It's not really physical "parts", it's, like, particles from his brain. Like positrons or something. I can't remember the explanation, it was a little confusing.
Spoilers Picard 1x1, "Remembrance"
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It's not really physical "parts", it's, like, particles from his brain. Like positrons or something. I can't remember the explanation, it was a little confusing.
Somewhere on another thread I once read a possible explanation for why Discovery, potholes and production errors notwithstanding, feels so much less "optimistic" than the other TNG or VOY or DS9. (At least, to some of us.) This person's idea was that it was precisely because it wasn't an episodic show, because there's a war going on, and because it's still going on at the end of each episode and the start of the next one. There's no "return to normal" like there was on the episodic series. I think, actually, that this is a very astute observation, and agree with it completely. I wonder to what extent Star Trek just doesn't work as a "10-hour movie", irrespective of whether it's set in space or on Earth, or what the premise is. Part of what a lot of us liked is its vision of the future, a world we would gladly jump into and live in given the opportunity. That's true for me even in DS9 during the Dominion War, or even in VOY when the ship is stuck on the other side of the galaxy. Not so much with Disco, and I suspect it own't be the case with Picard as much either. (Though I'm super stoked for Picard, and everything about it sounds pretty good to me so far—don't get me wrong!) I wonder if Star Trek will eventually return to a more episodic format. It's possible to do, even with an overarching story, like in DS9. For that matter, even Disco was a bit more episodic in S2, and for me, anyway, those were some of the better episodes of the show. All just my opinion. To each their own!
That could be whatever was transferred from Data to B-4.
LOL. I hope it's not just positrons. You don't need Data for that…
True! I don't remember the exact wording. It was a bit of technobabble, the implication being that they used particles (programming??) from Data's brain to create
Dahj and her twin sister
Emissary was good. Maybe not amazing, but solid. Heck even Caretaker was at least pretty good.
Sounds like things didn't turn out too well for that little guy.
Indeed they did not. It's stated that
Data's memory transfer was mostly a failure and that his brain just basically never worked properly.
Got it. That makes some sense. Data was clearly a more sophisticated android than B4, and it could be that extra piece of software was what they used for Dahj and her sister. Maddox could well have been in possession of this already. Data seemed pretty chummy with him in "Data's Day", writing him letters with updates about his life, etc. So conceivably, so long as Maddox agreed to stop being an asshole, Data may have cooperated by giving him access to his brain for research purposes. (During TNG.)
So overall you'd rate the beginning of Picard as worse than Emissary and Caretaker, but better than Encounter at Farpoint and Broken Bow?
I guess my big question is, did you find it entertaining while watching it?
It's hard to quantify, as it's a very different beast. Those shows were specifically, "Here's the world! Here's the premise! Meet all the characters! Got it? Good!"
And now it's akin to watching the first act and a half of an episode. You just get a little bit of set-up.
Are there good scenes? Certainly. Some intriguing plot threads? Yes. Some new characters I'm at least mildly interested in? Yeah....
But, by it's very nature, it's a less satisfying, less "complete" experience, even watching all 3. It doesn't tell an entire story, so it's a little frustrating. And very hard to make a direct comparison to something so different.
For the most part, yes. I have some issues...
Same. I've no issue with that type of pacing, particularly as in the longterm I know I'll be watching it in big chunks. It's immediate release pattern doesn't particularly bother me, in the grand scheme.
As a general rule, waiting one week for a show like that works provided there's actually a well-planned goal and ending. The reason S1 of Disco was such a disaster, in my view, is that they clearly either had no good ending planned, or changed gears radically in the middle. The last two episodes were such a fucking mess. Not quite as bad as Lost, but that's not much of a trophy…
I, for one, am thankful for your sharing of this information. Without it, we'd know NOTHING beyond what was in the trailers.
This is the stingiest the Internet has ever been with sharing spoilers. Twitter is practically bereft - we only learn that Mars appears in each ep and looks space-accurate.*
*Unlike in VOY: "One Small Step", where TPTB rejected including Mars imagery.
Thanks. Though it doesn't sound like something like Westworld, where it gets its claws in you and doesn't let go? If I'm reading you right?
Did not know that. Weird!