Spoilers Season 3 Trailer

[Rao Van Tickle]

While my excitement for season 3 was raised a bit, I'm left a bit baffled by the style of the teaser. Feels kind of at odds with these characters most of us have been familiar with for decades. Has kind of a strange feel to it.

Then again, it is just a teaser with little in the way of setting the stage for the season or anything like that. I suppose we'll get a trailer in September or October. Either way, I'm pretty optimistic already that this season will be the best of the three.

 

[STEPhon IT]

What a ray of passive aggressive sunshine you are. I've never been less compelled to interact with an other fan, but I'll make an exception this one time.

TNG was my entry to Star Trek and the series and some of the characters will always have a special place in my heart. Not the least because it all played an important part in the formation of my identity growing up, when I had little else to look up to in my life. And the series is part of my comfort food palette to this day.

But let's not be kidding ourselves: When we think of the best TNG had to offer, it's comprised of maybe 20% of all episodes / scenes. At best. The rest suffers (sometimes greatly!) in quality due to, among others, cringy dialogue; even for the time tone deaf handling of certain societal topics; derivative stories; predictable, repetitive plots; one dimensional characters with only few exceptions; uninspired and very tame sci-fi concepts...

It especially hurts to admit how boring a chunk of TNG era is, including DS9 and VOY, which I love almost as much as TNG. In my opinion at least, episodes like "Move Along Home", "Sub Rosa" and "Threshold" are actually some of the more engaging and interesting, more entertaining examples.

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

See??? Everyone has an opinion and you're not wrong. As for Picard season 3, with the re-introduction of TNG maybe there are ways to have the new characters integrate with our heroes, but I do want the new characters to be center view... which also means although Rios is considered dead, doesn't mean his fate can not be changed. I want to see the return of Rios in some form.

 

[fireproof78]

But let's not be kidding ourselves: When we think of the best TNG had to offer, it's comprised of maybe 20% of all episodes / scenes. At best. The rest suffers (sometimes greatly!) in quality due to, among others, cringy dialogue; even for the time tone deaf handling of certain societal topics; derivative stories; predictable, repetitive plots; one dimensional characters with only few exceptions; uninspired and very tame sci-fi concepts...

It especially hurts to admit how boring a chunk of TNG era is, including DS9 and VOY, which I love almost as much as TNG. In my opinion at least, episodes like "Move Along Home", "Sub Rosa" and "Threshold" are actually some of the more engaging and interesting, more entertaining examples.

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

Indeed. The value we place on these characters, or episodes, or shows comes down a lot to the warm and fuzzy feelings of what these things meant to us when we were first introduced and how it was a part of our lives. For me, that was TOS. For my friends it was TNG. And as much as I value Trek to this day I'm not unware of the deficits. I'm less convinced of the pure perfection of Trek now, and more willing to engage with it as it comes. Not as the big bombastic cultural icon but as a piece of entertainment that I find enjoyment in.

That's my preference for enjoying Trek, not a long standing measuring dick measuring contest that no one benefits from.

 

[Tuskin38]

See??? Everyone has an opinion and you're not wrong. As for Picard season 3, with the re-introduction of TNG maybe there are ways to have the new characters integrate with our heroes, but I do want the new characters to be center view... which also means although Rios is considered dead, doesn't mean his fate can not be changed. I want to see the return of Rios in some form.

The only returning character is Raffi, and maybe the Soong from Season 1.

Seven is a Commander

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Worf looks quite distinguished with the stark white hair.

 

[Weyoun 251]

That has made me far too happy

 

[Boo-khat!]

Ah sorry man - I probably have but didn't clock username so I do rescind that. My bad man

STEPhon IT is a lady.

 

[Timofnine]

Who would have thought it… Her Imperial Majesty, Mother of the Fatherland, Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Kronos, Regina Andor, Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius time jumped thanks to the Guardian of Forever in to Seven of Nine’s past! Georgiou might have mentored Seven after becoming a prominent figure within the Fenris Rangers. It would be a similar relationship to Burnham and Georgiou… Seven needed someone to fallback on as a ‘mentor’ when Janeway let her down you see. I would love to see Michelle Yeoh in a Seven of Nine spin-off that *does not* include section 31… though she could now be a temporal agent. Oh, I thought that I was in the fan fic forum, I replied to the wrong thread. Sorry, I’ll post it anyway though.

