“If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with sausages to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid.”
Though honestly, I personally like to imagine that Tom Paris really likes Star Wars, but when he brings it up, everyone thinks it’s just another one of his campy 20th century films.
Season 1 of Picard started with such promise, but it's clear they had no roadmap. They meandered around not developing the main plot until they had to throw together the most slapdash resolution in the last few episodes.
But I liked the concept of Picard in a new setting with new characters, on the outs with Starfleet but holding up its ideals even while the actual organization fell behind. A much better premise than season 3's "lets just make everything like it was thirty years ago again!" approach.
My biggest concern is with the new ownership. The lack of any announced queer rep, SNW’s tepid third season, and even the pointed heteronormative attire in this poster all seem in line with a Trek that’s not going to push for anything progressive.
I agree with you that a Star Trek teen drama has potential though. Star Trek was built to encompass a variety of genres. Most around here seem to have appreciated the Star Trek animated comedy, and I don’t hear much denigrating of Bakula’s West Wing in space proposal, so I don’t see why 90210 in space should be such a punchline.
The TMP novelization’s version of the academy featured competitive orgies between the human and Deltan residences, iirc. Anything less than that, and I’m calling this show out for not being true to Gene’s Vision®.
a) why would they stop? Just because you lost one war doesn’t mean you dissolve your entire military.
b) perhaps the Jem’Hadar at some point seized control of their own cloning facilities and made the necessary changes. Or the Founders eventually turn over a new leaf and grant them autonomy. 800 years allows for any number of explanations.
It’s not even that, it’s Avery Brooke’s powerful voice and Patrick Stewart’s piercing eyes as they confront one another for the first time, the briefing room filling with tension as Sisko’s barely contained rage breaks against Picard’s steely reserve, knowing both are just surface defences covering the hidden hurt they reach feel, both victims of the same implacable foe, both denying themselves the comfort of…
We’re all nostalgic for the same things here, right? Yes? No?
Alright, that's fair reasoning. I don't sweat it when a sci-fi future looks oddly contemporary, just like I don't sweat it when a period piece does the Bridgerton thing of including modern pop songs and printed dress patterns. A little artistic licence doesn't bother me for stuff like that, but I get the perspective.
Jacket looks slick. I'm in favour of leaning more towards civilian higher education aesthetics and away from military ones. After all, aren't we always being told Starfleet isn't a military?
Agreed completely. Discovery and Picard both had an issue early on where they couldn’t plan ahead to save their life. Discovery at last had the excuse of shifting creatives behind the scenes. But all they needed to do was sprinkle that character work throughout the season and it would have made all the difference.
My little pup definitely has favourite spots to shit - often it’s in front of a house he knows another dog lives in. It’s not exactly the same spot every time, but there are very much creatures of habit and I wouldn’t rule it out.
I didn’t find him to be the only interesting character, but I agree. They sacrificed depth and nuance in favour of a shallow shock twist. One of the bigger missteps of season 1.
A leg lamp, shattered.