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General Talk (primarily non-naturist) => Television, Movies and Theatre => Topic started by: Surin Blastanos on April 27, 2020, 07:00:43 pm
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Has anyone watched through the first season of Picard? If so, what are your thoughts?
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I want to, but haven't gotten the chance to yet. Sadness. Best Star Trek Captain ever though.
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Thought it was very well done. Always felt like something new but respectfully done. My only tiny gripe was with the copy and paste cgi fleet at the end- this wouldve been much better :-)
https://youtu.be/ED-YjeKywZc
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Thought it was very well done. Always felt like something new but respectfully done. My only tiny gripe was with the copy and paste cgi fleet at the end- this wouldve been much better :-)
https://youtu.be/ED-YjeKywZc
Oh my, that would have been amazing.
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SLIGHT SPOILER: I did love that the romulans have at least 5 planetary sterilisation patterns, which seems like overkill.
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Just finished the season Saturday night. Well worth watching!
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I thought it was good! Some pacing issues, and I have my fair share of gripes (especially regarding the handling of returning characters that weren't part of a main cast, but I won't get into that), but it's still a good show with heart and I think it's worth checking out.
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I thought it was good! Some pacing issues, and I have my fair share of gripes (especially regarding the handling of returning characters that weren't part of a main cast, but I won't get into that), but it's still a good show with heart and I think it's worth checking out.
That's fair, there were definite problems with pacing, especially early on. I enjoyed the Deep Space Nine-esqe theme of the Federation not always being the good guys, but it didn't really go anywhere later on. I do think the ending sets up some good morality questions for the next season.
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I just finished watching this yesterday. Legit had me tearing up at multiple points.
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I liked it :) I kinda wanted more space battles and cool ships but yeh, he's getting old i guess xD
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i liked the series, but the first episodes were better than the end
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Thought it was very well done. Always felt like something new but respectfully done. My only tiny gripe was with the copy and paste cgi fleet at the end- this wouldve been much better :-)
https://youtu.be/ED-YjeKywZc
Sounds like being a 7th great series like the previous ones... but I don't have Amazon Prime Video :cry:
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Thought it was very well done. Always felt like something new but respectfully done. My only tiny gripe was with the copy and paste cgi fleet at the end- this wouldve been much better :-)
https://youtu.be/ED-YjeKywZc
Sounds like being a 7th great series like the previous ones... but I don't have Amazon Prime Video :cry:
It is "Included with Prime", so you could start a free month's trial and watch it, and then cancel the subscription.
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Thought it was very well done. Always felt like something new but respectfully done. My only tiny gripe was with the copy and paste cgi fleet at the end- this wouldve been much better :-)
https://youtu.be/ED-YjeKywZc
Sounds like being a 7th great series like the previous ones... but I don't have Amazon Prime Video :cry:
It is "Included with Prime", so you could start a free month's trial and watch it, and then cancel the subscription.
@Surin Blastanos Thanks for the information, but I think I will find an alternative solution of the pirate streaming type. :rotfl2: :rotfl2:
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My wife and I loved it. It was great how the music picked up where Nemesis left off, and the first scene picked up where the final scene of TNG left off. Also, the fact that Picard had a flute theme was really appropriate per TNG. I'm also super nerdy about the Star Trek uniforms, and these were pretty good.
I kinda wonder where they go next season. They have that big empty ship and a full crew, and they're not part of the federation. It seems like it could wind up being a Firefly-type scenario.
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My wife and I loved it. It was great how the music picked up where Nemesis left off, and the first scene picked up where the final scene of TNG left off. Also, the fact that Picard had a flute theme was really appropriate per TNG. I'm also super nerdy about the Star Trek uniforms, and these were pretty good.
I kinda wonder where they go next season. They have that big empty ship and a full crew, and they're not part of the federation. It seems like it could wind up being a Firefly-type scenario.
Yeah, I can't wait to see what they do next season. LeVar Burton hinted that he might be in the next season, so fingers crossed.
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My wife and I loved it. It was great how the music picked up where Nemesis left off, and the first scene picked up where the final scene of TNG left off. Also, the fact that Picard had a flute theme was really appropriate per TNG. I'm also super nerdy about the Star Trek uniforms, and these were pretty good.
I kinda wonder where they go next season. They have that big empty ship and a full crew, and they're not part of the federation. It seems like it could wind up being a Firefly-type scenario.
