Star Trek: Picard

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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 192 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 67 out of 192
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  1. hitzestau
    Jan 25, 2020
    1
    Since the show is produced by the same people that brought STD on us, it is no surprise that this does not feel like Star Trek on may levels. Strip it of the characters named Picard and Data and get rid of the Starfleet insignia and the Bat'leth on the wall - and it is nothing more than a simple story of a bitter old man with a once better life, a standard textbook plot for first year'sSince the show is produced by the same people that brought STD on us, it is no surprise that this does not feel like Star Trek on may levels. Strip it of the characters named Picard and Data and get rid of the Starfleet insignia and the Bat'leth on the wall - and it is nothing more than a simple story of a bitter old man with a once better life, a standard textbook plot for first year's screenwriter’s school. But what disappoints even more is the fact that the first episode does not encourage you to want more, the writers did not manage that the viewers start to care about the characters and the events and it simple does not tell you why it is relevant and worth to watch. This is bad writing, period. On top of that, the show kind of looks cheap, no big bang to open with, the locations shots do not convey the look of the 24th century at all. The inside of the borg cube seems to be a rip-off from an old STD set. If this first episode marks the level of quality the procedures can come of with, I rather have an Earl Grey - the real one, not the decaf stuff Jean-Luc drinks now.

    The 1 point I give is for Dinero who does a hell of a job playing Number One.    … Expand
  2. herscher12
    Jan 26, 2020
    0
    It is as bad as expected. Star Trek is dead. JJ killed it. The visuals are ok.
  3. Flex1988
    Jan 24, 2020
    0
    After bringing you „how to **** with every aspect of Star Trek – Discovery” we bring you “omg what happened here again – Picard”. Even Patrick Stewart can’t save this mess. The treasured memory of Star Trek is now overshadowed by the wave of new movies and shows that have at best nothing to do with Star Trek and at worst introduce or change elements that are far form the original. IamAfter bringing you „how to **** with every aspect of Star Trek – Discovery” we bring you “omg what happened here again – Picard”. Even Patrick Stewart can’t save this mess. The treasured memory of Star Trek is now overshadowed by the wave of new movies and shows that have at best nothing to do with Star Trek and at worst introduce or change elements that are far form the original. Iam officially done with the “new” Star Trek.… Expand
  4. OlivierPiel
    Jan 24, 2020
    3
    sadly the sleek cinematography is undermined by a fairly clumsy story line, a convulated plot and clichés. Very underwhelming.
  5. SailorSonic
    Jan 24, 2020
    0
    What a tragedy. Doesn't feel like a TNG sequel at all. This show is for people that will literally watch anything and have no problem "turning their brains off."
  6. The_Critic92
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    When CBS announced this show I was very skeptical due to the disaster that Discovery was.

    Unfortunately my fears have been confirmed. The usual abundance of SJW thematics, Mary Sues and other not very subtle feminazi implications. Even if we remove these elements, the plot is so full of inconsistencies, holes and continuity error that you will be wondering if any of them have ever    When CBS announced this show I was very skeptical due to the disaster that Discovery was.

    Unfortunately my fears have been confirmed.

    The usual abundance of SJW thematics, Mary Sues and other not very subtle feminazi implications.

