The Official Star Trek Thread

[Orser67]

I'm more of a Star Wars guy then a Star Trek guy, but I'll probably check this show out at some point. It's cool that the TNG cast is getting one last series (presumably).

[Frodo]

Star Wars’ Daisy Ridley And Oscar Isaac Are Down To Join Star Trek

[Tender Branson]

Ridley could play the daughter of someone in „Picard“ (Season 2) ... maybe Seven of Nine‘s daughter (assuming that Dahj isn’t already her daughter).

Isaac could play the son of Tuvok, or Alexander, the son of Worf (the original actor of Alexander has sadly died not long ago at a young age).

[Mr. Morden]

Isaac could play the son of Tuvok, or Alexander, the son of Worf (the original actor of Alexander has sadly died not long ago at a young age).

That actor only played Alexander in one episode though.  Brian Bonsall and Marc Worden are still alive.

[Tender Branson]

The 8-minute „Short Treks“ episode called „Children of Mars“ has aired and it’s basically a longer trailer for what’s happened 13 years before „Picard“.

If you want to read about it:

https://trekmovie.com/2020/01/10/review-star-trek-short-treks-children-of-mars

I have seen it and yes, Mars gets attacked by so-called „Rogue Synths“. Mars is bombarded 9/11 style, but apparently not destroyed completely (the screen shows Admiral Picard responding to the attack and 3.000 are dead.)

„Rogue Synths“ are likely some form of androids / artificial intelligence.

The 2 young student girls, at a school near Federation headquarters in San Francisco in 2386 (?), lose their parents in the attack. Both are enemies before, then become friends.

A very good short episode.

[Tender Branson]

This looks promising:

http://blog.trekcore.com/2020/01/noah-hawley-has-own-take-on-star-trek-film/

Away from the action.

Discovery and even Picard look extremely action-heavy and dystopian for my taste.

We need a Star Trek movie that is more like The Orville again, even if it is considered „boring“.

[7,052,770]

As long as it's in the Prime Universe and the Abramsverse is shut down permanently, sounds good.

[Tender Branson]

It has been confirmed that „Picard“ will feature Romulan races, depending on their homeworlds/colonies in the destroyed empire.

There will be different ears/eyebrows and maybe skin color.

Also, the world premiere took place yesterday in L.A. and Gates McFadden and LeVar Burton (both of whom are not in the trailers or cast) had been there as well ...

Maybe just as guests ? Or will they be in the series as well ?

Also, Picard was already renewed for a 2nd season and Worf might come back in this one.

[afleitch]

I am genuinely excited.

[Tender Branson]

Is Data now female (=Dahj) ?

[Tender Branson]

The showrunners and Stewart have recently explained that „Picard“ will be a crossover of TNG and „Discovery“.

It’s a dystopian version of our current world, not a „naive“ utopian one like in TNG.

The Federation has apparently shifted into a dark, twisted, immoral mode after the events of Nemesis, the attack on Mars and the destruction of Romulus by the Supernova.

The show will very much represent a post 9-11 Star Trek Universe and also make reference to Trump, the refugee crisis, slavery and artificial intelligence and what it means from a moral/ethical standpoint.

[Tender Branson]

3-minute preview with new scenes:

Recently, I became a bit worried that „Picard“ will be too similar to the crappy „Discovery“, but this is looking good ...

[Tender Branson]

Just 3 days left !

Here another trailer:

[Tender Branson]

More clips about Data and Picard leaving the Starfleet:

And Dahj (who could be Data in female clothing):

[Middle-aged Europe]

Does the prominent inclusion of Jeri Ryan in the show's promotional posters mean that - unlike Spiner, Frakes, and Sirtis - she's gonna be a member of the main cast alongside Patrick Stewart, with the other three being only (one-shot?) guest stars?

[Middle-aged Europe]

Whoopi Goldberg is probably going to appear as Guinan in Season 2: https://www.trektoday.com/content/2020/01/goldberg-to-appear-in-star-trek-picard/

[Tender Branson]

Just watched Episode 1.

Epic !

Glorious !

Stylistically, not much like Discovery, much slower and personal.

This is what an aged Star Trek looks like, like a well-aged wine.

And we get to know who the young woman Dahj is ...

[Tender Branson]

After watching Episode 1 („Remembrance“), I rate it A+.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Don't care. I like Star Trek, but not enuf to add another streaming service, especially one with nothing else of note so far.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Looks cool, I would love to be able to see it at some point.

[7,052,770]

A. Absolutely loved it.

[Middle-aged Europe]

SPOILERS





After having watched the series premiere I think my main beef with that show is the extremely unoriginal backstory with the artificial intelligences rebelling against their creators and  subsequently being outlawed and/or persecuted. We already know that story from Blade Runner, reimagined Battlestar Galactica, and the new Westworld.

Aside from that I think I liked it. They tried to build and expand on previous events like Data's death or the destruction of Romulus and showed us the repercussions. Patrick Stewart's acting abilities alone probably make that show superior to Discovery, and it's nice to see Picard back in action again. I also found it very pleasing that it wasn't overloaded with action sequences, quiet drama being in the forefront instead.

Like I said, at first glance it's better than Discovery and probably better than Voyager and Enterprise as well.

[Middle-aged Europe]

One thing they seem to have adopted from Discovery btw is the gradual introduction of all main characters over the course of several episodes. Discovery had introduced half its (Season 1) main cast in Episode 1 and the remaining half in Episode 3.

Picard's series premiere also featured only four of the main characters, with one of them only briefly appearing in the final scene. This has actually a lot of advantages, since many serieses' pilots are suffering from the problem of having to do stuff too much exposition into a single episode.

[Middle-aged Europe]

While a single episode probably isn't nearly sufficient to rate an entire series, I will give the first episode a "B".

If it holds this level of quality, I'd place the series somewhere in the middle field below TOS, TNG, and DS9, but above VOY, ENT, and DIS... well, perhaps on par with DS9.

[Tender Branson]

SPOILERS





After having watched the series premiere I think my main beef with that show is the extremely unoriginal backstory with the artificial intelligences rebelling against their creators and  subsequently being outlawed and/or persecuted. We already know that story from Blade Runner, reimagined Battlestar Galactica, and the new Westworld.

Aside from that I think I liked it. They tried to build and expand on previous events like Data's death or the destruction of Romulus and showed us the repercussions. Patrick Stewart's acting abilities alone probably make that show superior to Discovery, and it's nice to see Picard back in action again. I also found it very pleasing that it wasn't overloaded with action sequences, quiet drama being in the forefront instead.

Like I said, at first glance it's better than Discovery and probably better than Voyager and Enterprise as well.

There's also another hidden reference to the current (or past) refugee crisis other than the Romulan one resulting from the Supernova IMO:

The attack on Mars by the artificial intelligences are similar to the attacks on 9/11 carried out by Muslims.

Trump's travel ban on Muslims are similar to the ban of A.I. by the Federation.

Since Dahj is some kind of human/A.I. hybrid, she could be seen as some sort of Muslim refugee using todays standards.