Before Discovery aired there was talk, nothing official, about getting one or two more seasons out of Enterprise since it started doing so well on Netflix early on. I think that might have been the better way to introduce new streaming Trek. The way Discovery was dumped on the public was disastrous.
Regular brownies are on the blue plate. Don’t eat those on the red plate. It’s clear you’re not ready for that yet.
The sad part is I wasn’t even trying to be critical.
I asked (what I thought to be) a reasonable question, and he went off a bit. Not terribly, but raised voice and defensive for sure.
I must have hit a nerve I didn’t know was exposed…
That's really disappointing for a "professional" writer to still get that defensive over a single question. Doesn't help my perception of him and how he handled everything around his responsibilities as a showrunner.
To some extent, I still think he was the wrong choice to run a Trek series. I don't think he had enough experience for something like this, and it seems he doesn't have the full maturity for the role, either.
Has to be asked: What was the question? What question could possibly give Thy Lord Terry a moment's pause?
I asked him if all the fire imagery in Season 3 was a purposeful misdirection (I never associated The Borg with fire. Early on I thought it might be the Pah Wraiths).
He said something to the effect of “Come on. It’s Jean Luc Picard! It was always going to be the Borg. It had to be the Borg” in a tone that conveyed he thought the question was stupid. I just thought maybe it was done on purpose to make the reveal more of a surprise…
Which didn’t really answer my question, but I let it go at that point.
"Because it's Picard" is an excuse, not a justification.I asked him if all the fire imagery in Season 3 was a purposeful misdirection (I never associated The Borg with fire. Early on I thought it might be the Pah Wraiths).
He said something to the effect of “Come on. It’s Jean Luc Picard! It was always going to be the Borg. It had to be the Borg” in a tone that conveyed he thought the question was stupid. I just thought maybe it was done on purpose to make the reveal more of a surprise…
Which didn’t really answer my question, but I let it go at that point.
Very reasonable and correct.
Wow his creativity really is deep as a puddle then. Any benefit of the doubt that he might have just got swept up in uniting the TNG cast would be inaccurate.He said something to the effect of “Come on. It’s Jean Luc Picard! It was always going to be the Borg. It had to be the Borg” in a tone that conveyed he thought the question was stupid. I just thought maybe it was done on purpose to make the reveal more of a surprise…
Which didn’t really answer my question, but I let it go at that point.
I'll stick with my own season 3 fanfic treatment.
Yeah, that just shows how little creativity he brought to the table.
I was always suspicious of that guy…
Especially since there’s no money in the Federation!
What that demonstrates to me is how shallow, rigid, and predictable his tastes are as a writer, and a lack of self-reflection, too. There are so many other possibilities for the final boss for Picard other than the Borg that it's shitty of him to have treated your question like it was stupid.I asked him if all the fire imagery in Season 3 was a purposeful misdirection (I never associated The Borg with fire. Early on I thought it might be the Pah Wraiths).
He said something to the effect of “Come on. It’s Jean Luc Picard! It was always going to be the Borg. It had to be the Borg” in a tone that conveyed he thought the question was stupid. I just thought maybe it was done on purpose to make the reveal more of a surprise…
Which didn’t really answer my question, but I let it go at that point.
I was always suspicious of that guy…
Especially since there’s no money in the Federation!
His plot literally explained all about the inconsistencies throughout the years with the money issue. Particularly Raffi’s housing issue. She had no idea Joe was gunning for her.
At the end of the day, Joe was actually the last remaining one of Mudd’s androids.
It would have been glorious!
Half the season (maybe even more than half) was a DS9 story. The borg wasn’t even a thought for the audience until late into it. If it was always a borg story, then Vadic ended up being an unnecessary character and killing off Hugh was even a worse decision.
The good news is that everyone else was really cool.
Had a great time with Jeri Ryan and Michelle Hurd.
The cost is astronomical, but the VIP passes for Creation Conventions are truly heaven for Trekkies.
Is that the show about the old country Klingon lawyer?
I love Picard season 3 and I think many of the criticisms here are misplaced. However, I do think the Borg have been way overused in Trek, and I have never understood the "it had to be the Borg" thing.I asked him if all the fire imagery in Season 3 was a purposeful misdirection (I never associated The Borg with fire. Early on I thought it might be the Pah Wraiths).
He said something to the effect of “Come on. It’s Jean Luc Picard! It was always going to be the Borg. It had to be the Borg” in a tone that conveyed he thought the question was stupid. I just thought maybe it was done on purpose to make the reveal more of a surprise…
Which didn’t really answer my question, but I let it go at that point.
There were 178 episodes of TNG plus four moves. In all that time, we saw the Borg a total of five times (counting two-part episodes as one appearance). Five. That's it.
Yes, Picard had a traumatic experience with the Borg. And, yes, "Best of Both Worlds" was a seminal episode for the franchise. But does that mean they are the only foe Picard can face and it have meaning? Picard also had an extremely traumatic experience with the Cardassians. Why not use them? Since "Conspiracy" was mentioned earlier, what about those guys who almost took over the Federation until Picard stopped them?
Quite honestly, I was much happier when season 3 was about the changelings than when they trotted out the Borg yet again.
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