Star Trek: Picard [spoilers]

[QueenOfGoths]

I really liked it, the performances, the pacing, the whole feel of it.

Yup, I'm sold!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Oh, I feel like I must have been watching something else. Everyone seems to universally love it. Maybe TV just isn't for me anymore.

 

[T & P]

Given that one shouldn’t expect too much of the first episode of a brand new series, I thought that was very good indeed

I watched the very first episode of TNG again about a year ago and boy was it shite

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

The thing I liked most about it was that I was just plain happy to spend some time with Jean-Luc Picard again. It's the first episode, and there's a lot of plot strands spun up, but I'm really looking forward to see where this goes.

 

[cybershot]

I think majority of us that have seen it are in universal acclaim. After reading this article

"Star Trek" fans take care of their own

A crowdfunding campaign to help Trekkers pay for CBS All Access is underway. It's what fandoms do

www.salon.com

I was thinking of posting in the main Star Trek discussion thread to offer up purchasing amazon gift cards for those who love Trek but are unable to afford amazon prime? I believe you can get prime in monthly subs now and not just yearly. I don’t want a single massive bill on this if there’s a massive uptake? Would anyone else join me in offering to do this?

 

[Graymalkin]

Lots of nice callouts for the fans (anyone recognize the romulan mind probes?) and a good premise. It's a better series opener than discovery. I'm looking forward to this.

 

[Cloo]

Really liked it, great look and feel generally and you basically can't go wrong with Sir Patrick in the lead, he's always great value. Looking forward to finding out more about the intense back story.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Romulan - Wikipedia

The Borg cube is titled "Romulan Reclamation Site" - so maybe a re-purposed Borg Cube

It looks like Romulus put it's population on stasis then fired them into space for later retrieval to get them away from the Nova.

 

[Dandred]

This feels great.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I really liked it, the performances, the pacing, the whole feel of it.

Yup, I'm sold!

Me too - it was a good first episode.

 

[krtek a houby]

Took me a couple of eps to get into STD, but this won me over immediately. I guess it was the familiarity and call backs to what went before. Interesting to see the Prime & Kelvin timelines both having a bearing on what's happening (almost tempted to go back and watch Nemesis).

Only gripe was that it's weekly and not all there to binge on.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Crept up on me. If its an Amazon thing why havnt they released the whole lot at once?

 

[krtek a houby]

Crept up on me. If its an Amazon thing why havnt they released the whole lot at once?

Maybe the company is hoping to create watercooler moments?

 

[strung out]

Crept up on me. If its an Amazon thing why havnt they released the whole lot at once?

It's not Amazon in the USA. Over there it's airing on CBS weekly.

 

[Ax^]

Just watched it

tis a happy bunny

good it not be release all at once i'd over finished it by this evening

 

[donkyboy]

good first episode.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Crept up on me. If its an Amazon thing why havnt they released the whole lot at once?

It's made by CBS, for a weekly release on their online platform in the US. Amazon has the worldwide rights.

 

[agricola]

Just watched it, thought the Picard bits were excellent but not sold on the rest of it. Also it is a bit mad that Data's actual daughter didn't get mentioned (unless I missed it).

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Oh, I feel like I must have been watching something else. Everyone seems to universally love it. Maybe TV just isn't for me anymore.

I've sometimes thought the same. I haven't really had a single show that I follow for a couple of years. I don't know if that's a function of television generally being shite, or a function of getting older and crankier. My money is on cranky.

 

[DotCommunist]

Just watched it, thought the Picard bits were excellent but not sold on the rest of it. Also it is a bit mad that Data's actual daughter didn't get mentioned (unless I missed it).

No mention of Lore either and the point for this stuff to arise would have been during Picard's convo with the woman who heads up the remnants of the synthetic program

 

[agricola]

No mention of Lore either and the point for this stuff to arise would have been during Picard's convo with the woman who heads up the remnants of the synthetic program

True, though they could possibly be saving that for later (given the mention of creating a new being from a single bit of a positronic brain, which might explain why the thing on Mars happened if they used something from Lore to help create the things).

 

[Steel Icarus]

Loved it. Couple of wet eye moments, some goosebumps. It's true, too, as has been said...being with Picard is a pleasure.

 

[cybershot]

True, though they could possibly be saving that for later (given the mention of creating a new being from a single bit of a positronic brain, which might explain why the thing on Mars happened if they used something from Lore to help create the things).

Spoiler: Future spoilerish of past TNG character in future ep and not talking 7, riker or troi

we know hugh shows up later and he had dealings with lore in season 7 opener of TNG. It wouldn’t surprise me if Maddox ended up with Hugh in his lab somehow. He did seem a bit gung ho from what we saw in the TNG episode when he tried to acquire data as star fleet property. It wouldn’t surprise me if he also shows up later considering he’s only ‘disappeared’

 

[Jennastan]

Great! Now we need the Blakes 7 comeback series.

 

[Spod]

Decent start. I see phazers are actually dangerous in the Star Trek universe now. Always amazed me they could travel fast than light but couldnt invent a laser gun that didnt repeatedly miss. The hand-to-hand fighting was easily the best ive seen in any Trek Trek franchise or film, not that I watch it for that.

 

[8ball]

Oh, I feel like I must have been watching something else. Everyone seems to universally love it. Maybe TV just isn't for me anymore.

You have outgrown the televisual plane.
It's Proust and opera all the way down from here.

 

[8ball]

It's true, too, as has been said...being with Picard is a pleasure.

Weird, but it did have something of the feel of catching up with an old friend.

 

[DotCommunist]

The hand-to-hand fighting was easily the best ive seen in any Trek Trek franchise or film, not that I watch it for that.

I want to see old riker do the slow motion judo kick from the TNG era

 

[Reno]

Oh, I feel like I must have been watching something else. Everyone seems to universally love it. Maybe TV just isn't for me anymore.

Reviews have been ok but not exactly enthusiastic, mostly 3 out of 5. Star Trek now is for existing fans, it’s not going to be in the top range of current tv dramas. There are many better shows around, including science fiction shows.

 

[Supine]

It's a 4.5/5 from me