word the actress said.
-So the Data that died in Season 1 was the copy that was downloaded into B4 in Nemesis? And this new Seaason 3 Data was a copy of that copy? Plus Lore, Lal, a few Soongs, and maybe some others? Did I follow that correctly? Any Soji in there?
-I hated that they killed Picard in Season 1 only to immediately resurrect him in a robo body. I thought it would be ignored for the rest of the series but they were actually able to use that as an interesting plot point this season (with the stealing of his corpse).
-The refurbished Enterrpise-D is maybe only 25% original parts right? It's definitely in the "ship of Theseus" territory.
-So when they say they gathered the "entire fleet" at Pioneer Day, I assume they mean "1/100th of the fleet"
-Was New Data wearing a Starfleet uniform or was it a jacket made to look like a uniform? I got the impression that Geordi (and Seven and the Titan crew) was the only character in uniform but there's aways variants out there.
That's all I can think of now. Maybe I'll have more thoughts later.
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