Paramount+ | Release Date: January 23, 2020
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arunscriptMar 27, 2022
Written by Akiva Goldsman - Batman and Robin fame. Absolutely lazy writing and nonsensical. Shallow and boring.
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ScotterMonkeyJun 3, 2022
Yet again we see same tired trope of males being weak dumb losers and females being smarter and better. A few cool looking scenes don't save it.
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OKdrummer87Apr 28, 2021
Like most reviewers here I am a Star Trek fan. Unlike most I didn't get into the show until later in life but I have watched all the T.V. series (Besides the 60's original, I am in my 30's and it is just too dated) and most of the movies. ILike most reviewers here I am a Star Trek fan. Unlike most I didn't get into the show until later in life but I have watched all the T.V. series (Besides the 60's original, I am in my 30's and it is just too dated) and most of the movies. I love the idea that Star Trek puts forward. A future where humanity has or is striving to rise above our negative traits. Where there is no more currency and Earth is basically a paradise. Humanity is for the most part seeking to work together with all alien races for the betterment of all. This show is not at all that vision. This is Star Trek twisted into a GOT wannabe. The dialogue is stilted and character actions unbelievable. A character kills her husband and 20 minutes later everyone forgets and it is never thought about again. There are little glimpses of greatness especially when they bring back characters from TNG for a short cameo. But overall this is a terrible show something you would find on SyFy at 3AM Expand
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CastleGreyApr 19, 2021
Oh boy, this really is one that simply cannot be enjoyed if you have a functioning brain

Mystery box storytelling at its absolute worst - if you endure all 10 episodes and go back to episode 1, nothing anybody does makes any sense whatsoever
Oh boy, this really is one that simply cannot be enjoyed if you have a functioning brain

Mystery box storytelling at its absolute worst - if you endure all 10 episodes and go back to episode 1, nothing anybody does makes any sense whatsoever in terms of what we since know to be their motivations and goals, it's all just in favour of drawing out having to reveal anything to the viewer (and even when it does, much like Discovery, there's no payoff because the endgame is either complete nonsense or has nothing to do with anything we've seen up to that point and so couldn't have been predicted or foreshadowed)

Characters flip allegiances for no reason and without hesitation, previous canon is constantly ignored or painfully misused, there's a whole Borg element to the story that serves literally no purpose besides being something recognisable with which to trick viewers into watching with, the climactic standoff is farcical and absolutely littered with the kind of meaningless platitudes that would embarrass even a cheap motivational poster - there's just so much nonsense and disregard for basic logic or storytelling

Expect the same incessant and misplaced melodrama of Discovery where the score tells you how to feel because the script is incapable of making any kind of audience connection, the same bastardisation of existing characters into their most laughable grimdark shadow versions (including Picard, who is now a confused old man who doesn't seem to know his own character traits and has regressed to crippling borg PTSD despite being entirely fine around them for multiple seasons of TNG and several movies since his Locutus experience), and all of the same "...but why?" responses to every new development and character decision

Throw in some insane cosmic coincidences that show yet again that NuTrek has no concept of how unfathomably huge space is and how many countless gazillions of individuals live in it, a plot ripped off almost directly from Mass Effect but without any of the logic or nuance to that story, and the obligatory sex and gore that shows how mature and adult the writers think they are, and you've got this mess of a show

I honestly don't know who this show is for - if you know anything about Star Trek, Picard is an infuriating and painful watch; if you don't, there's nothing here but empty spectacle and cliched nonsense that doesn't even make for good generic sci-fi Avoid
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OctaviaAlpha1Aug 23, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Picard was supposed to be a love letter to fans of The Next Generation. In reality it is a massive slap in the face to those fans and fans of Voyager. Every established character is ruined by the worst writing in Star Trek history. Icheb is brutally murdered, 7 of 9 is turned into some kind of mercinary, Bruce Maddox is brutally murdered in cold blood and even Picard himself can't escape the wrath of Alex Kurtzman's desire to distance modern Trek from old Trek and is killed of then turned into an android.

Even the Federation is portrayed as a self serving xenophobic organisation. Which is something of theme in the Kurtzman era. The whole "story" revolves around Picard tracking down an android that houses Data's memories. Which is exactly as preposterous as it sounds. If you are a Star Trek fan avoid this at all costs.
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RustyIC7Apr 12, 2022
Just an absolute shambles. At best its poorly concieved and dull, at its worst (Season 2 finale) its like poorly written fan fiction. Had to drag myself through it out of some sense of brand loyalty. Litterally the only positive was John deJust an absolute shambles. At best its poorly concieved and dull, at its worst (Season 2 finale) its like poorly written fan fiction. Had to drag myself through it out of some sense of brand loyalty. Litterally the only positive was John de Lancie's Q who was played excellently.... albeit they also massively changed the established lore with him for little or no reason other than they could. Wouldn't recommend and if they do try for a 3rd season, i wont be watching Expand
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yodler7Jun 3, 2022
This just doesn't feel like Star Trek (neither does the awful Discovery). The cynic in me can't shake the feeling that the bad script writing here is not purely down to ineptitude. Sir Patrick, blink twice if you're being held hostage!
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WreckWrenAug 22, 2022
Truly some of the worst television I have ever seen. I have tried to imagine how this could be worse, but can't.

As usual Agnes is a one trick pony: a trojan horse for the plot. What the hell is the point of Rafi? She is stupid, emotional,
Truly some of the worst television I have ever seen. I have tried to imagine how this could be worse, but can't.

As usual Agnes is a one trick pony: a trojan horse for the plot.
What the hell is the point of Rafi? She is stupid, emotional, immoral, just awful.
Picard himself... Man, what a tragedy. This character has been neutered and lobotomised to bring him in line with the production staff.
Q has been obliterated by these idiots. His personality and Picard's have been swapped to a degree. He has no sense of humour, no fun, only anger and sad. Pathetic. And he's been dying before and didn't behave like this, so that's no excuse. This is such garbage. The entirety of the writing is cringe and awful. All of it could be in an ad for a pyramid scheme: it's just ethereal music and slow talking while making no sense.

This show exists as a king of welfare for awful production staff with specific politics. Nobody making this show is good at it. This is the TV equivalent of an asset swap. Genuine 0, truly garbage.
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Jones76Aug 7, 2022
Unwatchable, had to quit after episode 2 of season 2 because this series is a real threat to my mental health. All the problems have already been stated, I can't add much to it. I'm really surprised this shows still sits at 3,6 how canUnwatchable, had to quit after episode 2 of season 2 because this series is a real threat to my mental health. All the problems have already been stated, I can't add much to it. I'm really surprised this shows still sits at 3,6 how can anybody find it decent? Expand
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strangebrew123Jun 21, 2022
Simply awful! Almost unwatchable in parts. A real shame, as I was looking forward to this. Avoid!
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KnickerlessMay 26, 2022
Wasted potential. That is the summary of my feelings towards Star Trek Picard after two seasons. You have great actors, good ideas and very good production value. But they waste all this potential on cheap thrills, horrible values, extremeWasted potential. That is the summary of my feelings towards Star Trek Picard after two seasons. You have great actors, good ideas and very good production value. But they waste all this potential on cheap thrills, horrible values, extreme virtue signaling and mistakes in the storylines. Season two especially became so inane. They don't even pay off any of their own set-ups. It's so frustrating because I enjoyed the first half of both seasons, and then the conclusions of the storylines make no sense. They should not hire actors to have creative control over the stories, actors who have not watched Star Trek (and nor should they necessarily, they can be directed by people who know more). It's so disappointing and infuriating because there is so much potential here. It's modern Cynicism in a serialized form. Expand
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DeralacJul 11, 2022
While this show is better than Discovering Star Crap and Pisscard, it doesn’t get credit for being less offal than what’s usually flushed out of Septic Hideout. A little less rotten than stinking garbage swill is still smelly. It’s 100% theWhile this show is better than Discovering Star Crap and Pisscard, it doesn’t get credit for being less offal than what’s usually flushed out of Septic Hideout. A little less rotten than stinking garbage swill is still smelly. It’s 100% the writing. The cast is clearly doing the best they can with the horrid script they are given. Kurtzchild is immature and incompetent. It’s pathetic when a fool who isn’t competent to create can only soil someone else’s work. Jar Jar Abrams held Star Trek down while Kurtzchild ripped it guts out. Star Trek has been defiled, decimated and destroyed. Expand
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KaihakuNov 14, 2022
Picard in name only. Sir Patrick Stewart brings his fantastic acting abilities to bear but that only heightens the dissonance with the disastrous writing and one note characters.

