Spoilers Star Trek: Picard General Discussion Thread

[Alan Roi]

I don't think a standard has been defined yet or will be any time soon. Virtually every series I watch these days has a season that's 10-13 episodes. But sometimes less. And it'll just go for however long makes sense. I unintentionally and accidentally binged an entire season of a show called Dirty John with some friends yesterday. At first we thought it was a movie, then it turned out to be an eight-episode season. But then we got hooked and kept on watching to the end. Which was probably the effect the creators were going for.

I noticed that with Stranger Things, they're unofficially calling each season by the title and whatever number the season it is, like soon it'll be Stranger Things 4. So, ultimately, I think they'll keep making streaming seasons shorter and shorter until it finally crosses over from "short season" to "long movie", which might get a "sequel" season.

I'm basically treating Picard as a second chance to put him into a series of "movies" that actually does the character justice this time.

For those of use who've watched British TV for decades, short seasons are quite familiar. Mind you, I watch shows these days that range from full 16 hours or so seasons to seasons as short as 3-4 hours. I don't really think that long form 20+ episode series will go the way of the dodo until streaming is the only choice. However, now that every US broadcast network actually has a streaming service, that turnover could be happening sooner rather than later.

 

[fireproof78]

i got this all sorted out:

Hello, FBI?

Seriously, this isn't funny and is incredibly scary.

 

[Alan Roi]

I was watching the British series Luther (with Idris Elba) a while back.

That's how the show labels its DVD's (Luther 2, Luther 3, Luther 4, etc.)

That's pretty common among UK shows, as each "season" of a show is a "series" according to their vernacular

 

[Markonian]

That's pretty common among UK shows, as each "season" of a show is a "series" according to their vernacular

One of my pet peeves of living in the UK. Because of that ambiguity, I always need to clarify whether we're talking about a TV series, or the season of a TV series.

 

[locborg]

Hello, FBI?

Seriously, this isn't funny and is incredibly scary.

Oh boy, so many philistine persons around here. You know what a joke is? You know the principle of dark humor? I for one find it hilarious to imagine how a bunch of Trekkies raid the home of a supporting actor, only because they can’t wait another month for the series to be released.

I mean guys, have you ever seen an episode of South Park, The Simpsons, etc?? Do you always shout at your tv and call the FBI when someone makes a strange joke...

Dude, bad things can be funny!

 

[fireproof78]

Oh boy, so many philistine persons around here. You know what a joke is? You know the principle of dark humor? I for one find it hilarious to imagine how a bunch of Trekkies raid the home of a supporting actor, only because they can’t wait another month for the series to be released.

I mean guys, have you ever seen an episode of South Park, The Simpsons, etc?? Do you always shout at your tv and call the FBI when someone makes a strange joke...

Dude, bad things can be funny!

There was no indication of it being a joke, so no.

Also, Simpsons, South Park, etc, I don't care for.

And, I work with people who experience stalking, and trauma, and the like. Stalking isn't funny to me-at all.

 

[DaveyNY]

Oh boy, so many philistine persons around here. You know what a joke is? You know the principle of dark humor? I for one find it hilarious to imagine how a bunch of Trekkies raid the home of a supporting actor, only because they can’t wait another month for the series to be released.

I mean guys, have you ever seen an episode of South Park, The Simpsons, etc?? Do you always shout at your tv and call the FBI when someone makes a strange joke...

Dude, bad things can be funny!

Just realize that it went a bit more than over-the-top in the Poor-Taste Dept. and move on.

 

[Lord Garth]

Oh boy, so many philistine persons around here. You know what a joke is? You know the principle of dark humor? I for one find it hilarious to imagine how a bunch of Trekkies raid the home of a supporting actor, only because they can’t wait another month for the series to be released.

I mean guys, have you ever seen an episode of South Park, The Simpsons, etc?? Do you always shout at your tv and call the FBI when someone makes a strange joke...

Dude, bad things can be funny!

I have a darker sense of humor than anything you can imagine.

