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Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 2x03 - "Assimilation"

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Liked it.
Stuff with the queen was good.
Could have done without the hispanic character getting arrested by immigration.. Bit to cliche..
Perpetuates the myth that cops are bad.. Which there not. .. Well 97%.. Few bad apples..
 
valkyrie013 said:
Liked it.
Stuff with the queen was good.
Could have done without the hispanic character getting arrested by immigration.. Bit to cliche..
Perpetuates the myth that cops are bad.. Which there not. .. Well 97%.. Few bad apples..
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I wouldn't call it cliche, as it's more of a quick shorthand than anything. It immediately and effectively points out the insular, racist undertones that are already present, the same theme that Q is trying to use as a judgment against Picard. What we saw in the episode happens in real life every day right here in the good ol' USA, and that the writers want to hit close to home right off the bat is rather effective, IMO. I bet there are people who don't think that even happens here. Sadly, it's not relegated solely to dystopian future worlds in a science fiction series.
 
Tuskin38 said:
Well UHC cards are the reverse, they're for people who aren't homeless. Interesting though.
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The infrastructure to do what was depicted in DS9 is already here, what is being shown in Picard so far *is* already here, save for the Sanctuary District name itself. Not that I'm saying we'll follow Star Trek's path, but it would be very simple for it to happen, and in a handful of years.
 
well this was about when season 1 went to utter poo. Not that this season of Picard has really been any better, I think Bringing back character like Q and Guinan (For a really useless scene) and dropping names from the past like Sisko, Martok etc, made it seem better than it really was. This is same Dark, depressing mess that s1 was in new clothing. Unlikable characters check. Jurati,Raffi,Seven, El' nor, still are terrible. Only Rios is a character that I'd like to spend anytime with. Our heroes are still a bit too quick to slice a throat, or murder a starships crew (Alternate Fascists or Not).

And now the scenes on earth 2024 just ring cheap and disposable. This show hasn't improved, and I bet its decline will continue, repeating Discovery's Sin of spreading 6 episodes of plot over 10 episodes.

With Kirk coming to SNW when there is no need to, Kurtzman continues to run trek straight into the ground.
 
thribs said:
You shouldn’t relate actual real world stuff with Star Trek. Their timeline is very different to ours. Space exploration for instance. They had manned missions to Saturn at this time.
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Star Trek commented, and still comments, upon the real life world in which we live. It is very relevant to discuss what Star Trek is trying to depict on screen with what is occurring in real time. The names and dates are different, but the root causes of the events that occur are the heart of the issue.
 
Was there power for the replicator ??
Spin up some ids and money? Communicators and tricorders that look like cellphones?
Implant a tracker? Subdermal communicator?
... The list goes on!
 
thribs said:
In the Rings of Time TOS novel, it was 2020.
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It would make more sense for the mission to be launched closer to 2020 or 2025 since Earth developed its first fusion-driven sublight engine technology for spacecraft in 2018. It would make Christopher's trip significantly shorter and the return from Saturn much sooner than what 1990s technology could provide.
 
The Old Mixer said:
I was thinking Picard took them to the vineyard too at first, but something in the episode tipped me off otherwise. Rewatching a portion, I think it was this, from after the crash and before the parties beam out:

Picard: The Queen says that there is someone who can help us. In this time, here in Los Angeles.​

Now it's kinda meta, but could he have crashed them at the nearby winery where they're filming the Chateau Picard scenes...?
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I thought of that but the Sunstone Winery is much further to the north.
 
I found this was not quite as good as the last two,but those were impressive. I love this iteration of the Borg Queen however. "You have done something far more dangerous. You have impressed me," Unlike the Kazon she is clearly worthy if assimilation.
 
thribs said:
So I'm assuming the Doctor is the Sarah Silverman character for this story.
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I was starting to wonder if Rios was going to be his own great great great great great great great great grandfather with the Doctor character :lol:

Also: could it be Agnes becomes the new Borg Queen and she's the one who contacts Starfleet and Admiral Picard in 2401?
 
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