Finally got around to...
...and sent it back to January 16th.
Showing posts with label Picard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Picard. Show all posts
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Star Trek: Voyager 30th anniversary!!
Sent back in time from (3/30/25)
5 years ago, I observed that Voyager had finally found it's moment in history due to the pandemic.
Since then, Voyager's become pretty important to the Trek galaxy.
-Tom Paris and Harry Kim were on Lower Decks, and LD also did a Voyager tribute episode onboard the ship.
-Seven Of Nine was on all 3 seasons of Picard, and became Captain of the Enterprise-G.
-Janeway, Chakotay, and Holo-Doc were in Prodigy, and PROD is so steeped in Voyager lore, it may as well be Voyager-2.
So, yeah, Voyager is the torch pass to the future generation.
Go figure.
Anyway, why this is late; I was tied up in my post-Christmas Hainish-verse and Earthsea read-a-thons.
Had no estimation how long those would take.
Well worth it though.
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Monday, September 11, 2023
Picard-a-thon!!!
I said last time...
And I need to marathon "Encounter At Farpoint" "All Good Things.." "First Contact" and then from this "Vox" and "The Last Generation".
Well, I did it! And then some!!
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Thursday, September 7, 2023
Birthday loot 2023 (Part 4).
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Monday, January 16, 2023
New-Trek: 2017 to 2022. The first 5 years.
Getting sick of pasting a million links for every new review, so I'll use this post to crunch 'em down.
There, now when SNW season 2, DISCO season 5, and Picard season 3 drop, I'll be all ready!
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Sunday, December 25, 2022
My Christmas Loot: Part 11, Endless Loot!
So, the usual Amazon hi-jinks, so I have to cut it in half between what came, and what'll come in the next couple weeks...
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Saturday, October 8, 2022
Star Trek NYCC news drops.
Friday, May 13, 2022
Star Trek: Picard, season 2 review!
This is late, I've been distracted.
I don't have a fancier excuse than that.
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Friday, September 10, 2021
Star Trek Day 2021 afterthoughts.
Okay, I've had a couple days to de-compress, so here's my thoughts, and some news nuggets I forgot.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Star Trek Day 2021 news drops.
As promised, here's all that, and then I'll link it back to the 55th anniversary post.
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Saturday, September 4, 2021
Borg Queen returns!
In ST:Picard season 2.
Played by Annie Wersching.
Not Alice Krige or Susanna Thompson.
Well, Borg Queen has a closet full of spare bodies like the ghosts from Pac-Man, so of course anyone can play her.
I'll miss Alice and Susanna though.
Be cool if BQ could activate multiple bodies, and be all three.
Heh, watch that be a secret surprise now.
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Sunday, December 27, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020
Star Trek: Picard (2020)
Meedyah Morsels #230.
-and-
Post 26 away from 3000 posts!
Finally!
The buildup to get here-
They did it!
They fixed the damage of Nemesis
If it ended now, TNG has a much better ending than Nemesis, and that's all that matters, the rest is gravy.
Now, for the gravy....
-Seven!
-Hugh!
-Riker!
-Troi!
-Maddox wasn't an idiot after all!
-The tradition of Data's family tree being ret-conned continues like wildfire!
-Data's story gets a better ending than Nemeshits!
-We find out what happened between Nemeshits and the future scenes in Star Trek 2009, and then after that, so JJ-verse is tied up too.
-And, minor detail, but a Discovery-verse Constitution class pops up for a sec, so Discovery is shouted out to, and thus canonized.
Was it perfect?
No.
Did it need to be?
Nope, it just needed to be better than Nemeshits.
And it was.
In spades.
We're good now.
"We", being me and the TNG era part of the franchise.
Apology accepted.
Took way too fucking long for us to get here though.
But, better late than never.
Anything else I could say would be spoilers.
Hell, there's probably spoilers in what I have posted if you know how to interpret it.
Anyway, definitely gonna get it on disk release to add to my Trek collection.
Previously with shows-
The Mandalorian (2019) (MM #186)
Previously with MM-
Live-action Ahsoka Tano! (MM #229)
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-and-
Post 26 away from 3000 posts!
Finally!
The buildup to get here-
- Picard announcement.
- Picard casting.
- Picard title and logo.
- Picard poster.
- Picard cast/characters update.
- Picard TV Guide cover!
