Reviews

After watching STNG passionately during its original showing from 1987 to 1992, I have to say this series to date was a superbly evocative and very well made piece of work with a great storyline and brilliant special effects. I am eagerly awaiting season 2.

I found the gradual introduction of the STNG characters heartwarming after so long, the impression the show made on me at the time was profound and to see some of my favourite characters return after more than 30 years was quite emotive. Patrick Stewart, now in his late 70's does not try to pretend in character that so much time has passed but sticks to the essence of what he was in the original series and later movies. It was awesome to see the return of Jonathan Frakes ,Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner again. Jeri Ryan as 7 of 9 is as stunning to look at today as she was in Voyager, and it was great to see the return of Jonathan Del Arco as Hugh to help in the context of the Borg part of the plot.

I thought also the introduction of new characters fit well, Commodore Oh was as driven and determined as you would expect from a radical Vulcan/Romulan hybrid, Rios plays a Han Solo type character while his dark and troubled side is developed along side martial artist Elnor, a strong grudge holding but talented detective Raffi and the essential medical doctor Jurati. With the exception of the Narek character, who came across as far too millennially human, I thought all characters were developed beautifully.

I respectfully with the naysayers here, who say this is not Star trek, that it is a dystopia opposite of Star Trek. Instead, I thought Star Trek Picard brought back the essence of STNG characters that are now taking on a world 30 years advanced. The characters stick to their morals and beliefs of STNG. I see comparisons to Discovery but Picard and Discovery to me are diametrically opposed. In fact it is Discovery I found deviating from the Star Trek Vision, not Picard. Discovery tried too hard to adjust to the modern world and appeal to acceptance of race, religion, culture and sexuality. It is Discovery that would make Gene Roddenberry turn in his grave, not Picard.

I am sincerely looking forward to the introduction of Worf, Geordi , Beverly Crusher and anyone else that can bring back the memories.

Cannot wait for more seasons.

Looking at the movie synopsis "In the near future....etc" I was expecting at least the look and feel of the film to be somewhat futuristic or at least using technology of today. Yet from the opening scene shows old style chunky cathode ray monitors of yesteryear as their computer interfaces but wait a minute, one of the guys is walking around with an ipad... come on, from which junkyard did they scrounge up the CRT's ?. It was a bad credibility start but managed to grind through the implausibility for the most. The set is as claustrophobic as the plot with B grade acting to boot a B movie. Give this one a miss.

I rented this film thinking it was the Natalie Portman release, oh my gosh was I wrong.

Caught by Asylum yet again. The most appalling and cheapskate CGI I have ever see, inaccurate story and weak acting, my goodness, what is this production company really all about. The beast fighting where you see slashing at monsters which are off the screen to save CGI efforts are by example simply laughable.

Afraid i could not finish this one, I'd seriously recommend you do not waste your precious life's time even verifying the above. And be careful of your title, make sure it is not an Asylum production.

You know it never ceases to amaze me how poor alien technology could be.

I mean how can an alien spacecraft that is capable of traversing 3000 light years in an instant can be so inaccurate when it comes to its weapons fire when pursuing a clapped out old taxi on a straight road ? How can a top secret military base be subverted so easily, and the staff convinced to evacuate by a stranger with no ID ? This is just a couple of examples of the many I had to stretch my imagination beyond the realms of acceptability to rate this movie with any degree of credibility.

Perhaps I am being too critical, I alas I am not a kid anymore but I'd hoped for a bit more pragmatism to broaden its appeal. The plot really had some potential for something bigger and better, its potential reminded me of "Starman" from 1984 or "Contact" from 1997. I think just a bit more thought may have had me thinking this movie exceeds the puerile category.

Oh my god, Sorry, do I qualify to critique this movie, I couldn't watch more than 1/2 of it.

I expected a bad movie with a lot of CGI but I got on with too much dialog and extremely poor CGI.

Pretty gals that try to be mercenaries, tough guys that just are not tough, its just not the way it would be. CGI absolutely shocking, the size of the alien robots changes from shot to shot.

If the matrix has been made, why try to make this. Who put their money up to even contemplate making this kind of rubbish.

Don't waste more money and try to watch this.

It's rare that I come a cross a movie that is as poorly cast and as factually inept as this one.

Dolly girls that belong in fashion boutiques and are more concerned about the position of their long hair behind their ears do not become professional demolition consultants, nor do they become space shuttle pilots. Long haired male models that are 25 years too young for the role do not become NASA mission controllers.

The list goes on, but please don't start me on the scientific ineptitude, a good list of it is already in this review section.

Shame that a good idea is ruined by poor casting and insufficient research.