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Ok. What is the chance of a Picard spinoff?
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They own their distribution channel. They don't need to give it away to all and sundry.
Congratulations!
And didn't have any lines or development. They'll get a proper character actor for the Doctor's role instead of someone slightly above an extra.
Hopefully someone on par with Picardo and Billingsley, who can inject some personality (and levity) into this cast.... if it happens.
What's wrong with being no-nonsense and serious? Where is it written that every doctor on Trek has to be a comedian?
A Borg invasion is not the time to be cracking jokes!
And the actress has like two decades of experience. Crusher and McCoy weren't played for laughs.What's wrong with being no-nonsense and serious? Where is it written that every doctor on Trek has to be a comedian?
What's wrong with being no-nonsense and serious? Where is it written that every doctor on Trek has to be a comedian?
A Borg invasion is not the time to be cracking jokes!
Levity is necessary. We have Jack, Shaw and to a lesser extent Sidney to bring some of that levity. However, there's a great opportunity to cast a Doctor who is a scene stealer with range here. A real character actor.
Ohk was not. Ohk was the equivalent of the 'extra' bridge crew on Discovery. Basically just a filler role that can easily be replaced and no one will remember. I'm not sure why you're so attached to that one.
Strange New Worlds did something similar. There were a few recurring background/elevated extra roles on the Enterprise during STD S2, with names.. but basically just minimal expository dialogue. They replaced them all with fully rounded characters.
"I'm a doctor not a comedian."
At this point I have the foggiest clue. It uses elements from Season 1 and other newer Trek productions, like the season long plot, the mystery box, and threat to the entire Federation. Also extensive use of action, violence and destruction. They just invoke the nostalgia factor up to 11 in order to tickle the ears of the fans. That's all I can tell. So basically it's like a chocolate covered potato chip.
As someone who loved season 3 - the things that worked for me, and I can't say this for anyone else -- are the pacing, and the character relationships (I know unfortunately, the newer characters weren't given a lot of runway but Terry Matalas had a goal to finish out a send-off to the old Enterprise crew). I loved the moments when the characters sit in a room and talk: Picard and Crusher, Laren and Picard.
Having a bridge crew again, pared down ship-to-ship combats. Things that felt like Trek to me, and I also really like Strange New Worlds. So if we are to have a new show I hope it would be the same as that but now that we've said goodbye to Enterprise crew, Terry Matalas can now focus on the characters he's built up.
As I've said, I trust Matalas because of how he ran 12 Monkeys which had a good ensemble with complicated characters and even more complicated women, and I hope the new show would be episodic with some arc elements in it.
Having a bridge crew again, pared down ship-to-ship combats. Things that felt like Trek to me, and I also really like Strange New Worlds. So if we are to have a new show I hope it would be the same as that but now that we've said goodbye to Enterprise crew, Terry Matalas can now focus on the characters he's built up.
As I've said, I trust Matalas because of how he ran 12 Monkeys which had a good ensemble with complicated characters and even more complicated women, and I hope the new show would be episodic with some arc elements in it.
S3 gave the fans what they wanted S1 of Picard to be - a decent & enjoyable farewell to these characters who have been with the fans for almost 40 years now. Something that felt more like The Undiscovered Country rather than Nemesis.
Sir Patrick didn't want to do it that way in S1 (he'd played the character for seven seasons and four feature films).
Well, maybe someone can time travel and tell Sir Patrick Stewart to change his mind about Season 1. The struggle there is the conflict between fans saying "give us familiar" and an artist's desire to expand their role.
I don’t recall being asked
Maybe it went to my spam folder.
I am all for expanding but they needed a better plan and much better execution to pull it off.
The Mystery Box nature of S1 and especially S2, was not deep enough or interesting enough to carry a full length season by itself. In my head, if they had condenses S1 and S2 into two 5 episode arcs and called that S1, I think it would have been a much stronger success.
The mystery box wasn't any different in Season 3.
Picard season 3 did everything that Discovery ever did: mystery box, season long arc, huge threat to the Federation/Galaxy etc. But totes cool with P3 doing it but Discovery bad.
Too much "levity" and Trek risks becoming a joke-fest.
Want jokes? Go watch Lower Decks.
All things in moderation.
Amazing what a few LCARS screens and a cast reunion can do.
The levity was balanced great in Picard S3. Data, Riker, Shaw, Jack and Worf really delivered there.
Honestly, if Matalas ends up having full control of this Legacy series, I will bet you Jack will be the narrative focus. So there will be some light-heartedness, especially in regards to Jack and Q.
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