Picard (contains spoilers)

digitalscream

tekbow said:

Fretwired said:

tekbow said:

Just watched ep.9

Loved it, but HEAVY borrowing from Mass Effect as I suspected. IMO YMMV

My only complaint was not enough Seven of Nine .. :-)

Who bets Soong is in fact Lore ... hence the evil synth?

Not convinced, he's done a great job of fake aging himself if so

He'd have just created a new body for himself, based on the work that Soong did in creating a body to transfer his wife's consciousness into. That's already been telegraphed - he came out and said, "I'm the body man" (or something like that).

Lore being at the core of the synths' colony would definitely fit with the...lore - the idea of androids and/or synths taking over appealed to him as far back as Descent.

Just to add to it, I'm 99% sure that Noonian Soong didn't have any children beyond the cybernetic.

Fretwired

Quite liked the final episode - more like TNG of old with a revitalised and more upbeat and positive Picard. Good to see Riker on the bridge of a star ship leading the fleet and threatening to kick Romulan butt. Good to see and have closure on Data. And good to see Seven has joined Picard's gang for series 2 - is Raffi going to be Seven's love interest?

littlegreenman

Fretwired said:

 is Raffi going to be Seven's love interest?

Judgling by the final scene, she already is!

Agreed it was a good end to season 1, and a nice final farewell to Lt. Comm. Data. No tears shed here at all, honest!

Not sure where they'll take it for season 2 but I'm all in to find out...

dazzajl

Series two kicks off this week, that’s really snuck up. Two Trek series on at the same time, it’s been a long while since we’ve had that. 

darthed1981

dazzajl said:

Series two kicks off this week, that’s really snuck up. Two Trek series on at the same time, it’s been a long while since we’ve had that. 

Yeah I'm really looking forward to it.  I bought S4 of Disco on Amazon Prime because it was £20 and it's my Trek!

I mean what's £20 anyhow, like a sixth of a Harley Benton?

Jalapeno

darthed1981 said:

 I bought S4 of Disco on Amazon Prime because it was £20 and it's my Trek!

Ooooh - how did you do that ?  I couldn't find it !

darthed1981

Jalapeno said:

darthed1981 said:

 I bought S4 of Disco on Amazon Prime because it was £20 and it's my Trek!

Ooooh - how did you do that ?  I couldn't find it !

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Anomaly/dp/B09MMB7G3L/ref=sr_1_1?crid=10YT8NTFTY30Y&keywords=discovery+season+4&qid=1646153973&s=instant-video&sprefix=discovery+seas,instant-video,68&sr=1-1

That link work?

dazzajl

darthed1981 said:

dazzajl said:

Series two kicks off this week, that’s really snuck up. Two Trek series on at the same time, it’s been a long while since we’ve had that. 

Yeah I'm really looking forward to it.  I bought S4 of Disco on Amazon Prime because it was £20 and it's my Trek!

I mean what's £20 anyhow, like a sixth of a Harley Benton?

I bought series one the other day, because I missed knowing it was all there on Netflix. 

Jalapeno

Awesome !!!!!

darthed1981

dazzajl said:

darthed1981 said:

dazzajl said:

Series two kicks off this week, that’s really snuck up. Two Trek series on at the same time, it’s been a long while since we’ve had that. 

Yeah I'm really looking forward to it.  I bought S4 of Disco on Amazon Prime because it was £20 and it's my Trek!

I mean what's £20 anyhow, like a sixth of a Harley Benton?

I bought series one the other day, because I missed knowing it was all there on Netflix. 

Heck, if there was ever a time we needed Starfleet, it's now!

stickyfiddle

darthed1981 said:

dazzajl said:

darthed1981 said:

dazzajl said:

Series two kicks off this week, that’s really snuck up. Two Trek series on at the same time, it’s been a long while since we’ve had that. 

Yeah I'm really looking forward to it.  I bought S4 of Disco on Amazon Prime because it was £20 and it's my Trek!

I mean what's £20 anyhow, like a sixth of a Harley Benton?

I bought series one the other day, because I missed knowing it was all there on Netflix. 

Heck, if there was ever a time we needed Starfleet, it's now!

Honestly we’re on track for creating the ST timeline. The only issue is that first half of the 21st century would be inequality, riots, and nuclear war. But our kids and grandkids might get to meet Vulcans… 

digitalscream

OK, just watching the first episode of season 3. Just the first five minutes are better than everything so far.

stickyfiddle

Well Ep1 was the first episode of Picard that felt like Star Trek. if they can keep this up they'll have made up for seasons 1 & 2... 

fretmeister

Bah.

It's not on Prime until tomorrow.

stickyfiddle

As for plot, are they finally going to tie up the loose end of the worm thing from Conspiracy?!?!

Brio

Great way to start the day. I liked that a lot.

dazzajl

Not even sure what to make of that. Seems from “part 1” that we’re getting a huge, unapologetically retro, misty eyed rollercoaster through all of Treks past. And in the best Trek traditions, both probable outcomes and likely consequences are binned off for the sake of joining the story line dots. 

digitalscream

dazzajl said:

Not even sure what to make of that. Seems from “part 1” that we’re getting a huge, unapologetically retro, misty eyed rollercoaster through all of Treks past. And in the best Trek traditions, both probable outcomes and likely consequences are binned off for the sake of joining the story line dots. 

Have faith. Everybody who's seen the first six episodes reckons this is a return to TNG/DS9/Voyager-style Trek, with proper writing that actually pays attention to characters rather than whining about feelings from generic cutouts. Everything I've seen so far corroborates that.

stickyfiddle

digitalscream said:

dazzajl said:

Not even sure what to make of that. Seems from “part 1” that we’re getting a huge, unapologetically retro, misty eyed rollercoaster through all of Treks past. And in the best Trek traditions, both probable outcomes and likely consequences are binned off for the sake of joining the story line dots. 

Have faith. Everybody who's seen the first six episodes reckons this is a return to TNG/DS9/Voyager-style Trek, with proper writing that actually pays attention to characters rather than whining about feelings from generic cutouts. Everything I've seen so far corroborates that.

Same. I'm somewhat nervous that the reviewers have only been given the first 6 eps, but so far 3/1 is the best thing with JLP since First Contact by lightyears, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. 

dazzajl

digitalscream said:

dazzajl said:

Not even sure what to make of that. Seems from “part 1” that we’re getting a huge, unapologetically retro, misty eyed rollercoaster through all of Treks past. And in the best Trek traditions, both probable outcomes and likely consequences are binned off for the sake of joining the story line dots. 

Have faith. Everybody who's seen the first six episodes reckons this is a return to TNG/DS9/Voyager-style Trek, with proper writing that actually pays attention to characters rather than whining about feelings from generic cutouts. Everything I've seen so far corroborates that.

I’m so Trek that my white blood cells probably look like little Enterpirses. Not the fat one of course, no one wants that. 

I’ve found more than enough to enjoy in every single incarnation we’ve had and I’ll be very happy if they span this one out until Patrick is 127. If only to see how they manage to keep shoehorning Brent into each new series. I’ve really liked Picard not being “a trek series” and looking at that universe from a new angle, we’ve got two other series of folks in Starfleet uniforms rushing around the galaxy, boldly going. (Three with the brilliant Lower Decks) But if what we get now is a rollercoaster of old faces, memories and those gorgeous scores again, I’m buckled up with popcorn at the ready.