Star Trek: Picard

[a-dev]

''What began over 35 years ago ends tonight!''

Bit too Halloween trailer tagline for my liking.

 

[chrisstbh]

These mfs should be retired playing bingo but now they’re gonna save the entire galaxy by themselves. Star Trek the Next Geriatrics

 

[Skyroes]

These mfs should be retired playing bingo but now they’re gonna save the entire galaxy by themselves. Star Trek the Next Geriatrics

I think they faired better than this guy:

 

[jye4ever]

 

[Johnny Utah]

Beautiful. Amazing. Great ending.

 

[Kebron]

They stuck the landing. I haven’t felt this good about a show and it’s ending in a loooong time.

Spoiler:

Alright random thoughts again. So many great honorings and bookends. The bookend to McCoys line from the first TNG episode, honoring Majel, honoring Yelchin.

That end credit scene with Q!!

The show ended on a upnote this is the way to send off a beloved show, not by making it sad with characters death or disappearance. Granted this situation is a little different. Character deaths do work, but this show needed to leave us feeling good IMO

Swords are fun. As a person who practices HEMA and uses swords that line made me lol.

They really did a good job of giving everyone of the main cast a moment to shine.

Was the Enterprise F destroyed?

I’m probably giving this show a lot of breaks due to the perfect nostalgia notes it hits, and frankly I don’t care. This show made me feel so good, excited, and made me anxious to watch the next episode. I can’t think of a show recently that compelled me to get up early every morning to watch.

Glad they brought Tuvok back, but I feel they missed a Janeway opportunity. Irregardless the scene worked well.

I’ll be binging the whole series again next week. Haven’t felt the need to rewatch recent shows in a long while either.

I hope they pickup the spin-off they ended the show with.

 

[karamazov80]

I also thought they ended this show well. All the codas felt a bit excessive, but I'll excuse them for giving the fans extra chances to get the feels. Feels like the proper send-off to Next Gen that the movie series never provided. And I consider Next Gen one of the top 2 or 3 shows of all time. The season in general was very good and I am very pleasantly surprised that they found a way to course correct what had, to this point, been a pretty terrible series.

I also really dug the obvious homage to the opening of the original series at the beginning.

 

[e30ernest]

This stuck the landing indeed!

Some thoughts:

Spoiler:

I love how the crew worked on that bridge. It really brought me back to the 80's. This includes the convenient Deanna detector (I mean this in a good way).

I'm not sure I liked how they Millenium Falconed their way into the Cube. I know the Cube is huge, and maybe the original TNG scenes could not properly portray its scale vs the Enterprise, but it just felt weird for it to fly in there.

Granted, it allowed for an awesome overhead flyby for it to pick-up our heroes at the last moment.

Alice as the Borg Queen is wonderful. She was also downright scary right there. Janeway really did a number on the Borg.

Speaking of Janeway, such a missed opportunity. Would have loved her and Tuvok to be the ones to give Seven her review.

The Titan being the Enterprise G is a bit odd for me. The Enterprise has always been Starfleet's flagship and it has served not only as an exploration vessel, but also as a diplomatic ship so it needed to be both impressive outside and on the inside. Having it as the small(ish) former Titan seems odd.

That said, it opens up an opportunity for a new series lead by Seven, Raffi, Jack and Sydney. That would potentially be really fun to watch. Especially with that Q reveal!

Finally, ending with them playing cards really made me feel happy for the day. This was the send-off the TNG crew deserved. Bravo!

 

[haytil]

The Enterprise has always been Starfleet's flagship

This is a frequent fan misconception. Kirk's original Enterprise was never the flagship. I'm not sure there's reason to believe any of the immediate followups were flagships, either - I think the Enterprise-D might have been the first (other than possibly NX-01, of course).

 

[Heavy Metal Spike]

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OMFG . . . "feels" off the charts

So emotional (a certain Russian entry, the Tuvok/Seven scene and so many others TOTALLY got to me!)

I just don't have the words - other than . . . "For Lemmy's sake . . . do whatever you have to, to hang onto Terry Matalas !!!!!!!!!"


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[a-dev]

A satisfying end

Spoiler:

Based on that performance I don't know why Starfleet wouldn't keep the refurbished Enterprise D in service. Excelsior class ships were still operating in the Dominion War and heck, Enterprise D was pretty ''young'' when it was destroyed in Star Trek Generations (liked the musical reference to Generations near the end by the way - Dennis McCarthy did a great score for that film). Is it purely because they don't want more than one Enterprise running concurrently? And/or they simply like to safeguard historically important ships in that museum and not expose them to the dangers of active service?

Well, anyway, Titan is officially the new Enterprise - Captained by Seven of Nine and the son of Jean Luc Picard and Beverly Crusher among the Bridge crew. I loved Jack's cocky entrance onto the bridge barking orders and Seven's interjection. Reckon there could be great chemistry there if they decide to go ahead and make a show around the Titanprise. Wonder what Seven said to get the ship underway after Raffi and Jack built her up so much

The final scene with the TNG crew was perfect. That really should be the last time we see them together. Though I wouldn't be surprised to see individual cameos in the future.

As far as the general plot of the season, I maybe would have liked to know more about this alliance between the renegade Changelings and the Borg. I was always curious what would happen if the Dominion and Borg crossed paths. That said I think the Borg have been quite used up at this point. It would have been better had we not seen or heard of them in Seasons 1 and 2 so as to preserve them for this final hurrah, their final stab at the Federation. This was seemingly a highly depleted Borg - otherwise the Enterprise D alone shouldn't have been able to do what it did and also come out so unscathed - but it also begs the question did Vadic and company really need to be as subservient as they were?