- Picard ship & character updates.
They did it!
They fixed the damage of Nemesis
If it ended now, TNG has a much better ending than Nemesis, and that's all that matters, the rest is gravy.
Now, for the gravy....
-Seven!
-Hugh!
-Riker!
-Troi!
-Maddox wasn't an idiot after all!
-The tradition of Data's family tree being ret-conned continues like wildfire!
-Data's story gets a better ending than Nemeshits!
-We find out what happened between Nemeshits and the future scenes in Star Trek 2009, and then after that, so JJ-verse is tied up too.
-And, minor detail, but a Discovery-verse Constitution class pops up for a sec, so Discovery is shouted out to, and thus canonized.
Was it perfect?
No.
Did it need to be?
Nope, it just needed to be better than Nemeshits.
And it was.
In spades.
We're good now.
"We", being me and the TNG era part of the franchise.
Apology accepted.
Took way too fucking long for us to get here though.
But, better late than never.
Anything else I could say would be spoilers.
Hell, there's probably spoilers in what I have posted if you know how to interpret it.
Anyway, definitely gonna get it on disk release to add to my Trek collection.
Previously with shows-
The Mandalorian (2019) (MM #186)
Previously with MM-
Live-action Ahsoka Tano! (MM #229)
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Picard ship & character updates.
Meedyah Morsels #208.
Its been awhile for updating this one too!
Okay, first, the ship is the La Sirena.
Which translates to either Mermaid's Tail, or The Siren.
Damn, it took 3 episodes to get to the hero ship of the goddamned show!
Well, it took a couple for Discovery to get ON the Discovery, so this is nuTrek's thing now, is to drag out the backstory before getting down to business.
So, our ships are..
ENT = Enterprise
DIS = Discovery
TOS = Enterprise
TNG = Enterprise
DS9 = Defiant
VOY = Voyager
PIC = La Sirena
LD = Cerritos
Now, the character stuff...
Remember when I said to take the leaked character sheet, and throw it away?
Well, it wasn't so wrong after all!
Time to pull it out of the wastebasket, un-crumple it, and smooth it out.
Santiago Cabrera as Cristobal ‘Chris’ Rios.
Captain of the La Sirena.
Remember when I predicted he'd be "Dr Smith"?
Here's the description..
Dr. Smith: a male in his 30s or 40s of any ethnicity. From the description, it sounds like he’s an upgraded or wholly new version of the EMH. He’s described as a hologram who helps the crew through emergencies encompassing engineering, tactical, science investigation, and medical issues. He was programmed to learn but not become too self-aware. He’s calm, efficient, and empathic, but he sometimes has difficulties sorting out others emotional reactions to get at the facts.
Well, guess what? I wasn't wrong!
Rios bases his EMH on himself, so he plays both roles!
Rios himself more closely resembles "Lawrence".
Lawrence: a handsome man in his 30’s of any ethnicity. . . who has a dodgy moral compass. He’s the pilot of the ship Picard takes on his mission. Being a capable (and enthusiastic) thief, his loyalties are questionable.
Evan Evangora as Elnor.
Hasn't shown up yet, but I'm guessing he's "K'Bar".
K’Bar: the youngest of the leads. He’s a 17-year-old Romulan and the only child of what’s a mainly female Spiritual Order. A martial artist and considered a lethal weapon, he’s prone to mood swings and is committed to living in the moment with as much transparency as possible. He takes his devotion to Picard and his mission EXTREMELY seriously. . . obviously, they’re looking to find someone with Martial Arts experience, but also note that fencing is a plus as well.
Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker.
Captain/Admiral Picard's second in command after Riker left to be Captain of the Titan.
*Spoilers*
Picard tried to assemble an armada to evacuate Romulus when it blew up in Star Trek '09.
Starfleet wouldn't let him.
He said let him, or accept his resignation, thinking they'd blink, but they let him resign.
Musiker went down with him, and ended up destitute, and a smoker of alien-space-pot.
Picard convinces her to join him on this new mission.
She needs a lot of prodding though, cuz she's bitter.
SO, she resembles "Alana", and I predicted that one right!
Alana: a female in her mid-40s to mid-50s and is of any ethnicity. She’s a brilliant analyst and has a great memory despite abusing drugs and alcohol. Often times she gets irritated with her own vulnerability and is certain of herself, even when she’s wrong. A former intelligence officer, she sees conspiracies everywhere. Her professional and personal losses weigh heavily on her.
