New Picard SDCC Trailer
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It can still be Star Trek and look as good as The Expanse. So if anything, PIC is moving in the right direction
Low bar to clear, but definitely cleared by leaps and bounds.
She has never been anything but.
Which could mean "June"Early 2020 though
Because it's a trailer.
Which could mean "June"
They're most of the way through shooting the series now (up through Episode 7, IIRC). Discovery was still filming its final episodes both seasons when the first episodes were being broadcast, but it's unlikely this will happen for Picard. I guess they just need more time in postproduction for VFX and the like.
I find Jeri more attractive now than I did in Voyager. Perhaps it has something to do with Seven acting and looking more human than ever.
Watched the trailer again. Honestly, still getting "Gambit" vibes which I can't shake (I really dislike that episode), but I think I'll be very interested in the setting details. I want to see the vineyard, new Starfleet. I'm curious about the girl, but could do without her "fighting skillz"...I've had enough of that with Terminator and River Tam, Taken, Bourne and others. I'd LOVE her to be Lal, but she's not Lal. She's probably connected to that reformed Borg colony or whatever it is.
I hope we do at least get to see inside a Starfleet ship. I want to see how they've redesigned the 24th century aesthetic. And...are those Romulans?
Watched the trailer again. Honestly, still getting "Gambit" vibes which I can't shake (I really dislike that episode), but I think I'll be very interested in the setting details. I want to see the vineyard, new Starfleet. I'm curious about the girl, but could do without her "fighting skillz"...I've had enough of that with Terminator and River Tam, Taken, Bourne and others. I'd LOVE her to be Lal, but she's not Lal. She's probably connected to that reformed Borg colony or whatever it is.
I hope we do at least get to see inside a Starfleet ship. I want to see how they've redesigned the 24th century aesthetic. And...are those Romulans?
The reason it doesn't "look" like that is because it is no longer 1993. That's like hating on The Motion Picture because it doesn't look like TOS.
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Right.
I think we’re simply seeing 30 years of advancements in style and cinematography.
The cinematography we saw 90s Trek was based on Berman and David Livingston’s appreciation of Marvin Rush’s work on a short-lived 80s comedy called Frank’s Place. I don’t mention this to take anything away from Rush or the look of 90s Trek but it was a product of its time. One can see the evolution of Rush’s style in Hell on Wheels. In fact, if Rush had been hired for _Picard_ I'm sure he would've executed the showrunner's direction flawlessly. Today, Rush works on The Orville which is a clear homage to 90s Trek. Picard seems to be going for the prestige TV set so I don’t think we should expect it to look like TNG.
https://staging.ascmag.com/articles/star-trek-50-part-iv-tos-meets-the-next-generation
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Star Trek is never going to look like it did in the 60s or the 90s. Never ever.
The thing that strikes me about this is that I feel like fans of the TNG-era who complain about things like this seen in the current era of Trek sound an awful lot like the disgruntled TOS fans who were quick to hate on TNG.
Thank God.
That's a good thing and a bad thing. The "lens flares", super-fast directing style and choppy editing really take away from simply enjoying the show and actually noticing the little details. But I've felt that way since around the time of Star Trek 2009. Not factoring in the sets, The Orville is filmed in a much more enjoyable style without feeling dated.
That said I really enjoyed the trailer and am excited for the unexpected appearances.
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