children of mars, the picard prequel short is an interesting little sad slice of life if not really necessary
always interesting to see a bit of federation life for regular people though
They should put whoever is in charge of the Short Treks in charge of Star Trek: Picard.
Children of Mars was decent.
Episode 1 of Star Trek: Picard was not.
Star Trek: Picard just feels like a tease. There are some ideas that would make for a great show, and it is very clearly not going to be that great show.
If they would make a drama with zero action it could be wonderful, but there are going to be kung-fu fights and space battles and stupid mysteries the writers may or may not remember to go back to.
Star Trek, including TNG, has always had Kung-Fu fights and space battles and stupid mysteries though. TV financing now vs then is the biggest difference.
If they could have afforded all that shit in the 80s they would have done everything pretty much the same, IMO.
Being episodic avoided shit like Dahj talking to her Mom, but oooh it isnāt really her Mom. Who is faking a live transmission of Dahjās Mom? If they even remember to go back to that the answer will be dumb.
TNG was about a spaceship and itās crew. Picard is about a retired man.
Fight scenes and space battles fit better with the former then the later.
Itād be nice if 30 years later with more money they could make a better show instead of a worse one.
TNG was great, but there was definitely plenty of room to do better.
assuming you included Ambojitsu, The Ultimate Evolution of Martial Arts as an example of āTNG was greatā since it was absolutely the apex of televised science fiction, etc.
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parrises squares
Iām 90% sure Picard is no longer retired and will be a part of a crew since both of those things are in the trailers.
But mystery box marketing has focused on him being retired at the start.
I dunno the slow pacing is annoying but not a deal breaker for me.
The first episode was much better than I expected. But I need a moment to wrap my head around all these chill romulans.
Fight scene with Dahj on the rooftop looked like something out of Power Rangers.
I watched this episode with my drawing group, and then we promptly drew this:
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It also cannot be emphasized enough the banner behind this says āUrusei Yatsuraā.
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Feel old thought.
The time from the start of Star Trek TOS to the start of Star Trek TNG is 21 years.
The time from the start of Star Trek TNG to Star Trek: Picard is 33 years.
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Late Night Picard Thoughts Episode II
I think this episode was a little weaker than the premier.
The last episode had me really raring to see what would happen next andā¦the answer was aparently Picard makes a request that there was no way in hell they were going to approve.
We find out thereās a EXTRA SECRET DOUBLE TALSHIAR that HATES ROBOTS FOR SOME REASON. Which is yet another example of this show taking a simple decent idea and making it more convoluted than necessary.
Another prime example of this is the aforementioned attempt to get a Starfleet to help him. Why did that need to be an entire extended scene? We could have easily just had Picard complaining angrily he was denied his request.
I guess it set up the secret romulans in Starfleet in that other scene? I guess?
This episode feels like half an episode of plot to set up the actual āPicard finally goes into spaceā that will almost certainly be the ending of the next episode.
The show hasnāt lost me yet but I canāt say Iām especially pleased with how long this is taking to like, actually start.
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Oh, and this episode has no way dissuaded me from my belief that the badguys at some point in the development of this series were Section 31. Because in yet another example of over complicating everything section 31 suppressing androids and sabotaging mars to fuck up Romulans would make a lot of sense and be a great origin for the badguys that could be explained in half the time .
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Also yikes on casting another Asian woman as a spy? What the fuck, this is getting weird Star Trek.
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Blood-potioned.
I watched episode 2 of Picard.
I am probably going to hate-watch the entire first season.
I hated the scene where two Romulan spies in Starfleet talk about how Picard is on to them. I hated the part where Picard was like āyeah, I thought about calling up the olā Enterprise crew, but I couldnāt because theyād do it.ā I hated the part where Picard wins over Raffi Musiker with a bottle of wine.
I think I hate this more then Star Trek: Voyager.
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Yes to much of the above, lots of corny stuff to this episode that only felt like half an episode.
BUT, the setup for theresearch expeditions into the Borg cube, like it was the intro to a particularly ominous episode of Legend of the Hidden Temple and the exhuming of Borg bodies was very unexpected and really intriguing to me. If we get to see more of that stuff, hopefully itās not so sterile like the āNameless is a nameā scene, or we only get small hints, or else nothing at all.
This must be what STD does to ya but Iām honestly just surprised to be surprised lol
they should put him in this
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Hoooooooooo mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn I did not like episode 2 very much!!!
I think every single scene revolved around some baffling Syfy series-caliber plot point. Iāve reached the point where Iāve stopped asking why this is this way or why that is that way, and itās the second episode in.
Based on what weāre seeing here, this is my prediction for the remainder of the series. I want it noted that Iām making these at episode 2, so if it turns out Iām correct, god damn:
Mothra's Peculiar Picard Predictions!!
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The romulans somehow created the Borg in their distant past, which is the deep dark horrible secret they kept talking about in this one. This is why theyāve banned the use of AI for āthousand of years.ā
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The romulans recently realized they could still control their own creations, and somehow, inexplicably, all synthetics, in a way that will never be explained.
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The romulans triggered the synths on Mars to destroy the Federation shipyards in preparation for a āBorg attackā that will in fact be controlled by the romulans.
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Furthering the point above, the borg cube theyāre working on is an abandoned cube theyāre going to reactivate and take control over using their ancient borg trigger word.
I super duper duper hope Iām wrong about all of these, because itās the shlockiest, most pessimistic thing I can imagine, but Iām also certain I am correct.
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Picard invites the roboticist over to talk about Data
Scene opens with her READING AN ISAAC ASIMOV ROBOT BOOK
Picard goes, āAh, I see youāre a fan of the classics!ā
āIāll admit I never could get into science fictionā¦ never quite āgot it!āā
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And she drinks earl grey (Cpt. Jean-Luc Picardās favorite tea), too!
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