Star Trek: Picard

"A bunch of people are handed a franchise they have no real interest in to lure as many subscribers as possible to an online streaming service. The main actor from said franchise is given too much leeway and helps force the end product to vary wildly from the hopeful and thoughtful aspects we used to love. And that's how we got Shitty Game of Star Thrones with eye torture and puking and Mass Effect plotlines.. and... ..FUCK! ARGH! SHIT! FUCK!!!" [Me, throwing a tantrum in a nursing home in 2066]

If Star Trek is a religion, Star Trek: Picard is a heresy. There is no aspiration. There is no idealism (even unmet, or through hardship). It just rakes you through the gore and booze and profanity and murder until you feel like that dude who gets his eye ripped out in episode 5. I want no part in this future.

If you have fond memories of TNG in general and Captain Picard in particular, do yourself a favor and skip this.

I don't know why I keep doing this to myself. Maybe this is what it is like to be a drug addict? I know that the used-up, dirty needle called modern Star Trek is likely to give me headaches, nausea, and even an ST:D but I keep coming back for more. Seeing Jean-Luc used to give me warm, happy feelings and a sense of hope. Having to sit through geriatric Patrick Stewart mumbling through lines and fumbling through action scene after action scene now just elevates me from nothing to anger.

The dialogue and plot are just terribly terribly written. It's like the CW presents Star Trek. Consistently amateurish dialogue like "but that's impossible!" It's clear that the show underwent massive reshoots. Most of the elements introduced in the first 3 episodes are completely abandoned. Reshoots are especially noticeable on the finale where a macguffin saves the characters from a costly CGI climax. It's just a soap opera set in space without a hint of thought provoking science fiction.

About as stupidly written as you'd expect from the graduates of JJ Hack University that have Hollywood by the balls. I think they forgot that Data had close relationships with all of the bridge crew EXCEPT Picard. It's hilarious to think that Picard calls him his "dear friend" and he's going to gallivant back into space to chase some girl he doesn't know. Why is CBS so against hiring actual sci-fi authors and writers?!?!!!

Another instance of “SJW” radicals taking out their grievances against “the patriarchy” by ridiculing & denigrating dignified altruistic & egalitarian heroes in some inflated self-righteous crusade against easy sympathetic targets. Disgusting. Rather than undermine allies, why don’t they take on the deep south? Oh right, because they’re phony cowards - so instead they wreck our OG progressive heroes with inane “messaging” & Hollywood endorses it. Cringe af.

If you stopped watching after the first episode(s), I understand, but, you made a mistake. Starting around "Stardust City Rag", the first season of "Picard" grows into a worthy successor to the greatest Sci-Fi series of all-time, even if its highest moments don't sniff the same quality or depth of storytelling as its parent show. It's TNG for a modern audience, and given that actual TNG would be lost on that audience, I'll certainly take this, though I understand if you're divided on the finale.

Only two episodes in, so very subject to change, but so far it definitely feels a LOT different than you're normal Star Trek. It looks great, Stewart is great and it's jumping right into a massive story. Definitely a welcome departure from "we are at X planet with X species and X existential issues, solved by X techno babble. Worth a look.

Aggressively mediocre and a genuine waste of time.