Stewart mentioned BREXIT as an inspiration for his return to
Picard in name only. Sir Patrick Stewart brings his fantastic acting abilities to bear but that only heightens the dissonance with the disastrous writing and one note characters.

Stewart mentioned BREXIT as an inspiration for his return to the character that made him famous but this bloody, indulgent show does nothing insightful or clever with the premise. New Trek already killed off Roddenberry's optimistic vision of a humanity that became better but the misuse of a legacy character dances on that grave. Old Trek writers could have added something to the public discussion, approaching sensitive issues from a new angle possible only through sci-fi, but this bomb relies on nostalgic call-backs, brutal violence, and flashy special effects to really say nothing at all. What's the point? The only take-away I had is that Executive Producer Sir Patrick Stewart really never understood Star Trek after all. A disappointment after listening to him speak meaningfully on the topic at conventions.
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JackalsonAug 4, 2022
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. TV Series full of plot holes. There are many inconsistance with the past Series (includi g voyager, tng and Enterprise) and with the film (especially with generation). The queen borgs becoming Good is the real insult to the viewers. Expand
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BoxleitnerMar 7, 2023
Despite the exciting reunion of the cast from “The Next Generation”, and despite their senseless shilling and sellout support of this product, the final season of “Star Trek: Picard” finds Alex Kurtzman continuing to defile this IntellectualDespite the exciting reunion of the cast from “The Next Generation”, and despite their senseless shilling and sellout support of this product, the final season of “Star Trek: Picard” finds Alex Kurtzman continuing to defile this Intellectual Property classic. The Next Generation veterans have tried to defend the script, stating that what you’ll witness in these last episodes is character growth and development, but the simple truth is that Kurtzman gives absolutely no attention, care or concern to Gene Roddenberry’s deep narratives, wonderous settings or heroic individuals; they are all upended, without a second thought, and replaced willy-nilly with superficial references to other sagas in the genre, such as Star Wars, Aliens and Blade Runner.
How such thoughtless and spiritless management has risen to power in Hollywood is anyone’s guess, but the horrifying result is a massive plundering of childhood heroes and the stories which inspired an entire generation. Under this new regime, the identity of Star Trek is lost, and its name now only serves as a large, neon advertisement to draw unwitting customers to a capitalist slaughter. It is absolutely no coincidence that THE Sci-Fi brand with the most hope for humanity has been brought low by exactly those people who have no faith in mankind at all. Kurtzman has no right to reimagine Star Trek in his own image, because it lives and breathes in the hearts of its fans. His utter disregard for their position has doomed the franchise, and CBS finds itself picking scraps off the dining room floor as what was once a fiction behemoth is now in the final throes of death.
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ChucklesZCrustyFeb 13, 2023
Absolute dog **** Completely ignores established lore, not worth wiping your arse with!!!
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triadneMar 15, 2023
It started out quite promising but much like the first season, it's devolved into absolute trash.
This is the last time. They draw me in with promises and then take gradually change the ratio from mostly good to mostly garbage. Sickening.
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DaveAusFeb 20, 2023
Its bad, i know its bad. You know its bad, they knew its bad. CBS are taking down video reviews of this show, that is how bad it is.
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busiekFeb 18, 2023
After E01S03... So, after two years of s**tting on ST, characters and fans they show us that almost good season of "ST: Picard" can be done? Which means they were destroying this IP on purpose! Too late, damage is done, I'm out...
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EludiumQ36Jul 17, 2022
It's hard to recall such a polarizing series as Star Trek: Picard (S01, 10eps, 1hr, CBSAA). How can anyone read these reviews and determine whether to watch or not with so many 1s and 10s and little in between?! It's very reminiscent of andIt's hard to recall such a polarizing series as Star Trek: Picard (S01, 10eps, 1hr, CBSAA). How can anyone read these reviews and determine whether to watch or not with so many 1s and 10s and little in between?! It's very reminiscent of and has the rhythm of STNG. Patrick Stewart, showing his 80+ years, is one of almost ten EPs but also stars. Though he was run out of Starfleet, this is a very fawning treatment of Picard (and certainly by extension Patrick Stewart). I mean this show is designed to adore and deify him and that really takes away from its appeal. There's a large scale intergalactic story happening here, and as such with his hastily cobbled together rag-tag crew recalls the original Star Wars trilogy - there are definite similarities. A few more things I didn't like: there was a fight scene in ep3 that was just stupid with an unarmed Picard and other unarmed colleagues beating back an attack of armed/trained Romulans, so that was a scene-fail. The repeated treachery AND forgiveness of Agnes Jurati, then, the season finale was epic but feels like three episodes edited into one which kind of ruined it - seriously, key people die then are immediately resurrected with no complications/ill-effects, etc. Probably the biggest disappointment is that the predetermined protags-must-prevail trope was so obviously done just dispensing with any realistic conflict. The finale could've and should've been GREAT but it marched to a Disney-patented good-guys-prevail ending and then there's all of the social justice signaling/indoctrination which we're all just so over. I started to watch S02 but it's just more Picard fantasy porn. Other misc stuff, you'll see some of your favorite STNG characters return glad-handing Picard in good 'ole reunion style (so annoying), but they've aged and gotten fat. Expand
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mscsniperxApr 20, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoilers Below!!!!
I give it a five instead of a zero for the quality of the cinematography, screenplay and it was entertaining to (some degree). It IS deserving of a zero though for ripping off the name of and character while having nothing to do with the actual original source material.
There are so many reasons to flog this dumpster fire books could be written, but I would point out the most EGREGIOUS of them all.... Planting Picards Consciousness into a synthetic golem effectively nullifying death, soul, and the afterlife. There is so much wrong with that ability and the way it was treated and contradictions. So in this Picard universe, we see there is no belief in afterlife or immortal soul so it is somehow our short lives and ability to die that makes us special. So why revive him at all??? If the whole premise is true, are we supposed to believe that we are all so happy to just die into nothingness when we have lived an old age if we new it was Literally possible to be made into a new young body that would live forever?? So, they accomplished in science here what religious beliefs hold dear to but then just causally throw away the implications?? Oh, yea "I could have immortal life in a young body able to continue to love and explore..but nahh, I am just happy to die" Yea right. NO ONE who believed there was no afterlife, if given the opportunity to be made immortal into a young superhuman body would just casually disregard that. It's not just a game changer.. it's a game ender.
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Broker2022Apr 28, 2023
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The first two seasons of the series a cruel WOKE disaster, just bad. Now for the third season. The old characters are now supposed to save the first bad seasons, everything is fine, it starts well, but then the woke character of the first seasons creeps into the series again and again. Insidiously, not so obvious anymore, but first the naïve viewer should be hijacked, then at the end, boom, it really becomes 100% woke. Unfortunately, another season messed up, starts well, has good approaches, but is gradually pushed back into the political woke agenda in the course of the individual episodes, not quite as brutal as in the first seasons, but this time gently and slowly. Like a live frog in water in a pot on the stove. In the beginning, the frog (The Spectator) is in the lukewarm water (the series), then the water is slowly but steadily heated until it boils, killing the frog. The frog (the spectator) notices too late, but then it's already happened! How stupid do the producers think we are! It was probably worth the try, but not with us! Expand
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sefrabuMay 18, 2020
The biggest issue of Star Trek Picard is not that it’s not Star Trek, as many would claim, although it’s of course one of the main flaws of this show. The biggest issue of Star Trek Picard is that it’s a boring, disjointed, unfocusedThe biggest issue of Star Trek Picard is not that it’s not Star Trek, as many would claim, although it’s of course one of the main flaws of this show. The biggest issue of Star Trek Picard is that it’s a boring, disjointed, unfocused cringefest, which doesn’t even know what it is about or who it caters to. Longtime Trekkies will not be interested in it for the reason mentioned above. Viewers new to the franchise will put it away after an episode or two, because there’s nothing there they haven’t seen already 10 times within the last 20 years both in terms of storytelling and visual effects. It’s beyond me how Sir Patrick Stewart agreed to have anything to do with this mess.

Even Seven-of-Nine is boring in this show. Can you imagine? Seven-of-Nine is boring!

How did you manage that?!
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HallihoopsAug 16, 2020
An abomination made on purpose. 'Lets make something really sickening - yes!' Sad fact is that the known actors did not care at all how ludicrous and perverted the scripts are and did it all just for the money. Gene had a vision. This is akinAn abomination made on purpose. 'Lets make something really sickening - yes!' Sad fact is that the known actors did not care at all how ludicrous and perverted the scripts are and did it all just for the money. Gene had a vision. This is akin to evil. Expand
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Corporate_GoonAug 19, 2020
This is a miserable, ugly, cruel, nihilistic show. Aren't those the things you think of when you think "Star Trek"? This is a show that wants you to think of it as a separate entity from TNG, but it leans so heavily on TNG referencesThis is a miserable, ugly, cruel, nihilistic show. Aren't those the things you think of when you think "Star Trek"? This is a show that wants you to think of it as a separate entity from TNG, but it leans so heavily on TNG references nostalgia for its minimal emotional pathos that it's impossible to judge it on its own merits - it must be judged as a sequel to TNG. On those grounds, it's an abject failure. The writing is awful, the pacing is schizophrenic, flipping from a snail's pace to warp speed and back again, characters are cardboard cutouts spouting profanity and hackneyed cliches, the violence is graphic and unpleasant, and the show is utterly without the wit or charm that made previous Star Trek series' so endearing. As far as the story goes, all kinds of plot threads are left hanging, not to set up future intrigue, but because the writers simply forgot about them or lost interest. A central, core plot point of the show - that Romulans hate AI and will destroy androids, and anyone researching AI or androids, on the spot is incoherent and contradicted by dozens of past Star Trek episodes, and the show asks you to have sympathy with a character who literally attempts genocide on the entire galaxy. I'm giving the show 3 instead of 0 because the production values are pretty good, and it was nice to see Picard have a nice dinner with Riker and Troi. Otherwise this is one of the most miserable experiences I've ever had over ten episodes of television. Avoid like the plague. Expand
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RhodesyAug 7, 2020
Terrible. An insult to what made the character of Picard great. He is totally dimished, not as a well written portrait of a man looking back at a life nuanced with flaws, but just a foil to a regressive political agenda
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DasBearJudenMay 25, 2020
I didn't care much when Disneys Star Wars went down the gutter. But watching Star Trek circle the drain was hurtful. If you are NOT a Trek fan; you may enjoy this show (if you put your brain in neutral). Any true Trek fan would be forcedI didn't care much when Disneys Star Wars went down the gutter. But watching Star Trek circle the drain was hurtful. If you are NOT a Trek fan; you may enjoy this show (if you put your brain in neutral). Any true Trek fan would be forced to admit that this show deviated from the original soul of star trek - going so far that star fleet was literally unrecognizable, Picard was a putz and generally the logic of science fiction became more of a "fantasy in space" genre.
Skip this and watch the Expanse - IMO.
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Kth4lifeJul 14, 2020
This isn't Star Trek
He is not Picard

For a more detailed analysis, check for example Red Letter Media. Here, it's enough to say that this is garbage.
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lsargentMay 13, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'll give this review about the same time out of my life than the showrunners gave it. You can sum the series up with one sentence: "They brought the borg back (cool) and seven of nine back (turned out to be cool) and brought back the hope of recovering Commander Data from the dead given the ridiculous and pointless way they killed him off prior, and then they killed the Borg with a giant flower (literally), turned Picard into a robot that is 'programmed' to die soon, and built up to a tremendous space battle with 2 types of ships (x1000) that nobody cared about. Expand
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FaerberJun 27, 2020
Spits on the REAL captain Picard and on Rodenberry’s legacy, what a shame. Kurtzmann trek is not Star Trek.
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CaptiosusMar 28, 2022
Season 1's writing was atrocious but I was willing to give them a pass because they were finding their footing. Season 2 makes season 1 look like fine literature. Four episodes in and this season is a trainwreck.

It is a piss poor copy of
Season 1's writing was atrocious but I was willing to give them a pass because they were finding their footing. Season 2 makes season 1 look like fine literature. Four episodes in and this season is a trainwreck.

It is a piss poor copy of every "Mirror, Mirror" episode and a rehash of every 'fix the broken timeline' plotline they've used since Star Trek 4 hit theaters. There's zero originality in this effort and it shows. Instead, they use the series as a way to bludgeon the viewer with hyper-woke nonsense. In the third episode they hammer the audience over the head with their typical leftist ideologies regarding: Anti-capitalism, LGBTQ (lesbianism, specifically), illegal immigration and a typical 'ACAB' portrayal of law enforcement, homelessness, and climate change. In the first twenty minutes of the fourth episode, they invoke Nazism as a reference, repeat the anti-police message, double down with anti-American sentiment ('They make you pledge allegiance?'), and use Guinan to push BLM.

Due respect to Sir Patrick Stewart's body of work, his age is a problem. He's not acting so much as he's mumbling his lines and shuffling around the set. This show is trash. A woke leftists wet dream pretending to be Star Trek. It should be retired for good.
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enut_butterJan 19, 2022
While it’s hard to qualify just how bad all of the new generation of Star Trek shows are, Picard may be the worst of the lot. Tedious, unfaithful to the Trek universe, overly-diverse and boring with Patty Stewart destroying his own legacy asWhile it’s hard to qualify just how bad all of the new generation of Star Trek shows are, Picard may be the worst of the lot. Tedious, unfaithful to the Trek universe, overly-diverse and boring with Patty Stewart destroying his own legacy as the cherry on top. Expand
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Davtom88May 9, 2020
For a series I had such high hopes for it was extremely disappointing and laughable in the worst way. It all comes down to terrible writing. I don't know what experience the writers of this shows have, high school maybe. They are just awful,For a series I had such high hopes for it was extremely disappointing and laughable in the worst way. It all comes down to terrible writing. I don't know what experience the writers of this shows have, high school maybe. They are just awful, getting worse and worse as the season went on. Ending with one of the worst last 3 episodes I've seen in TV in a long time. If the show was some generic SiFi TV show it might I might have given it a 3, but when dealing with a beloved character and universe to write such terrible plots and characters it just disgusts, offends me. After 'discovery', another awful show, I'm done with the Star Trek franchise. unless there is a total change in the show runners and writers. I'M OUT Expand
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cybermonkeySep 3, 2020
Very badly written, garbage series. Alex Kurtzman is a talentless hack fraud who doesn't understand Star Trek (or movie/ TV writing).
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NeutralbiasApr 8, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This has been a pretty rough year for SciFi fans. With the exception of The Expanse, most of the major franchises in TV and Film have been narrative messes, filled with plot devices ranging from nonsensical to trite, and in the case of Star Trek Picard, downright plagiarist. Mass Effect fans will immediately recognize a few plot elements that seem to have been directly lifted from the games and given a very thin veneer of Star Trek lore. Themes and tropes always weave their way through the narrative landscape, but Picard's writers really went over the line, in my opinion.

Aside from that, the characters are inconsistent at best, and infuriating at their worst. We see several characters from Star Trek's history, but it appears the writers have only a very surface level understanding of the people theyre working with. Seven of Nine, for example, is a whiskey swilling vigilante who makes mindless quips throughout the series. Watching this new Seven is downright jarring - a 180 degree turn from how she was portrayed on Voyager. Picard, on the other hand, seems almost impotent in the face of the main plot. He's there, he makes a few speeches, but most of the time he doesnt seem like he's in control of anything. The story, such as it is, is a mess. The writers constantly bring up new plot threads that have no payoff, and others that are nonsensical on the face of it. The borg cube, for example, has no function or effect on the story. Its presence, along with Seven of Nine, is there solely to bring old fans of Star Trek to the show. Considering roughly 35% of the season is spent there, thats a lot of time to waste on fan service.

