Star Trek: Picard

[Foxbat]

But can we agree thr tractor beam FX were lke out of thr 50's? Cartoonist.

“Green Lantern”, anyone?

 

[harshness]

Well, its OK, but the great thing about science fiction is that the canvas is blank.

Star Trek canon is anything but blank.

There's a big difference between "by the book" and watching out for number one.

 

[long_time_DNC]

Yes, that is true. And unfortunately, we've seen the latest group of show-runners, at times, obliterate Trek canon with what would appear to be little more than a tiny smidgen of thought (in particular, the first two seasons of Discovery).

 

[KAB]

The worst yet, Friend to Fo. No old cast reveal. New Gimmick, the Amazing Popiel Portable Worm Hole!! This season is shaping up to be the worst.

 

[harshness]

I've seen worse, but this was certainly in the bottom three over the entire Star Trek Universe.

 

[dfergie]

I disagree, other than Picard & Riker discord I enjoyed...

 

[dfergie]

As a DS9 fan I immediately thought changlings...

 

[long_time_DNC]

I disagree, other than Picard & Riker discord I enjoyed...

Same here. Just finished watching it and the Picard/Riker discord aside, I enjoyed it. The whole Worf/Raffi thing was top-notch. The DS9 Changeling/Dominion element is very intriguing. And...

"Beheadings are on Wednesday" was the single best line in the episode. I laughed out loud at that one.

 

[harshness]

As a DS9 fan I immediately thought changlings...

I never associated changelings with being violent. The seem to have perfected the art of ears rather than just copying Odo.

 

[long_time_DNC]

I never associated changelings with being violent. The seem to have perfected the art of ears rather than just copying Odo.

They're behind the Dominion and so, even if some (or most) aren't themselves violent, they definitely have no issue backing it. As for the ears, I noted that as well. Makes sense though. To infiltrate, you gotta look just right...either that, or explain why you're wearing a hat.

 

[bookworm370]

"Beheadings are on Wednesday" was the single best line in the episode. I laughed out loud at that one.

Yeah, I rewound that a couple times just to watch it again! Hillarious!

 

[KAB]

Finally, a down to earth, balls to the wall Star Trek Episode. It even had me feeling good about "grease monkey" Shaw.

 

[harshness]

I find that the Ready Room episodes are often more engaging that the series.

 

[long_time_DNC]

I find that the Ready Room episodes are often more engaging that the series.

I just have trouble dealing with Wil Wheaton...too "fan-boy-ish" or something. So I do the Ready Room episodes usually after the season is over...

 

[harshness]

So I do the Ready Room episodes usually after the season is over...

I find that they help to support the motivation for many show elements that otherwise seem unmotivated. They also hint at Easter eggs.

 

[long_time_DNC]

Really enjoyed episode 4. It had all the elements a good Star Trek episode should have. No real dings except that, for the entire run of TNG, 10-Forward never looked like the holodeck version they had in this episode. Liked the way they took care of Vadic also. She's in a bad situation, but I think they'll be seeing her again. Now, they need to find out if Starfleet HQ has been infiltrated by Changlings, and if so, to what degree. If one was on the Titan, I'm guessing that Starfleet HQ has been compromised...

I agree, Shaw is a d**k, but he did some things in this episode to redeem himself, at least to some degree...

 

[Foxbat]

My “ding” was having this separate power cell available for the Holodeck. They literally shut down Life Support to the entire ship at one point to power the thrusters, but couldn’t tap the power from the Holodeck because people have the right to escape from facing the horrible situation the ship is in? Doesn’t say much about the caliber of Star Fleet personnel if that’s true.

And the Titan still got beat up pretty bad, so hopefully they can get far enough away from the Shrike in some random direction to survive some more episodes.

This episode’s great line? Picard’s answer to Jack when quizzed about his hair: “Enjoy it while you can…”

 

[long_time_DNC]

I guess my impression was that the warp drive was recharged enough that they could get to a starbase or Federation-aligned planet without any issues, so I don't think they'll be meeting the Shrike again in open space. I could be wrong, of course.

Yeah, the "Enjoy it while you can..." line was a good one.

Yeah, the holodeck being on a separate power cell was rather "convenient". I let it go because they needed a setting for a talk to develop the Picard/Jack characters/relationship better other than a corridor and it'll likely never come up again anyway.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

My “ding” was having this separate power cell available for the Holodeck. They literally shut down Life Support to the entire ship at one point to power the thrusters, but couldn’t tap the power from the Holodeck because people have the right to escape from facing the horrible situation the ship is in? Doesn’t say much about the caliber of Star Fleet personnel if that’s true.

And the Titan still got beat up pretty bad, so hopefully they can get far enough away from the Shrike in some random direction to survive some more episodes.

This episode’s great line? Picard’s answer to Jack when quizzed about his hair: “Enjoy it while you can…”

I thought the same thing, about holodeck power, but given how good this season has been, I gave them a pass.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

I was so excited to see "Ensign Ro" - and that was a powerful episode. I just wish we could zap away the 10 episodes of season 2 (or at least five of them) and add them to this season.

Terry Matalas is my hero - for finally giving us the Picard series we deserved.