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Star Trek Discovery and Picard

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Anyone watch these? I just started a free 7 day trial of CBS All Access. They have seasons 1 and 2 of Discovery and episodes 1 and 2 of Picard. They are okay for what they are. Nothing will ever come close to Next Generation. I have to warn you they insert the usual and unnecessary political bias but that can be ignored without losing the plot.

I don't like either show enough to pay the subscription fee after the trail period is up.

What are your thoughts?
 
you can watch for free on Pluto TV. free app for TV channels.
 
It took my oldest and me most of season 1 of Discovery to get hooked. Once season 2 started we really got hooked but like I said it took a while. I thought the first episode Picard was great but last week let me down. We will see..... the oldest is not yet digging Picard, it took her a lot of episodes to get hooded on DS9 as well.
 
Just buy an amazon firestick and load Kodi - watch whatever you want FREE
 
I like the new “Picard” series. I think it is going to be a little slower than most previous Star Trek themed motion pictures but will run deep. Like old time films. Slow at first but by mid movie, you can’t leave your seat to piss.

Im not worried about the political overtones. I just see it as, this is how it is in the future in this particular Sci-Fi world. I pay no attention to how it may or may not connect to my real world life. It’s a freakin TV show. If it is not entertaining, then there doing something wrong or it’s just not your cup of tea. Getting caught up in what TV entertainment show is doing say or suggesting out right or through smoke and mirrors is like being a conspiracy theorist.
(The president is in co-hoots with the aliens to create a 1 world new order for the freedom fight of kidnapped humans through tout the known universe to stop the lizard people of discovering how to kill us but yet trap our souls for eternal slavery in hopes to further there empire over the grays and bring forth the dark lord of evil to insure total multi dimensional universal conquest.)

Growing up with the original..........
I personally wasn’t to keen on DS9 and only so-so on the “Next Generation” series. Voyager was much much better IMO. (And 7 of 9 totally rocks!)

I love a good spin off. Be it they follow what was or a new cast and direction that has nothing to do with what started it all or previously behind it.

Being a series, they can go into a “who done it?” Like show and add in a “Cloak & Dagger” twist. Or whatever. The sky is wide open. And as long as it is fun, I’ll watch.

The wife and I absolutely loved “Discovery” and hope big time it stays interesting and fun. I do t know how they’ll keep up the fast pace and action with the unusual twists and weird or unnormal norms we are used to, but we really liked it.
 
I do not like the Kelvin timeline, I do not like the Star Trek turning political. The Current Federation in inclusive (the USA) The Trump figures are easy to pick out. I avoid them. Watch TOS or STNG. Even Voyager is better.
 
I do not like the Kelvin timeline, I do not like the Star Trek turning political. The Current Federation in inclusive (the USA) The Trump figures are easy to pick out. I avoid them. Watch TOS or STNG. Even Voyager is better.
I started with the original series pilot and watched every Star Trek series since except for the ones mentioned in the title.

I just watched the history of the Klingons on YT channel called Trekspertise. Pretty thorough. Watch it if you want to geek out for a bit.
 
I heard it's all about immigration and how evil the US is because we don't take unlimited numbers of illegals. Typical Hollywood BS.
 
I heard it's all about immigration and how evil the US is because we don't take unlimited numbers of illegals. Typical Hollywood BS.
That is not apparent to me. I just finished Discovery Season 1 and have only seen Picard season 1 episodes 1 and 2.
 
ALL Star Treks have have had political overtones since the first episode of the original.
 
ALL Star Treks have have had political overtones since the first episode of the original.
Some episodes yes, But when Patrick Stewart states his entire show is a direct response to Trump and Brexit then? Discovery is the same. That is why there will be no ST 4 Kelvin timeline. No Tarantino Star Trek. Sad but true The Orville which is on Hulu is better Star Trek. Seth and NBC wanted to buy ST but walked out of negotiations.
 
I do not like the Kelvin timeline, I do not like the Star Trek turning political. The Current Federation in inclusive (the USA) The Trump figures are easy to pick out. I avoid them. Watch TOS or STNG. Even Voyager is better.
What is TOS?
What are these/those various time lines?
“Kelvin?”
 
What is TOS?
What are these/those various time lines?
“Kelvin?”
TOS is the The original series. Kelvin timeline is the 25% difference that the new Star Trek Chris Pine as Cap, Discovery and Picard must use due to contract and licensing.
 
the original Star Trek series, Kirk, Spock & McCoy, Scotty
was good/entertaining

I can't stand any of the rest, they all suck
including any of the lame *** movies &/or sequels

to each their own I guess
 
Grew up with TOS. Knew most dialog by heart.
My grandmother made me a Starfleet shirt way before you could buy them.

I couldn't get into TNG until about the 3rd season (whenever Riker grew a beard)
But then I loved it. However, there were a small percentage of episodes that were not as well written as the rest (particularly "miracle" endings). I even tried to narrow it down to which writers were involved.

I was slow to get into DS9, but it did grow on me.

I tried. I really tried to like Voyager, but way too many episodes suffered from "miracle ending" syndrome IMO. Not up to the level of TNG, but there are some decent episodes.
I thought the Tuvok character was severely under utilized/developed.

I could not get into "Enterprise" at all. Same issues but worse.

I could barely stomach one episode of the newest one.
I just can't get past the "glam" Klingons.

I've seen all but the last TNG cast movies, and for the most part, they are good.
The "crossover" movie with Kirk, where Data gets an emotion chip is particularly good, as the Data character steals the show.

I kept expecting Brent Spiner to pop up somewhere and be successful.
The John DeLancie (Q) show where he was Tesla, should have been a hit.
All they had to do was write like "Wild, Wild West", but they failed.

I've seen two of the reboot movies and I don't care for them.
They are OK, for action/sci-fi movies but they are monkeying too much with the canon of the franchise for my tastes.
I will say they nailed the casting for the Spock character.
 
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