Finally, the producers of the show have roundly rejected Gene Roddenberry's vision of a utopian future for humanity. Star Trek is now like so much of modern scifi - gritty, depressing, and at times downright mean. Furthermore, Kurtzman & co dont appear able to tackle controversial topics in a smart or dispassionate way. The original 60's Star Trek took societies issues and wove them into the various alien species on the show, in contrast to an idealistic humanity embodied by the Federation. TNG and especially DS9 often took our more liberal notions and challenged them, which made us all think about our default positions. The antagonists were generally smart and could argue their points well. The viewer will find no such intelligence in Picard - the villans are cartoonishly bad and do not garner sympathy at all. As a result, conservative viewers leave the show feeling insulted and turned off. After 10 episodes, we are left with a lot of ham-fisted plot devices to tie up loose ends and some truly inexplicable character moments and choices. As a long time Star Trek fan, I have to say I felt pretty insulted by the show. The first seasons of TNG and DS9 were both very weak, but they were never this bad. There's a lot of potential in the series, but to make it truly succeed, CBS should replace Kurtzman and his staff. He's had 2 seasons of Discovery and one of Picard to show he both understands Star Trek and can be a good steward of its legacy. He has failed on both counts. Star Trek fans deserve an intelligent and well written story.
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GormGravebornJul 20, 2020
This is a piece of **** show. It lacks any of the hope and wonder of the previous generations. The writing sucks more than a crackhead giving a bj for drugs. It rewrites Star Trek lore in ways that make no sense. Also full of hamfistedThis is a piece of **** show. It lacks any of the hope and wonder of the previous generations. The writing sucks more than a crackhead giving a bj for drugs. It rewrites Star Trek lore in ways that make no sense. Also full of hamfisted political jabs. Any self respecting fan should avoid this dumpster fire at all costs. Expand
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FalloutdoodAug 12, 2020
I'm currently watch all the old star trek shows so I thought I'd give this a shot and I hate to say it but it was a hard watch. All style over substance. I dont think the new writers are trek fans, they seem to miss the point of the show andI'm currently watch all the old star trek shows so I thought I'd give this a shot and I hate to say it but it was a hard watch. All style over substance. I dont think the new writers are trek fans, they seem to miss the point of the show and that trek isnt a one man show it's a family and the focus on one character really takes away from that. It just doesn't feel like star trek. Expand
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DexEngineerAug 24, 2020
All about this show is pointless. Even Picard is dead. It is beyond imagination that somebody could come with such pointless story.
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icextendJul 15, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If the authors think, that wasting Amazon's money to show the fans a white male privilege and marginalized hero, is a good idea, and they will gonna get off with that, wrong guess. Making money on spitting your customers in the face is a weak strategy, as the customers might just spit in your face and leave. Today I'm rewatching the original Star Trek and wishing you good luck washing the dishes the rest of your miserable lives. Expand
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CodeDuffMay 6, 2022
Absolute Garbage that Red-Cons the original interactions that Picard in his timeline after flopping with the terrible writing in the first season. The messaging is so forced and dumb and CGI cheap that it does Star Trek a diservice. I'd go soAbsolute Garbage that Red-Cons the original interactions that Picard in his timeline after flopping with the terrible writing in the first season. The messaging is so forced and dumb and CGI cheap that it does Star Trek a diservice. I'd go so far as to call the series non-canon and to be forgotten. DO NOT WATCH Expand
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PhadrusJul 21, 2020
This is just horrible. Have the people at CBS even watched Star Trek? Show is depressing and dismal. Star Trek is suppose to be uplifting. We need a little bit of that nowadays. It's got great special effects but they are at the serviceThis is just horrible. Have the people at CBS even watched Star Trek? Show is depressing and dismal. Star Trek is suppose to be uplifting. We need a little bit of that nowadays. It's got great special effects but they are at the service of nothing. Plot holes galore. Picard doesn't even act like the Picard we know. He has some obsession with Data which he never had in the TNG episodes. It just doesn't make sense. Everyone is angry or drunk or both. Thanks CBS, you killed Star Trek. Expand
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MascaraNegraJul 20, 2020
-sheer f*cking hubris-
this is just a dumb action story with the -star trek- trademark put there just to get extra views. Nobody would had cared about this forgetable series were it not for the trademark. So, a point for you marketers this
-sheer f*cking hubris-
this is just a dumb action story with the -star trek- trademark put there just to get extra views. Nobody would had cared about this forgetable series were it not for the trademark. So, a point for you marketers this time, but it won't work anymore.
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Zensen71May 2, 2022
This is truly horrible. There is almost no redeeming characteristic of the season 2. The acting is super shallow and stereotyped, the plot (what plot?) is insulting to anyone who had any encounter with Star Trek franchises (not to mentionThis is truly horrible. There is almost no redeeming characteristic of the season 2. The acting is super shallow and stereotyped, the plot (what plot?) is insulting to anyone who had any encounter with Star Trek franchises (not to mention Trekkies). The show is full of mindless action. Patrick Stewart has turned dignified Admiral Picard into a bumbling senile fool who is doing this "gaze into the ideals" shot every episode at least twice. I have watched almost all Star Trek shows and I am stopping to watch this rubbish, so I can still have some good memories.... Expand
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ToniP42May 8, 2022
Star Trek: Picard is like a Twitter timeline: an incoherent sequence of images and sentences, all trying too hard to be witty, deep, or important. There is no larger intention or meaning that connects this chaotic stream of consciousness. ItsStar Trek: Picard is like a Twitter timeline: an incoherent sequence of images and sentences, all trying too hard to be witty, deep, or important. There is no larger intention or meaning that connects this chaotic stream of consciousness. Its only purpose is the impulsive creation and satisfaction of lesser urges from moment to moment.

Just like a twitter timeline, this show is designed to be consumed an attention window of a few seconds. Otherwise, its lack of narrative structure becomes apparent and everything unravels. The show starts 25 different plots, all of them ridiculous and badly written, all of them full of faux emotion and faux meaning, and none of them conclude in any meaningful way, if they conclude at all.
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echioniMay 9, 2022
an horrific use of the words Star Trek. and what is the appeal of whoopi goldberg? I suggest Picard to retire and stop forcing himself to be part of tv products that just throw a shameful blanket of mud on such an important saga.
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metacritiqueurApr 19, 2022
The Klingons are no longer the enemies, now they are the straight white males. By all means the showrunners of the star trek series will castrate them.
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MandatoryNameApr 17, 2022
An amazing cast ruined by some of the worst writing I've ever seen. I've seen better writing from 70's smut films. Also how is an actual murderer allowed to be part of the crew? She murdered someone but it made her real sad so it's all good...
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DruganovMay 7, 2022
Woke, SJW, LGBTGWTFBBQ+

A bi/lesbian seven of nine all of the sudden? completely kills the atmosphere of an otherwise mediocre sci-fi serie.

Also Patrick Stewart's dramatic over-acting is horrible and cringe to watch.
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maxdunordMay 13, 2022
Don't be fooled - this is not a Star Trek series. There are no stars here, no trek and surely no Picard. I struggle to understand how someone who loved ST: TNG, ST: VOY, ST: DS9 would like it. Horribly bad writing, awful characters and noDon't be fooled - this is not a Star Trek series. There are no stars here, no trek and surely no Picard. I struggle to understand how someone who loved ST: TNG, ST: VOY, ST: DS9 would like it. Horribly bad writing, awful characters and no story plot at all. I try to forger this *thing* even exists. Expand
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ICTOANFeb 16, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The base layer, the foundation here is interesting. I can get behind a conspiracy plotline. I can get behind a corrupt Starfleet. I can get behind a post-Dominion Federation which is not the idealized version it was in the TNG era. The problem is that they are not handling any of it with tact, or subtlety. They keep answering things before the questions are ever even asked. It's silly, it's boring. Ep 1 - Daj has a twin sister and she's on a Borg cube!
Ep 2 - After NCISing this apartment we have figured out Daj's sister is in fact not on Earth.


Ep 2 - Commodore: "Attacking directly was stupid. There is no need for such actions no one believes him anyway."
Ep 3 - A super-subtle death squad storms the Picard chateau

Ep 1 - Daj blows up! In case it wasn't clear enough how fukken dead she is lemme show you Picard flying 50 feet backward from the shockwave.
Ep 3 - WHICH ONE ARE YOU THE ONE WHO IS ALIVE OR THE ONE WHO IS DEAD