    Even if we remove these elements, the plot is so full of inconsistencies, holes and continuity error that you will be wondering if any of them have ever seen an episode of TNG or DS9. This is not Star Trek. It's really bad fan-fiction. Avoid at all costs and watch The Orville if you want your TNG fix.    … Expand
  7. Ttringle
    Feb 2, 2020
    3
    This show has no right calling itself Star Trek and Sir Patrick has traded in his ideals for cheap shots at Trump and Brexit at the expense of more than 40 years of hopeful optimistic Science Fiction. This is just bad fan fiction. Watch at your peril!!!
  8. alberto45
    Feb 24, 2020
    1
    Where is the Gene RODDENBERRY's vision of humanity. All is dark, sadness, pain....not my view of Star Trek.
  9. Rhey
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    So boooooring, and so wrong, no humor, no knowledge of Star Trek.
    Played very very bad.
  10. bronzeager
    Feb 4, 2020
    1
    I don't really care how faithful this is to TNG...this is just bad TV. Stewart, who I adore, is frankly too old for this role. The rest of the characters are hamfisted and awful. The entire show just looks bad, with fake CGI lightning and sets everywhere. Just not worth my time.
  11. RubenHilbers
    Apr 6, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The writing on this show is horrible. Chekhov's gun is frequently ignored, the writing is lazy and the characters are not sympathetic. And Jurati murdering Maddox and got going to jail is completely unrealistic. (And that is just one example.) Do yourself a favor and don't waste your time watching this show.… Expand
  12. coolunme
    Feb 14, 2020
    3
    "The pyramids were a symbol of colossal vanity." A profoundly stupid thing to say and a lie. Shows like this are precisely how the parasites of our brave new world brainwash the populace.
  13. Furrygopher
    Jan 27, 2020
    6
    The entertainment industry thinks that you define yourself by the entertainment you enjoy, that your identity and your politics come from their entertainment or that you only define yourself by opposition to them, be that entertainment star trek, disney or football.

    The sad thing is, they are probably right. Which is why we get righteous grandstanding like this, a perfectly    The entertainment industry thinks that you define yourself by the entertainment you enjoy, that your identity and your politics come from their entertainment or that you only define yourself by opposition to them, be that entertainment star trek, disney or football.

    The sad thing is, they are probably right.

    Which is why we get righteous grandstanding like this, a perfectly competently put together first episode that appeals to todays zeitgeist but one that comes with an overt message of the doom of our times, that our society is metaphorically on book 5 of the decline and fall of the roman empire and that we must fight to avoid book 6.

    Once again Star Trek has chosen not to provide optimistic escapism from our world, but a dark reflection of it to wallow in.    … Expand
  14. Raresh
    Jul 30, 2020
    0
    It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing .
  15. cube10025
    Apr 5, 2020
    1
    The show makes absolutely no sense, not fun at all there are 1 or 2 episodes that is slightly entertaining but then the show just throw it away.

    The rating score is highly suspicious! I can only see negative reviews!!!
  16. geekusmaximus
    Dec 10, 2020
    1
    This show made me want something I thought I would never desire: Patrick Stewart’s retirement. Although he offers a decent performance (but quite far from his best), they can’t make the show without him, and this show just needs to stop.

    There are a few shining moments when the real Picard we know and love steps up or the plot and dialogue recapture some of that classic Star Trek charm,    This show made me want something I thought I would never desire: Patrick Stewart’s retirement. Although he offers a decent performance (but quite far from his best), they can’t make the show without him, and this show just needs to stop.

    There are a few shining moments when the real Picard we know and love steps up or the plot and dialogue recapture some of that classic Star Trek charm, but it’s not enough to save this abysmal excuse of a television drama. They’ve replaced all the optimism and hope for humanity’s future with a tale more depressing than the lyrics to a bad country song. Gone are the lessons on morality and good intentions, and in their place is a plot so full of contrivances and inanity that the final two episodes are basically reduced to predicting which deus ex machina or Mary Sue saves them from the next inconceivable challenge. Everything, from the gratuitous f-bombs to the unnecessarily violent and gory depictions of torture and death, seem to have been added purely for shock factor. They serve no artistic purpose whatsoever, do nothing to enhance the story, and primarily serve as a way to remind the viewer that they aren’t watching their father’s Star Trek.

    And they're right: this isn’t Star Trek. This isn’t even quality entertainment. Save yourself ten hours by not watching it.    … Expand
  17. capt_morgan
    Feb 8, 2020
    1
    Not Star Trek, but rather another some kind of SJW wet dream... again not Star Trek.
  18. TomWish
    Mar 13, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Now 4 episodes in, I'm rather disappointed. It started out quite promising, but especially the last episode was so silly. Picard, once a charismatic leader, is a sentimental, selfish old man, gathering a crew of strangely generic characters trying to be funny to go on a crusade which doesn't make the slightest bit of sense.

