Sounds good to me. No need to complicate it.
Spoilers Star Trek: Picard General Discussion Thread
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I wonder what the trek equivalent of Xenu would be.Too bad it just seems to come across like SCIENTOLOGY.
The Great Bird of the Galaxy
I've heard that Roddenberry would have remarked derisively "I could have done that" about Scientology or something to that effect. And he was probably right.Too bad it just seems to come across like SCIENTOLOGY.
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How could i forget the great bird.
I guess my penance will be 200 captain's logs like clutching my IDIC rosary.
Would they have hated 7 of 9 for killing everyone in the bar, if Icheb wasn't dead?
Don't forget to be naked and stoned/inebriated as well as being with a lovely lady while doing that.
One does have to follow the scripture completely.
I understand both sides of these arguments. I'm kind of interested by Picard, and kind of put off by certain things about it.
I think Star Trek had to evolve. The 80-90's TV style of Trek just wouldn't work today. And the environment and characters and ideas in it were either too perfect or felt too unrealistic.
It played it safe most of the time. the characters spoke too perfectly, acted too perfectly-didn't have issues that contemporary people could relate to.
Except for DS9, which struck the perfect balance if you ask me. I think that's why it became the show everyone ignored that became a cult classic. While TNG was the mainstream hit that eventually kind of fizzled out.
On the other hand, Picard seems to be running directly into the things the TOS-TNG era said didn't happen anymore or were obsolete.
You can see they're pretty much ignoring the 'no money' or "no need or want" ideology. The no conflict between people rule--apparently that's out. There's more destruction porn. The pacing is a bit weird and suspicious.
It's also a little obvious it's trying to be edgy with things like the bro-sis incest- angle.
But overall, it's still interesting because it's new- It's refreshing to see something different. It's kind of weird and fun to see these characters act so differently.
I'm gay, so the ladies are out.. The rest i can do no dramas
I have not seen either want or money used in the federation yet.
Only time money seems to be used is by hiring a off book ship and free cloud was a non federation planet.
Also I don't see any poverty or real want either. In the federation.
Outside the federation ? That's a diffrent matter as there has always been want, poverty and shit outside the federation.
That was a stupid rule anyway.
I didn't see any need or want on Earth. I'm confident Raffi could have lived in a nice apartment in Boston or similar but wanted to live alone, off the grid.
The other places he's been to aren't Earth, they're not even the Federation.
And one that was long since abadoned way back in the Berman era. Even TNG itself didn't really follow that rule after the first year or two.
It never did follow it in the way some people think, not even when Gene was fully in charge. It was never 'no any conflict whatsoever between main characters' it was just about avoiding the show becoming a soap opera where the plot revolves around interpersonal drama.
From Season 1, it became a trope where Worf would give advice in the Ready Room which was promptly ignored by everyone else.
A critical lesson for a Star Trek actor.
Even in 2399 ships don't have seatbelts. They might as well learn to hang on for dear life.
Um..if she was so "Revenge Obsessed", she probably would killed Bjayzl long before she did here. She saw an opportunity present itself and she took it. Whether you thioink her action was justified is a personal matter, but I wouldn't call her 'obsessed'.
Just curious: Did you have a similar action to Picard taking out Ensign Lynch with a Machine Gun on the 1701-D holodeck back in 1996 when "Star Trek: First Contact" was in theaters <--- and do you despise the film or the character of Picard as a result?
IMO - I had NO ISSUE with 7 of 9 showing that she was in actuality a Human being who believed that, for kidnapping and stripping former Borg of their Implants (to make a profit) - and who did so to someone 7 of 9 considered akin to a 'son'; Bjayzl should be executed, and did the honors.
I like her character traits better than the constant hypocrisy of Picard, which is displayed nearly every episode of this series so far. Funny thing is: It's EXACTLY the same way his character was written fior the majority of TNG. If their's one aspect Picard LOVES to showcase, it's his blatant hypocrisy.
I'm always amused by this assumption that everything the main characters must do is "right." 
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