And that's not just a Trek 2009 development. Spock as a child was bullied all the way back in "Yesteryear(TAS)" and in a Saturday morning animated series.
Spoilers Picard 1x1, "Remembrance"
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And that's not just a Trek 2009 development. Spock as a child was bullied all the way back in "Yesteryear(TAS)" and in a Saturday morning animated series.
That's not how black holes work. At a distance, they work identical to other objects of similar mass. They don't "suck" objects in like a vacuum cleaner. You have to get close for tidal and frame dragging effects to become noticeable, the exact distance being an inverse function of the size of the black hole's event horizon (which is itself a function of the black hole's mass.)
Actually, with supermassive black holes you can cross the event horizon without even realizing it, because the aforementioned effects are so mild. Of course, after you realize it, any attempt to go back pulls you to the singularity even faster.
/unwanted lecture
Jean-Luc gave some fine speeches about life in the future. But I wish they'd been able to go deeper into Tasha's character & backstory more. Hearing her talk about daily life on Turkana IV showed that "utopia" was a matter of perspective, to some extent. Just because it's "the future" doesn't mean it's perfect.
Utopia...as long as you don't look too close.
Or live on the 'wrong' planet.
I think it was one of Marina Sirtis biggest complaint during the TNG years. Poor Deanna always got mind-raped at least once each season
This is handily one of Star Trek's best premieres. Not the highest pole to leap, granted, but praise nonetheless. I can feel the sense of cohesion behind Star Trek: Picard's production that was quite simply lacking early on with Discovery.
I need to rewatch "Remembrance" a few more times before I decide on anything definitively but right now I'm thinking as far as spinoff premieres go my rankings are:
PIC > ENT > VOY > DS9 > DIS > TNG. (Poor TNG.)
I need to rewatch "Remembrance" a few more times before I decide on anything definitively but right now I'm thinking as far as spinoff premieres go my rankings are:
PIC > ENT > VOY > DS9 > DIS > TNG. (Poor TNG.)
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I don't know if this is a new theory or something somebody else has already mentioned in the forum but I had an idea about the opening dream sequence wherein Data lays down five Queen of Hearts. I wonder if this was Picard's subconscious referring to the "queen of his heart," Beverly Crusher. Something may have happened between Picard and Beverly in the 20 years since NEM and her going back to Starfleet Medical. He may have a lot of regrets about their relationship that have only worsened in the two decades since they last served together aboard the Enterprise-E.
I hadn't thought of that and I'd be down for it. I'd love to see their relationship over this substantial time gap explored in some fashion, regardless of whether it's a happy tale or a tale full of melancholy.
She needed to be more like Lyta Alexander from Babylon-5 and learn to "mind-fight" back...I think it was one of Marina Sirtis biggest complaint during the TNG years. Poor Deanna always got mind-raped at least once each season
She needed to be more like Lyta Alexander from Babylon-5 and learn to "mind-fight" back...
With Star Trek thriving again, I need to get around to planting signs all over Warner Bros studio lots demanding the return of this other space phenomenon...
He could also be remembering his encounter(s) with the Borg Queen.
I think it was one of Marina Sirtis biggest complaint during the TNG years. Poor Deanna always got mind-raped at least once each season
Not really much worse than Worf getting the crap beaten out of him on a regular basis. TNG writing tended toward scifi cliche more often than not.
Looks like the closing theme for Picard is the same as the one from "Children of Mars".
True. How many women in the universe have we seen Jean-Luc be willing to give his life to, really?
Beverly and the Borg Queen.
He did carve that girl's initials at Starfleet Academy, but who knows just how close they were. Vash? Not even close. She was fun, but trouble.
He did carve that girl's initials at Starfleet Academy, but who knows just how close they were. Vash? Not even close. She was fun, but trouble.
No its not. Just like how the DSC Klingons aren't the Klingons on this show (Worf and his species have two nostrils, no vampire teeth, and can actually enunciate, deal with it the three people on Earth who liked the DSC "Klingons").
Basically, a CG model put into Picard as a hologram because they were too cheap to make a CG model of the real NCC-1701 doesn't mean shit, except that the show cuts corners monetarily (see also the reused DSC shuttles in the 24th Century and the moronic appearance of a DSC starship and DSC tugs in that short Treks episode). Its annoying, but if the writing stays as good as it was in the pilot, I can easily ignore the annoyance of nonsensically reused CG models.
Well thats good. I'm fine with both forms of Romulans, I just don't want the bumpy forehead ones to go away completely. They've been the romulans for a lot longer/a lot more appearances then the smooth head ones were, I'd hate for them to disappear.
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Like you've always said, it's the "right people" who hate it.
I always assumed the torpedoe went directly down the column of light and deep underground to the power source Chekov referred to. To me, that was why the evil energy creature seemed so ineffective when it was hunting down Kirk. It was essentially crippled
Right. Who is to say he didn't spend some time getting expert medical attention before he was returned home?
No thank you. Seriously. I'm good.
Gene's Vision and the TNG utopia, though.
Amanda mentioned it even earlier than that, in "Journey to Babel" (for those still stuck on the "TAS isn't TEH CANON!!1!" trip.)
Being on a streaming service means no rating information for USA. But did pretty good in Canada:
https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/p...audience-in-the-history-of-ctv-sci-fi-channel
https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/p...audience-in-the-history-of-ctv-sci-fi-channel
I don't think 2020 is the year you want to roll out "rape gangs" again. That's a little too "discarded plot from another Deathwish sequel staring Charles Bronson" and not enough "Harvey Weinstein" to be taken seriously.