    After episode 8 I rated the series further down for all the nonsense it brings along. Alone the role of star fleet is nonsensical. A drunk ex-pilot needs to enter the top secret Borg cube which could escalate a galactic crisis. Oh sure, no problem. Picard, a retired and disgraces ex-admiral needs some warships to enter Romulan territory. Oh sure, why not. And on top of this tons of cheap jokes. This hologram doubles of the captain were just annoying.

    Patrick Stewart told in interviews, that he wanted to show a darker vision in order to be contemporary. But this is not dark, this is just silly and nonsensical. Shame on you, Patrick Stewart.    … Expand
  19. waahaa
    Jan 31, 2020
    4
    i usually love star trek ...usually but this is just to plodding and slow full episode of two people sitting chatting every other scene ....zzzzzz zzzzzz zzzzz
  20. ScienceAdvisor
    Feb 2, 2020
    3
    What happens when you gather together a bunch of people that have no clue about the series they are to handle? You get a mash-up of two different timelines (Kelvin and TNG) without any care or consideration for either. Kelvin STARTED with the warning that in 125 years the Romulan main star was going supernova. What did Starfleet apparently do? They sat on that info and did not warnWhat happens when you gather together a bunch of people that have no clue about the series they are to handle? You get a mash-up of two different timelines (Kelvin and TNG) without any care or consideration for either. Kelvin STARTED with the warning that in 125 years the Romulan main star was going supernova. What did Starfleet apparently do? They sat on that info and did not warn anyone. So Kelvin Starfleet was pure evil when Kirk was young. The writers are so clueless they actually think that money exists in Starfleet now.

    Not Star Trek, Not Starfleet. So what it Picard? Just a 'member berry SciFi show pretending to be what it is not. With massive continuity and scientific gaps, as well as techno-BS (not babble, as the crap they are spewing is godlike level tech), this show is quickly dumbing itself down to Star Trek Discovery levels. Without spoiling anything, they even hint that Romulans created a major TNG-era enemy **1000** years ago and magically transported them to the Gamma Quadrant. If Romulans could travel that far, that fast, and had that kind of tech they would have easily defeated everyone short of the Q.

    If you know nothing of Star Trek, then this will be a 5.5/10 as you constantly shake your head at 90 years olds being blown 25 feet onto hard concrete without injury, or people dying yet no one bothers to call EMS or security even though you are on Earth, the heart of the Federation. Supposedly sensors to detect people in need of medical assistance is too far fetched.    … Expand
  21. daroczi
    Jan 30, 2020
    2
    The worst Trek has ever been. Rushed editing, painful script, and nonsensical plot. Bring on the CBS Viacom remerger
  22. FakeyNamey
    Feb 6, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sigh. To anyone who knows Star Trek, this is not Star Trek. Star Trek as we know it is dead, and now we just have generic action schlock that tries to be dark and edgy like everything else on TV. This show is insulting to the brand, insulting to Rodenberry and what Star Trek stands for and is supposed to be, just like the horrid trash that is Discovery. I'm halfway through the second episode and I just want to cry, it's so depressing to see another universe I love be destroyed by modern Hollywood.
    Let's go over a few complaints:
    1. Starfleet has been turned into a racist, alien-hating organization as a blatant metaphor for Trump and the right. In other words, Starfleet has been ruined to serve the politics of the show's producers. Disgusting and depressing.
    2. Picard is attacked by a reporter in the first scene of the show because he decided not to allow the destruction of the Romulans. Because now Starfleet are the far-right, get it?, and they don't care about the annihilation of an entire species!
    3. Both these points go to the bigger issue of the future that Trek has always represented: a positive, bright future where humankind has solved its problems and is moving together into the stars. In Starfleet and on Earth, there's no racism, no nationalism, no money, no poverty or hunger. Well, that's all gone now because Hollywood knows dark, edgy, and "topical" action schlock will reel in the idiots and suckers.
    4. Moronic writing throughout the show. For example, a group of elite commandos beam into a room where they have total surprise over two smooching students, and instead of just stunning them immediately (or just beaming them out of the room to another location, lol), they have a kung-fu battle where they try to put a bag over someone's head and throw knives around... omfg, just kill me please.
    5. Trek has always revolved around setting up sticky moral dilemmas and trying to solve them. That's dead now. Instead we have an "epic," long-story format where "gigantic evil armada wants to take over the galaxy!" Yawn.
    6. Suddenly Picard is in love with Data and would do anything to save his daughter. What!? In TNG Picard didn't give two craps about Data beyond professional duty and when Data created a daughter Picard commanded him to destroy it and reprimanded him heavily.
    7. Honestly, I could go on... Characters saying "Dude" and dropping f-bombs. 80-year-old men surviving massive explosions a few meters away, bad kung-fu actions scenes, androids with Neo-like powers, idiotic science like a "sudden supernova" taking the Romulans by surprise.. hahahahahahaahah!

