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Spoilers Picard 1x1, "Remembrance"

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Overall I thought it was awesome. Just the direction I hoped they’d bring the philosophical focus of the show, only I’d have liked if they also mentioned the Dominion for the reason for fear.

There’s nitpicks of course. Given what we know of medical science Daj should have immediately transported her boyfriend to a hospital on the off chance she could save him and get him his own artificial heart.

Also I’m henceforth referring to Data’s neurons as his katra.

The best part was Picard’s interview with the Targ News reporter. I’m also unclear, are all those people half Romulans? Some seem too old for that. Unless they were also POW situations.

Very curious what’s going on with that cube.

Also I love how in five minutes they made a character hated for 30 years into a rogue hero.

I'll refer to Data's neurons as pieces of fairy cake.
 
I mean if Dahj and her sister are based on that painting they must also be based on Lal, right? There is no other reason for Data to name one of his paintings Daughter if it wasn't about Lal?

Data forgot what Lal looked like and just painted her from memory. Hence, the image of Dahj!
 
In a lot of ways Dahj feels like Michael Burnham done right, which is why the reflexive youtubers decided they hated Picard before they even saw it. Brilliant young women with amazing combat skills who's undergoing horrible emotional trauma turning her world upside-down.

Except the writing - and Isa Briones - sell it 100%.

So what we are saying is...that DSC should have offed Burnham at the end of episode one? I can get behind that....

(I am joking.)
(Maybe.)
 
Index is basically a holographic Siri. Or Alexa. More Alexa because it mapped the interior of Picard's home. And Index doesn't mind being used as a walking reference guide.

Picard's fondness for AI lifeforms like Data doesn't seem to spill over into Archive assistants...I didn't hear any words of thanks for its help...
 
Wow that was incredible, I hate that I have to wait a week now for more.

When I saw that full painting I immediately thought of Lal.

I mean if Dahj and her sister are based on that painting they must also be based on Lal, right? There is no other reason for Data to name one of his paintings Daughter if it wasn't about Lal?

I had the feeling from the second trailer...she looks like human Data, very strongly. With a dash of Lal.
 
The Federation after the Dominion War could be a very paranoid place. Remember, just a decade or two before all this happens the entire quadrant was plunged into a horrifically bloody war involving shapeshifters who could infiltrate any Federation world and wreak untold havoc from within. Their armies were fanatical, ferocious soldiers addicted to a drug who would let themselves become cannon fodder and gladly to pursue the goals of masters that they saw as deities. The war killed well over a billion people, at least 800 million just on Cardassia. Earth itself was attacked in the closing weeks of the war and San Francisco and Starfleet Headquarters were damaged. The Federation was damaged, exhausted and wondering what the next thing to come around the corner might be.

The Synths triggered the worst instincts of a Federation still recovering from the worst conflict in the recorded history of the quadrant and willing to do whatever it took to feel safe and secure.
 
I think it shows how insidious the fear that invaded the Federation is. They shut down a mentally-handicapped AI.

To be fair, that's what they did to 'Control' in Disco Season 2, as it was clear what they were fighting was akin to a Windows 10 program that had been downloaded to a Kaypro 2.
 
Discovery is good. Picard is good. Picard episode 1 is better than Discovery episode 1 by a wide margin. But Discovery got better. Hopefully Picard gets even better too.

The more I think about it the more I am slightly annoyed that the writers forgot you can recover from a stab wound to the heart if they treat you fast enough.

To be fair, he wasn’t human. Though maybe he gets an artificial one and ends up a starship captain.
 
In a lot of ways Dahj feels like Michael Burnham done right, which is why the reflexive youtubers decided they hated Picard before they even saw it. Brilliant young women with amazing combat skills who's undergoing horrible emotional trauma turning her world upside-down.

Except the writing - and Isa Briones - sell it 100%.

The two really aren't comparable at all. It's like saying Data is Spock done right.
 
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Overall I thought it was awesome. Just the direction I hoped they’d bring the philosophical focus of the show, only I’d have liked if they also mentioned the Dominion for the reason for fear.

There’s nitpicks of course. Given what we know of medical science Daj should have immediately transported her boyfriend to a hospital on the off chance she could save him and get him his own artificial heart.

Also I’m henceforth referring to Data’s neurons as his katra.

The best part was Picard’s interview with the Targ News reporter. I’m also unclear, are all those people half Romulans? Some seem too old for that. Unless they were also POW situations.

Very curious what’s going on with that cube.

Also I love how in five minutes they made a character hated for 30 years into a rogue hero.

I liked the accents on the Romulans. Though I was getting strong ‘oh, Picards married/shacked up with this one’ vibes. I mean...she knew he was talking in his sleep, and fixed his shirt collar.
 
Is it me, or did the necklace bring to mind the Thalaron weapon?
What if Data himself is in someway working behind the scenes with Maddox? The download from B4 in a holomatrix?
(Also, Bashir got positronic nets mostly working in a fully human body way back with zombie Bareil.)
 
I'm talking about things like pacing and using your fan service effectively. The idea of the messages in "Such Sweet Sorrow" wasn't a bad idea. The fact we had to sit through every character doing it was.

Having a pair of Romulans stand in for Picard fandom isn't what I would call effective either. Yes, I know what they are and where they come from, but they were used mostly in this episode to prop him up.
 
I liked the accents on the Romulans. Though I was getting strong ‘oh, Picards married/shacked up with this one’ vibes. I mean...she knew he was talking in his sleep, and fixed his shirt collar.
most of my friends know I'm talking in my sleep sometimes (mostly because my wife tells them occasionally) and I tend to fix ties for them if necessary. doesn't mean I sleep with all of them
 
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