 

[dijinn]

I have to say it: I’m really not a fan of Raffi. I’m excited at the prospects of a possible spin-off show but the character Raffi, too me, doesn’t belong on the bridge of a Starfleet starship. Maybe through writing and character development, I’ll feel differently in the future.

[SPOILER="Spoiler"]And was anyone else thinking: What happened to Jurati’s Borg Queen? I was expecting her to show up and have some role in the finale.[/SPOILER]

 

[Jimmy C]

I also thought they ended this show well. All the codas felt a bit excessive, but I'll excuse them for giving the fans extra chances to get the feels. Feels like the proper send-off to Next Gen that the movie series never provided. …

I think I agree with you. But if I can ask you to clarify the meaning of the word “codas” in this context ? I’m agreeing if you mean “conclusions” or “crescendos” or tagline after danger or threat or plot was concluded. Ive seen clergy and public speakers do this kind of thing and I’ve always thought it often spoiled their previous points.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

I thought it was a really good ending and they indeed stuck the landing.

 

[Sidewinder]

They stuck the landing. I haven’t felt this good about a show and it’s ending in a loooong time.

Spoiler:

Alright random thoughts again. So many great honorings and bookends. The bookend to McCoys line from the first TNG episode, honoring Majel, honoring Yelchin.

That end credit scene with Q!!

The show ended on a upnote this is the way to send off a beloved show, not by making it sad with characters death or disappearance. Granted this situation is a little different. Character deaths do work, but this show needed to leave us feeling good IMO

Swords are fun. As a person who practices HEMA and uses swords that line made me lol.

They really did a good job of giving everyone of the main cast a moment to shine.

Was the Enterprise F destroyed?

I’m probably giving this show a lot of breaks due to the perfect nostalgia notes it hits, and frankly I don’t care. This show made me feel so good, excited, and made me anxious to watch the next episode. I can’t think of a show recently that compelled me to get up early every morning to watch.

Glad they brought Tuvok back, but I feel they missed a Janeway opportunity. Irregardless the scene worked well.

I’ll be binging the whole series again next week. Haven’t felt the need to rewatch recent shows in a long while either.

I hope they pickup the spin-off they ended the show with.

Spoiler:

The Enterprise F was being retired apparently.

Janeway should definitely have been the one to promote Seven after doing the review. I heard Matalas had wanted more Voyager characters in the series, but this was rejected by the higher ups due to there being too many characters brought back. Hopefully, if Legacy goes ahead, they are able to do that with that show.

Though, I have heard rumours of a Voyager revival, which could end up being a mini series.

 

[Jimmy C]

I certainly enjoyed this more so than other of the “CBS All Access” / “Paramount +” streaming new Treks. And I think Matalas should be in charge from here on out.
The graphics of the space battles, the computer screens etc were better than anything put on the BIG screen for the francise previously.

That said … a couple of criticism:

# 1. Considering this story was near Ten (10) hours long , I would have liked to have seen some planet surfaces —— AND some — IN THE DAYLIGHT.
# 2. Why are ALL of these Bridges so DARK ? —- ALL of the TiMe ?
# 3. Okay, so … I’ll accept that this was a reunion and an excuse to get the Over the Hill Gang to Ride Again and SAVE the Fate of ALL of the Universe once more. FINE . But going forward I hope the new sequel-spin-off series will go more with single or two-part more intimate and individual stories concerning several different planets and alien cultures.
# 4. Do Klingons age at the same rate as humans ? Slower ? Faster ? Considering Michael Dorn is wearing so much prosthetic makeup I don’t think some hair color is too much to expect.
# 5. While I understand that Brent Spinner is a human actor who ages, Data is a synthetic human—- So, also he could have used just a bit of hair color.
# 6. I don’t like when they go to too many multiple conclusions and taglines after the plot has tied up.

 

[Johnny Utah]

I've spent the last 24 hours processing it. I miss them all already, my favourite characters in fiction. It was all pulled off so well, I'm so happy at the ending.

 

[darthviper107]

It does feel kind of refreshing that they just went for it and gave everyone what they wanted

 

[karamazov80]

I have to say it: I’m really not a fan of Raffi. I’m excited at the prospects of a possible spin-off show but the character Raffi, too me, doesn’t belong on the bridge of a Starfleet starship. Maybe through writing and character development, I’ll feel differently in the future.

I've never liked her character (not all that likeable, didn't seem particularly special or important. . .had some useful skills I suppose), and felt that was the thing that really stuck out in a negative way when you see all these other characters I do like huddled together. . .with her. Seems like the producers really wanted to keep her in the limelight through all the seasons of Picard for some reason. Maybe she was supposed to be the most relatable character that the audience could identify with? I guess better her than that annoying android from the first season or the young Romulan guy with the sword. I liked Picard's housekeeper/girlfriend. . .

I think I agree with you. But if I can ask you to clarify the meaning of the word “codas” in this context ? I’m agreeing if you mean “conclusions” or “crescendos” or tagline after danger or threat or plot was concluded.

Yes, essentially that. You had the main story that finished up,

Spoiler:

beating the Borg and stopping the invasion in this case

, then an extra ending is added on. In this case it felt like Return of the King with about 6 or 7 different conclusions.

# 1. Considering this story was near Ten (10) hours long , I would have liked to have seen some planet surfaces —— AND some — IN THE DAYLIGHT.
# 2. Why are ALL of these Bridges so DARK ? —- ALL of the TiMe ?

On the subject of lighting, as much as I loved seeing the

Spoiler:

original Enterprise D bridge, the lighting was way too nice in the last episode It should have looked totally flat and cheap like it used to!

 

[Johnny Utah]

Spoiler: