I found the tension between Riker and Picard to be disquieting, but I really enjoyed Shaw. Do you still dislike him or do you think he is growing on you?

Yes captain Shaw grew on me. Something I liked about TNG was that every other Starfleet captain we see felt very real and believable to me, especially when they were acting in dubious ways. At first Shaw felt like a caricature, but as the show passed he did seem more fleshed out and believable.

how far are you now then?

I agree that Shaw seemed that way at first. the weird way he was just sat stuffing his face.

I just started episode 5. They just escaped the nebula.

I just found it strange that they made someone like Shaw into a captain. Such a disrespectful man, unwilling to take any risks. But later on they explained that he has a reason to specifically hate the Borg, and therefore Seven, so that fixed things a bit.

Am also working on my Star Wars edit, by the way.

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This is true. but perhaps he was putting on a show for them?

triadne wrote:
This is true. but perhaps he was putting on a show for them?

Putting on a show? Elaborate?

like.. he was aware that they were on their way and so he didn't want to give them any respect so he chose to have dinner and be rude to them.

Yes... That makes sense indeed.

Am now at episode 7, The Force Awakens. Here is a thought. Picard's son reminds me a lot of KIRK. His actor should have played KIRK IN STRANGE NEW WORLDS! Not Stefan Salvatore hahaha.

Am I crazy? Surely I can't be the only one who noticed this. The way he carries himself is Kirk-like. TURNS OUT.... He did audition for the role! And they didn't do it! What a missed opportunity!!!

https://cdn.nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/26005249/Captain-Kirk-Star-Trek-Generations.jpg
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Ah- I guess these images don't work.

i should consider setting up a way to import pasted images. hotlinking can be problematic, especially since the top image service imgur is blocking everyone in the UK. and images on external sources can be replaced or lost. best to just upload them for now.  or copy them and paste them in imgbb.com

Hm yes, that makes sense. I will keep that in the mind.

I converted your img links to plain text so we can manually visit the page to see.
those are good pictures and I see exactly what you mean, he looks so much like Kirk. He should have got that role, or maybe he couldn't get the personality right.

Haha thank you! Yea right! I wonder what happened! But when I watch Picard I see so many similarities! He has the same look in his eyes, the same kind of "dark" energy about him. Maybe they just decided to change Kirk's character a bit, or maybe just to go for a more established actor. I like Paul Wesley but he is not really doing it for me in Strange New Worlds. If they had cast Ed Speleers I might have decided to watch SNW but now I probably won't, even though I heard it's not bad.

Actually now that I think about it, if they had cast a really good Kirk, he may well have overshadowed the other characters. They definitely wouldn't want that, as Kirk is only a bit part.

Hm... That's certainly true. I still think they should make every aspect as good as possible though! But I suspect they deliberately went for a different style, maybe to step away from Kirk's "masculine" 60s vibes. They told Paul Wesley to not try to copy William Shatner's mannerisms too much.

Just finished the show! What a great ending. Just seeing the crew back together was pure bliss. Never did I think a show about a frail old man could be this enjoyable, but Patrick Stewart is simply irreplaceable. I think I would have had an even better experience, had I watched Voyager first, as this closes the Borg storyline that is continued in Voyager.

Despite that the writing could have been better, the original cast just has so much class that they lift the show up a level. I do like that there was a progression in the plot from season to season, with Picard having to resolve his inner conflicts. He accepts having family in season 2 and then he gets a son. Did Q know he was about to face his son, and is that why he made him go through the season 2 journey? To flesh these themes out more, I think the show could have been written in a more cohesive manner. There are questions unanswered and the plot got a bit convoluted. Is Picard still "himself" as a robot? What was going on with Q? What was the energy burst at the end of season 2? Also, some of the writing was lazy. Why the heckies are planetary shields based on a space station?? Why not from INSIDE the shields, on Earth? I also didn't like unnecessary shaky cam. and what does Q want with Picard's son? Jeri Ryan turned down "Captain Seven" spin-off. Bummer because I think it could have been good! I would've watched it if it was available now.

Not sure if I should rate it an 8 or a 9. I'd say season 1: 8, season 2: 7, season 3: 8 or 9. That would come down to an average of 8, but the nostalgia of it all, the classiness of the original cast, and the way it resolves plots from TNG maybe do lift it up to a 9.

I rated it really high when I first watched it too.
Shaw dying was very sad, he was probably the one character with the most integrity out of them all.
Agreed on the shaky cam, it really was so atrocious, even when I tried stabilising it, the visuals actually warped, it was that bad. Like the rolling shutter was effected by it.

It certainly was very nice to see them all home again, and very iconic.

The writing throughout, it certainly is the best fanfiction they could have gotten. Although they really could have done with a bible. They really did get so many aspects of the characters wrong.