picard's undercover werner herzog impression is, like this show as a whole, bad
― adam, Friday, 21 February 2020 02:22 (four years ago) link
I thought he was sounding like a bad French stereotype, not a German one? Need to relisten
― mh, Friday, 21 February 2020 02:44 (four years ago) link
he was going for french and landed on herzog-in-jack-reacher imo
― adam, Friday, 21 February 2020 10:48 (four years ago) link
lol tranya
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 February 2020 14:07 (four years ago) link
honh honh honh I have ze borg!
― mh, Friday, 21 February 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
that was a really bizarre episode. parts of it were laughably bad - the lizard guy with the keen sense of smell seemed like he wandered in from The Orvilleand no idea what they were thinking with Picard's accent unless it was some sort of Holy Grail/Pink Panther tribute
― groovypanda, Friday, 21 February 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
that lady had a pretty bad security system
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 February 2020 22:40 (four years ago) link
anyway this episode was Good because it was narek-and-twinless and with luck we've fulfilled our raffi backstory requirement
― mookieproof, Friday, 21 February 2020 22:45 (four years ago) link
do we see the painting again
― mark s, Friday, 21 February 2020 23:56 (four years ago) link
the painting . . . lives
― mookieproof, Saturday, 22 February 2020 00:14 (four years ago) link
Prior art:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ewVNIvKBh0
― Philip Nunez, Saturday, 22 February 2020 00:22 (four years ago) link
the painting was pretty good if you stack it up against Data’s other artistic pursuits imo
― mh, Saturday, 22 February 2020 01:39 (four years ago) link
that lady had a pretty bad security systemyou mean vajayzle?
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Saturday, 22 February 2020 06:42 (four years ago) link
"once zey get ze borg inside zem zey are never going back"
:0
― mark s, Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:33 (four years ago) link
omg this is the slowest-paced nonsense i've ever watched and i've seen wavelength
― mark s, Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:41 (four years ago) link
So... this is baf?
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
Bad!
gotta feel bad for brian brophy, who has now costarred as dr bruce maddox in both one of the greatest hours of television ever broadcast and whatever this pantomime nonsense was
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:46 (four years ago) link
it is both bad not good and good not bad imo
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:47 (four years ago) link
baf not goof
― mark s, Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
baffe growing vpon the measure of a man
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:51 (four years ago) link
counterpoint: it’s nonsense and weird and a missed opportunity, but I’ve enjoyed every episode
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 22 February 2020 19:08 (four years ago) link
im still watching it but it's SO SLOW
― mark s, Saturday, 22 February 2020 19:14 (four years ago) link
wow bizarro
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 22 February 2020 19:33 (four years ago) link
hes a genius but dont tell him i said
― mark s, Saturday, 22 February 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
i think it’s pretty good but what do i know
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 February 2020 19:57 (four years ago) link
last ep was pure fetch quest, didn't advance the story (except for the last two minutes), dispensed with characters and locations we'd been led to expect more from, indulged in shallow world building, and was basically lacking in action, excitement, intrigue, moral dilemmas, blah blah. sorry but that's just how i feel. will keep watching.
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Saturday, 22 February 2020 20:04 (four years ago) link
tfw acclaim for yr genius finally arrives but it hinges on arcane knowledge of not just star trek but also one thread on one specific web forum’s one hidden board :/
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 22 February 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
i’m enjoying the show a fair bit despite its flaws and weird pacing but i think if you’re not already invested in picard as a character it’s probably not got a huge amount to offer
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 22 February 2020 20:08 (four years ago) link
you mean vajayzle?
Aaraghh I was going to make this joke!
I thought this was a terribly written and executed episode, I think they wanted to go for a TOS-style goofiness with the stuff on Freecloud but at the same time bookend it with NOT YER GRANNY'S TREK cynicism and grossout dismemberment while also peppering with bad backstory and throwaway lines from useless appendages (sorry Elrond).
BTW they recast Maddox, who is now played by Jordan Peterson.
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Saturday, 22 February 2020 21:15 (four years ago) link
Oh the exposition in the beginning (Raffi and Rios talking about ex-Borgs) was shamefully clumsy. "Oh how ever did I forget that Picard used to be a Borg, oh ho ho!"
I'm not sure how I feel about the Mr. Mot and Quark "cameos."
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Saturday, 22 February 2020 21:18 (four years ago) link
― mark s, Saturday, 22 February 2020 18:33 (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
feel we're not paying enough attention to this very remarkable line :( :( :(
― mark s, Saturday, 22 February 2020 21:29 (four years ago) link
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 22 February 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link
I would love to hear Eric Cantona read this line.
― trishyb, Monday, 24 February 2020 10:06 (four years ago) link
Yeah I was enjoying this but that last episode was arse. The guy Vajayzle (lol) butchered - that was the kid from last season Voyager, right? The other rescued borg kid? - why didnt they use the same actor for him?- ditto Bruce Maddox?- why is this storyline so disjointed? I am struggling to follow it, there are competing motivations flying all over the place and somehow it makes it feel too rapid-paced and yet getting nowhere all at once.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 00:37 (four years ago) link
BTW I have no problem with the violence/gore in the show and all the purists wailing "this is a UTOPIA not a DYSTOPIA" I shrug at, but... yeah this feels rushed and clumsy all over somehow.
Maybe Stewart spent too long on shows like Blunt Talk and thinks he's funnier now ;)
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 00:39 (four years ago) link
Oh and some things I noticed:- the comment "whats her name, something like... 99, or 11?" - assming that was a bit of a clumsy lol ref to 99 from get smart, and 11 from stranger things?- them having to kick and punch away all the holo spam in the ship. I feel like they ripped that wholesale off a scene in Futurama when they all go into the "Internet".
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 00:56 (four years ago) link
I feel like they ripped that wholesale off a scene in Futurama
lol
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 February 2020 03:12 (four years ago) link
Oh chut up :P
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 25 February 2020 04:57 (four years ago) link
"they don't change! they metastasize!"
― mark s, Saturday, 29 February 2020 19:19 (four years ago) link
all the young ppl running and jlp wobbling along behind :|
― mark s, Saturday, 29 February 2020 20:09 (four years ago) link
What did you think of the painting in this week's episode?
Honestly, Soji should've known that something was wrong with her, because what adult decorates their rooms with their own childhood drawings?
I have a feeling that many viewers wouldn't mind Elrond in-butting them, amirite?
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Saturday, 29 February 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
wait i missed the painting! i was making supper and not paying full attention all the time
― mark s, Saturday, 29 February 2020 20:14 (four years ago) link
― mark s
with his violin
i feel like recasting this character as jonathan frakes was a good idea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F-aZVcG-jM
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 29 February 2020 20:17 (four years ago) link
given how slooooooow the action still is, it was very lucky that the big encounter came in exactly the right 90 seconds to enable a way out
also lol this ep had several bodged echoes of firefly and serenity (which for my sins i know much better than TNG)
― mark s, Saturday, 29 February 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
https://imgur.com/0ySDGO5
― Charlotte Brontesaurus (Leee), Saturday, 29 February 2020 21:20 (four years ago) link
I am so bored by this show now. If they don't bring on new writers for season two and improve it massively, I won't bother with it.
― trishyb, Saturday, 29 February 2020 23:06 (four years ago) link
I think I’m done with it.
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Sunday, 1 March 2020 14:32 (four years ago) link
what this tale needs more of: "the fabric is ripped you jean luc picard motherfuckers"
― mark s, Sunday, 1 March 2020 18:25 (four years ago) link
As a Tolkienian Trekkie this makes me very happy and it cannot be an accident. #StarTrekPicard pic.twitter.com/spMERFQ6SP— Sara for Warren 2020 👊🏻 (@SaraMichener) March 1, 2020
― Feminism-Appropriating Regressive Transphobe (Leee), Tuesday, 3 March 2020 01:27 (four years ago) link