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Patrick Stewart looks super fragile.

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I was worried about his voice when I saw his Colbert Super Bowl skit, but he seems fine on Graham Norton:

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I'm willing to bet we get exactly 0 fight scenes with Picard this entire series.

I disagree, I think Picard will not fight any physical battles, but the younger Star Fleet officers working for him will.

He's playing a 79 year old, not a 39 year old. It won't be TNG movie Vest Picard kicking ass. All this is expected.

Exactly, in this series, Picard will be a planner, a strategist, a diplomat, rather than the explorer from the TNG show or the action hero he was in the movies. He still will gives speeches, but for the most part, he will devise plans that others execute.
 
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I don't think the other characters will be Starfleet officers.

Why wouldn't Picard have some Star Fleet officers under his command? Anyway, that's beside my point, there are younger people working for Picard who can do action scenes, whether they are in Star Fleet or not is irrelevant to that point. There can be action in the show, its just that Picard will not be doing it and that's fine.
 
Why wouldn't Picard have some Star Fleet officers under his command?

Have you read the articles about the show?

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/patri...he-picard-spinoff-series-says-jonathan-frakes

https://deadline.com/2019/03/santia...-luc-picard-series-cbs-all-access-1202569185/

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/star-...ut-a-dark-twist-on-the-classic-starfleet-crew

The characters in the last link have been mostly corroborated by casting announcements.

there are younger people working for Picard who can do action scenes, whether they are in Star Fleet or not is irrelevant to that point.

I worry some Trekkies are going to watch this show expecting it to be something it's not. That's why I mentioned it.
 
His voice is definitely raspier, similar to what's happened to Paul McCartney. I don't know if he has nodules or what.
 
Have you read the articles about the show?

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/patri...he-picard-spinoff-series-says-jonathan-frakes

https://deadline.com/2019/03/santia...-luc-picard-series-cbs-all-access-1202569185/

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/star-...ut-a-dark-twist-on-the-classic-starfleet-crew

The characters in the last link have been mostly corroborated by casting announcements.



I worry some Trekkies are going to watch this show expecting it to be something it's not. That's why I mentioned it.

Fair enough, I have not read everything about this series, I want to be a bit surprised going in.

My point stands, all these young people working for Picard can handle any action scene that the story may need, we could still have action, its just not Picard who will handle it.
 
This will happen regardless. Assumptions and expectations will reign supreme resulting in disappointment and frustration.

Which is why I will make the choice to abandon such obstacles to enjoyment before engaging 'play'. That's certainly how I got the maximum kick out of Spiner's Fresh Hell.
 
I want to see a 24th century depiction of a nursing home! Episode 1: Picard drinks tea while Geordi stops by to say Hi. Episode 2: Troi comes over and makes him soup. Episode 3: Picard calls Wesley to see how he is doing...
Please, say it ain't so. I don't want to watch Star Trek: The Geriatric Generation.

The first time that I ever saw Stewart was his appearance in Dune. Even then, he looked like an old man.



Don't get me wrong. I wish Stewart good health and long life. But I don't want to remember Stewart as frail, if that is the case now. I want to remember him as the vigorous man that he was in TNG.

I am anxious to see the Picard series, but if Stewart is going to be super fragile as the OP suggests, it's not going to be a pleasure to watch, thinking that the man on screen is not doing well. I hope that is not going to be the case.
 
The recent LA Times interview emphasises it being the later years of Picard's life and how far he's fallen. If anything, he'll likely be playing up frailty.
 
The recent LA Times interview emphasises it being the later years of Picard's life and how far he's fallen. If anything, he'll likely be playing up frailty.
So Picard was charged for the semi military coup to get rid of the President in the novelverse?
BTW if TV Picard was never married with children will the new novels have to reflect all that?
 
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