    The positive reviews for this make me sick. Clueless suckers who have no love for the brand and are just taken in by the slick production and modern action scenes and CGI. The entire show is just nostalgia-bait for people who vaguely remember TNG and just want some "cool," "edgy" sci-fi. Sigh. Member-berry garbage. Everything Alex Kurtzman touches is festering dog doo.    … Expand
  23. Satanski666
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Exactly as boring and maudlin, as i expected. Hoped for something better, after Discovery disaster, but mainstream is mainstream.
  24. umaumai
    Jan 26, 2020
    6
    I think the critic’s rating for this show is a little more on point than the users. If I was just rating this as the massive fan I am of the icon that is Patric Stewart’s Picard it would get an 11. There is a comforting warm feeling every time he’s on screen for me so I know I have rose colored glasses when it comes to his character and dialogue. As for the rest I feel that the world ofI think the critic’s rating for this show is a little more on point than the users. If I was just rating this as the massive fan I am of the icon that is Patric Stewart’s Picard it would get an 11. There is a comforting warm feeling every time he’s on screen for me so I know I have rose colored glasses when it comes to his character and dialogue. As for the rest I feel that the world of Star Trek has been irrevocably changed with the addition of the Kelvin Timeline from the film reboots. I’m not arguing either way that that is a good or bad thing, but it feels like this was made for people more interested in what that has to offer. I’m very glad that they aren’t just trying to remake STNG, but there was a lot of predictable, yet confusing, plot points that where hinted at without any subtlety. I’m actually still very excited for the rest of this series. I’m hoping that it will grow in scope and give one of the most beloved characters, and actors, in the great Star Trek universe a fitting end.… Expand
  25. psetnicker
    Jan 23, 2020
    9
    This production looks and sounds amazing, in ways The Next Generation simply could not for its time. Additionally, it is a wonderful continuation of Jean-Luc Picard's story, that in the first episode alone demonstrates that Picard is unwilling to betray his own moral principles, even if it means living in a life of isolation and depression. Picard does an amazing job of giving PatrickThis production looks and sounds amazing, in ways The Next Generation simply could not for its time. Additionally, it is a wonderful continuation of Jean-Luc Picard's story, that in the first episode alone demonstrates that Picard is unwilling to betray his own moral principles, even if it means living in a life of isolation and depression. Picard does an amazing job of giving Patrick Stewart the same kind of latitude to explore the character and make the same powerful Picard-esque soliloquies and speeches TNG fans came to love as part of his character.
    Becoming involved with Dahj immediately ignites a flame within Picard that very quickly re-ignites the spark we have all come to know and love from the good captain. Based upon what we have already seen it is quite clear that this story, is going to take Picard to places he, in his solitude; and us as fans could never have expected - and I look forward to seeing the rest of it!!!!    … Expand
  26. Peterhuzza
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    Love this first episode. One of the best first episodes for Trek ever. Setup a great story that I am excited to see what happens next. Great acting and story. Watching this episode brings back great feelings watching Star Trek when I was younger.
  27. Cometer
    Jan 25, 2020
    10
    As I see people posting some 0 rating scores I ask myself. How can a person a judge a new show so harshly based on one episode alone?
    The issue with Picard is just one. Nostalgia. People have this nostalgic view of TNG that is so far from the reality that taints anything new they see. I just re watched the first episodes of TNG and if that´s our point of comparison than Picard first    As I see people posting some 0 rating scores I ask myself. How can a person a judge a new show so harshly based on one episode alone?
    The issue with Picard is just one. Nostalgia. People have this nostalgic view of TNG that is so far from the reality that taints anything new they see. I just re watched the first episodes of TNG and if that´s our point of comparison than Picard first episode did just fine. Actually it's better in many ways. In Picard we see a Star Trek for the times we live in. TNG was about optimism. Utopia. It´s the 90's in the end of the Cold War with the fall of the Berlin Wall. But you know what? No one explained to us how to reach that Utopia. Now we have new challenges to face and a generation that seems to be repeating the mistakes of the past. Perhaps this is why Patrick Steward decided to return as Picard. We see a character that realizes he can´t just let injustice go by. He can't just sit still in retirement while a new generation faces such major issues. I can see the potential in Picard. I can see how it can become a though provoking series. And hopefully, much like TNG influence a new generation.    … Expand
  28. RandomDave
    Jan 25, 2020
    10
    It's excellent! This is exactly the direction Star Trek needs to go. Star Trek has always been written to reflect real life issues. Real life isn't all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows; life in the federation would be no different. All the people saying "Star Trek is about hope... exploration..." etc. are forgetting this. Just like in real life, they'll be dark periods where wars andIt's excellent! This is exactly the direction Star Trek needs to go. Star Trek has always been written to reflect real life issues. Real life isn't all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows; life in the federation would be no different. All the people saying "Star Trek is about hope... exploration..." etc. are forgetting this. Just like in real life, they'll be dark periods where wars and conflicts, both internal and external, are taking place, which are unavoidable even in a semi-utopian society.