Except, in true hack fashion I actually believe they will bring back daj to be some hockey macguffin. The writing is typical of kurtzman and post Abrams trek. Bland, predictable, crammed full of unnecessary action (hey, an old man is close enough to an explosion to be blown backwards 20 feet! It's cool though, we brought him to his couch to recover. He's good now.) I had really really hoped Picard (excuse me, JL) would be a return to classic trek is some way. I understand that tv is different than 30 years ago. There would be some changes but this is just.... Stupid. Characters make decisions that don't make sense, they over explain everything, they answers questions before they're ever asked. It's just... disappointing. Already cancelled my subscription. I can read the wiki, I'll get the same amount of emotional depth. At least the actors seem to be really trying, trying to work with what they're given.
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ajewoMay 16, 2021
If you've ever wondered what a pathetic old Jean-Luc Picard in the background would be like, this series has you covered. The plot is painfully slow and revolves around blaming Picard for everything, even if it's not his fault.
Like Star
If you've ever wondered what a pathetic old Jean-Luc Picard in the background would be like, this series has you covered. The plot is painfully slow and revolves around blaming Picard for everything, even if it's not his fault.
Like Star Trek: Discovery, this show introduces a darker Federation and Star Trek universe with fantasy elements and this time space elves. Most of the characters are broken and hard to like, except for Rios. The writing is mostly soap opera level. This show really negates any personal development that Picard and Seven of Nine have made in previous shows. At least there are some nice guest appearances.
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ThomascelsiJan 28, 2022
Kurtzmantrek is not Star Trek. It's just commercial trash made for the undemanding. This needs to be cancelled. Soon.
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Bearded_ChampMay 3, 2022
JJ Abrams: I completely destroyed Star Wars...
Kurtzman: Hold my beer......
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LogicXCompasionApr 29, 2022
Sad to see such a great show and franchise becoming a platform for left wing political opinion.
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MarsonskiMay 2, 2022
Utter garbage that deals in despair rather than the uplifting and aspirational show Star Trek should be. Beyond this though, the storyline boarders on the absurd, with irrational characters that are a million miles from the ones that actuallyUtter garbage that deals in despair rather than the uplifting and aspirational show Star Trek should be. Beyond this though, the storyline boarders on the absurd, with irrational characters that are a million miles from the ones that actually good writers made us love in TNG. The key message of this show is that nothing we do matters, because in the future there is only despair and agony. Expand
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Emagdnim9788Apr 9, 2020
This show is hot garbage. Nothing about this is star trek. The closest thing to trek is the sad bastardization of beloved characters.
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adverbMay 9, 2022
I loved STTNG, so I was looking forward to this series. Season 1 was tolerable, though reuniting with the old cast felt forced. But Season 2... I could barely stand it, had to watch each episode in 15-minute chunks. Hopefully, I justI loved STTNG, so I was looking forward to this series. Season 1 was tolerable, though reuniting with the old cast felt forced. But Season 2... I could barely stand it, had to watch each episode in 15-minute chunks. Hopefully, I just completely missed the point, but Jean-Luc was never that interesting a character. Expand
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MikeTheHumanMay 14, 2022
I guess it was ummmm "amusing" to see Patrick Stewart be referred to as Picard by people wearing Star Trek clothes. The actual character of Picard is not in this show though, to make things worth the tone is absolutely depressing and theI guess it was ummmm "amusing" to see Patrick Stewart be referred to as Picard by people wearing Star Trek clothes. The actual character of Picard is not in this show though, to make things worth the tone is absolutely depressing and the story dumb often verging into the realm of total nonsense. Even the last ditch effort of bringing back the whole TNG crew will not be enough to save this poor excuse for a show. Just wish it had never been made If this was where they'd take Picard. Expand
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BeefermaticOct 30, 2021
I did like that we got to see Picard again and there are some cool cameos from other franchise characters. That said, everything else about this series was freaking terrible, the writing was awful the characters felt unreal in a bad way, andI did like that we got to see Picard again and there are some cool cameos from other franchise characters. That said, everything else about this series was freaking terrible, the writing was awful the characters felt unreal in a bad way, and everything was an action scen. It's like the writers didn't know how to just write people in an extraordinary circumstance, everything had to be grandiose showy flashes of explosions and Michael Bay physics, vice you know, some of that, but mainly people wanted what they had before with Next Gen, maybe bumped up to the next notch but the way Picard was handled, both the character and the series itself is disrespectful, obnoxious, and feels like instead of expanding your mind and looking towards the future or at least a idealistic future, you just kind of see everyone and everything as dark, depressing, warped, and unlikable. I really wanted to like this show, but it was just absolutely horrible, and the way the writers wrote Picard himself and the way people approach him in show is distasteful and rude. I didn't like this show at all On a side note, I love how the ridiculous metacritic reviewers, the sanctioned, "official" ones give this sjo a 70+% rating and TNG arguably the best Star Trek made, the one that spawned both Deep Space 9 and Voyager a 40%. Lol these guys are literally ridiculous. It's like you have to read their reviews in reverse, the worse they rate something, chances are, the better is actually is. Lmao smh Expand
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MMS70Nov 22, 2020
Decepcionante. Los primeros episodios prometian mucho más de lo que se terminó mostrando. Stewart por si solo es incapaz de mantener la histora, la edad se le nota demasiado, y los secundarios no terminan de convencer nunca. El final ademásDecepcionante. Los primeros episodios prometian mucho más de lo que se terminó mostrando. Stewart por si solo es incapaz de mantener la histora, la edad se le nota demasiado, y los secundarios no terminan de convencer nunca. El final además es bochornoso; un deux ex machina sacado de la galera a último momento para explicar todo el origen de la "supuesta" amenanaza que nunca termina de convencer. Expand
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eden1980Feb 16, 2022
I wonder why Patrick Stewart agreed to be a part of this; does he owe money to someone? Is he going bankrupt or something? I really hope that they sell the entire star trek and star wars franchise to Favreau and people who made Mandalorian.
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RoyGolanApr 7, 2020
If you want to watch Star Trek, go watch The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise. This is not Star Trek.
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woody0454Apr 6, 2020
Terrible series and a terrible use of TNG cast and lore. None of the stuff that makes Star Trek so great is evident here and clearly none of the history and established backstop was taken into account when making this series. Apart from theTerrible series and a terrible use of TNG cast and lore. None of the stuff that makes Star Trek so great is evident here and clearly none of the history and established backstop was taken into account when making this series. Apart from the pilot in this series and the odd bits and pieces that do work, the rest is just a mess and a chance to cash in on the franchises name and fans nostalgia. Expand
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RodrigoSenaApr 11, 2020
Um grande e completo EQUÍVOCO! Lixo, chorume marxista, SJWs, personagens mal escritos (uma psicopata, uma viciada em erva, uma BORG que virou mercenária jogando no LIXO toda estória anterior de 'Voyager'); PICARD de personagem honroso, sábio,Um grande e completo EQUÍVOCO! Lixo, chorume marxista, SJWs, personagens mal escritos (uma psicopata, uma viciada em erva, uma BORG que virou mercenária jogando no LIXO toda estória anterior de 'Voyager'); PICARD de personagem honroso, sábio, profisional, atencioso, um "pai" pra tripulação transformado em um velho idiota, sendo xingado por todos, menosprezado, tendo um fim pior e mais estúpido que o Cap. KIRK. Maldito Patrick Stewart, Roddenberry filho, produtores, SJWs, marxistas, soja boys por deturpar e destruir o 'canon / mitologia' da franquia; Roddenberry deve remexer suas cinzas e se excomungar por ter um filho incompetente que destrói seus legado! NOTA: ZERO Expand
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Fenrir767May 4, 2020
This was one of the hardest watches I have ever had to endure my wife and I really enjoyed the beginning of the show and then it just completely fell off. The story became predictable characters were acting out of character for whatever theThis was one of the hardest watches I have ever had to endure my wife and I really enjoyed the beginning of the show and then it just completely fell off. The story became predictable characters were acting out of character for whatever the writers wanted and not to mention the Zhat Vash are one of the worst additions to Star Trek lore in the history of the franchise. Suffice it to say after season 1 we will not be back for season 2 this was just atrocious. The only compliment I can give the show is that it's so far removed from what Star Trek is that it's easy to disconnect it from the original 4 shows. Expand
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Satanski666Oct 19, 2021
Yeah, we already know - women are strong and pull all of the strings, and men are weak and naive. Even JLP was portrayed as just a fool old man. Women version of equality.
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mrjoshlyonMar 27, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. While I love Sir Patrick Stewart as a person, regrettably he has allowed his legacy playing Jean-Luc Picard get pissed up the wall by the worst plotted, worst scripted and seriously ill-judged Star Trek series to date. Fire the writers. Fire the producers. Put not just this show but the entire franchise on a 2 or 3 year hiatus so that they can recruit not just actual fans who understand the established spirit of Roddenberry’s Trek, but people who can competently plot a narrative and wrote dialogue that sounds like something real people would say. Cameo roles for Jeri Ryan, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis and the resultant nostalgia still isn’t enough to overcome the significant issues this show has at it’s core. A tragic waste of an opportunity for something that could have been truly special. As a potential swan song, Picard (the character) deserved better. It’s full of of Expand
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cperry2161Apr 16, 2020
Gene Roddenberry is turning over in his grave right now. Any semblance of the hopeful future that Gene envisioned for humanity has been irreversibly tainted by this so called edgy spectacle. This show is Star Trek in name only. I think theGene Roddenberry is turning over in his grave right now. Any semblance of the hopeful future that Gene envisioned for humanity has been irreversibly tainted by this so called edgy spectacle. This show is Star Trek in name only. I think the most egregious part of this show is how they have taken one of the finest examples of a fictional character ever created (JLP) and destroyed his legacy. I read several articles where Patrick Stewart was excited to do the show because he thought "there was something special there". Well with all due respect to Mr Stewart (whom I admire greatly and will watch anything he performs in) who by his own admission isn't a Star Trek or a science fiction fan. Why is it so difficult for CBS or Paramount to find an actual fan of the franchise to write these shows? Where are the Okudas? Where are the folks who took pride in creating and continuing Gene's legacy? Whatever at this point I can literally vote with my wallet and choose not to give CBS any of my money. Congratulations CBS, you have successfully hammered the final nail into the Star Treks coffin. Expand
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N-fanApr 19, 2020
Star Trek in name only. This show repeats all the terrible mistakes they did with STD and Short Treks. The bleak dystopia, the retcon of canon, the unlikeable characters, they're all here yet it's even worse.

