Star Trek

[Frunobulax]

From what I've heard it's more or less "real time" -- fifteen years or whatever from the events of "Nemesis," meaning post-Dominion War/post-Voyager era. They've been very cagey about what exactly Picard is doing, other than to say that this is a "different Picard" than we've seen before. Some have speculated that it's Picard retired to his vineyards, dealing with the travails of early 24th Century grape farming and playing his flute, but I hope it's not that.

Oh, I think if they introduce a whacky next-vineyard over neighbor it could really take off.

Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[Zombie_61]

A thing, I realized yesterday:
Like
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Elizabeth_Dennehy

Eh, what?? Sheriff Teasle's daughter!!

Now I know, why I never liked her. No further questions!!

Oh, great. Now that I know she's Brian Dennehy's daughter the resemblance can't be unseen.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Nice!

 

[MisterCairo]

We are now moved into the new farm house, chaos and disorder reigns, but I came across some childhood treasure I thought I'd share:

 

[MisterCairo]

More blueprints, and of course, the Star Fleet Medical Manual:

 

[MisterCairo]

 

[MisterCairo]

Graphic novel/comic book too, of course:

 

[MisterCairo]

How did these survive (well, except for the bridge which is an explosion I'll try to glue together as best I can)?

 

[MisterCairo]

 

[Tiki Tom]

What drove Jean-Luc Picard to hang up his beloved Star Fleet uniform?

https://io9.gizmodo.com/star-trek-picards-first-teaser-hints-at-jean-lucs-trag-1834978016

Nice hook to get people to cough up some cash. No doubt difficult moral choices were involved and Jean-Luc will guide us through the finer points. I hope Captain Picard remains true to character. Love that guy. Personally, I think times are ripe to revisit the United Federation of Planets in all it’s original high-minded optimism. I could use a dose of hopefulness about the future right now. I hope they don’t botch this.

 

[LizzieMaine]

They need to have The Sisko show up and tell him to smarten up and get back to work.

Patrick Stewart is finally starting to show his age, which will also work to his benefit in this. I, too, hope they don't blow it.

 

[Trenchfriend]

@Tiki Tom

Smells like the Q-continuum got it's evil fingers in, doesn't it?

 

[Edward]

I wonder if it'll be linked to lingering guilt about his Locutus of Borg phase. I err on the side of thinking it has to be good if they tempted Stewart back to television for it.

 

[Big J]

I first saw Patrick Stewert in I Claudius (which is the best TV drama I have ever seen), and he was awesome.
Stepping into the captain's role in Star Trek was some task! Filling Jim Kirk's shoes was a tall order, but I think he made the role his own.
I remember when he first started, someone at the production company kept covering the sign on his trailer with a note that read 'unknown English actor'. Boy, did he prove them wrong.
I'm looking forward to JLP's return, but as others have noticed, writers seem to give him a different character and temperament in the movies to that wich he has in the tv show, that's a worry (in the movies he's way more hung-ho and less self-aware, there's a YouTube video about it).

 

[Trenchfriend]

"15 years ago, ... you commanded the greatest rescue-armada in history. And then, the unimaginable...

If Q-continuum isn't involved, I bet on Starfleet Command betrayed Picard and the whole fleet, doing a paramilitary operation with huge crime.

 

[LizzieMaine]

What if the destruction of Romulus wasn't an accident? What if it was a Section 31 operation designed to ensure Federation hegemony in the Alpha Quadrant? The Romulans suffered less damage than the Klingons or Cardassians in the wake of the Dominion War, and were the only obvious threats to complete Federation dominance. Blow up Romulus -- with plausible deniablity -- and there's no threat. Picard gets wise, and gets nowhere -- so all he can do is resign in protest.

I doubt they'll do anything so involved in past continuity but that's how I'd write it. It was already thoroughly established in DS9 that there were those at the highest levels of the Federation who had no qualms at all in perpetrating genocide to ensure political security.

 

[Edward]

I doubt they'll do anything so involved in past continuity but that's how I'd write it. It was already thoroughly established in DS9 that there were those at the highest levels of the Federation who had no qualms at all in perpetrating genocide to ensure political security.

Without sailing into verboten territory, this is certainly a viable direction for them to take the show in, given that Trek has always been a comment on contemporary geo-politics (regime change, et cetera) to some degree or another.

How much back-story they'll bring to it might be influenced by how far they are aiming this at a wholly new audience. My guess is there'll be enough in there to give it heft for returning fans of JLP, but comprehending the show's bigger narrative won't necessitate it, thus allowing for newcomers.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Starfleet logo spotted on Mars.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-star-trek-starfleet-logo-has-been-spotted-on-mars

Or is this just a gimmick to promote the new show? (Sorry. Too much cynicism in this age of fake news.)

 

[Edward]

Maybe it's to soften us up for first contact?

Back in 1983, there was a strong conspiracy theory doing the rounds that ET was designed to soften us up for first open contact with aliens, and prevent mass panic after decades of 'evil invaders' being the go to for alien species. There was, of course, another theory that Ronnie Raygun's 'Star Wars' project was to protect us from the same. Gotta love a good conspiracy...

 

[LizzieMaine]

That's just the cement footing for Elon Musk's new colony.