Star Trek: Picard -- speculation/discussion/spoilers

[P-90_177]

haven't watched it but wiki says it's (yet another) series taking place in the past before TOS let alone TNG

might still watch it though

It's recommended. Best Trek show since DS9. Season one is a bit hit and miss but that's the same for every Trek show.

[mad_gater]

'Disco'?

on the other hand the future Enterprise D was a beast (hey they kept the same registry number even though it was 30y into the future?) seriously OP with those phasers that could cut through ships like a hot knife

I think they even have a name for it..the Galaxy-X dreadnought sub-class refit

[DigiFluid]

Just announced at NYCC: Star Trek: Picard premieres on January 23.

They showed a new trailer too, but no link yet.

EDIT: Twitter trailer! YT to follow once that appears too

https://twitter.com/Alex_Kurtzman/st...814307846?s=20

[DigiFluid]

Some Q&A stuff from the Picard panel at NYCC:

Alex says first idea was to do a Short Trek with Picard. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...968996352?s=20

Alex: Patrick was definitely positively negative about the whole idea at first. He said it’s lovely and no. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...725938689?s=20

"He was positively negative about the whole thing. We pitched him and he said it's lovely, but no."
@Alex_Kurtzman on their first meeting with @SirPatStew
https://twitter.com/startrekcbs/stat...923196416?s=20

They then sent a longer treatment to Patrick and after reading it, he said yes.
https://twitter.com/startrekcbs/stat...578244096?s=20

They were supposed to give Patrick a 4-page doc. It was much longer. He loved it. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...922264576?s=20

A 4-page requested document turned into a 35 page one, written by Michael Chabon for Stewart.
#StarTrekPicard #StarTrek #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TheTrekCentral/s...931466752?s=20

"He walked into the room and he was smiling. That was the moment." -@Alex_Kurtzman remembers when @SirPatStew agreed to bring back #Picard #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/...039787521?s=20

Heather Kadin on using legacy talent: they didn’t want a TNG reunion show. They only brought people back if their story really mattered to the story they are telling. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...335341569?s=20

Kadin: each legacy character has a pivotal story to tell in our ten episodes. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...032091648?s=20

Heather: Isa’s character is like Tilly. #StarTrekPicard #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...972454400?s=20

Akiva G: they wanted to make sure 20 years are filled in, they know everything that has happened. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...342029826?s=20

Hanelle Culpepper directed 1st 3 episodes. Terrified after getting the gig. Huge TNG fan. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...096152576?s=20

"When Dahj and Picard first meet it's this really special moment of two lost souls colliding in this crazy circumstance born out of tragedy... It starts with me asking for help but I think that in a way we help each other." - @TheIsaBriones
https://twitter.com/startrekcbs/stat...392730112?s=20

Isa’s character has gone through a horrible tragedy. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...183080961?s=20

"Complicated is a good word. It is the fact that I am seeking help from him and my gut is telling me to go to Picard. That's what complicated." -@TheIsaBriones on what we can expect from her character's relationship with #Picard #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/StarTrek/status/...413096448?s=20

Santiago Cabrera’s character is ex-Starfleet. Says they become a band of misfits. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...148917760?s=20

"Raffi and Picard have a complicated history. We have a past and we had a falling out... She's a genius hacker and security systems analyst." - @ItsMichelleHurd
https://twitter.com/startrekcbs/stat...343612418?s=20

Michelle struggling to not give anything away. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...711597569?s=20

Michelle Hurd comparing her characters relationship to Santiago Cabrera as "Han Solo and Chewie!"
#StarTrekPicard #StarTrek #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TheTrekCentral/s...486613504?s=20

Alison Pill’s character is a doctor. She says Picard’s mission is what she spent her entire life dreaming about. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...591405058?s=20

"I play a Romulan agent who is involved in trying to uncover some truths which he needs to get to the bottom of to save a lot of people." - Harry Treadaway
https://twitter.com/startrekcbs/stat...342164482?s=20

Evan Evagoria and Harry’s characters both Romulans but raised entirely differently. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...751938049?s=20

Evan says his character is not capable of lying. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...094076930?s=20

Alex says the show has its basis in the 2009 movie, destruction of the Romulan homeworld. Themes of show match current times. #StarTrekNYCC
https://twitter.com/TrekMovie/status...397593089?s=20

[Blake00]

RED ALERT! We've got another new trailer. The beard is back! The old uniforms make a cameo! 7 or 9 is doing her Ronin thing. And we introduce the most hated admiral in Star Trek history haha!

US:

People like me outside of US:

[P-90_177]

I am hyped!

[LtColCarter]

I am so excited about this show! Although, Data does look a bit creepy in the previews. LOL

[DigiFluid]

I am so excited about this show! Although, Data does look a bit creepy in the previews. LOL

Seriously! For all the money they've spent on this show, they could've gone somewhere a little more upscale than the unwanted bin at the Salvation Army to find Brent Spiner a wig. AND THOSE EYES

[LtColCarter]

Seriously! For all the money they've spent on this show, they could've gone somewhere a little more upscale than the unwanted bin at the Salvation Army to find Brent Spiner a wig. AND THOSE EYES

[Alan]

Seriously! For all the money they've spent on this show, they could've gone somewhere a little more upscale than the unwanted bin at the Salvation Army to find Brent Spiner a wig. AND THOSE EYES

Well the first thing I noticed was how puffed out his cheeks are and also what looked like an over-indulgence in the de-aging CGI. My first thought was instantly of the terrible CGI deaging of Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen for X-Men III: The Last Stand 13-years ago. I know that Data's an android but he didn't look that..."flat"...."Plasticky". They're the only words I can use to describe it. In fact, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Data's first appearance in that very first trailer was as a totally CGI character recreation and that TPTB had done so just to keep Brent from facing any time in the make-up chair so he could just provide a voice.

[Cluas]

I agree. Data kind of upsets me too. Perhaps it's not his final "look"? One could hope to see some more post-effects added

[P-90_177]

I have no problem with Data. Brent Spiner has aged. I mean he even visibly looked quite a lot different in the movies. The make up this time round make him look more artificial but that is a good thing.

[magi877]

I have no problem with Data. Brent Spiner has aged. I mean he even visibly looked quite a lot different in the movies. The make up this time round make him look more artificial but that is a good thing.

in an interview after NEMESIS came out, he stated he had hoped that DATA was 'killed off' in it. that he couldn't see himself continuing to pull off playing an ageless android 20 years after he fist did so on TNG

and you know if they had done a digital deal like was done with Tarkin and Leia in ROGUE ONE, so many people would be in overload land right now

here is a interesting 'what you may have missed in the video' video

personally, i am hoping the dead guy 7 is hugging in the trailer is Chakotay

not long to go now!

[DigiFluid]

I can’t read the plaque in this pic, but apparently it says it’s Admiral Picard’s uniform.

https://twitter.com/trekfm/status/11...518474242?s=21

So, I guess that means we’ll get at least one scene or flashback set 20 years before Picard begins. And a very snazzy-looking Admiral’s uniform, too!

[DigiFluid]

And now a close-up plus confirmation that this is Picard’s uniform from 2385, from the official Trek Twitter account:

https://twitter.com/startrek/status/...456500225?s=21

(2385 is six years after Nemesis / two years before the destruction of Romulus)


EDIT: And now they've posted a proper link at the official Trek website, with three larger photos.