Starfleet Academy & Robert Picardo: I have a theory...

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Ya know, Picardo could always play his 820-year-old self give or take and his "Living Witness" self. Why not?

Picardo said in an interview that his character is now 700 years old or whatever it is since Voyager.

Wonder if he got turned off for a while now and then?

 

[Dukhat]

Dude, being funny doesn't make someone a shithead.

Funny and cruel are two different things, dude.

Although I will admit that Riker wasn’t trying to pull a practical joke on Picard as much as he was just trying to get him laid.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Although I will admit that Riker wasn’t trying to pull a practical joke on Picard as much as he was just trying to get him laid.

Nah, Riker knows Picard is a stuff, and Riker knows Picard's response would be sheer panic and irritation upon learning why women keep approaching him. Riker knew what he's doing, and Riker knows it's hilarious. I love the "Picard goes on vacation" episode. How many episodes was Vash in anyway?

 

[fireproof78]

How many episodes was Vash in anyway?

Two, I believe.

ETA: nope, 3. Two TNG and one DS9.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Three: "Captain's Holiday" and "Q-pid" from TNG, and "Q-Less" from DS9.

 

[The Wormhole]

Wasn't that what the AI-using anti-SFA guy was calling his campaign earlier this thread? "Stop Luve Stupis" or something?

Yes. That "AI using anti-SFA guy" was locborg, who I was responding to in my previous post.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Riker was trying to get Picard laid ("He's gonna have a great time."), and it was hilarious.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Riker was trying to get Picard laid ("He's gonna have a great time."), and it was hilarious.

When I watched the episode, I took that to mean, Riker knows Picard's not gonna be happy about Riker's lovely "gift."

 

[fireproof78]

Funny and cruel are two different things, dude.

Although I will admit that Riker wasn’t trying to pull a practical joke on Picard as much as he was just trying to get him laid.

Yup, same. It wasn't funny; it was intrusive and rude.

It's ridiculous.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Yup, same. It wasn't funny; it was intrusive and rude.

It's ridiculous.

Like something a fratboy would do.

 

[fireproof78]

Like something a fratboy would do.

I have it a on good authority that any fratboy behavior would only happen by cadets and would never, ever, occur amongst mature, well trained, Starfleet officers.

Right?

Right?

Bueller?

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Genuinely trying to understand: when you guys go out and hang out with your friends, is it always super serious?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Genuinely trying to understand: when you guys go out and hang out with your friends, is it always super serious?

It almost never is.

 

[fireproof78]

Genuinely trying to understand: when you guys go out and hang out with your friends, is it always super serious?

It isn't out to embarrass or poke fun at other people's expense. Humor comes from shared stories, not at others expense.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

It isn't out to embarrass or poke fun at other people's expense. Humor comes from shared stories, not at others expense.

In my friend circle, it comes from both.

 

[Agony_Boothb]

Prodigy is very much a coming of age story, whereas I think SFA is going to be about how a society rebuilds itself after collapse and how newest generation becomes responsible for that.

 

[StarTrek1701]

Genuinely trying to understand: when you guys go out and hang out with your friends, is it always super serious?

Never, that's why it's baffling that so many online are super serious all the time.

 

[Phoenix219]

Neither do I.

I do have a strong interest in a Starfleet Academy show, with cadets doing cadet things.

Has anyone ever seen or even heard of the show Pandora? It was an Academy show, with cadets doing cadet things. It looked and felt like something from the late 90s, but was actually just made in 2019 i want to say. I watched the first season, but never found the second one. Interesting if a bit on the cheesy side, guilty pleasure kind of viewing.

 

[Phoenix219]

Go for it.


I want an Academy series. I've seen good stuff in various mediums of such an idea. Even in JAG with a Midshipman law class. I'm all in on this concept and am wary to dismiss out of hand just because of potential college age stories. Last I checked, I was in college once and enjoyed stories there too.

I would absolutely love the Star Fleet version of NCIS and JAG - both the investigative team, and the courtroom end. So many cool detective plots could be done with a sci fi twist.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Prodigy is very much a coming of age story, whereas I think SFA is going to be about how a society rebuilds itself after collapse and how newest generation becomes responsible for that.

See, if this is the tone of the show, THIS would be good!