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That sounded for all the world like Whoopi Goldberg posing the questions, but it seems unlikely for Guinan to be saying stuff like that!
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I don't think it is Whoopi.
Sounds like the authorities of Star Fleet itself posing the questions, particularly the "Your faith in us?" bit.
The shot of Picard himself sure looks like a witness at some kind of tribunal.
But yeah, excellent trailer I'm excited to see where this goes.
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Well there is not much Star and too much "dreck" (dirt in german... I'm here all week) for my taste, not sure what the tone of it will be from this other than it has Patrick Stewart in it, which is great, but hardly says anything about the actual show.
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Apparently, we shouldn't expect it to be like TNG, but instead expect it to be like Discovery. I've not watched Discovery yet, so I don't know how good or bad it is.
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Now that could be good motivation, finally, to get Amazon Prime.
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Who made that man a gunner?
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Masterbagger wrote: ↑Sat, 25. May 19, 03:13He looks great for his age. I hope it has Worf too.
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Found this trailer analysis by Trek Central. Looks like they going with post apocalypse (the controversial supernova event) Romulan's experimenting with Borg technology presumably to try and regain some lost power. Gotta love the lab sign saying 5,843 days without assimilation lol! Looks like they have control of a cube too. Considering Romulan's and Borg were my favourite villains from TNG this pleases me greatly.
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Regarding the "5843 days without assimilation" sign .... I can't help wanting to know ..... why is it written in English? They're Romulans, not Humans, would it not be written in Romulan?
(This is similar to a question I've always had regarding the Universal Translator. Let's say a Klingon comes on board, talks in Klingon, and the UT translates it to English for the Enterprise crew ... why does the Klingon's lips move in English? Would they not move in Klingon?)
(This is similar to a question I've always had regarding the Universal Translator. Let's say a Klingon comes on board, talks in Klingon, and the UT translates it to English for the Enterprise crew ... why does the Klingon's lips move in English? Would they not move in Klingon?)
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There's a Romulan sign next to the English one apparently saying the same. Whether that is just there so people get the joke or whether there's an actual fictional background, I don't know.
Alee Enn wrote: ↑Fri, 9. Aug 19, 18:07(This is similar to a question I've always had regarding the Universal Translator. Let's say a Klingon comes on board, talks in Klingon, and the UT translates it to English for the Enterprise crew ... why does the Klingon's lips move in English? Would they not move in Klingon?)
Have you ever watched a movie where the voices were not in sync with the lips? I can tell you it's quite unnerving.
I think this is one of those case where you won't get a canonical explanation that fits every problem. After all the universal translator is a practical solution to common issues both from a fictional as well as a production point of view.
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" .. why does the Klingon's lips move in English? Would they not move in Klingon? .."
The UT is obviously advanced enough to cater also for deaf English-speaking humans who have to lip-read. It probably projects suitable pseudo-lips onto beings that have no mobile lips, if necessary!
The UT is obviously advanced enough to cater also for deaf English-speaking humans who have to lip-read. It probably projects suitable pseudo-lips onto beings that have no mobile lips, if necessary!
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Watched the trailer; I'll reserve judgement until I've seen episode one. Did anyone else get the vibe that the girl is clearly some kind of Borg/Human hybrid Terminator type thing... or is that too obvious?
Bloody hell, I hope not. Discovery was awful.
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Couldn't watch the vid. The narration was just too mumbly for a scene-by-scene analysis of a trailer which, it turns out, I'd already seen.
Anyway, I'm still hopeful that it will be good or at least not really, really bad.
On Discovery, was it just us miserable old sods who were disappointed or was it universally thought of as "meh"?
Anyway, I'm still hopeful that it will be good or at least not really, really bad.
On Discovery, was it just us miserable old sods who were disappointed or was it universally thought of as "meh"?
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Ah, Discovery frustrated me, but I did watch every episode.
What really bugged me was how much of the 'technical' dialogue was aimed squarely at the viewer and made zero sense as part of the conversation. What made it worse was the convoluted technical gibber was so fudged and forced that it pulled me out of the story, especially since the 'plot' depended on it.
And Michael Burnham obviously learned her craft in the Jim Carey School of Overacting.
