I just watched Picard episode six, another great one too, the story built up throughout the show keeping my attention with great writing and acting...I also didn't expect to see a certain character return to Star Trek either and was pleasantly surprised!...
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It's a great show, I was talking to Tate about it earlier today, Or, Yesterday I suppose. I see it like this, At this point, Patrick Stewart is basically going through a last Hurrah of sorts. To me, The fact that Picard is actually good is just a fringe benefit. If it was a lot worse than it is, I'd still watch it, It's a direct tie-in to TNG. And To boot this, I ask this somber question, What do you suppose Patrick Stewart will be doing in ten years? Yeah. So, I say that, So I can now Fairly critique it. If I had one Gripe, That Gripe would be the Data Tease, I somehow thought this show was just going to be chucked full of data, And this is where the critique comes in and duly so. People could argue, It's star trek Picard, Not Star trek data, But, yet, Data is such an integral part of the plot narrative. I understand that the pacing of the show is slow in order to introduce new characters and develop its unique essence apart from TNG.
But I ask, Break Down an episode of Picard. All the things we really want from the show are dangled on a string and we get so little of it. For instance, How much Data have we actually gotten? So very little, Seven of nine appeared, HOw much seven of nine did we get? Well, to be honest, I'm pleased with that, The whole mother angle with Echeb that was awesome. But this brings me to the true problem with the writing on the show. Echeb was set up in voyager to be this prodigal person, He had so much potential he was a very deep character, important in star trek lore, To kill him off as they did, It was unnecessary. As a fan. I just simply hate the fact that Echeb was killed off and for what? An ultimatum, TO build Seven of nines character in an admittedly profound way. Still, I'm not down with the Echeb Death. I think A sociopath with no concept of the fanbase is behind this series, I think we are about to see a lot of "Moments" where very important people are just fed to the lions for impact and story development, And Honestly That's not Really Solid writing, That's reaching into the cookie jar. "established cannon" And milking it for Shock and views.
I'm being fair here, Picard is a Spectacle of a show. And I'm hooked, I would watch it if it sucked ten times worse than it does, But, I do see those fractures they show in the into, manifesting into the story. To colloquialize it, They are Fractureing every fairytale in the fanbase. Who will they off next for Shock value?
Beverly crusher? Warf? Star Trek Consequences, I mean Picard, Is good, But it's shaking the table pretty hard...
