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I watched the first episode of the new season of Picard. They kind of kitchen sinked it. I mean, I enjoyed it but I felt like there was almost too much in it. Like I couldn't settle on anything. One thing about the first season is that I felt it went too big and that resulted in a real problem in the ending, resolving things in two rushed, packed, messy episodes that didn't hold up to scrutiny at all. The more gentle episodes I adored. Season 2 has turned things up to 11 in the first episode.
Let's see where this goes.
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Originally posted by Dogg Thang View PostI actually really liked the second episode. The setup was very messy and all too convenient but I still enjoyed it.
It was fun to see those characters sent to an alternate timeline that was, in some ways, reminiscent of the Mirror Universe. Especially for Picard, because The Next Generation never went to the Mirror Universe; the closest they ever got was a warlike timeline in the episode Yesterday's Enterprise, one of the best episodes of the whole show. And Q even references this in the Picard episode.
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Alternate timelines in Trek are a weird one, either Star Trek subscribes to infinite timelines (in which case fans should chill about a lot of stuff) or it doesn't and alternate timeline events should always railroad into the Kelvin timeline which would be interesting as that one is still largely uncharted so there's room to paint quite the relevant alternate history/crossover path there over the years
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Yeah, I'd love a Trek writer to sit me down and explain the difference between an alternate reality and the same reality only where time has been changed. I found it really odd they made that distinction so strongly. Anyway, it's a bit of fun.
I have a vague memory of seeing a Mirror Universe Picard action figure decades ago and getting really excited that something was coming but it never did. It was just a figure. Patrick Stewart is so commanding and can look quite dark when he wants to so I'd say a full on dark Picard would have been great.
And yes, Yesterday's Enterprise was fantastic.
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Originally posted by Dogg Thang View PostYeah, I'd love a Trek writer to sit me down and explain the difference between an alternate reality and the same reality only where time has been changed. I found it really odd they made that distinction so strongly. Anyway, it's a bit of fun.
And yes, Yesterday's Enterprise was fantastic.
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