Star Trek: Picard

Started by Surin Blastanos, April 27, 2020, 07:00:43 PM

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natins

Quote from: Ad1210 on February 05, 2022, 12:01:19 AM
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.

Fishandchips

Quote from: odcaf on February 05, 2022, 04:25:39 PM
Quote from: Ad1210 on February 05, 2022, 12:01:19 AM
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

Fishandchips

Picard season two begins! I've not seen it yet but will do later today. Opening scene looks promising though

Ad1210

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

Fishandchips

Quote from: Ad1210 on March 05, 2022, 10:50:05 AM
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!

Fishandchips

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

Yellow_Oak

I loved it! And the soundtrack is awesome!

Fishandchips

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!

Lenissaalexander

I've never really watched any Star Trek. Where should I start?

Jman071

Quote from: Lenissaalexander on April 03, 2023, 04:22:05 AM
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!

natins

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.

Octavia

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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Delta

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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natins

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.