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Re: Latest 'Picard' trailer reveals familiar faces

I have to agree with the Redlettermedia that Boooming posted.

Fighting, explosions, interpersonal conflict. This is not TNG. This is very much seeming like it will be action-scifi with people who say 'Starfleet' once in a while.

BUT, the episode or two that it looks like we'll get of TNG reunion will be worth something.

What this trailer really kindles in me is the wish for a proper TNG finale movie or season. It would be so nice to see that.

I guess we'll have to take what we can get.

Re: Pondering Patrick Stewart's return to the franchise

I'm encouraged by the the reason he gives for doing this. Describing the detective who watches TNG to "know we're going to have a future" despite the cruelty he sees on his job, Stewart says that that "lies at the very centre of what I have to tell you now".

Unless I'm wildly off-base, that means that the series will have something like the hopeful tone and vision of classic TOS and TNG.

Re: TNG S6: Schisms

I agree with the above about the holodeck scene. It's truly frightening the way it goes from the known and safe - the holodeck on the Enterprise - to a laboratory for malevolent aliens. The leaps that the computer takes in designing a creepy table don't stand up to scrutiny, but that's a forgivable error in an otherwise flawless scene.

One aspect that I don't think has been mentioned yet is the, IMHO, very good use of Troi. She is the one who leads the investigation, from identifying the pattern of crew member's strange behavior, to heading the discussion in the conference room, to heading the scene in the holodeck. Instead of being a therapist for individuals, here we see her responsibilities to the general welfare of the crew.

Also nice, in general, is the fact that they're mapping a globular cluster. It's the kind of task that makes a very nice background, one which you would imagine a ship like the Enterprise would have in its regular rotation of duties.