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Star Trek: Picard S01E01: Better than I expected i.e. better than Discovery. But I still bounce off the idea of Star Trek as cinematic, serialised prestige TV. I just want Star Trek to be episodic, cheesy, and gently optimistic.On Internet Archive
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Here's the thing: for me, Star Trek is a mood more than it is a cinematic universe. It's a calm, contemplative, mood that I don't get from Trek circa STAR TREK (2009) onwards.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Star Trek: Picard S01E02: Every line of dialogue is either portentous or expository. I just want characters to have a /conversation/ about what they're thinking or feeling that doesn't evoke huge galactic-level stakes.Permalink On Internet Archive
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I've also been dipping into some Star Trek: The Next Generation and it's so fun to watch because it's relatively low-stakes. It's nice to watch science-fiction that isn't massively stressful; that doesn't threaten to destroy the galaxy; that just enjoys itself.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Star Trek: Picard S01E04: I'm sticking with Picard despite my reservations about how conventional, how unimaginative, and how predictable it's all been so far. But I'll admit it warmed my heart to see 'Directed by Jonathan Frakes' at the start of this episode.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Star Trek Picard S01E06: A sad goodbye in this episode to a character whose recruitment took a whole episode but who went on to do nothing, contribute nothing narratively, form no relationships with any other character, and sacrificed themselves for no reason that I could see.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Final verdict on Star Trek: Picard: it's as if a group of too many writers and producers steeped in the laziest prestige TV conventions and blockbuster sci-fi cliché consumed Battlestar Galactica, Mass Effect, and pointedly NOT Star Trek: TNG and then wrote a show.Permalink On Internet Archive
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So I want more of Picard's lengthy discussions of artificial life and the philosophical ramifications of synthetic existence and less badass android kung-fu. More hopeful exploration of the future and less brooding over trauma and the darkness of history.Permalink On Internet Archive
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As with Discovery, the solution for me is to let it lie and to go back to watching The Next Generation on Netflix. I'll give Picard more of a chance. But nu-Trek maybe isn't for me and I can still enjoy old-Trek.Permalink On Internet Archive