Watch The Orville and The
Star Trek in name only. This show repeats all the terrible mistakes they did with STD and Short Treks. The bleak dystopia, the retcon of canon, the unlikeable characters, they're all here yet it's even worse.

Watch The Orville and The Expanse instead
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BalornMay 1, 2022
Season 1 was fantastic and Season 2 has been ridiculous, the story has been so slow, I think it could have been told in 2 episodes instead of 9. Episode 9 is stupid, why is Picard day dreaming in the middle of the combat? How can two peopleSeason 1 was fantastic and Season 2 has been ridiculous, the story has been so slow, I think it could have been told in 2 episodes instead of 9. Episode 9 is stupid, why is Picard day dreaming in the middle of the combat? How can two people run across 500m of open field, with 50 highly trained and modified soldiers shooting that them and missing? Picard has been turned in to a forgetful old man. This is almost as bad as Discovery. Expand
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TrimdeezyMar 29, 2020
I’d heard rumors - that being an original TNG fan, that the makers of Picard never intended to entertain ME -

I genuinely got the impression they would rather I die. Almost an open disdain for what Star Trek used to be. Did I hate
I’d heard rumors - that being an original TNG fan, that the makers of Picard never intended to entertain ME -

I genuinely got the impression they would rather I die. Almost an open disdain for what Star Trek used to be.
Did I hate everything? Of course not. I didn’t enjoy every episode of TNG, either...

But as objectively as I can be?
It felt rushed, flushed with incomplete story arcs, low on lore (ships) and high on selective fan service appearances - heavy amounts of political ramrodding. It was violent, vulgar and crass. The closing line from the finale I can’t get out of my head? “Did you f*ck any of them yet?” ... how edgy.

Nobody, not CBS, not Sir Stewart, not a paid critic can convince me this didn’t amount to anything more than a poor quality Star Trek spin off, brought to us by low talent show runners trying to make some merchandising by standing on the shoulders of what used to be an IP Giant. Do me a favor. If you enjoyed TNG as much as I did? Go check RLM Galaxies idea on YouTube... and it’s depressing how much more fun and Trekkie that would have been compared to... whatever THIS was.

Well thanks for trying, CBS. I’m not a vindictive or toxic person... but I’m afraid I can’t think of a single reason why I’d want to maintain a CBS subscription. Maybe next time you want to deploy a paid subscription service of your own, don’t license out your most popular IP to everyone and their mother to stream. We’ll, I’ll see y’all on amazon... or Netflix... or Hulu... ;)
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LewanoApr 30, 2022
I hate this show. It takes amazing characters from the 90s and absolutely destroys them and what star trek means. Don't watch this crap.
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Shad2KMar 29, 2020
Alex Kurtzman either doesn't have a clue or doesn't care about Gene Roddenberry's vision for the future. This show has nothing to do with Star Trek or honors the 50+ years of allure. It feels more like the showrunners were interested inAlex Kurtzman either doesn't have a clue or doesn't care about Gene Roddenberry's vision for the future. This show has nothing to do with Star Trek or honors the 50+ years of allure. It feels more like the showrunners were interested in making a knockoff of GOT in space than to honor the formula that made Stat Trek great. Instead of a utopian society where human kind has overcome their differences and have nothing left but to explore the last frontier we get a dark dystopia. Showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Michael Chabon defend their dark view of the future by suggesting: "Shadow defines light and if nothing can rock the federation's perfection, then its just a magical land." (The Guardian, Kelly 2020). Well that was kinda the point in the first place, we are in the dark right now and we need to have hope for a brighter future even if its magical. Expand
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RumplebeanskinMar 4, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Imagine sitting down with your kids to share your love of Star Trek with them by watching the new show.

Imagine the nightmares they'll have after watching a man's eyeball graphically pulled out of its socket.

Imagine having to explain to them why everyone in the future swears like a sailor.

Imagine this is supposed to be Star Trek... oh wait... no one has that level of imagination.

Not recommended.
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AlphaRebelJan 31, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So the new Picard. 2 eps in and I’m not going to say it’s bad (although I’m far from hooked) it does however dismally fail the Trek test by utterly disregarding (or more accurately sticking 2 fingers up that are on fire ) Genes cardinal rules around how Starfleet should work. Also to prove how new and edgy CBS are making Trek, last year I was a little surprised when Discovery drooped 2 F bombs in 30 seconds well we have got to the point where now ADMIRALS are dropping F bombs. (And, come on given how much I swear it takes a lot for me to raise eyebrows at swearing) *** Potential spoiler alert ahead.... ***

I’m also getting the nagging suspicion that we are looking at an alternative play on “All good things” where some if not all of the data plot is the adventures of a crew of care givers giving an old man one last tour and the conspiracy is just the delusions of a dying brain, mostly at the fact that this guy who’s supposed to be in his 90s now was blasted of his feet by a building wrecking blast and just woke up in his own bed. (And comments from other cast members) which I find will be an ignominious end to Jean Luc.

*** end spoilers ***

In other sci-fi news, avenue 5 is a thing, it’s hardly setting the Bar super high but frankly I’m more interested in where it’s going then Picard right now.
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UmmmAug 23, 2020
This show has graphic violence & torture, is unsuitible for children to watch! Does not follow canon or give you any hope or inspiration for a better future! I grew up watching STO reruns as a teen in the early 70's, fell in love with theThis show has graphic violence & torture, is unsuitible for children to watch! Does not follow canon or give you any hope or inspiration for a better future! I grew up watching STO reruns as a teen in the early 70's, fell in love with the show on my first viewing, which happened to be arguably the best STO episode made The City on the Edge of Forever! I also grew to love ST TNG, ST DS9 as an adult and was ecstatic when we had our first female captain in Voyager. But the most gratifying was being able to sit down and watch Voyager with my children, seeing the joy and anticipation for the next episode, the hope for a better future through their eyes, sharing stories of people who were inspired into certain career fields by the show, it didn't get any better than that. Sadly, this is something you can't do with this show! To CBS, don't ever expect me or my family to watch/pay anything made by Kurtzman or with the Kelvan timeline. It's disgusting what you've allowed to happen to Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future & his legacy! The whole lot of you are a disgrace! Expand
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HollywoodisWokeMar 24, 2022
Q1: Wanna know why they made Seven of 9 a lesbian?

A1: Cause men were attracted to her. They have to ruin everything men enjoy in order to tear men down in society. Q2: Wanna know why they made Picard emasculated, and gay? A2: To piss the
Q1: Wanna know why they made Seven of 9 a lesbian?

A1: Cause men were attracted to her. They have to ruin everything men enjoy in order to tear men down in society.

Q2: Wanna know why they made Picard emasculated, and gay?

A2: To piss the straight men off who looked up to Picard as a father figure.

This is the worst tv show I have ever seen. My gf wanted to watch this when she first heard about it before season 1. I knew it was going to be woke lecture trash. I was right.

Hollywoke is infested with this crap. Everything being produced out of Hollywoke these days is all following this same agenda platform. Women are STRONG, Men are WEAK, and that this is what progressive / inclusive equality looks like.

NOT... this is offensive like a backed up toilet. It's all over Picard. They're killing off all the male characters of the TNG legacy. Picard is a former ghost of himself. He's dead too.. don't you realize? He's just a senile apparition who follows the women around, and takes the verbal abuse like a beta cuc. We can't have a strong male character on TV these days. We gotta cut his bawls off, emancipate him, and tell him the future is female. KNOW YOUR PLACE YOU DISGUSTING PIG OF A MAN!

This show doesn't even try to hide the blatant politics. Men bad, women good. Women are super heroes, and the men must be destroyed at all costs. Send in the empowered feminists to save the day. I don't know about you, but turn this crap off, and tell all your trekkie friends that's it's woke garbage.

AVOID AVOID AVOID!

I will no longer watch ANYTHING Hollywoke has produced past 2010, and anything they will produce in the future. I'm officially boycotting that cesspit of diarrhea. I hate everything Hollywoke stands for. EVERYTHING. Time to cancel Hollywoke, and put this beast down.