Isa Briones as Dahj.
*Spoilers*
Data's daughter!
Kinda.
Data painted a painting of an imaginary daughter who popped up in his mind, then Maddox (from "Measure Of a Man") made Dahj based on the painting.
Data's dead.
He died in Nemesis.
B-4 didn't become a resurrected Data after all.
The download didn't take, and B-4 had a cascade failure, and died.
Dahj dies in episode 1, but she has a twin named Soji.
She doesn't know she's an android.
Maddox invented tech that lets you grow a whole positronic brain from a single neuron.
No more slapping the chips together, and crossing your fingers that you don't get a cascade collapse.
Also, Dahj and Soji are android brains in cloned human bodies.
And they have fake human memories.
So they're more like the replicants from Bladerunner.
SO, Dahj most closely resembles "Connie".
Connie: a female who is also in her early 30s. She’s African-American and has a quick temper, but is also quick to forgive. In addition to dealing with the loss of her husband, she is also avoiding a death sentence on her home planet. She’s a mercenary pilot who uses her ship to transport people to and from an artifact of some kind, though the ship is massively overqualified for that job.
And Soji resembles "Indira".
Indira: a female in her early 20s of any Ethnicity. She’s extremely smart and physically agile . . . but maybe not so mature and a bit socially challenged because she tries too hard. Her intelligence often gets in the way of her manners. She’s cut off from home and her difficult mission puts a strain on her maturity. She’s still “finding her way in the wider world".
I got Connie wrong, but I matched Isa Briones to Indira, and got that one right.
Harry Treadaway as Narek.
A bad-guy Romulan spy who's seducing and manipulating Soji.
He might pull a face-turn.
He's not on the character sheet.
This threw me off the scent for the rest.
Alison Pill as Dr. Agnes Jurati.
A cybernetics scientist who's out of a job after simulants (androids) were banned by Starfleet.
Clearly, a gender-swapped version of "Starton".
Starton: a male of any ethnicity in his early 30s. He specializes in positronic brains and is terrified of space. He’s charming in a self-deprecating way and is excited about the research opportunities on Picard’s mission. It goes on to say that his demeanor will evolve over the series, but it does not say in what way.
The gender-flip threw me off.
As did Narek not being there, as did Cabrera and Briones both playing dual roles.
Actually, triple roles for Cabrera.
He's Rios, the EMH, and the ENH, an Emerency Navigational Hologram.
Hey, I can be forgiven for fucking up when they went out of their way to blind me!!
Gotta say though, the changes make the show better.
Previously with MM-
Picard TV Guide cover! (MM #207)
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Its been awhile for updating this one too!
Okay, first, the ship is the La Sirena.
Which translates to either Mermaid's Tail, or The Siren.
Damn, it took 3 episodes to get to the hero ship of the goddamned show!
Well, it took a couple for Discovery to get ON the Discovery, so this is nuTrek's thing now, is to drag out the backstory before getting down to business.
So, our ships are..
ENT = Enterprise
DIS = Discovery
TOS = Enterprise
TNG = Enterprise
DS9 = Defiant
VOY = Voyager
PIC = La Sirena
LD = Cerritos
Now, the character stuff...
Remember when I said to take the leaked character sheet, and throw it away?
Well, it wasn't so wrong after all!
Time to pull it out of the wastebasket, un-crumple it, and smooth it out.
Santiago Cabrera as Cristobal ‘Chris’ Rios.
Captain of the La Sirena.
Remember when I predicted he'd be "Dr Smith"?
Here's the description..
Dr. Smith: a male in his 30s or 40s of any ethnicity. From the description, it sounds like he’s an upgraded or wholly new version of the EMH. He’s described as a hologram who helps the crew through emergencies encompassing engineering, tactical, science investigation, and medical issues. He was programmed to learn but not become too self-aware. He’s calm, efficient, and empathic, but he sometimes has difficulties sorting out others emotional reactions to get at the facts.
Well, guess what? I wasn't wrong!
Rios bases his EMH on himself, so he plays both roles!
Rios himself more closely resembles "Lawrence".
