Spoilers Preview Pictures for Episode 3

[ITDUDE]

They don't look very spicy OR edible.

Doritos are not edible

 

[drt]

They don't look very spicy OR edible.

So Doritos, then.

Sorry, but what are the "monster maroons"?

The ST2-ST6 movie uniforms.

 

[Pindar]

Sorry, but what are the "monster maroons"?

I think it is what some people call the Wrath of Khan movie uniforms.

 

[El Maestro]

Oh, haha. I like those!

 

[SoM]

My assumption is that they don't plan on showing present (2390s) Starfleet much, beyond these first couple of episodes, but do plan on a healthy amount of flashbacks to the 2380s. So, the better-designed 2380s uniform will be used more often going forward, as Picard is dealing with events on the periphery of Starfleet and the Federation, but still continually flashing back and daydreaming (thanks, Irumodic Syndrome!).

Yeah, but I mean the "2390s" ones are less different from the DS9/GEN/VOY uniforms than the "2380s" ones are. It might be that the "2380s" ones are used more by the production, but if you're trying to convey that Starfleet c. 2400 is a cold and alien place to Picard, that would be the place to use the versions least similar to anything he wore in service (as established prior to the start of PIC design work). Maybe even a radical jump closer to TOS->TMP or TWOK than TNG->DS9, dumping the TNG-era colours entirely.

I'm super-curious about the card game shown in the trailer.

https://i.imgur.com/dXeX41f.png

I mistakenly thought in might be Klin Zha, but I forgot that was a board game, not a card game.

Somebody on Twitter suggested it might be fortune-telling cards, which would be extra cool, but doubtful.

I'm betting it's like Tri-D chess - they're just moving "futuristic" cards around. There might be enough thrown around to reverse-engineer some sort of "real" game, but no intended rhyme or reason beyond dialogue.

 

[Dukhat]

The 2390s features a new design, unfamiliar to Picard, of a Starfleet foreign to his ideals and place in the universe.

I get what you're saying; if that was the case, it would have been nice if they'd just spent a little more of the budget to design a uniform that appeared more sinister-looking rather than just a rehash of the DS9/VOY jumpsuits.