Shaw is a by the book person. He may not accept a name unless it's legal. The military today would only use the legal name.
Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 3x01 - "The Next Generation"
- Thread starter Commander Richard
- Start date
Shaw is a by the book person. He may not accept a name unless it's legal. The military today would only use the legal name.
Further proof that I would enjoy a Star Trek JAG series
Every Trek Big Bad/Villain ship since Nemesis?
Shaw needs to shave his beard down to a mustache; and get a night-stick. Then he's perfect as his part.
The spikes are reminiscent of the Narda from Star Trek Kelvin.
That was Picard's insistence they only use 4 lights.
It was pointlessly dark like so much modern stuff is, but it was hardly the battle of winterfell
On that front though I have to say I found the sound was really nice and clear, which is quite rare today too.
I was watching a clip from star trek the search for Spock when they leave space dock and I will have to say it looks better than the Picard space dock segment. It looks more real and just seems to carry more weight. The Titan also wasn't rendered as good as we've seen other movies. With that said it was done pretty decent for a TV budget..
Practical Effects vs. CGI. Practical Effects will always look better. I gave up on that one over 20 years ago.
Which is ridiculous. They clearly wanted it to be Riker's old ship and yet a completely new one at the same time, while also being a retro Constitution class. So it's apparently both new, very old and of medium age, all at the same time. For me, the Titan and everything around it (including its looks from most angles) is a big downer for this episode.
If they wanted it to be Riker's vessel, then take the Luna class vessel as it appeared in Lower Decks. Then it is his vessel.
If they want their favourite STO design, then use it but don't pretend it is Riker's vessel with that "original parts" thing (the frame of Riker's Titan is totally different from the Titan-A).
Only good thing about the Titan-A are the LCARS interfaces and the warp speed, which is appropriately high for something set post-Voyager and post-Prodigy.
I also disliked Seven disobeying orders. It would have been better if they had come clean with Shaw and he had relented, after seeing clean through their inspection bullshit. Now Seven should be court martialled along with the other two, but I doubt that will happen as they all have a big role to play.
Not big on Riker's apparent marital problems either, though that is probably related to real world reasons regarding filming opportunities for Marina Sirtis (and probably the wish to not have to contract and pay Kestra's actress
).Also ridiculous - the pumpaction phasers that have like 5 shots. Crusher would have been better off using a modern assault rifle or automatic shotgun from the real world.
Otherwise it was enjoyable, the tension is nice, Raffi was indeed tolerable, Laris was handled suprisingly well, Shaw is a good character who takes no shit, and the weapon of doom du jour is at least properly impressive. The mystery box so far is looking good, hopefully it pays off.
Are you kidding? We haven't bloody well seen ENOUGH Klingons lately!
I mean, in the far future of DSC, where the hell are they?
The Tribbles finally had their revenge. It's a long story.
Klingons have been done to death just like the Borg
I believe Klingons are due to turn up in the second season of SNW.
And no, they won't be the monstrous DSC Klingons. More like the ones we're used to.
And no, they won't be the monstrous DSC Klingons. More like the ones we're used to.
Klingons need to piss off to Sto-vo-kor and never show up again. Discovery Klingons gave me some interest but that's wained now, so no Klingons. Plenty of other hostile actors out there. Don't need another story of "Oh, the Klingons use to be our allies but then Blarg-blarg the Barbarian declared it bad."
SNW can go do SNW.
I think we should see Klingons in DSC again at some point. Or, if they're not around anymore, let's at least hear about that. "They killed themselves in the Great Tribble War!" Whatever works. Love them or hate them, they're a Major Star Trek Race. And the last one we haven't gotten an update on in Disco yet.
I don't count the Borg, because that's not Discovery's story to tell, plus Picard and whatever spin-offs come out of it should have the space to tell their story.
I think we should see Klingons in DSC again at some point. Or, if they're not around anymore, let's at least hear about that. "They killed themselves in the Great Tribble War!" Whatever works. Love them or hate them, they're a Major Star Trek Race. And the last one we haven't gotten an update on in Disco yet.
I don't count the Borg, because that's not Discovery's story to tell, plus Picard and whatever spin-offs come out of it should have the space to tell their story.
Weren't they supposedly already at maximum warp anyway? What would Seven have done, engaged the afterburner?It's ironic that Riker tells the captain of the Titan of all ships to go faster to impress people. Quite Titan-ic, Mr. Ismay
That's a good question. I think Shaw's attitude shows that he didn't believe it, from the start, but he was willing to play along for a while (but not doing anything going against his actual orders, from active duty admirals responsible for his operations).
The cgi looked better on Voyager.
After watching Rogue One, I have to respectfully disagree. There were shots in that movie that I thought could have been practical models.