Seven could be torn between Janeway and Georgiou one day…

BTW, I *know* that Michelle Yeoh would be up for this. Someone on the production staff should ask her to come back…

 

[VKORECTU]

Worf looks awesome.

Rafi looks awful and I wish they had jettisoned her.

Please please please jettison the Wokism and SJW rubbish..

Sick if it all.

 

[Weyoun 251]

STEPhon IT is a lady.

My bad - have edited my post to better reflect.

It wasn't meant in a specifically gendered way (same way I might say "guys" to a group even if a mixed group) but regardless of intent it is better form to refer more accurately.

Cheers for the heads up

 

[Boo-khat!]

My bad - have edited my post to better reflect.

It wasn't meant in a specifically gendered way (same way I might say "guys" to a group even if a mixed group) but regardless of intent it is better form to refer more accurately.

Cheers for the heads up

It’s ok, I wasn’t berating you. I was just sucking up to her in an attempt to get her to go out with me.

 

[Weyoun 251]

It’s ok, I wasn’t berating you. I was just sucking up to her in an attempt to get her to go out with me.

Haha - didn't take it that way, more as a friendly heads up.

Just wanted to clarify to ensure as best I can that no offence would be taken

 

[Uhura's Song]

For some reason I'm really annoyed at Worf having such white hair. He's not even that old in terms of a Klingon. Although I think they got his facial makeup more realistic looking than it's ever been, for some reason they make him look like an exaggerated Kung Fu movie sifu. I haven't watched DS9 in a very long time But didn't that show the trio of TOS Klingons as very old but still having gray hair? Worf must've had a hard life post-Nemesis.

You know, on Earth, some people go grey at 35. My dad died at 76 and had almost no grey hair at all.

Perhaps it works the same with Klingons.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Worf looks awesome.

Rafi looks awful and I wish they had jettisoned her.

Please please please jettison the Wokism and SJW rubbish..

Sick if it all.

She says "You have no idea how hard it is to be in this world." That's it.

Since that has nothing to do with either "wokism" or "SJW's", I'm gonna go out of a limb and guess that your real objection is to it being a black woman saying it (which is probably why you also tore apart her appearance and called for her to be fired from the show).

Keep that kind of bigoted and misogynistic rhetoric to yourself.

 

[King Bob!]

Please please please jettison the Wokism and SJW rubbish..

Sick if it all.

Did you just become a Star Trek fan yesterday?

 

[Weyoun 251]

Did you just become a Star Trek fan yesterday?

I'm guessing the watched 3 lines from The Cage and the end of Turnabout Intruder and got their values from around there

 

[Uhura's Song]

Wasn't one of the "Seven". Still it's possible he could cameo.

So, is Wesley or Guinan #7?

Picard, Riker, Data, B. Crusher, Geordi, Worf + Wesley/Guinan.

After that?

Tasha (character died, we think!)
Dr. Pulaski
O'Brien
Ensign Ro
Barclay
Vash

 

[Zombie Cheerleader]

So, is Wesley or Guinan #7?

Picard, Riker, Data, B. Crusher, Geordi, Worf + Wesley/Guinan.

After that?

Tasha (character died, we think!)
Dr. Pulaski
O'Brien
Ensign Ro
Barclay
Vash

Wesley is the seventh. Crosby bailed, so the eighth slot vanished never to be replaced. Pulaski was in the seven for one season.

 

[Weyoun 251]

Captain Worf
Commodore LaForge
Starfleet Captain Seven of Nine

And of course, another new Starfleet uniform design

Also, Worf's forehead looks a little... ummm....

Spoiler: sincere apologies

clitty?

Number One, if I whispered in your ear that Mr Word's head looks like a fanny, would you join me in a laugh.

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[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Looks to end at the waist.

It does. I saw one at the 10 Forward pop-up at San Diego Comic Con. They had an actor dressed up as a Vulcan in one of the uniforms. And it looks much better than the previous season uniforms.