DO NOT ENGAGE
DO NOT BEAM UP
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aflunkyMar 29, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The whole premise of the show doesn't even make sense. Dahj and Soji are more the kids of Maddox and that new Soong character, because they built them. However, Picard insists on calling them Data's daughters when Data was more of an organ donor to them. Picard is supposed to be smarter than this. Picard quit Starfleet over them cancelling the rescue armada when there were android slaves in Starfleet? Lol! Someone didn't fully understand Measure of a Man. Picard would have quit more over the slaves than an armada. Also Did anyone who created this see Insurrection? Picard went rogue to save like 600 people and you're telling he would just return to his chateau and accept the coming deaths of millions? Give me a break. Picard has changed enough to where I hardly recognize the character. He can either be easily irritable, like in the news interview (BTW, television had been outdated in the this universe since the 2040s), or uncharacteristically docile, like every time he gets yelled at by a woman. I guess it depends on how the script needs him to be. If you're looking for the calm, yet commanding presence of Captain Picard, who could motivate you with an uplifting speech, stick to TNG. Star Trek Picard is written by people pretending to be smart, but come off as pretentious. The technobabble in this isn't remotely believable to the point where they have a "magic" tool that can do whatever you imagine. It borrows enough from older Trek to pass in a few trailers, but once you watch the first season, you'll have questions like "They showed us B-4, so why didn't they even mention Lore or Lal?" or "Why couldn't Picard just contact the Klingons for a ship?" Those questions are not answered in the first season.

Then there is the dystopian aspect of this show. Complete opposite of Roddenberry's utopian ideals. By the beginning of episode 5, you'll be wondering if you're watching Star Trek or one of the Saw movies. There is unnecessary cursing in the show that only serves for shock value and doesn't help the already convoluted plot. When I see this, I don't think Star Trek. There is a lot more I could talk about, but I'm getting tired of typing. They took my favorite good guy, killed him off in the most pathetic way, then put his mind into an android's body, but then made the android body old and feeble like he was before. Yet, the body and consciousness of the original Picard is gone and the showrunner didn't even put enough thought to find a way to honor that body. I hate this show because it turned Star Trek into just any old sci-fi show. There is no originality in this show, as the second part of the plot, the admonition and synths coming to destroy all biological life, are literally taken from the video game Mass Effect. The Star Trek of today will not age as well as the Star Trek of old.
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notor12Apr 15, 2020
The writing of this show just completely ruined it. The episodes drag really bad to the point where they can't hold interest. Lots of completely pointless and unbelievable dialogue.
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lixicusFeb 9, 2020
Doesn't feel like a Star Trek series as in the fact that it goes against everything The Next Generation was all about ... the show is ok, love the acting and the actors but the plot and story is just ... bad and inappropriate.
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RicovandienMar 20, 2022
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I tried to give Picard a good chance. I really did. But after watching the 1st season (twice) and 3 episodes of the 2nd season, I can confirm this show is absolute garbage. Firstly, it is woke trash, it tries so hard to spew blatantly political talking points and in a very ham-fisted and obnoxious way.

Picard is not picard, and this show is not Star Trek. All the crew members talk down to Picard with disrespect as if he is a child. The show intentionally forces feminist female and lesbian characters down the audiences throat - females who exhibit no signs of true femininity or grace, but instead females who exhibit the most obnoxious, bone-headed and gruntish masculine traits. The show writes the women as arrogant, rude, crass, annoying, masculine men, while simultaneously attempting to bash the actual men. It really is so forced and ridiculous in a laughable way.

All the characters whine and complain, show zero competence or excellence in their positions. They run around complaining like children about their emotional baggage from childhood while they are supposed to be saving their crew-mates or the entire galaxy. The writers clearly think their target audience are all emotionally unstable victims of trauma. It overtly tries to paint straight white males as evil or bad, while trying to paint obnoxious, arrogant lesbian females as virtuous saints that we should try to be like. There are no good role models in this show, just angry, crass, rude, emotionally unstable children.

The writers and creators of Picard cannot create anything good or new, they can only ruin and destroy the good things that good people created before them.
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theirrelephantsJan 7, 2023
Everyone involved with this show should be put against a wall.

I loved TOS, TNG, DS9 and... yes, even Voyager. This show was written by people who HATE fans of the original shows. Edit: Still a 0 but I'm editing my review to include a
Everyone involved with this show should be put against a wall.

I loved TOS, TNG, DS9 and... yes, even Voyager.

This show was written by people who HATE fans of the original shows.
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Still a 0 but I'm editing my review to include a recent quote from the show, and yes it's real.

"They're borg, not people!" - Seven of Nine, before murdering several people.
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njones33Jan 22, 2023
They took a great characters and re-visioned them through the eyes of a young child. I guess it keeps the costs down
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JTMONEY22Feb 7, 2020
Meh. Nothing about this show makes me care about it either way. Just kind of blah. Maybe I’m just getting tired of shows being “dark & grritty.”
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CraigHicksMar 19, 2020
Poorly written, overly dramatic and a complete reversal of everything Roddenery strived to portray on screen. Attempting to make the iconic series relevant for modern times, Picard takes influence from Battlestar Galactica, The Expanse andPoorly written, overly dramatic and a complete reversal of everything Roddenery strived to portray on screen. Attempting to make the iconic series relevant for modern times, Picard takes influence from Battlestar Galactica, The Expanse and Westworld but unfortunately... not from Star Trek. Expand
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sitebenderMar 14, 2020
Picard is the only show that I hate watch. I want to like it, because it is Star Trek, but this show doesn't feel very Star Trek. It feels like a generic sci-fi adventure that brought in Star Trek actors so people would watch this 2 hourPicard is the only show that I hate watch. I want to like it, because it is Star Trek, but this show doesn't feel very Star Trek. It feels like a generic sci-fi adventure that brought in Star Trek actors so people would watch this 2 hour movie spread across 10 long hours. It takes three episodes to get a star ship to ya know... to trek around the stars. Two back to back episodes where nothing happens and a lot of downtime without drama, stakes or plot. The cold opens have suicides, mass murders, and utter violence rather than letting me get into episodes before showing me the gore.

As a show it feels like sitting around talking. Lots and lots of 2 people talking in a metal room. 20 - 30 minutes of it in single episodes. It's an utter struggle of boredom. Everything is so poorly lit that it all blends together. The Borg cube is dark, the hero ship is dark, the only thing with light is Picard's Chateau that they bring the Chateau with them when they finally take off for space. The Chateau is a part of Earth and doesn't feel very Star Trek, but there I go hoping for a new Star Trek and then when it's given to us it's spent on Earth the first few episodes except for a Borg Cube that's just sitting there for the season struggling to exist except for to be part of a Romulan plot to show villains discussing villain things while trying to not have sex together despite being brother and sister. Yeah... you heard me.

People smoke, people drop F bombs, people drop hints of cash and money in a time where Earth did away with that sort of thing. I can understand when it's civilians, but did the Federation give up trying to hold its people to a higher standard or did the writers just forget that the Trek Universe is to be a higher standard? People with big houses complaining it's a hovel. Tacked on scenes where a character tries to reconnect with her son that she was too busy for despite never hearing about the son before. There are plenty of these side stories that don't really go anywhere, but every character seems so haunted by their past or just a murderer.

Another flaw with that Borg cube is that it struggles to have a place. One character is just on a Borg ship for two episodes away from the cast. No one seems to want this character back despite knowing exactly where he is and Picard knowing him since he was a boy, he doesn't seem to rescue him. Speaking of one character on the Borg ship, another member of the cast starts out on a Borg ship away from the cast and she seems to be the plot, to rescue her, only she gets rescued and then there's nothing at stake. The plot fizzles and it feels utterly pointless. Previous Star Trek series have single episodes where they come up with solutions that save planets and save lives. There seems to be a Federation without actually having a Federation beyond an admiral and a commodore. Everything you knew about Trek is just wiped away. The Federation won't help the Romulans when their sun goes super nova, a thing that can be predicted centuries if not millennia in advance. Picard taking all the blame for not helping the Romulans enough when he was the guy helping. The show loves to harp on that.

The biggest glaring problem is that if you aren't invested in this 10 episode storyline it turns into a chore to watch. Even they forget the storyline which revolves around saving a girl who is a dead comrade's daughter. Once she is safe, nothing happens. The drama ends and it turns into a holding pattern of fluff. It's tough to watch Picard struggle with lines with his age, that I pray is a character quirk and not the real Patrick Stewart struggling.

I feel like there were two strong episodes, the first and the halfway point where everything felt like it paid off, but I can't tell if I felt it was good from watching 3 or 4 hours of dull television or if it was actually good. There were hints of episodes that felt like Star Trek where a space crew would go off to a planet, land, do things, and then leave, even if they weren't saving the world or entertaining me.

