Spoilers Star Trek: Picard General Discussion Thread
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God knows where that money has gone though. They've been overpaying people it seems.
Discovery looks gorgeous, top to bottom. The second season in particular.
Yeah - How to "Have a Plan" from the start; and NOT make it up as you go.And new BSG, assuming Dahj will be revealed as a synth prototype who will fulfill the prophecy said in the trailer.
If this is where the story will be going, Kurtzman & Co has certainly learn a thing or two from Ron Moore.
Perhaps you should get your eyes checked. Discovery production wise looks better then most Trek films, let alone television shows. There are design elements that I don’t care for, but you can absolutely see the production side is far superior than anything Trek has shown previously on a tv screen.God knows where that money has gone though. They've been overpaying people it seems.
And Martin Luther just wanted to reform Catholicism, not start a new church or movement. But here we are.
Picard is already an insurrectionist (heh), a known order-breaker (including the Prime Directive 17+ times), and so on. A defining trait of Picard is that he will always do the right thing.
If the Federation is evil now, or just indifferent and criminally negligible, Picard will pull a Martin Luther and work outside the law if need be to restore equity or equality to the galaxy.
As he sees it.
I have seen nothing to indicate the Federation is evil now, they may have strayed a bit from what they're supposed to be, but that doesn't automatically make them bad guys who need to be destroyed. There are a lot of levels between the "perfect utopia" it's supposed to be, and The Empire from Star Wars.
The impression I've gotten is just that they've gotten paranoid, and isolationist since the Synth attack on Mars. If my current theory is correct and Dahj is a synth, that could go a long way towards explaining why Starfleet refuses to help her, since they probably still see all Synths as the enemy at this point.
The impression I've gotten is just that they've gotten paranoid, and isolationist since the Synth attack on Mars. If my current theory is correct and Dahj is a synth, that could go a long way towards explaining why Starfleet refuses to help her, since they probably still see all Synths as the enemy at this point.
Correct. I mean, it's true that (almost) everyone will do the right thing, from their point of view. No one is the villain of their own story.
But Picard strived to do the right thing objectively. He was not utilitarian, he was not the type who would work with Section 31 or whatever. He didn't obey orders blindly, and even held Riker in high regard for that fact. When faced with a moral dilemma or quandary, he would be the first to ask for as many opinions as possible, and react according to his conscience. When he defied orders, like in First Contact, he told everyone his plans and allowed for any dissent.
If a sentient being comes to him for help, whether they be a "synth" or Borg or hologram or Romulan or flesh-eating nanite, he *will* help them to the best of his ability. Even if Starleet tells him not to.
I can’t think of any time Picard has disobeyed orders when a significant number of people think he shouldn’t have, other than breaking the prime directive in nemesis and helping the Baku in insurrection.
TNG S5 "I Borg". Hell, he got a dressing down for next season in TNG S6 Descent (Part I)":
http://www.chakoteya.net/NextGen/252.htm
And it seems that actual decision has continued to haunt him for decades and be a part of the story situation in STP Season 1.
Great reference.
Agree seems like a key episode establishing several themes for Picard, including one of the schism with Star Fleet.
Another 'Picard' trailer was posted an hour ago. Mostly recycled from old trailers, except the bit part at the beginning which shows Picard being dropped on a barren planet by a Federation shuttle (wondering who is piloting it):
Looks like some Vasquez type rocks are in it.
Another bloody Discovery shuttle as well.
I think that’s him going to see his former commander friend.
That’s where Raffi lives in her trailer.
I’d laugh so much if she lived just outside of (the site of) LA at those rocks.
That’s an old shot.
The CBS presentation at TCA is today and the panel on Picard is at 4:00 (pacific time). We might get some new info.
I did wonder if she’d be a reimagined lal. I do hope they at least mention Lore and Lal
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