I didn't even think of the flute theme, that's brilliant!
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Thought it was very well done. Always felt like something new but respectfully done. My only tiny gripe was with the copy and paste cgi fleet at the end- this wouldve been much better :-)
https://youtu.be/ED-YjeKywZc
Oh my, that would have been amazing.
:agree
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What are people hoping to see in season 2?
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What are people hoping to see in season 2?
The federation starting to realise that they need to change some of their attitudes. Picard possibly becoming a federation ambassador to the androids.
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Season 2 next year.... https://youtu.be/6Ff2QDZ7Zwg
Q!
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Season 2 next year.... https://youtu.be/6Ff2QDZ7Zwg
Q!
The trial never ends...
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https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1405204911768342530 (https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1405204911768342530)
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https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1405204911768342530 (https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1405204911768342530)
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2022 is too far away :( thats like 3 lockdowns to wait!
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https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1405204911768342530 (https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1405204911768342530)
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2022 is too far away :( thats like 3 lockdowns to wait!
So true, it looks like Season 2 is going to be soooo cool!!!
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https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1405204911768342530 (https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/1405204911768342530)
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2022 is too far away :( thats like 3 lockdowns to wait!
Don’t worry Matt it’ll see us through at least one lockdown of 2022, possibly from the omega variant by then. Send to starfleet HQ Admiral Janeways office, implement the omega directive immediately, signed captain F Chips, USS Dumfuckery
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The new trailer looks promising
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Birthday present from mother yesterday
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Birthday present from mother yesterday
Nice!!!
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Another Picard season 2 trailer… seems Q isn’t the only returning nightmare….
https://youtu.be/SWVA1ceMcko (https://youtu.be/SWVA1ceMcko)
@TheMattinator its getting closer, count the lockdowns.
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Another Picard season 2 trailer… seems Q isn’t the only returning nightmare….
https://youtu.be/SWVA1ceMcko (https://youtu.be/SWVA1ceMcko)
@TheMattinator its getting closer, count the lockdowns.
Haha i'm always a bit dubious about the time travel ones, but lets hope they do it well :)
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Another Picard season 2 trailer… seems Q isn’t the only returning nightmare….
https://youtu.be/SWVA1ceMcko (https://youtu.be/SWVA1ceMcko)
@TheMattinator its getting closer, count the lockdowns.
Haha i'm always a bit dubious about the time travel ones, but lets hope they do it well :)
Yeah I used to love them but they’ve gotten to the stage where time travel is used to rewrite canon or introduce new timelines so they can create more stories in established trek time periods and recast old favourite characters in the hope old fans won’t mind as it’s an alternate reality. This one looks like another Q thing which are never known to cause permanent changes but instead create interesting and infuriating challenges for Picard to get pissed off over.
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Definitely excited. Time travel to the date of production has been used to great effect in The Voyage Home (TOS movie), Past Tense (DS9) or Future's End (VOY), and all of those were great.
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Definitely excited. Time travel to the date of production has been used to great effect in The Voyage Home (TOS movie), Past Tense (DS9) or Future's End (VOY), and all of those were great.
Yeah those were good episodes although Past Tense was set in 21st century not 1990s. We’re approaching that time period and awaiting these Sanctuary Districts to be formed. Fortunately we’ve avoided the Eugenics wars of the late 20th century 😂
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There are 5 star trek shows releasing this year, we're really spoiled for choice now
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There are 5 star trek shows releasing this year, we're really spoiled for choice now
Funny how in 2005 Star Trek was cancelled due to franchise fatigue after five shows spanning almost 40 years but suddenly it’s perfectly ok to have 5 churned out at the same time.
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There are 5 star trek shows releasing this year, we're really spoiled for choice now
Funny how in 2005 Star Trek was cancelled due to franchise fatigue after five shows spanning almost 40 years but suddenly it’s perfectly ok to have 5 churned out at the same time.
Anything that makes money for the streaming platforms. But hey, as long as they keep being the quality they've released so far, I'm not complaining
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Interesting premise. Should be good.
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Interesting premise. Should be good.
I hope so but I hoped the first season would be good and I was left disappointed.
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Rebooting with a new trailer
https://youtu.be/feQTh-6M7pc (https://youtu.be/feQTh-6M7pc)
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I can only agree with the previous speakers, just great :D
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I hope the second season is better than the first one, I was left a bit disappointed.
