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Old 02-20-2020, 07:16 PM   #321
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Huh, I didn't expect this week's twist.

Cheesy, painful acting, poor writing, but I still am interested in the overall story so I guess I keep watching.
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Old 02-20-2020, 08:16 PM   #322
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I don't even know what I'm watching anymore, but it isn't Star Trek.
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Old 02-20-2020, 09:24 PM   #323
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I thought that was the best episode so far, but I know that doesn't say much. It was also better because the hipster Romulan wasn't in it.
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Old 02-20-2020, 09:27 PM   #324
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You guys lasted longer then I did, first episode I was intrigued, all downhill from there.
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Old 02-20-2020, 09:35 PM   #325
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I think they've fallen into the trap where they have too much stuff happening at the same time, maybe to distract us from the main vast conspiracy that is probably happening between the Tal Shiar or however you spell it and the Romulans.


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I'll keep watching, it has its moments, but its a bit of a let down the last couple of weeks.
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Old 02-20-2020, 10:13 PM   #326
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I thoroughly enjoyed that episode and thought it was a step up from the previous week. The addition of 7 of 9 was fun, and I'm hoping we'll see more of her in the coming episodes.
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Old 02-20-2020, 10:23 PM   #327
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I thought uber-French Picard was pretty funny. They have been going kind of Walking Dead with the gore.
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Old 02-20-2020, 10:46 PM   #328
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Huh, I didn't expect this week's twist.

Cheesy, painful acting, poor writing, but I still am interested in the overall story so I guess I keep watching.
This is pretty much how I felt. In fact, I didn't really know how to feel after this episode. But I'm still in it for the bigger picture.
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Old 02-21-2020, 08:10 AM   #329
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Huh, I didn't expect this week's twist.

Cheesy, painful acting, poor writing, but I still am interested in the overall story so I guess I keep watching.
That's the Alex Kurtzman effect. Can Star Trek get a competent showrunner that respects and builds on the material like Kevin Feige plz?
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That's the Alex Kurtzman effect. Can Star Trek get a competent showrunner that respects and builds on the material like Kevin Feige plz?
Watch some of his interviews it becomes instantly apparent why Picard is the way it is.

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What I have learned from numerous threads in the entertainment section on movies and tv shows is that I am really lucky to be easily entertained. I suppose I am lowest common denominator.

I enjoy the show and will continue watching. Love seeing Seven, although I miss the form fitting suit... I enjoy the straight edge ninja "Oh, are we not pretending any more?".

I suppose the only thing I didn't really like about the most recent episode was the doctor getting nervous about operating the transporter, but I suppose that had to be in there to set up the EMH appearing when she was killing the other dude in sick bay.
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ugh, this show is starting to lose me. It needs to find its footing pretty quickly.

I might save up a few weeks worth of episodes and see if watching them all together makes for a plot.
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I tend to believe that this was meant to provide closure of the 7 of 9 story. She came back gained her humanity. Revenged herself and went down guns blazing. Star Trek likes to leave questions, so they won't rush her back if at all.
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I wonder if we are just warming up to a string of cameo episodes...weren't there a few other TNG characters in the initial previews?
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Next up Riker, who after his disastrous stint as Captain of the Titan that re-spawned the Federation MeToo movement and exhausted Star Fleet HR, he returned to Earth and took up a new career as the executive officer of an Arby's in Iowa.
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Spoiler!

He interacted with like five people and was so over the top that you'd have to be really paying attention.

This, of course, is also implying that intergalactic gangsters watch the UFP's equivalent to CNN.
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He had an eyepatch and a scar. That always works.
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I tend to believe that this was meant to provide closure of the 7 of 9 story. She came back gained her humanity. Revenged herself and went down guns blazing. Star Trek likes to leave questions, so they won't rush her back if at all.
She gave Picard that chip in order to contact her. I am pretty sure she will be back next season for one or two episodes. I rather have a series around 7 of 9, it seems like it would be more fun.
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She gave Picard that chip in order to contact her. I am pretty sure she will be back next season for one or two episodes. I rather have a series around 7 of 9, it seems like it would be more fun.
Except she's still a pretty cringeworthy actress. Even last night the more emotionally charged 7 of 9 was still cardboard.
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Love seeing Seven, although I miss the form fitting suit...
Pretty sure it wouldn't be as flattering with current her in the old suit.
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