I'd love to feel that this was a great show because I love Star Trek and that's the only reason I keep watching. Most Star Trek series have bad first seasons, but I felt like this was an awful chore to sit through. Now I love hate watching Picard or I would have given up on it a long time ago like so many other dull shows or bad science fiction shows.
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Honest-YanJan 29, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. (Reviewing first episode) SPOILERS! This is clearly a vanity piece for Patrick Stewart, but I'm fine with this considering he is the character I want to see. They introduce an unnecessary superhuman female character early on, then kill her off, then she has an identical twin. Seeing as they had not bothered to develop the first twin in any meaningful way before killing her, she stands as the same person. This death and subsequent identical twin scenario is terrible writing to say the least. I enjoyed seeing Steward reprise the role. I also liked seeing data again in a cameo, which I am guessing will be the first of several. Stewart appears to be one of few 79yr olds who can survive being blown back by an explosive shock wave but perhaps he has a cyborg hip or something? The superwoman is not the reason I tuned in, but seeing as Stewart is (or at least should be) too old to do fight scenes, I'm ok with her doing a bunch of stunts to liven things up, hopefully they'll develop the character in a meaningful way throughout the series. Although, there is a setup in this episode for thinly veiled preaching about the political views of the writers, so far it isn't in-your-face-obnoxious like Discovery was. Overall, this offers much promise but, considering the poor pedigree of the writers I am less optimistic than I would like to be. Expand
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PavelHrMar 31, 2023
Killed the franchise for me. They took everything people liked about TNG and said, how about we make everything in this show the opposite?

This show has no redeeming qualities, if you haven't watched anything prior to Enterprise, it's just
Killed the franchise for me. They took everything people liked about TNG and said, how about we make everything in this show the opposite?

This show has no redeeming qualities, if you haven't watched anything prior to Enterprise, it's just generic garbage that comes out of Netflix all the time but for the people who watched Enterprise and before, this show is a disgrace. They've split the fanbase, brought few new people in and left. Garbage writers and garbage show.
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regulator13Mar 9, 2020
Too dark and dragging. Not what Star Trek is going to watch Orville. Was really hoping this would stick to the simple formula of the ND DS9 and voyager. Stargate did and look how popular that was.
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Tyrole86Mar 10, 2020
This is even worse than STD to be honest... I don't see anything of the character Picard in this show. The Federation seems to have thrown all ideals out the window. The Romulans are depicted as desperate unorganized refugees, but they alsoThis is even worse than STD to be honest... I don't see anything of the character Picard in this show. The Federation seems to have thrown all ideals out the window. The Romulans are depicted as desperate unorganized refugees, but they also have more secret government organizations/projects than ever before? Absolutely nothing makes sense, and not much happens in each episode. I don't think the writers of this show have ever seen an episode of Star Trek. Expand
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ShaManaJan 30, 2020
Discovery is fine. Different people, different times and ideals. Picard is not. Aside from a fairly boring story and the generous use of over exposition, the characters don't make sense. This is not Picard, and that's not Star Trek. The plotDiscovery is fine. Different people, different times and ideals. Picard is not. Aside from a fairly boring story and the generous use of over exposition, the characters don't make sense. This is not Picard, and that's not Star Trek. The plot is just not engaging, they try to create a familiarity with the characters like we've seen them for years, but even the one we recognize don't feel right. They are nothing like their counterparts from previous shows and movies. And all new ones are just generic, burly rouge captain, a martial artist with anger issues, a snappy female companion that feels the need to explain everything to everyone in great detail. I'm sorry to everyone involved but's it's simply a bad show. Expand
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yekimevolMar 29, 2020
Nostalgia 9/10, This was the greatest part of this show for a fan just getting to see your old friends again.

However I'm not going to measure nostalgia in my overall score. Audio 7/10 Acting 6/10 Effects 3/10 Plot 2/10 Script / character
Nostalgia 9/10, This was the greatest part of this show for a fan just getting to see your old friends again.

However I'm not going to measure nostalgia in my overall score.

Audio 7/10
Acting 6/10
Effects 3/10
Plot 2/10
Script / character development 2/10

40 out of a 100 that's a D in my book. Nothing that happens in the show truly mattered as by the end of it your back in the same situation as prior to watching Picard. Tonally the show runners and writers somehow managed to veer further away from Roddenberry's progressive family friendly Star Trek vision than Disco did which was very surprising, adding grotesque violence, drug used and to quote Spock himself colour language.
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CrunchzillaMay 10, 2022
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "Picard" is not a bad show, and it has sometimes been excellent, but season 2 was a convoluted disappointment. The premiere season showed great promise and had some great moments and episodes, including the final Picard/Data meeting. But season 2 was an undercooked and overloaded failure, with character behavior and creative choices that offered surprises but ultimately made no sense. (Spoilers coming.)

Season 1 introduced some truly interesting characters into Picard's world, including many Romulans and Vulcans, and turning Seven of Nine into one of the most dynamic figures of any Star Trek series. And there was Cristóbal Rios, a strong enough character (and a fine actor) to carry his own Trek spinoff. So what kind of insanity led the creators of this show to close season 2 by basically marooning Rios in the past, where his story is already complete and (centuries later) he's inevitably deceased (from an old man's bar fight?) in the Picard timeline. His choice to stay behind is nonsensical. Suddenly this skilled pilot no longer wants to fly? Staying in the 21st century for him is like you and I choosing to live in the 18th century. Why not just bring his new family into the future?

The show's device of using actors in different roles when the crew goes back in time makes no real sense. The connection between the identical twins in different timelines is never explained. Other than some vague emotional effect on Picard himself, why are Laris and Tallinn identical? Coincidence? Are they related somehow? We never really find out, probably because it was never truly figured out.

The special effects and most production values are excellent. Some of the forced drama and emotional breakdowns between the main characters (Raffi, a season Starfleet officer, is often alarmingly irrational for no reason) undercuts and clutters up the storytelling. There's just too much to get into here. (Like the transformation of the Borg.).

Season 1 would get a deserved high rating from me, but Season 2 was ultimately such a washout that my overall rating is mixed.
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Augustus75Mar 21, 2020
It's not bad. Some good acting. I can see how the trek fans might not like it. It seems very different in atmosphere and pacing compared to previous series. Perhaps the single narrative spread out over episodes is the cause.
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KishiroWanJan 24, 2020
I've just finish to watch the first episode and it was a really good one. I was really afraid that this series was going to be just a kind of bunch of nostalgic ideas but this is not the case, they actually decided make a natural continuationI've just finish to watch the first episode and it was a really good one. I was really afraid that this series was going to be just a kind of bunch of nostalgic ideas but this is not the case, they actually decided make a natural continuation of TNG with a big ellipsis of 20 years with all the consecuences (you know... things change) . A good continuation like Blade Runner 2049. Expand
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StythysFeb 1, 2020
Patrick Steward is instantly back to being Picard. The series feels like a great mix of an old-school Trek that takes is time combined with visuals and story telling from the new movie area of films. I really enjoy it so far.
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DeanomiteJan 23, 2020
Good cinematography, production values very high. Well acted and the script covers new ground. Right away they tackle nationalism, prejudice and propaganda. I am not surprised it was renewed before premiere.
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tommydoyleJan 25, 2020
a beautiful update on the great captain picard. new. modern. similar. different. great cast. so many elements with story. fyi not a spoiler but keep in mind who bruce maddux is because i missed this and it's probably very important. he's thea beautiful update on the great captain picard. new. modern. similar. different. great cast. so many elements with story. fyi not a spoiler but keep in mind who bruce maddux is because i missed this and it's probably very important. he's the scientist who wanted to disassemble data to build an army or race of androids in measure of a man in TNG Expand
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DubeauMar 22, 2020
Picard is an interesting takes on the Captain and the Federation. More realistic and certainly less utopian. I though the series did start very slowly. When he met the second sister, everything got better. Story, action and clarity. I wasPicard is an interesting takes on the Captain and the Federation. More realistic and certainly less utopian. I though the series did start very slowly. When he met the second sister, everything got better. Story, action and clarity. I was please to see past characters. Some have vital roles in the story. I give it 75%. Strangely, Picard TV show isn't just about him. Which is fine for an old man. Expand
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NajadorelJan 24, 2020
A good start to the next chapter of Star Trek, good visuals, nice story, and excellent acting. I have hope for the rest of the season. If I have a critic is that the first chapter feels like an info dump, but this is more a critic to theA good start to the next chapter of Star Trek, good visuals, nice story, and excellent acting. I have hope for the rest of the season. If I have a critic is that the first chapter feels like an info dump, but this is more a critic to the new way of creating a show in 8 to 12 episodes more than anything Expand
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