User Reviews

I have watched TNG from start to end 3 times in my life. Deep space 9 twice. All the movies, Voyager etc etc.

I really opened up to this new show for the first couple of episodes and really gave it a pass for all the silliness in the understanding that its all just the usual Setup and character introduction required and then we are on our way... but when in the 3rd episode they were still dragging their feet on plot point introductions and setup I was getting worried.... now they have gone to space and it somehow got worse.

They have this terrible and nonsensical plot line to try and demonize Picard and separate him from star fleet. It is just so cringe to watch the Romulans all get mad at him for abandoning them... ok so probably better they were not on the massive fireball of a home planet he rescued them from or?... So stomping on Picards multi season and multi movie amazing reputation in the galaxy aside... We are still just making new plot points and adding more clutter into the story. This place, and that clan, and this pirate, and this tradition and that historical moment and .... What about what is happening now... you can barely comunicate to the audience what is going on at the time being let alone all this terrible Mars Attacks rubbish.

Yet another episode introducing characters that we will no doubt not bond with while our main character gets dumped on yet again. The borg cube parts are terrible at this point and only act as a distraction that the show could really do without. The borg plot could have been introduced and condensed half way through the series and allowed us to focus on Picard. Would have been a more impactfull reveal and maintained some Mystery instead of all of this pretend fake and unbelievable melodrama. Ice skating on a borg cube scene....the cringiest thing I have seen on TV in a long time.

Sorry Mr Frakes. I can imagine you did your best but the writing, set design and over all world building choices that have been made out of your hands are so poor it is hard to make this good. Go back to The Orville. Its more Star Trek than anything else on TV.

If there's one thing I've learned from watching shows with Santiago Cabrera is that there often quite funny, but also tend towards the zany side, and judging by next week's preview that seems like where this is definitely headed. It's a comedy more than the old TNG and I thought the interplay between Rios and his EMH last episode were utterly hilarious.

I'll admit that it's been awhile since I saw TNG or any of the TNG films, and so my cultural expertise on all things Romulan is a bit foggy. I thought the fighting nuns were a cool idea, although much that went on during the visit to the planet felt quite predictable. I'm not sure where they got that promise is a prison bit. A promise isn't binding it's just most people's way of saying that they intend to really try to do something. Not all of them end up working out or we wouldn't have so many people on antidepressants, but I digress.

I also agree along with some other reviewers that the martial arts warrior bit was overdone and unnecessary. It's the same thing I hated when it happened to the Star Wars prequels. They just can't seem to leave out the rather ridiculous (in this reviewers mind) over the top martial arts action ala the style of Crouching Tiger films. Star Trek was always about the phaser weapons, although swords and deadly daggers have been seen and used. RIP David Marcus.

What I did like was that we finally got a decent look at Rios ship and a bit of a space battle. That really felt like Star Trek, especially the classic design of the Romulan Bird of Prey. Sure the crew did pick up a few more pathetic life forms, but personally I can't wait to see what the heck Seven of Nine was doing lurking around Vashti. Jerry Ryan looks great and I'm happy she's back, although it makes me miss her relationship with Robert Picardo in Voyager.

Overall the show is giving me many laughs, and some pretty good feels. I seem to be missing the language everyone is talking about. I'll have to listen harder. What bores me to death are the romantic scenes between Soji and Narek. That guy looks like a Lycan more than anything. I want more secret derelict Borg cube, much less boring romance. I also though they seemed to hook up pretty quickly in the show.

Oh and if there are any KOA Reckoning fans out there- I nominate Petyon List to play Alyn Shir if ever they make a live action film.

It s not getting better Unfortunately, Picard gets worse and weaker from episode to episode. Episode 4 barely brought the plot forward and had a series of stupid ideas and stupid dialogues. Would you like a selection: Romulan sword fighting? BorgShip ice rink without shoes? Seriously? What's the "Romulan only" sign? Who else should be there? A bird of prey from the Kirk-period? does it come from a museum? The captain holograms don't get funnier just because there are more ... The dialogues on board are stupid and unreliable anyway, "J.L." hurts in the ears every time. Raffi is extremely annoying. Weak episode. The appearance of 7 of 9 doesn't save anything anymore. but: I still don't give up hope.

Oh yes: how many Star Wars quotes do you want to add....?

I saw the title of the episode "Absolute Candor" and after the previous episodes my mind immediately replaced the second word with something more fitting while still hoping that at the end I may want to change it back to what the original title is. Long story short => I didn't - it is "absolute cancer".

STP suffers exactly the same problems as STD. All of the characters are unlikable. And we had 4 episodes now that focus on introducing these characters. So what do we have?

1. A socially awkward female scientist - she's not awkward in a fun kind of way but in a REALLY annoying one. Whenever she's on screen I just want her to keep her mouth shut and disappear asap.

2. Han Solo Lite and his crew of identical copy-paste holograms which are all played by the same actor. He tries to be cool but actually isn't and the whole thing with the holograms just gets confusing because I have no idea what hologram I'm currently looking at and the writers don't seem to be interested to clear these things up. So usually I see someone talking to the actor that plays that Han Solo character and due to the hair cut and clothes you know it's not the captain but a hologram. Still you won't have any idea WHAT hologram that is until someone casually drops it in the middle or at the end of a conversation. in this episode it was at the end of a conversation and I've already forgotten what that hologram was supposed to be.

3. We got Rafi, who is supposed to represent a (fired) security officer. Her whole behavior is not very Star Fleet (which is probably why she was fired in the first place). She has a foul mouth but other than that there is nothing interesting about her.

