Blue Swirl wrote:

I wouldn't want to go into space on a rocket piloted by an artist, tbf.

Good news, no one pilots Blue Origins space dildos.

Even Wifey said that the rocket looks like a cock.

Just meant she would see that but wouldn't vocalise it. It was so obviously cock shaped she thought it hilarious.

They've confirmed Picard is ending after Season 3 (this was always the plan, it's not being axed).

I'm curious when Discovery will end, I was half expecting it to end with Season 4 due to all the reshuffling with Paramount+ launching but it looks like they might be aiming for Season 7 with it.

I haven't bothered with Season 4 of Discovery because I'm irritated about all the faff after Netflix fell through - I'll just wait until Paramount+ appears in the UK.

Here's the new trailer for Picard Season 2:

And yet I indicate I’ll also keep watching, have a word with yourself.

To be fair, it would need a concerted effort to make it worse than the first season.

Thanks ERE you’ve moved my needle to watch ST:D season 4 to more likely.

g.man wrote:

To be fair, it would need a concerted effort to make it worse than the first season.

Heh. I saw S1 out. Which after the fancy dress episode was an ask. But I have no desire to go back for more.

I'd like to see Patrick in something else though. He's top notch. I heard that when he first joined TNG he was pretty serious but ended up being the biggest raker of the bunch.   He has shown some talent for comedy in Extras and in that fake C&W album advert he did.

davyK wrote:

being the biggest raker of the bunch.  ...

I'm about to run out of TNG episodes... what comes next?

stellavista wrote:

Season 2 of Discovery with Spock and Pike I thought was definitely “must-see” Trek TV. I thought that was excellent. But then I fell asleep on episode 3 or 4 of season 3 (they were manking about on some future big ship) and never went back. But season 2 I felt was some of the best Trek I’ve seen since TNG.

Oooof must see tv is pushing it a bit. Pike was a great captain though, looking forward to his series.
I too have not watched Discovery S4. Im letting the episodes build a bit, possibly I might even watch one or two this weekend. Ill be watching Picard S2 through my fingers like Id watch a horror movie. Christ they ballsed up S1 so incredibly badly. But no doubt Ill tune in to watch "JL" go time travelling and meet Space Jeebus Burnham.

I could not get into Discovery - I watched the first 3 episodes of Season 1 and found it total dross.

I mean, if TNG released now, there's no way it gets a second season, but there was not the sheer volume of content being pushed out back then.

I say this as a massive Trek fan. I even liked Enterprise (except the final episode, which was a complete slap in the face to pretty much any characterisation built up over the series)

Discovery has always been frustrating because it's always had potential, some of the characters are quite good and the effects are quality. It's criminally dumb though and is way more interested in having the characters cry than exploring any interesting sci fi stuff. I can't actually think of anything they've done like that. There's quite a few times they could have (Saru's evolution, the living sentient ship thing, the cyborg woman that has to choose which memories to keep once a week). But these disappear as quickly as they pop up so they can have a 10 minute scene of someone being upset.

Picard is irredeemable. First episode had some promise but it shat it so quickly from then on. 

I'll still probably torrent them both.

ChopperByrne wrote:

Picard managed to ruin a series that started with Irish Romulans.

Discovery fucks up the timeline (whichever continuity they're in. I haven't a clue) so much, because of the spore drive. There's just no way to explain Starfleet sitting on that technology.

They at least tried to explain away Starfleet not using transwarp because Scotty sabotaged it on the Excelsior making it look like a failure.

I've never understood why discovery was set in the past. It only seemed to hamper the world building that what it presented was supposedly pre-tos. It was a bizarre choice that always hung over it as a big negative for me.