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. cooleddie74

    cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Janeway would have been the smarter choice but I guess if it had to be anybody else the son of Pavel Chekov was an interesting decision.
     
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  2. bdub76

    bdub76 Captain Captain

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    Overall it was enjoyable except for how Picard defeated the Borg.
     
  3. Serveaux

    Serveaux Fleet Admiral Premium Member

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    I'm glad it was Chekov, since the only point if anything they did was nostalgia and I got a little hit of that from his unexpected inclusion.

    I don't give a fuck about Janeway.
     
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  4. Enterprise is Great

    Enterprise is Great Vice Admiral Admiral

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    I’m glad they used Chekov. At least they gave us something about him post Generations. Now we know he had a kid. Janeway we’ve seen post Voyager in Prodigy so wasn’t needed here.
     
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  5. Lt Mo

    Lt Mo Lieutenant Junior Grade Red Shirt

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    I have a question- In the post-credits scene, Jack unpacks a photo of Picard and Crusher in his room. You only see it for a second. They look like they’re the age of being in the TNG era- McFadden has red hair and Stewart looks younger. I can’t place it in a TNG ep though, Stewart looks like he’s wearing a suit. Anyone know if it’s from an episode or maybe a red carpet type event the actors attended?
     
  6. Farscape One

    Farscape One Vice Admiral Admiral

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    It was an event by the actors.
     
  7. Macintosh

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    It's a photo taken from a KCET fundraiser event in 1988. The original photo is available through Getty Images.

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  8. Dryson

    Dryson Commodore Commodore

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    The Borg can never truly be defeated. A species as powerful as the Borg would never allow its species to be defeated.
     
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  9. El Maestro

    El Maestro Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Gotta think they have a sub space NAS somewhere for backup, right?
     
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  10. Macintosh

    Macintosh Captain Captain

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    And yet.
     
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  11. cooleddie74

    cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Somebody needs to tell the Borg that. Clearly the Queen didn't get the message.

    Sucks to be them.
     
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  12. Sci

    Sci Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    "The Last Generation" should be it for stories about the Borg Collective. I'm cool with Borg offshoots like the Jurati Borg or other Borg variants, but I'm just so goddamn tired of the traditional Collective. It's played out, it's done, and it's never ever going to be as interesting or thrilling as it was in "The Best of Both Worlds." Let it go.
     
  13. Macintosh

    Macintosh Captain Captain

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    Or alternatively – go back to the original Borg concept. One ship, no Queen, travelling through the galaxy like warp-capable locusts. They aren't even that interested in assimilating people. Back to the "force of nature" idea where one day without warning a Cube would blot out the sun and the next thing you know whatever remains of your civilisation is back in the stone age.

    But yeah, the First Contact/Voyager-era Borg with an Evil Queen obsessed with whatever captain we happen to be following at that particular moment needs to go away now. It's done.
     
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  14. Sci

    Sci Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Even that's played out. There are only so many versions of that story you can do. It's already a repetitive premise with diminishing returns.
     
  15. Macintosh

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    Fair. Thinking about it there's not that much difference between that iteration of the Borg and the Crystalline Entity.
     
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  16. ichab

    ichab Commodore Commodore

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    Looking back I have to ask why they scooped up all the machine elements on the planets in those early episodes if all they have to do is assimilate the people to acquire the knowledge. I get that the Queen was created for the movie so that the characters could have someone to talk to, but that really diminished them as a threat because now it isn't really a collective mind. It's now the thoughts of one individual giving orders to her drones . First Contact would have worked just fine if they had stuck to that original concept.
    I thought the season 3 was working fine until they shoehorned the Borg Queen into it. For me it was the only part of that entire season that was a negative.
     
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  17. jackoverfull

    jackoverfull Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    why only one ship?
    Still, the Borg are an interesting concept but it’s REALLY hard to do good stories with an unstoppable, faceless, unemotional foe. And in fact while there have been some great episodes, most were “meh”.

    Same reason Terminator 1 is pretty much the only movie in the franchise that’s good while sticking to the original concept.
     
  18. Dar70

    Dar70 Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Agreed. It was nice they were able to get a TOS actor to participate. (probably for the last time) There is plenty of time to get Kate Mulgrew involved in live action again.
     
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  19. Gepard

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    Stargate got a decent number of episodes out of that premise when they called them the replicators.

    Though, eventually, even Stargate turned the replicators into humanoids and gave them – ugh – personalities. So maybe there is only so much you can do.
     
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  20. fireproof78

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    Replicators were the worst enemy in Stargate.