    One episode in and I can already tell it's building into something great. The callbacks to the previous series' and movies are cleverly interspersed into the new narrative. The perfect continuation of the Star Trek timeline. We've already seen Picard's dismay with some Federation ideals in Insurrection. Coupled with the tragedies in Nemesis equate to a story that's exactly where it needs to be in a post-Dominion war, post-Hobus supernova Federation.    … Expand
  29. vivin
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was concerned that the series wouldn't give us a good reason to really *care* about the new characters. But from the first episode it seems that they've taken the time to build up their backgrounds and in a way that makes you emotionally invested in them pretty quickly. They've also taken the time to craft the context to explain why Picard is in the position he is and how he ended up there. I don't think the direction Star Fleet took is something uncharacteristic, especially considering how we saw a definite authoritarian streak during the Dominion War, and we've also seen Star Fleet officers collaborate with Klingons to start a war. There has always been a tendency, usually curbed, to act out of fear. It also makes sense that Picard would never go along what Star Fleet decided to do. We know that Star Fleet doesn't really have that cozy a relationship with synthetic life forms given how they've treated Data, Lal, and the EMH. All in all, a great start to the show and very much in keeping with canon.… Expand
  30. guitarpete987
    Jan 23, 2020
    9
    Hard to review an entire season after only seeing one episode, but I will be honest, Episode 1 of this show absolutely impressed me. Stewart is spot on, the show's pacing is just right, and the music was surprisingly emotional to hear. This thing is starting off right, and I couldn't be happier.
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76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Feb 5, 2020
    70
    While I wish it didn't take three full episodes of heavy exposition to get the fabled Next Generation captain, later admiral, into space, the crew of rogue fellow travelers he assembles is promising. [3-16 Feb 2020, p.9]
  2. Vanity Fair
    Reviewed by: Joanna Robinson
    Feb 3, 2020
    80
    Picard’s lack of faith in the institution he once looked to for guidance is a very 2020 mood. It’s not the show’s subtlest play, but it is classic Trek. For the most part, Picard is strongest when it is trying on other genre trappings—like the mystery element, which feels partially imported from Chabon’s best-selling novel The Yiddish Policemen's Union, or the unwitting-synthetics-in-disguise element, which could be Blade Runner, Terminator, or Battlestar Galactica (take your pick). ... [Sir Patrick Stewart] is in fine fettle at the helm of a new crew.
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  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Angelica Jade Bastien
    Jan 31, 2020
    50
    The show seeks to pull together notions of mythology, personal lore, and futuristic considerations of very modern problems, but often trips over itself in the process. But every time Picard was starting to lose me, there would be a spark of interest across the screen — a line, a gesture, a moment — that felt piercing and true.
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