I have already offered my opinion on this matter and/or others have already better stated a response. But I will offer a more organized list of my thoughts on why ST Picard fails for me.
1: Too many characters for format. A large ensemble cast works in episodic shows where different challenges arrive each episode. STP is a single long story arc that leaves many characters with nothing to do (including Picard himself) or with pointless side threads. If you have to look for things for characters to do then those characters should be written out.
2: Much of the material has already been done and done better even in other Star Trek episodes. The result is something that feels slow, convoluted, and self-indulgent.
3: Offensively distorted established characters. Picard was a living legend. He was thoughtful, diplomatic, and a respected strong leader who now is ineffectual, persistently frightened and confused, and without purpose. Picard is jarringly shocked by things he has experienced many times before. Seven of Nine went from a reserved and logical character to a hard-drinking wise-cracking mercenary (and also suddenly gay). And we see so little of other established characters I am either grateful they too have not been ruined or otherwise annoyed they were used to bait viewers.
4: ST Picard is not Trek for the reasons previously offered. I think the use of contemporary slang like “dude”, dropping f-bombs, and how characters behave like present day people does not fit. And although we “know” this is Trek because they mention a few familiar names/places, the culture and everything has too much conventional grittiness. Quite honestly this show is so generic that with just a few name changes, I would not have guessed it was Star Trek. Star Trek had always presented a more evolved and better version of humanity.
If you enjoyed Star Trek Picard or Discovery, there is nothing wrong with that... it just isn’t “my” Star Trek.
1: Too many characters for format. A large ensemble cast works in episodic shows where different challenges arrive each episode. STP is a single long story arc that leaves many characters with nothing to do (including Picard himself) or with pointless side threads. If you have to look for things for characters to do then those characters should be written out.
2: Much of the material has already been done and done better even in other Star Trek episodes. The result is something that feels slow, convoluted, and self-indulgent.
3: Offensively distorted established characters. Picard was a living legend. He was thoughtful, diplomatic, and a respected strong leader who now is ineffectual, persistently frightened and confused, and without purpose. Picard is jarringly shocked by things he has experienced many times before. Seven of Nine went from a reserved and logical character to a hard-drinking wise-cracking mercenary (and also suddenly gay). And we see so little of other established characters I am either grateful they too have not been ruined or otherwise annoyed they were used to bait viewers.
4: ST Picard is not Trek for the reasons previously offered. I think the use of contemporary slang like “dude”, dropping f-bombs, and how characters behave like present day people does not fit. And although we “know” this is Trek because they mention a few familiar names/places, the culture and everything has too much conventional grittiness. Quite honestly this show is so generic that with just a few name changes, I would not have guessed it was Star Trek. Star Trek had always presented a more evolved and better version of humanity.
If you enjoyed Star Trek Picard or Discovery, there is nothing wrong with that... it just isn’t “my” Star Trek.