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I hope the second season is better than the first one, I was left a bit disappointed.
Yes I did expect better but I guess with the way TV has gone now Star Trek was bound to go down hill into dark gloomy storylines too
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Looks good.
Also looking forward to Strange New World's which looks like it could be a bit more of the traditional trek
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Looks good.
Also looking forward to Strange New World's which looks like it could be a bit more of the traditional trek
I’m hoping so but there’s the danger of prequel that things are included because they have to be and we expect it and anything else looks out of place kinda like the Xindi war and the Suliban in Enterprise
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Looks good.
Also looking forward to Strange New World's which looks like it could be a bit more of the traditional trek
I heard something about a new Star Trek tv series some time ago but I had totally fogotten about it.
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Looks good.
Also looking forward to Strange New World's which looks like it could be a bit more of the traditional trek
I heard something about a new Star Trek tv series some time ago but I had totally fogotten about it.
That’s going to make it five on the go at once now and these aren’t on TV as such, bloody paramount plus unless you’re still in a region where they haven’t taken it off Netflix and Amazon
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Picard season two begins! I’ve not seen it yet but will do later today. Opening scene looks promising though
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Just finished it. In a word, awesome. We finally get some proper post nemesis/ds9/voyager Starfleet...including finally seeing the Sovereign class onscreen in something other than the TNG movies. Story is solid, characters look settled. Looking forward to the rest of the season
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Just finished it. In a word, awesome. We finally get some proper post nemesis/ds9/voyager Starfleet...including finally seeing the Sovereign class onscreen in something other than the TNG movies. Story is solid, characters look settled. Looking forward to the rest of the season
Great, now I’m looking forward to watching it and less nervous!
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Season 3 trailer with some classic TNG villains and Enterprise F seems to be making its TV debut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZkg-y7j_lM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZkg-y7j_lM)
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I loved it! And the soundtrack is awesome!
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I forgot about this topic. So far it’s mostly good but the recurring star fleet is compromised theme and bringing back old favourite characters to kill them is as tiresome as ever. What are your thoughts and feelings? Wish they’d reunited the next gen crew earlier as the damn season is almost over already!
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I've never really watched any Star Trek. Where should I start?
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I've never really watched any Star Trek. Where should I start?
I never really watched it either but I enjoyed the new movies and then found Discovery. A lot of people say to start at next generation. I get confused with all of the time jumps!
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The third season is a huge improvement over the previous two seasons. The pace is a bit too slow sometimes though. There are only three episodes left and I have the impression that not much has happened so far. And we haven't seen nearly anything of one member of the crew.
I became familiar with Star Trek through the movies, and for a long time that was all I knew. When I heard about the Picard project I began watching TNG and I've been enjoying it a lot. So my recommendation would be to start with the TNG tv series.
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I started with TNG, but keep in mind that the first couple seasons are more bad than good, it's a bit of a time investment to get into it. Starting with the movies is also not a bad idea.
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Personally not a fan of the reboot movie trilogy. Decent generic sci-fi, but not really representative of what Star Trek is.
I think the best movies to get started on are probably the Genesis trilogy. Wrath of Khan, Search for Spock, Voyage Home. Afterwards, Undiscovered Country. That should cover the good Kirk movies, which is where I feel Star Trek really became what it was through the peak of its run. Movies 1 and 5 are more supplementary material for the die-hard fans, they are just not that good. 1 is a long-outdated visual effects showcase with poor pacing, and 5 is basically a Mary Sue fic directed by Kirk's actor.
Afterwards, I agree that TNG is a good choice. Due to its very episodic nature, it is very possible to just pick some highly-rated episodes to get going with instead of just watching it front-to-back. Might even be recommendable to watch a few fan favorites to get some good impressions. The first two seasons were by far the roughest, so starting out with that gives you something that is not really representative of what the show can be at its best.
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I would look it up by the timeline, apart from the animated series 😅
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The show is over and I can say that the last season has been the best hands down. A nice goodbye to the TNG characters that deserved something better than Nemesis as their final adventure.
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I've never really watched any Star Trek. Where should I start?
Oh yikes that’s a difficult one with almost 60 years for you to catch up on. Next generation was my starting point but back then you only had that show and repeats of the original series. Try next generation first (pilot episodes encounter at farpoint pt 1&2) but mix it up a bit and watch episodes of the original series in between because they do make references to the past show.