4. In the current episode we are introduced to Elrond.....I mean Elnor. It's easy to confuse these two as they basically are the same in terms of visual design. In terms of personality there is not much to him. He's basically a kid and a sword fighting assassin. How a sword fighter is supposed to be effective versus phasors and disruptors is a mystery to me. And he's not very consistent in his behavior. "I'm not helping you as you are just here because you need me now!". A minute later: "I'm helping you because you need me". His inconsistency just proves how consistently poor the writing is.

5. Let's not forget JL himself (I HATE that "nickname"). The show managed to make me despise Picard. He's running around being a preacher while he himself literally abandoned everything and everyone around him. And yes, people make mistakes. After making mistakes you cannot run around acting like a morally superior person. Picard is exactly doing that which makes him look a huge narcissistic dirtbag. Maybe JL isn't such a bad name for him as this is NOT the Jean-Luc Picard we knew from TNG but more like Jake-Lucile Picard.

The rest of the story is not really moving forward with this episode. The dialogues are terrible and non sensical. The plank of wood that is running around on the borg cube is having forced romantic moments with that other plank of wood. The sister of the one plank of wood is still behaving like a psychopath while going for incest...

The ship is ugly and we don't know anything about it except that it has shields, holograms and is controlled apparently by body movement of Han Solo. Oh and we have Jar Jar Trek lens flares *groans* - what a joy....NOT.

Something from the end of the episode: The ugly ship of our main cast is attacked by an older random Romulan Bird of Prey. There is no attempt to communicate from either side(!!!). Also apparently our ugly ship (no idea what the name is) is poorly equipped in terms of weaponry but rather quick (where have I seen that before? *yawn*). Halfway through the fight Han Solo suddenly remembers that he actually has weapons and a tactical officer (?) hologram. Btw. Picard is just standing around in the background not doing anything. His tactical expertise from the Enterprise days wouldn't really help him here anyway, right? *cough*

They are unable to shake the Bird of Prey until they get help from another ship that warped in. Together they somehow damage the BoP heavily by cutting of a wing. Btw. there was no talk about what they are targetting or why. No tactical discussions on disabling the ship or something similar. Stuff just happens and suddenly the BoP is kaputt...

The assisting ship is heavily damaged too which our crew notices. Instead of them offering their assistance the other ship has to ask them for help and to be beamed over. And I'm not kidding - they actually have a discussion on whether helping the pilot of that second ship is a good idea or not. What the actual.....? How is that even a discussion that happened?

It should've been: "The other ship is heavily damaged and will smash into the planetary shield any moment." and Picards response should've been: "Beam the pilot to our ship immediately!". THIS would be the proper reaction. What has actually happened here just shows how far away from Star Trek we are.

Anyway after they beam over the pilot we see that it is Seven of Nine - Jeri Ryan. I'll take a look at the next episode to see how they make her character unlikable and then I will be done with this show.

Regarding Star Trek Picard the only thoughts I have are: What a waste of money...

I liked the 1st episode. I didn't like the 2nd one, except for some scenes. I find the 3rd one the best so far. And not just the best, but with a strong story and very good performances from all the actors! Good job Jonathan Frakes!

The story of the romulans from Vashti is believable and also the importance of Picard in their community. Elnor fits well as a symbolic child of Picard. However, there were some minuses as well in regards to these romulans: why do they fight with both swords and disruptors? Also, it seems their attitude and look is borrowed from the Lord of the Rings of Tolkien! That is not, in itself, a bad thing. There was also a scene, on the ship, where Picard put his hat on his head in the same manner Gandalf did it! That was nice.

Back on the ship, the Spanish captain played very well! I felt some strange mix of feelings because there is a huge difference between the atmosphere on this ship and that on the Enterprise. There are no rules here, and the captain is an outcast. But, that let aside, the interaction between the characters was very well done. Well, except for doctor Jurati who still seems not integrated in the team. I see no added value from her side, except for her comic attitude, which, sometimes I did not find too amusing. But, there was a very funny character in this episode: the EMH. As on Voyager, this EMG has also the sense of humor.

The confrontation between the former romulan senator and Picard was quite strong, and see Picard fighting with a sword again gave me chills. The beginning of the confrontation seemed a little false: I felt somt artificial playing from Picard, something in his gestures when sitting at the table seemed off...But the senator played very well his part.

The borg cube story was left in a 2nd plan, less important. However, it did advanced: we found out what the romulans from that cube are are searching for and what do they intend to do with Soji. There is still a mystery about why Soji is a treat to them...And, I still find difficult to believe that the romulans faught and won the battle against the Borg! The romulan spy brother played very well. They showed a gothic scene at the end, a bit strange as a relationship between brothers. This scene, I also see it as a minus: the 2 spies do not act as romulans do. I am both annoyed and enchanted by their acting. Also, why there are different representations of the romulans: some have altered heads, others don't? The romantic scene between Soji and the romulan teenager was quite a good one.

And 7 of 9? Well, that was nostalgia again and a good come back for this ex-borg female!

The music was intelligently edited in this episode and contributed to the drama.

The space fight scene looked fine. The romulan ship seemed canonical. However, as in Discovery (whih is an abomination in Star Trek's history), the ships are a little to small. I mean, the camera seems to be placed too far away. I remember that in TOS, in TNG, in DS(, in Voyager, hell! in all the old school Trek, there are nicer ways to capture the ships and the battles. Back then, the ships felt also more "real". Somehow, I will accomodate to this new Trek if all goes as good as this episode...

There were moments of this to like, including that surprise moment at the end, but overall this was another episode that just left me wondering why we need this show and what their overall plan is.