But, at the same time, you have to think about it from other points of view. Theoretically, how do we know you're not some psycho? (And no, I don't think you are, I'm just trying to get you to think about what someone else might think) How do the authorities know, if someone took it that far and reported this thread to them? How does it make the board look if the moderators and administrators let jokes like that fly without commenting on it?

Or what @DaveyNY said. You'd be doing yourself a favor by not digging in your heels at this point.

 

[Danja]

Oh boy, so many philistine persons around here. You know what a joke is? You know the principle of dark humor? I for one find it hilarious to imagine how a bunch of Trekkies raid the home of a supporting actor, only because they can’t wait another month for the series to be released.

Jeri Ryan was stalked when she was doing Voyager (Google Marlon Pagtakhan).

This is SO not funny (the creep went to jail). You're playing with innocent people's lives.

I remember him from Usenet. He was a piece of work.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Oh boy, so many philistine persons around here. You know what a joke is? You know the principle of dark humor? I for one find it hilarious to imagine how a bunch of Trekkies raid the home of a supporting actor, only because they can’t wait another month for the series to be released.

I mean guys, have you ever seen an episode of South Park, The Simpsons, etc?? Do you always shout at your tv and call the FBI when someone makes a strange joke...

Dude, bad things can be funny!

Just how many people will it take to convince you that your "jokes" aren't not even within the realm of funny? Just stop, for your own sake.

 

[JD]

Oh boy, so many philistine persons around here. You know what a joke is? You know the principle of dark humor? I for one find it hilarious to imagine how a bunch of Trekkies raid the home of a supporting actor, only because they can’t wait another month for the series to be released.

I mean guys, have you ever seen an episode of South Park, The Simpsons, etc?? Do you always shout at your tv and call the FBI when someone makes a strange joke...

Dude, bad things can be funny!

The Simpsons and South Park are TV shows, so people go into them knowing that what happens is not serious. There was no clear sign that what you were talking about was a joke, and there are a lot of crazy people out there who do this kind of things, so I can't blame people for reacting the way they did.
Next time try to find some way to clearly indicate that you're not serious if you don't want to get the same reaction.

 

[Danja]

Oh boy, so many philistine persons around here. You know what a joke is? You know the principle of dark humor? I for one find it hilarious to imagine how a bunch of Trekkies raid the home of a supporting actor, only because they can’t wait another month for the series to be released.

I mean guys, have you ever seen an episode of South Park, The Simpsons, etc?? Do you always shout at your tv and call the FBI when someone makes a strange joke...

Dude, bad things can be funny!

There are a lot of nuts out there who will take you seriously.

 

[The Old Mixer]

I knew he was joking. It's still subject matter that we don't want to encourage here.

 

[JD]

Yeah, that's a good point. Even if you don't mean something like that, there's always a chance some unstable person could find it and decide to go through with it.

 

[fireproof78]

Yeah, that's a good point. Even if you don't mean something like that, there's always a chance some unstable person could find it and decide to go through with it.

Text makes tone and context very difficult to sort out.

 

[DaveyNY]

Heh ...
When one starts to add 'Diagrams' ...,
... the general tone shifts dramatically into the "Mad-as-a-March-Hare" territory and it no longer seems that amusing.

 

[Lord Garth]

Anyway, I can't wait for January 23rd. I'm hoping to get the night off from work and want to make plans with my friends who used to watch TNG.

 

[NCC-73515]

The map made it obvious to me that it's a joke. Just add more emojis like to such posts and it should be clear. People are jumpy these days...

 

[fireproof78]

The map made it obvious to me that it's a joke. Just add more emojis like to such posts and it should be clear. People are jumpy these days...

Yes, how dare we be jumpy about things that actually happen and ruin people's lives???

 

[locborg]

Yes, how dare we be jumpy about things that actually happen and ruin people's lives???

O RLY? So when was the last time a bunch of franchise fanatics raided the residence of an actor, in order to force him to disclose the plot of an upcoming tv show? I see you got experience in the stalking business, so how many cases of stalking related plot leaks have been recorded over the last 100 years?