Spoilers Star Trek: Picard General Discussion Thread

[Gonzo]

Why is there an elf in the one picture, this isn't Middle Earth you know.

What happened to Picards beard, did it gain sentience and join the Federation.

Once upon a time there were three nacelles...

 

[Nerys Myk]

Man, that Crusher recast is worse than Maddox!

 

[ThreeEdgedSword]

If I Wrote a Coronavirus Episode
Tina Fey, Mike Schur, and 35 more TV writers on what their characters would do in a pandemic
https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/if-i-wrote-a-coronavirus-episode.html
There's a ST: Picard entry by Goldsman. Jean-Luke, of course, is speechifying even to his log.

 

[Tuskin38]

Observations for Broken Pieces.

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/observations/pic_brokenpieces.htm

 

[Turtletrekker]

Happy First Contact / Utopia Planitia memoriam day.

 

[SJGardner]

Observations for Broken Pieces.

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/observations/pic_brokenpieces.htm

Those 3D printer replicators are actually growing on me. They even feel more high-tech than the wall units we have seen before on Trek... I mean, portable replicators that small? Count me in! They look like something you could take with yourself on a camping trip. Or imagine if you were stranded on a planet, but instead of just field rations you also had one of those babies and a battery with months worth of energy...

 

[Captain pl1ngpl0ng]

Alien species in Star Trek are always interesting..

im excited about what we will see and have seen in Picard...
I saw this alien a couple of times:

and this one, what was it called..Reptiloid?

I haven't done a rewatch yet and i dont remember if we saw any other aliens(?)
and i only grabbed these two scenes while watching.

 

[cooleddie74]

"YOU'RE KILLING INDEPENDENT THINK TANK!!!"

 

[Cyrus]

I saw this alien a couple of times:

That is Rhomsew played by the daughter of Michael Westmore who was the makeup supervisor for all the Berman Trek shows. The name of the character is the reverse of westmore.
https://twitter.com/trekcore/status/1224137169247391744

 

[Captain pl1ngpl0ng]

That is Rhomsew played by the daughter of Michael Westmore who was the makeup supervisor for all the Berman Trek shows. The name of the character is the reverse of westmore.
https://twitter.com/trekcore/status/1224137169247391744

Really?.. Thank you for the insight! Googled Rhomsew and found more pictures, cool!

 

[ThreeEdgedSword]

https://www.tor.com/2020/04/06/star...a-brave-new-trend-direct-contact-with-fandom/
Star Trek: Picard and The Witcher Highlight a Brave New Trend — Direct Contact With Fandom

With a nod to the man who did this first, JMS...

 

[Lord Garth]

One of my Non-Trekkie friends reflexively called Picard "Star Trek TNG" when talking about it. Which confirms something that I thought. While the Fandom Menace (I want to thank whoever came up with this term) automatically hates Picard for similarly reflexive reasons like "It's a new series and Alex Kurtzman sucks!", to Normal People, it's just more TNG. They perceive it as "Picard is back!" which to them means "TNG is back!"

So it's interesting to see how different circles of people think.

 

[Tuskin38]

A guy I watch on twitch, Vinny, isn’t a huge Star Trek Fan, but he loves TNG and out right dislikes Picard. He gave it a chance, watched it all the way through. He doesn’t rant about it, he just shares his opinions like an adult.

Meanwhile, Bernd over at EAS seemed to enjoy it for the most part and he’s probably one of the most stuck up fans out there.

Basically opinions differ wildly even with in casual and ‘hardcore’ circles.

 

[Lord Garth]

Meanwhile, Bernd over at EAS seemed to enjoy it for the most part and he’s probably one of the most stuck up fans out there.

I noticed a trick to his episode ratings. He gives "satisfactory" episodes a 5. Whereas I give a "satisfactory" episode a 7. So all I have to do is add two points to whatever he gives an episode to get the "real" rating. It threw me off at first because when I looked at how he rated earlier series, I was thinking "Why is he rating them so low?!" Now I get it.

 

[eschaton]

I noticed a trick to his episode ratings. He gives "satisfactory" episodes a 5. Whereas I give a "satisfactory" episode a 7. So all I have to do is add two points to whatever he gives an episode to get the "real" rating. It threw me off at first because when I looked at how he rated earlier series, I was thinking "Why is he rating them so low?!" Now I get it.

Isn't that how most people rate things? I mean a 1-10 scale isn't a school grade divided by 10, where everything less than a six is a "fail" after all.

 

[Lord Garth]

Isn't that how most people rate things? I mean a 1-10 scale isn't a school grade divided by 10, where everything less than a six is a "fail" after all.

My scale:
3 = bad
4 = kind of bad
5 = neutral
6 = kind of good
7 = good

"Kind of good" in my book isn't "satisfactory".

EDIT: I think there's a misconception among people that things go from "I thought it was bad" straight to "I thought it was good". That's not the case. In order to get from one to the other, you have to break through "indifferent" first.

 

[nafeasonto]

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[NCC-73515]

I actually expected something like that. Maybe in S2 when the Enterprise appears?

 

[Campe]

I was honestly glad it wasn’t. Picard isn’t TNG and although Russo used Goldsmith’s theme quite a bit, I think it was more important to have this be it’s own thing. Using TNG as a jump off point and this being the end of the beginning of a new chapter in Picard’s life.

 

[ThreeEdgedSword]

A nice short video by Steve Shives:
The Bittersweet Melancholy of Star Trek: Picard

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