Not Jean-Luc Picard. The man is a big damn hero.
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Not Jean-Luc Picard. The man is a big damn hero.
He froze up at the end of Nemesis when the Enterprise was about to be destroyed. He'd reached his limit.
Exactly. It is a very human thing to do. And Star Trek has been about exploring humanity so it would be an appropriate to have very human challenges be explored.
He is still human and capable of mistakes.
FTFYNot Jean-Luc Picard. The man is a big damnherohypocrite...
(Just ask Lt Cmdr. Worf and acting Ensign Wesley Crusher).
That's what I think.
A dog people! A dog!
Picard with a dog! I mean... WOW! Can you feel the excitement!!!! I mean, Picard has a dog!!! A dog an a vineyard with a flying watering/pesticide machine! I mean.... HOLY COW!!!! This series is going to be awesome!!!
Picard with a dog! I mean... WOW! Can you feel the excitement!!!! I mean, Picard has a dog!!! A dog an a vineyard with a flying watering/pesticide machine! I mean.... HOLY COW!!!! This series is going to be awesome!!!
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I think I posted this somewhere, but, I have a feeling Picard blames himself for what happened to Romulus in some way. And as a result, he lost faith in himself.
In the first teaser when the narrator mentions the rescue mission, I'm just envisioning Picard having lead a massive armada in an attempt to evacuate the planet before the supernova consumed it. But then something happened - something that causes him (as someone said above) to blink resulting in the loss of almost the entire Romulan civilization and, as far as he knows, the loss of Ambassador Spock, too.
In the first teaser when the narrator mentions the rescue mission, I'm just envisioning Picard having lead a massive armada in an attempt to evacuate the planet before the supernova consumed it. But then something happened - something that causes him (as someone said above) to blink resulting in the loss of almost the entire Romulan civilization and, as far as he knows, the loss of Ambassador Spock, too.
Totally misplaced sarcasm. People are justifiably excited to see Picard back. Nobody’s excited for the dog.
Despite starting this thread, I'm still on Team Disco.
Kujo is nice, though.
I'm going to hazard a wild guess now: Picard's not married. All he has is his dog.
You might want to dial back the cynicism a bit.
I'm pretty excited about the dog, to be honest.
You might want to dial back the cynicism a bit.
Eh, I dunno. It's just that a single poster/image comes out with Picard standing against a background with a dog at his feet and people react like they're seeing Jesus in their toast or something. Maybe the cynicism in me has just built up too much, I'm getting old and miserable or I'm just generally turned off by "modern" Trek, but I just don't get why the tiniest of things come out and people react to it as if it's something big, awesome, and huge.
And then Riker says, "Computer, end program."
I am, I've been thinking all day about what the dogs name is.
The Starfleet emblem on Picard's dog is kind of like a dog tag. It symbolizes that even though Picard left Starfleet, he still thinks of himself as Starfleet.
I think when he's asked, "Why did you leave Starfleet, Admiral?" Picard thinks, "I didn't leave Starfleet. Starfleet left me." You can see signs of Starfleet leaving his way of doing things even during the later seasons of DS9. To go meta, even though it's a prequel, DSC moved away from TNG, spiritually. So Picard thinks and represents, on multiple levels, that Starfleet is in a place he wants nothing to do with. Even though he paradoxically still thinks of himself as Starfleet. He represents the way things were before.
If anything, @Trekker4747 should see Picard in this series as someone to identify with; if what I say turns out to be right. Picard might represent the type of fan he is.
I think when he's asked, "Why did you leave Starfleet, Admiral?" Picard thinks, "I didn't leave Starfleet. Starfleet left me." You can see signs of Starfleet leaving his way of doing things even during the later seasons of DS9. To go meta, even though it's a prequel, DSC moved away from TNG, spiritually. So Picard thinks and represents, on multiple levels, that Starfleet is in a place he wants nothing to do with. Even though he paradoxically still thinks of himself as Starfleet. He represents the way things were before.
If anything, @Trekker4747 should see Picard in this series as someone to identify with; if what I say turns out to be right. Picard might represent the type of fan he is.
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Number One.
Am I the only one who wants Picard to be actually happy in retirement?
He lead a largest armada in history to save the Romulans, then unimaginable happened, he decided to actually take that year off he has been promising himself since Insurrection. After that he just decided that he has had enough "work" for couple lifetimes. He retired, got married, got a dog, started a winery to continue family tradition. Why can't it be that?
He lead a largest armada in history to save the Romulans, then unimaginable happened, he decided to actually take that year off he has been promising himself since Insurrection. After that he just decided that he has had enough "work" for couple lifetimes. He retired, got married, got a dog, started a winery to continue family tradition. Why can't it be that?
I'd like him to be happy in retirement. But the teaser implies something else. If he's "Happily Ever After", then he has no motivation to do anything besides stay where he is. Retirement can't be good enough for him. That's why he'd get out of it. Otherwise, what's the series? Why should Picard be motivated to get out of wherever he is? He can let the next generation (no pun intended) take care of it.
Or perhaps Star Trek: Sabbatical.
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