A pretty scathing review, but some spot-on points:
I don't think I'll ever bother with Discovery.
I don't think we need those two chucklefucks to tell us what was and wasn't good about the writing.
Holy fucking shit.
SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!
I thought he said he was too old to play that role again...
GIVE IT TO ME RIGHT NOW!!!
Wow, that looks fantastic. Glad to see the return of 7 of 9.
Last edited by GulDukat; 07-20-2019 at 07:30 PM.
Question:
Do you miss the old style where each episode was a story which ended at the end of the episode? You can turn on the TV and start watching any episode and enjoy it.
With these new series it's more structured like a soap opera or Game of Thrones, each episode is a one time watch and must be watched in chronological order.
For example ST: DSC Season 2 was all about chasing the red bursts and the angel, there were not many other stories. IT was an amazing season, don't get me wrong and each ep was unique.
Now think about each opening on ST:TNG (Captains log stardate xxxxxx we've rendezvoused with a klingon..... we are investigating a series of strange radio signals ... we are assisting a plant with .... or etc...
I miss that. I miss how each episode was a puzzle. Like tinman, the game, cause and effect, Q, Darmok, the void ... the list goes onnnnnnnn.
I'm not super eager about Picard season 1 being all about this girl and Picard helping her while he struggles to find his place etc....
I want more short stories, isn't that the essence of Star Trek?
Last edited by snaapz; 07-22-2019 at 11:32 AM.
I didn't mind mind the structure of Discovery (one overarching narrative, with individual stories woven in), which was used in DS9 and season 3 of Enterprise (The Xindi arc). What I didn't like is how they seemed to make it up as they went along and I really disliked all the forced melodrama.
Yes.
The Orville has done well in capturing that early to mid 90s TNG type of feel. Sadly, Star Trek is in a weird place these days. CBS, Paramount, and the ST fans all want ST to be a thing again, but it feels like they’re at odds on just what it is that ST should be. The result is… (1) The already defunct Abramsverse. (2) Discovery, another retcon series which in IMDb and RT is consistently getting the lowest audience/user reviews of any ST series. (3) And generally disgruntled fans.
Oh, the 90s seem soooo long ago.
I shared this on facebook at some point and meant to drop it in here as well.
Real Lawyer Reacts to Star Trek TNG Measure of a Man (Picard Defends Data’s Humanity) // LegalEagle
@3:45, hillarious.
Out next month on Blu-ray:
Last edited by GulDukat; 07-23-2019 at 08:30 AM.
^Nice watched the whole thing! I've heard that PS was not accepting (or used to) of the "unprofessional" behavior when he first started.
It would be hilarious if Harry Kim showed up in Picard and was still an ensign.
Jason Isaacs would like to return as Prime Lorca:
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a...NrPlU9wnDvATlk
Loved Isaacs as Lorca and would love for him to return, but I'm not sure how it works with Discovery now 900 years into the future.
CBS and Viacom are back together, wonder what that could mean for Trek?
I have zero faith that Picard will be good after discovering that Akiva Goldsman (Batman & Robin) and Alex Kurtzman (The Mummy 2017) are producing.
The current team working on Star Trek doesn't seem to understand what made it interesting or unique in the first place. It's more Star Wars than Trek at this point. Unsubtle, bombastic, shallow, surface-level sensationalist crap. Your superhero analogy is apt.
It really doesn't help that they also cannot write a consistent story (or even a good script; "Power of math" my arse). Discovery Season 2 was a tangled knot of plotholes, retcons, unresolved narratives, and pointless conclusions. An embarrassing, nonsensical mess.
I love Patrick Stewart. My expectations are absurdly high for Picard but my gut tells me it's going to be bad.
Aron Eisenberg, R.I.P.
https://www.startrek.com/news/aron-e...dLef3exNTKe2FE
I just saw that DS9 documentary, seemed like a cool guy. Nog was a great character too, and I loved seeing the evolution of the character.
Discovery season 3 promo:
New Picard promo:
Both look good. The new Discovery short "Q and A" was a lot of fun.
I very much enjoyed the latest short "The Trouble With Edward," a Tribble origin story. Always loved H. Jon Benjamin and he was great in this.