So is this Star Trek Renegades but with Picard?

[F. King Daniel]

I've seen a few rumblings since the first trailer that the concept for Picard is pretty much that of the fan film Renegades but with Sir Patrick Stewart in the lead. Certainly there are superficial similarities: A ragtag crew, a civilian ship with some over-the-top abilities, top-secret Section 31ish missions, Starfleet as an antagonist, lashings of over-the-top fanwank and Trek cameos.

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I'm not saying CBS ripped off Renegades, because certainly the idea of a Star Trek series away from Starfleet has been around forever (Star Trek III ended with the TOS crew as outlaws on a stolen Klingon ship). But would those who have actually seen Picard still say the concepts are similar?

 

[KennyB]

Next you'll say a Garth of Izar show is one of the 2 in development!

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

Next you'll say a Garth of Izar show is one of the 2 in development!

Enterprise continuation featuring Iconians ftw

 

[BillJ]

A ragtag crew, a civilian ship with some over-the-top abilities, top-secret Section 31ish missions, Starfleet as an antagonist, lashings of over-the-top fanwank and Trek cameos.

Probably more Firefly than anything.

 

[JesterFace]

If they save someone falsely imprisoned to join the crew it's Farscape.

 

[KennyB]

Probably more Firefly than anything.

Picard needs a brown coat!

 

[BillJ]

Picard needs a brown coat!

Doesn't Rios have one?

 

[NewHeavensNewEarth]

Picard needs a brown coat!

No, then he'd be back to being Detective Dixon Hill!

 

[Danja]

CBS/Paramount own Trek ... so they can do whatever they want.

 

[Greg Cox]

See, this is why I never watch fan films. So nobody can ever say "Hey, you stole your ideas from my fan-film!"

 

[Danja]

Doesn't Rios have one?

Seven has one.

 

[Dukhat]

See, this is why I never watch fan films. So nobody can ever say "Hey, you stole your ideas from my fan-film!"

Does it really matter? It’s not like they can sue you.

 

[F. King Daniel]

See, this is why I never watch fan films. So nobody can ever say "Hey, you stole your ideas from my fan-film!"

I wasn't saying they stole it, just asking if the similarities continue on into the show proper from what's apparent in the trailers.

 

[DaveyNY]

Wasn't "A Fistful of Data's" like "GUNSMOKE" ...
or "The Big Goodbye" like MANNIX COLUMBO ...
or "Disaster" like "THE TOWERING INFERNO" ?

Can there really be any new Trek episodes now, without being able to compare it to something else out there already?

 

[Danlav05]

See, this is why I never watch fan films. So nobody can ever say "Hey, you stole your ideas from my fan-film!"

Peters would try to sue CBS if they made a Garth of Izar show

 

[Danja]

"The Big Goodbye" like MANNIX ...

Can there really be any new Trek episodes now, without being able to compare it to something else out there already?

Mannix never wore a trench coat.

(I know. I've seen the reruns at 2:00 a.m. on MeTV. )

 

[DaveyNY]

Mannix never wore a trench coat.

(I know. I've seen the reruns at 2:00 a.m. on MeTV. )

OK ... then "COLUMBO"

 

[BillJ]

Peters would try to sue CBS if they made a Garth of Izar show

He would be laughed out of court.

 

[urbandk]

He would be laughed out of court.

Wonder what the legal angle would be, squatters rights to unused IP?

 

[Dukhat]

Peters would try to sue CBS if they made a Garth of Izar show

Are you being serious or funny?

 

[F. King Daniel]

I would love to see him try
Not gonna lie, I'd love an official Short Trek about Garth or the Battle of Axanar to come out, just as an FU to that little twerp.