Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 3x10 - "The Last Generation"

Discussion in 'Star Trek: Picard' started by Commander Richard, Apr 19, 2023.

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  1. CorporalCaptain

    CorporalCaptain Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    I'm not sure a thing in the Berman era can be called obscure, if it was name-dropped in at least eight episodes back then, which the Daystrom Institute was (aka, Daystrom Technological Institute).
     
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  2. Sci

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    We have different definitions of "obscure" then.
     
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  3. Farscape One

    Farscape One Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Agreed.

    Entire episodes have been made with much more obscure stuff than the Daystrom Instritute.
     
  4. Captain Atkin

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    Oh, there are similarities. Some are story driven, some are tech. When the USS Intrepid was destroyed, Spock felt it even though he was lightyears away from the Vulcan crew. Ben experiences something very similar with the destruction of Alderaan.

     
  5. dswynne1

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    Actual definition of the word "obscure", from a casual Google search:

    Not discovered or known about; uncertain (adj.); keep from being seen; conceal (verb).

    Plus, there's an entire page on the Daystrom Institute on Memory Alpha.

    Anyway, I am glad for the callback. Nice to know that Dr. Richard Daystrom (aka the actor William Marshall) is getting his props, well into the 25th century, in spite of how he was depicted during the M5 computer "mishap".
     
  6. Citiprime

    Citiprime Commander Red Shirt

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    I love that in DS9's "Trials and Tribbleations" O'Brien just stares at those panels in amazement and can't figure it out at all.

    These are the same Starfleet officers that somehow are able to commandeer alien craft on the fly when they need to, but with the inner workings of the original Enterprise they're lost.
     
  7. Timelord Victorious

    Timelord Victorious Vice Admiral Admiral

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    That’s ok.
    The TOS Starfleet officers are thwarted by mouse and QWERTY keyboards to balance things out.
     
  8. 137th Gebirg

    137th Gebirg Admiral Premium Member

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    It’s all very quaint. :)
     
  9. jackoverfull

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    Once he got the hang of it Scotty was quite good with a keyboard actually. And how he did that stuff on an early mac without using the mouse is incredible.
     
  10. 137th Gebirg

    137th Gebirg Admiral Premium Member

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    That’s what made Mac’s superior. Back then, anyway.
     
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  11. Smellmet

    Smellmet Commodore Commodore

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    I have just finished watching this episode. Just wow. This 3rd season was quite simply the best TV trek I've seen since the 90s.

    Was there a whole ton of fanwank? There absolutely was.

    Did I care? Absolutely not.

    I enjoyed the first series of this, I found datas 'death' to be moving and the overall plot to be OK. The second series I found to be a slog that I actually bailed out on half way through before making myself watch the rest so I could get to this 3rd series, and I'm glad I did.

    There was just so much to love in this final series for a trek fan - tons of references - from the TWOK font in the intros, the sound effects and score from previous trek movies, the introduction of beloved characters from VOY as well as TNG, in jokes intesperesd with some epic battles and great visuals with some excellent drama and one of the best characters I've seen in this franchise in a long time in Captain Shaw - a sarcastic, self depracating yet competent and charasmatic guy that provided a lot of watchability to at least the first half of this series.

    Hell they even threw in references from other sci fi - Rikers 'this place is a tomb' from event horizon - then had the audacity to just go full on return of the Jedi with the Enterprise D at the end.

    Yet it all worked, just. I mean did any of you guys have a dry eye at the poker scene right at the end? I know I didn't, it just felt like I had a warm blanket of trek wrapped around me and was the send off that they all deserved after the failure of nemesis (which I still really like).

    Will this lead to another series of some kind? Who knows. But I'm so glad for Picard for delivering this final glorious series of simply great star trek.
     
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  12. cooleddie74

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  13. C.E. Evans

    C.E. Evans Admiral Admiral

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    Bloody A.I.s. One of these days, someone's going to manipulate them to turn on us and...

    Oh wait.
     
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  14. Noname Given

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    Don't worry.. 1997 has come and gone. ;)
     
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  15. C.E. Evans

    C.E. Evans Admiral Admiral

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    Now all our descendants will have to worry about is 2385...:wah:
     
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  16. Dryson

    Dryson Commodore Commodore

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    If we know anything about the Borg, we know that the Borg are always planning, evolving. We haven't seen the last of the Borg.
     
  17. fireproof78

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    Can we not?
     
  18. cooleddie74

    cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    I'd rather they remain extinguished or - in the case of the Jurati Borg - out of view.
     
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  19. Farscape One

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    Just let the Borg die. Please... they have been on life support for too long already.
     
  20. StewMc

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    Of all the AI voices I've heard this is possibly the worst, there were only a couple of brief moments where it sounded like Janeway. Not sure if they were including Mulgrew's voice from Orange is the New Black for the AI training as the voice appeared to be slipping into a Russian accent occasionally.

    But that aside, it never occurred to me how well it would have fit to have Janeway broadcasting the message. And the look Picard and Riker appear to give each other when she mentions Spock works well.