Spoilers Star Trek: Picard General Discussion Thread

You can't have the public visit an authentic recreation of the Enterprise D's bridge because the ramp is too steep for public health and safety to approve. It's why the recreation of the bridge featured at the Star Trek Experience in Vegas had to be built on one level.

 

The fan sets are also a lot more sturdy as they expect people to be walking around on them for hours. TV and film sets are a lot less sturdy unless they are built with the intention of being used as a main set of a weekly TV series.

 

IIRC a TNG Fan set group said that Paramount took a look at their set first, but it was unusable as a filming set for that reason.

 

Interesting.

 

@cal888

I'm putting on the first episode of 12 Monkeys. If I like it, I'll dive in and buy the rest of the season and then the rest of the series. Getting a chance to see what else Terry Matalas has brought to the table.

EDITED TO ADD: I'm 17 minutes into the episode. 12 Monkeys doesn't feel tonally out-of-place next to Picard Season 3, if you remove Star Trek from the equation. The character of James Cole is kind of like Jack Crusher. The rouge young guy who's a mystery, has lived the hard life, and I won't go into other spoilers for those who want to see for themselves.

I'll keep all the comparisons and observations Picard-relevant and as Spoiler-Free as possible. Except in cases like right below!

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This series came out in the 2010s. They're talking about viruses and pandemics. If only they knew what was coming along in 2020...

20 minutes in, and yeah, I'll keep going with 12 Monkeys. If anyone's curious about watching the series, I recommend it from what I sampled. So, if you generally agree with me on things, check it out. If you usually don't agree with me, then avoid it like the plague. And if you only agree with me sometimes, then I guess it's a little like Russian Roulette and you'll have to see for yourselves.

 

I'd try watching the first season on Hulu. You'll know if you're really hooked by episodes 7-9. Then buy the Blu ray so you have access to deleted scenes, commentary, and canon webisodes.

Also, avoid Googling anything about the characters or actors. Too high a risk of spoilers. Also avoid looking up stuff from PICARD seasons 2 and 3. There are some Easter eggs with the potential to provide massive spoilers.

 

Its a really great time travel show! And why I have so much trust re: Terry Matalas. Also there was a Lot of reference to 12 Monkeys in Picard S3.

 

I figured out what I'm going to do and how I'm going to do it. By the time I buy PIC Season 3 on Blu-Ray, I'll be all "caught up."

I'm sticking to Hulu for now. Turns out I already had an account with them, like almost 15 years ago. So, I resubscribed.

I had no idea 12 Monkeys was originally on SyFy. I stopped watching that channel in 2010 after Caprica, a spin-off from Battlestar Galactica, came and went.

I want to be able to get all of those. I feel like there's a whole dimension to PIC Season 3 (and Season 2) that I'm not even seeing.

 

Things from PIC Season 2 are jumping out to me as I watch 12 Monkeys as well. I'm trying to get through a season a day. It's short enough that I can just pull it off.

Afterwards, I'll start a Picard/12 Monkeys Comparison Thread. I think there's enough there to sustain a thread of its own.

 

I'd suggest making some notes on paper or your phone. Things you'd like to look up but can't due to spoiler risk. They do a ton of foreshadowing, and tie off many ends you might lose track of a few seasons later.

Also, once you get to the middle of season 3, you'll have a new appreciation for the Cher "If I Could Turn Back Time" song...

 

Mid-way through Season 1 of 12 Monkeys. Fortunately, I don't have a day off between the release of Picard Season 3 on Blu Ray and next week. So, I actually really have nine days to get caught up, not three. Because once I have that Blu-Ray, I'm spending the next 8-10 hours watching PIC Season 3 straight through. So I need the day off, when I do that.

I'm really regretting not getting Hulu without commercials. I haven't eaten fast food since 1991 (yes, you read that right, I haven't eaten fast food in over 30 years!) and those McDonalds and Wendy's commercials are annoying the Hell out of me. Plus, that commercial time adds up. I think I'll upgrade to without commercials. I'm doing this for speed. Cutting the fat out. Pun intended.

I want to save most of my observations for the new thread when I start it, but I'll tell you right now, "Two of One" from Picard Season 2 is straight-up a Star Trek take on a 12 Monkeys trope where the crew is at a formal celebration and everyone's dressed up.

Actually, one more thing: Todd Stashwick! And he's a pragmatic asshole in 12 Monkeys too!

EDITED TO ADD: Done with the first season!

 

Ohhh you're getting to the good stuff, 2nd season is where they really start cooking.

 

I really enjoyed re-watching season 2 on dvd.

 

...I'll just leave this here - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F53-O6uXYAAsVVR?format=jpg&name=small

 

..I wasn't sure which was the best one.

 

Done with The 12 Monkeys. That was an interesting journey. Now I'll be re-watching PIC Season 2 again. I had a mixed reaction to it the first time, had a more even sense of watching it a second time, and I think I'll have a new perspective going into it a third time. We'll see. Unless I have something substantial to add, I'll be re-watching it without commenting on it. Or I'll just save my thoughts for the end in one post. Then it's finally onto my big "Re-watch PIC Season 3 as if it's one big TNG Movie" day.

I still think I'll like the first and third seasons more than the second, but I expect the gap to be smaller this time.

 

Patrick Stewart: How Star Trek: Picard Was Really Supposed to End
https://time.com/6318023/patrick-stewart-making-it-so-excerpt-picard/

 

In Patrick Stewart’s new book, he apparently tells how he is pushing for one final Picard movie, to be directed by Jonathan Frakes of course. He does not specify a preference for a writer though…

 

Ricky Gervais.