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I enjoyed season 2 of Discovery , good story line, plenty of action, lots to like.
Pike and Saru excellent , also like Tilly a bit scatty but she got the job done.
The female Scotty was a scream.
Micheal and Spock also excellent, I could see Leonard Nimoy at then end.
Cant wait for season 3.
 

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The DS9 doc 'What we left behind' is released on tuseday for those interested. Bluray/dvd and on itunes. Honestly cant wait to see it. Love ds9, might be time to start another run through after watching the doc.
 

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Also can't wait to see it. Actually, I've been looking forward to this for a long time and followed its progress and then totally missed the first release in May. Here's a great interview with some of the actors:


That alone makes up for having to endure that Discovery tripe which I finally gave up halfway through season two.
 

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Could be awesome, just hope they stay away from old man jokes, please.
 

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He looks and sounds pretty frail which I think will help the story.

I could never take him seriously when he was doing some action scenes for some reason.
 

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Production values and stuff makes me feel like this might be in the DSC mould... I really hope I'm wrong and that they don't dig up Picard only to stick him into some generic sci-fi.
 

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Just finished watching the old Trek movies (pre-TNG). Apart from 2 and maybe 6, nothing like that will be made today. Too slow for a major release. And the actors were and looked too old.
Based on how much they were like Trek (and whether they were any good), I'd go:
3 1 6 2 4
(didn't see 5).

1 in particular was painfully slow but was a nice idea that could have been done with about 10 minutes less of shots lingering on the hull of the Enterprise. It was like a decent TOS episode shot on a big budget, and following a Trek tradition there is no action climax.
2 stands out from the rest as an action-driven movie with some ok character work, and a memorable end.
3 was the perfect adaptation of Trek into a movie form IMO (Kirk and the others' commitment to Spock, the hubris of the genesis machine, and the added excitement of the Klingon threat.
4 was a stupid concept done semi-seriously. Also a very on-the-nose environmental message.
The message from 6 couldn't have been clearer, given that it was released as the Cold War was ending. (They literally use the words cold war and gulag; the Klingons have destroyed their economy and environment to compete militarily). It's an excellent send-off to Kirk, Spock, and the rest*, and it's made explicit that they're passing on the torch to the ummm next generation (Worf is involved). But one of the villains was very obvious even though I think that was supposed to be a surprise.



*Generations and STD and the reboot aren't real.
 

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Sad news Deep space 9 was the only Star trek i could get into as a kid, really enjoyed that show. Rewatched it again a few months back and it was great, ahead of its time.
 
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Sad news Deep space 9 was the only Star trek i could get into as a kid, really enjoyed that show. Rewatched it again a few months back and it was great, ahead of its time.
It is set in the future, so yes. ;)
 

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"What We Left Behind" is comfortably the best Star Trek documentary, especially since I also consider DS9 to be the best Star Trek series. any DS9 or ST fan should watch it.
 

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"What We Left Behind" is comfortably the best Star Trek documentary, especially since I also consider DS9 to be the best Star Trek series. any DS9 or ST fan should watch it.
I was hoping it would offer some explanation as to what exactly they were thinking with Vic Fontaine but alas, it remains a mystery.

It is very good however, although a little awkward viewing at times (especially with Marc Alaimo).
 

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"What We Left Behind" is comfortably the best Star Trek documentary, especially since I also consider DS9 to be the best Star Trek series. any DS9 or ST fan should watch it.
Just watched it. Worthy retrospective of my favourite ever show.

Edit: Rene Auberjonois has died? That completely passed me by. RIP
 

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As we approach the release of "Picard", I an going to re-watch TNG on Netflix.

I've not seen any of it for many, many years.

Will it be horribly dated?

Will I be able to resit skipping the Wesley Crusher heavy episodes?

Will Worf be as awesome as I remember?

There are four lights!
 

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Decent first episode for Picard, I thought.

It's good to see the Star Trek franchise fully move away from it's kitsch beginnings and embrace stories that are more multifaceted.

Weird to see a Romulan with an Irish accent, though.
 

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The first ep of Picard has excellent reviews, just have to decide, iof to watch 1 at a time of binge watch when it is all out.
Yup I'm in the same boat. Hate this 'old' style of weekly shows. I might just wait till they are all on - but it will be hard I'm desperate to see it.
 

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Did you like TNG/DS9? Dante's review and his views on Discovery and TNG make me think this is not for me.
I did, although it's always difficult to judge such shows years later. Certainly they both have a lot of really poor episodes but DS9 in particular still holds up, even allowing for the inevitable bias that I must have.

Picard matches the modern feel of Discovery but seems to share little else, at least that is the impression the pilot gave me.
 

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I'd say the difference is that this show already seems to have heart and soul which is something Discovery lacked.
100% agree. The Discovery episodes I've seen were pretty unimpressive.

Stewart and some of the old characters from TNG and Voyager in this new production style look very promising.
 

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First episode was very good. Can’t wait to see the rest.