But I've high hopes for Picard. Yeah, I'd be happy with just mediocre too.
What really bugged me was how much of the 'technical' dialogue was aimed squarely at the viewer and made zero sense as part of the conversation. What made it worse was the convoluted technical gibber was so fudged and forced that it pulled me out of the story, especially since the 'plot' depended on it.
And Michael Burnham obviously learned her craft in the Jim Carey School of Overacting.
But I've high hopes for Picard. Yeah, I'd be happy with just mediocre too.
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I enjoyed Discovery although nothing beats 80s and 90s Trek for me haha.
I'm sure many have pondered the universal translator thing.. but quite frankly what else could they do to explain everyone speaking English lol?
Oooooh looks like Robert Picardo, the EMH Doctor from Voyager might be in Star Trek Picard too. God this show opens up so many cool things for not just TNG fans but Voyager and DS9 fans too!
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I'm sure many have pondered the universal translator thing.. but quite frankly what else could they do to explain everyone speaking English lol?
Oooooh looks like Robert Picardo, the EMH Doctor from Voyager might be in Star Trek Picard too. God this show opens up so many cool things for not just TNG fans but Voyager and DS9 fans too!
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I've seen the first ep now.
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I loved the opening shot with the camera closing in on the Enterprise D (which had some interesting design modifications) and going through the window into to the room.. the kind of shot you always wanted to see as a kid watching TNG but knew they couldn't really do effectively (well not without spending some heavy money lol, which is kind of ironic considering the 60s failed trek pilot sort of has a camera through bridge window shot)..
I enjoyed the whole episode but I feel like I can't quite give judgement yet. I need to know more about what's going on and need to see how things pan out story wise.
Also the zero mention of Lal and Lore seems a bit strange in a world where the daystrom institute desperately wanted to replicate Data. I mean what happened to their parts after they were disassembled? B4 was in a drawer so where's the Lal and Lore drawers haha?
First thought was.. did the writers forget them?.. but that seems unlikely consider they brought Hugh back which means they clearly remember Descent 1 & 2 which Lore was in. The whole Daughter 2.0 storyline suggests the Lal episode is something they know too. Plus Frakes directed that one and he's involved in Picard.
I enjoyed the whole episode but I feel like I can't quite give judgement yet. I need to know more about what's going on and need to see how things pan out story wise.
Also the zero mention of Lal and Lore seems a bit strange in a world where the daystrom institute desperately wanted to replicate Data. I mean what happened to their parts after they were disassembled? B4 was in a drawer so where's the Lal and Lore drawers haha?
First thought was.. did the writers forget them?.. but that seems unlikely consider they brought Hugh back which means they clearly remember Descent 1 & 2 which Lore was in. The whole Daughter 2.0 storyline suggests the Lal episode is something they know too. Plus Frakes directed that one and he's involved in Picard.
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Just watched EP2 and I'm glad to say it good.
Things start to take shape and the potential for a great adventure is palpable. Still I'll reserve commitment for when this adventure starts and we "get going", even though I cant help but to feel optimistic.
Eagerly waiting for next episode.
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Things start to take shape and the potential for a great adventure is palpable. Still I'll reserve commitment for when this adventure starts and we "get going", even though I cant help but to feel optimistic.
Eagerly waiting for next episode.
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I noticed they have a ton of executive producers on this with some big names, at least in the Trek universe. the 2 that stood out to me were Patrick Stewart and Eugene Roddenberry (Gene's son).Ketraar wrote: ↑Fri, 31. Jan 20, 02:00Just watched EP2 and I'm glad to say it good.
Things start to take shape and the potential for a great adventure is palpable. Still I'll reserve commitment for when this adventure starts and we "get going", even though I cant help but to feel optimistic.
Eagerly waiting for next episode.
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I read a while back that Patrick Stewart wasn't interested in doing any more Star Trek due to the series not being what it once was, or something to that effect. He took on this project because he would have a voice in it's direction, so I really don't doubt that it's going to be high caliber. Jonathan Frakes (Riker) is even set to direct a few episodes of Picard. I have a hard time seeing how this series could fall short of expectations.
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