Spoilers Star Trek: Picard General Discussion Thread

Discussion in 'Star Trek: Picard' started by Tuskin38, Sep 28, 2019.

  1. WarpFactorZ

    WarpFactorZ Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    One could argue that Spock was rounding up when he said "129 years". Maybe it was 128.7 years, which could conceivably put Hobus in, say, November or December 2386. Unfortunately, that's negated by one line of dialogue from ST'09:

    COMPUTER VOICE: Stardate twenty-three eighty-seven. Commissioned by the Vulcan Science Academy.

    Unless the computer is rounding up too, maybe we can take this as just another James R. Kirk moment and move on (if indeed Picard leaves SF because of Hobus).

    I guess the bigger problem is relating the armada rescue to Hobus. But I suspect they're going to have the rescue be from the Borg, who then do a Hail Mary on Romulus' sun and precipitate the (irreversible) supernova.
     
  2. Danlav05

    Danlav05 Commodore Commodore

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    Yeah this is what I pieced together
     
  3. locborg

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    For like 0,68 seconds, i thought about creating a thread of its own for this question.
    What’s your opinion on how the very first minutes of the first episode should look like:

    - Cold open with a scene seemingly completely unrelated to the storyline. Think of Breaking Bad style foreshadowing...

    - 5 to 10 minute recap of all major events since Nemesis. Voice over by Patrick Stewart. Kick ass CGI...

    - Flashback / nightmare with scenes from Picards messed up mission. Picard wakes up soaking wet...

    - TNG intro
     
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  4. Mojochi

    Mojochi Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Eek... the least objectionable of those would maybe be a flashback/nightmare, but eh… even that could be unnecessary if they do other things right

    I'd be more amenable to a straight to the point. "Here is Picard now" opening. Let the rest sort itself out organically as we go. It's his show. Let it be him now from the word go
     
  5. eschaton

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    Thematically speaking, I think Picard in his vineyard is the perfect start. I mean, its how the beginning of All Good Things imagined him to be at roughly the same age.
     
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  6. JD

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    I'm thinking it's going to be one of two things, either a big action scene with Dahj escaping from the Romulans if they want to open with a bang, or the Data dream and then Picard going about his day after he wakes up, if they want to go for a quieter here's Picard today opening.
     
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  7. NCC-73515

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    I hope we'll get to see the intro a few days before, like they released the Disco intro before the show started.
    What could it be like? I hope it's very different from the Disco intro. Maybe Borg spaghetti crawling around forming names, alcove lightning arcs in the background, a FC-like eerie soundtrack...
     
  8. locborg

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    Exactly, we need a new and exciting score, which lends its themes from TNG and VOY. The Star Trek Sex Disease intro always was underwhelming, both musically and visually
     
  9. Lord Garth

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    If Picard "resigns" because he disobeyed orders by leading an unauthorized mission... it would be funny if he thought, "But I thought you'd just demote me back to Captain!" After which point, all the Fleet Admirals would give him an angry glare and Picard would think, "Damn you, Kirk! Why did I try to follow your example?! What the Hell was I thinking?!"

    On a more serious note, that might've been what snapped him out of being the Rambo Picard we saw in the movies.
     
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  10. F. King Daniel

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    It'll be Sir Patrick banging out a flute tune.
     
  11. NCC-73515

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    If it's the one from Inner Lights, that would be insanely cool.
     
  12. The Old Mixer

    The Old Mixer Mih ssim, mih ssim, nam, daed si Xim. Moderator

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    Or maybe some Jethro Tull.
     
  13. NCC-73515

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    They should also use a different font for the final thing. The TOS font still seems too out of place for me. I know they wanna have one brand style for the whole franchise, but that font says TOS and doesn't fit to the 24th/25th century. It works for DIS, cause it's a bit different, and set in the same era.
     
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  14. WarpFactorZ

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    Deep Space Nine and Voyager used the TOS movie font. The TNG movies used a different font from the series. There's no set font for the 24th century!
     
  15. StewMc

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    Aside from the novels, the TOS logo seems to have become the standard logo for all Trek-related stuff in the last decade or so. The Blu-rays for the original 10 movies use it, Star Trek Online, the Eaglemoss ships, etc.
     
  16. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    They're trying to standardize the the way the franchise is portrayed in art I assume. Star Wars does the same thing.

    That said, Lower Deck's title card seems to be TNG Inspired (though 'Star Trek' itself is still the TOS logo.
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    Benguiat, Elan and Exocet were used in the TNG movies. A new font would be nice, but I really like Benguiat a lot.
     
  18. Jesse1066

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    And all the posters used Serpentine for the "Star Trek" wordmark. That's what I would probably use for Picard.
     
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  20. F. King Daniel

    F. King Daniel Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Admiral Picard's uniform has been revealed on the cover of IDW Countdown to Picard #3, and the actual costume is going to be shown at Destination Star Trek.
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