The Official Star Trek Thread

[Calthrina950]

I don't have CBS All Access (and I'm not interested in getting it), and therefore, I haven't seen Star Trek: Picard directly. However, I did watch Mr. Plinkett's review of the show's first season on YouTube, which was hilarious (as all of his reviews are) and revealing. It seems like they're repeating many of the same mistakes which were made with the TNG movies, Star Trek: Enterprise, the Abramsverse movies, and Star Trek: Discovery. However, I've also read that it has received high critical praise from other quarters. We'll see how it goes moving forward.

One thing is for certain though. The Star Trek franchise, three decades after the death of its creator, is continuing to rapidly expand, as there are three series currently airing now (Discovery, Picard, and Lower Decks), and at least three other series (Prodigy, Strange New Worlds, and Section 31) in the planning stages. This parallels the major expansion which Star Trek's rival franchise, Star Wars, has undertaken over the past decade since Disney acquired it in 2012.

[Calthrina950]

Mr. Plinkett's

Oh, you mean the guy who started the insane hate mob against the Star Wars prequels with his bad-faith, disinformation-laden, grotesque excuse of a "review" of The Phantom Menace, which led to two perfectly fine actors getting their careers and lives ruined, George Lucas selling off his creation to Disney (with all the mediocrities it has churned out since), and an entire generation of fanatical morons who are still, to this day, unable to give these movies anything resembling a fair shake?

Yeah, you'll forgive me if I don't care what this piece of sh*t has to say.

Well, I'm not someone who absolutely despises the Prequel Trilogy; in fact, there are certain aspects of it which I enjoy. But I'm not an apologist for it either, and I like Plinkett's reviews just for the humor and entertainment value. And which two actors are you referring to?

[Calthrina950]

Mr. Plinkett's

Oh, you mean the guy who started the insane hate mob against the Star Wars prequels with his bad-faith, disinformation-laden, grotesque excuse of a "review" of The Phantom Menace, which led to two perfectly fine actors getting their careers and lives ruined, George Lucas selling off his creation to Disney (with all the mediocrities it has churned out since), and an entire generation of fanatical morons who are still, to this day, unable to give these movies anything resembling a fair shake?

Yeah, you'll forgive me if I don't care what this piece of sh*t has to say.

Well, I'm not someone who absolutely despises the Prequel Trilogy; in fact, there are certain aspects of it which I enjoy. But I'm not an apologist for it either, and I like Plinkett's reviews just for the humor and entertainment value. And which two actors are you referring to?

Jake Lloyd and Ahmed Best. Look them up if you're so inclined - they went through hell.

I'm not accusing you of anything, to be clear. My beef is just with Plinkett (and really with his whole ilk of reviewers). But anyway if you didn't like it, that's totally fair. To each their own.

I'm aware of what happened to Jake Lloyd, though not to Ahmed Best. But Lloyd's troubles predated Plinkett's review, which came out a decade after the movie was released.

[Calthrina950]

Mr. Plinkett's

Oh, you mean the guy who started the insane hate mob against the Star Wars prequels with his bad-faith, disinformation-laden, grotesque excuse of a "review" of The Phantom Menace, which led to two perfectly fine actors getting their careers and lives ruined, George Lucas selling off his creation to Disney (with all the mediocrities it has churned out since), and an entire generation of fanatical morons who are still, to this day, unable to give these movies anything resembling a fair shake?

Yeah, you'll forgive me if I don't care what this piece of sh*t has to say.

Well, I'm not someone who absolutely despises the Prequel Trilogy; in fact, there are certain aspects of it which I enjoy. But I'm not an apologist for it either, and I like Plinkett's reviews just for the humor and entertainment value. And which two actors are you referring to?

Jake Lloyd and Ahmed Best. Look them up if you're so inclined - they went through hell.

I'm not accusing you of anything, to be clear. My beef is just with Plinkett (and really with his whole ilk of reviewers). But anyway if you didn't like it, that's totally fair. To each their own.

I'm aware of what happened to Jake Lloyd, though not to Ahmed Best. But Lloyd's troubles predated Plinkett's review, which came out a decade after the movie was released.

As much as I would want to blame George Lucas instead of Lloyd for his acting, he was just as bad in 'Jingle All the Way,' from years prior, too.

I will blame Lucas for Jar Jar Binks though. It's not Ahmed Best's fault that he to read bad, jive-esque dialogue as one of the most irritating and insulting characters in cinema history. He was just doing his job as an actor. That's all on Lucas' writing and direction. Let's not forget about the Neimoidians and Watto too when it comes to obnoxious stereotypes.

Agreed. As Plinkett points out, the Neimoidians were obviously a caricature of Asians-specifically, the Japanese-while Watto was the stereotypical Middle Eastern peddler or market dealer. But then again, the prequels are still superior to the Disney-helmed sequels, which have been absolutely terrible. At least they had some sense of direction to them, and were more faithful to the Star Wars Universe. The only real advantage the sequels has over the prequels was that the special effects and settings were better and more realistic, although I think that's because of the advancements in technology which took place in the decade between Revenge of the Sith and The Force Awakens.