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  • Hedji
    Citizen of Gotham
    • Nov 17, 2012
    • 7246

    #31
    Originally posted by Werewolf
    Next Gen suffered too much from weird forehead of the week alien designs
    Hallelujah! I thought I was the only one who thought that! Michael Westmore was definitely trapped in a mode where he saw the movie Klingons and said, "A-hah, put a bump on the nose and forehead... BOOM! Instant alien!" It was boring compared to the colorful characters of TOS (and the films)

    Originally posted by Earth 2 Chris
    I like TNG well enough, well, after Season 3 or so. But the characters on that show were often so devoid of humanity, it made relating to them almost impossible. And the stories were often dull. The ones that stand out, like "The Best of Both Worlds" broke that mold. TOS was never dull. The character's had...well, character, and their inner conflicts were often as engaging as the great and fast-paced stories they were in.
    Chris
    Amen! The dialogue was often whispered, mixed with the droning of the ship's engines, and the droning of the musical score (the producers' requested the scoring be dialed back to more background wallpaper). It did suffer.

    BUT, they had great actors, and great characters. I just wish there was that spirit of ADVENTURE that would make kids want to role play with phasers and tricorders in the backyard.

    Originally posted by palitoy
    I enjoyed the Abrams movies and cast as well. I occasionally revisit the first and third one, the second one is fun to look at but a total mess storywise.
    100%. They are all fun, and the cast is great. I hope Tarrantino gets to do his movie with them.

    Last week I got to watch the first 5-6 episodes of Discovery on an airplane. I liked it a lot! But it didn't seem like Trek. It's weird... they obviously cater to older fans (with F-bombs in the dialogue!), you'd think they'd realize that older fans want the Star Trek TOS aesthetic that everyone enjoyed in Star Trek Continues and The DS9 Tribbles episode. And why change the Klingon designs again? Still, an enjoyable watch, but I won't pay to subscribe.

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    • sprytel
      Talkative Member
      • Jun 26, 2009
      • 6532

      #32
      NYCC dropped a new trailer, and it is really hitting the right notes with me.

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      • Klosterheim
        Persistent Member
        • Mar 23, 2013
        • 1120

        #33
        Good, good. That looks pretty cool now.
        Spoilers-


        Spoilers-










        Nice to see a hologram of Enterprise D.

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        • Sideshow Spock
          valar morghulis
          • Mar 8, 2005
          • 2848

          #34
          Being an old TNG fan, naturally I'm a sucker for the fan service.. but I just don't have much optimism that the people who are currently in charge of Star Trek are capable of producing quality programming. I hope I'm wrong. But scenes from that trailer (like Seven of Nine going all Resident Evil) don't exactly fill me with confidence.

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          • Sideshow Spock
            valar morghulis
            • Mar 8, 2005
            • 2848

            #35
            Bumping this for the premiere on THU.. I finally signed up for CBSAA last week..

            I'm going in with very modest expectations and hoping to be pleasantly surprised.

            In the meantime I've been binging Discovery S1 and am actually finding it watchable. I mean, if you can get past the constant mayhem and death and torture..

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            • Sideshow Spock
              valar morghulis
              • Mar 8, 2005
              • 2848

              #36
              I watched the premiere, and was pleasantly surprised. Stewart has stressed repeatedly that this was not going to be TNG 2.0, and it certainly isn't.. but for those craving that (uh, me), there's still a strong connection to what's come before.

              I'm interested to see where it goes.

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              • monitor_ep
                Talkative Member
                • May 11, 2013
                • 7345

                #37
                Stewart has official ask Whoppi Goldberg to show up in season 2 of Picard. I really liked the interaction on TNG, even though it was stated that when Whoppie was able to film her part they were just Deanna Troi lines.

                I will buy this once it gets released on Blu-ray.
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                • Bruce Banner
                  HULK SMASH!
                  • Apr 3, 2010
                  • 4325

                  #38
                  First episode was suitably compelling. Great to see Picard back in action. Looking forward to seeing how the series premise and storyline plays out.
                  PUNY HUMANS!

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                  • Sideshow Spock
                    valar morghulis
                    • Mar 8, 2005
                    • 2848

                    #39
                    Will Wheaton's Picard recap show is on YT for anyone interested.. spoilers discussed..

                    For those that don't wanna pay for CBSAA but are curious about the show, it's better than nothing..

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                    • EMCE Hammer
                      Moderation Engineer
                      • Aug 14, 2003
                      • 25679

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Bruce Banner
                      First episode was suitably compelling. Great to see Picard back in action. Looking forward to seeing how the series premise and storyline plays out.
                      Yep, that's how I took it. The "premise" did surprise me, but I have a lot of questions and I'll be back to see how it all plays out. I have a theory.

                      Does anyone know if this is the prime timeline or the Kelvin? I thought it was prime, but I saw someone on Facebook say it's not.

                      Any bets on an eventual Wes Crusher appearance?

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                      • sprytel
                        Talkative Member
                        • Jun 26, 2009
                        • 6532

                        #41
                        The Kelvin timeline was created when "bad Romulan dude" went back in time after the destruction of Romulus. As this show takes place in the aftermath of the destruction of Romulus, it has to be Prime.

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                        • Klosterheim
                          Persistent Member
                          • Mar 23, 2013
                          • 1120

                          #42
                          I liked Star Trek: Picard.

                          All of episode one's story was good.

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                          • Nostalgiabuff
                            Muddling through
                            • Oct 4, 2008
                            • 11285

                            #43
                            i have not seen it yet but it is set in the Prime universe, 20 years after the events of Nemesis. Synthetic beings have been banned in the federation because of an uprising by some rogue androids that set off a chain reaction that ignited the martian atmosphere and killed 92,000 people

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                            • Bruce Banner
                              HULK SMASH!
                              • Apr 3, 2010
                              • 4325

                              #44
                              Speaking of Star Trek...

                              PUNY HUMANS!

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                              • palitoy
                                live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                                • Jun 16, 2001
                                • 59176

                                #45
                                I couldn't get into it, having said that I'm not a fan of TNG either, so that may be a good sign for fans?
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