Lawrence: a handsome man in his 30’s of any ethnicity. . . who has a dodgy moral compass. He’s the pilot of the ship Picard takes on his mission. Being a capable (and enthusiastic) thief, his loyalties are questionable.
Evan Evangora as Elnor.
Hasn't shown up yet, but I'm guessing he's "K'Bar".
K’Bar: the youngest of the leads. He’s a 17-year-old Romulan and the only child of what’s a mainly female Spiritual Order. A martial artist and considered a lethal weapon, he’s prone to mood swings and is committed to living in the moment with as much transparency as possible. He takes his devotion to Picard and his mission EXTREMELY seriously. . . obviously, they’re looking to find someone with Martial Arts experience, but also note that fencing is a plus as well.
Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker.
Captain/Admiral Picard's second in command after Riker left to be Captain of the Titan.
*Spoilers*
Picard tried to assemble an armada to evacuate Romulus when it blew up in Star Trek '09.
Starfleet wouldn't let him.
He said let him, or accept his resignation, thinking they'd blink, but they let him resign.
Musiker went down with him, and ended up destitute, and a smoker of alien-space-pot.
Picard convinces her to join him on this new mission.
She needs a lot of prodding though, cuz she's bitter.
SO, she resembles "Alana", and I predicted that one right!
Alana: a female in her mid-40s to mid-50s and is of any ethnicity. She’s a brilliant analyst and has a great memory despite abusing drugs and alcohol. Often times she gets irritated with her own vulnerability and is certain of herself, even when she’s wrong. A former intelligence officer, she sees conspiracies everywhere. Her professional and personal losses weigh heavily on her.
Isa Briones as Dahj.
*Spoilers*
Data's daughter!
Kinda.
Data painted a painting of an imaginary daughter who popped up in his mind, then Maddox (from "Measure Of a Man") made Dahj based on the painting.
Data's dead.
He died in Nemesis.
B-4 didn't become a resurrected Data after all.
The download didn't take, and B-4 had a cascade failure, and died.
Dahj dies in episode 1, but she has a twin named Soji.
She doesn't know she's an android.
Maddox invented tech that lets you grow a whole positronic brain from a single neuron.
No more slapping the chips together, and crossing your fingers that you don't get a cascade collapse.
Also, Dahj and Soji are android brains in cloned human bodies.
And they have fake human memories.
So they're more like the replicants from Bladerunner.
SO, Dahj most closely resembles "Connie".
Connie: a female who is also in her early 30s. She’s African-American and has a quick temper, but is also quick to forgive. In addition to dealing with the loss of her husband, she is also avoiding a death sentence on her home planet. She’s a mercenary pilot who uses her ship to transport people to and from an artifact of some kind, though the ship is massively overqualified for that job.
And Soji resembles "Indira".
Indira: a female in her early 20s of any Ethnicity. She’s extremely smart and physically agile . . . but maybe not so mature and a bit socially challenged because she tries too hard. Her intelligence often gets in the way of her manners. She’s cut off from home and her difficult mission puts a strain on her maturity. She’s still “finding her way in the wider world".
I got Connie wrong, but I matched Isa Briones to Indira, and got that one right.
Harry Treadaway as Narek.
A bad-guy Romulan spy who's seducing and manipulating Soji.
He might pull a face-turn.
He's not on the character sheet.
This threw me off the scent for the rest.
Alison Pill as Dr. Agnes Jurati.
A cybernetics scientist who's out of a job after simulants (androids) were banned by Starfleet.
Clearly, a gender-swapped version of "Starton".
Starton: a male of any ethnicity in his early 30s. He specializes in positronic brains and is terrified of space. He’s charming in a self-deprecating way and is excited about the research opportunities on Picard’s mission. It goes on to say that his demeanor will evolve over the series, but it does not say in what way.
The gender-flip threw me off.
As did Narek not being there, as did Cabrera and Briones both playing dual roles.
Actually, triple roles for Cabrera.
He's Rios, the EMH, and the ENH, an Emerency Navigational Hologram.
Hey, I can be forgiven for fucking up when they went out of their way to blind me!!
Gotta say though, the changes make the show better.
Previously with MM-
Picard TV Guide cover! (MM #207)
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Monday, February 10, 2020
Picard TV Guide cover!
Meedyah Morsels #207.
Man, haven't been able to update this sucker since way back in MM #44!
Boom!
The poster is cool, but you haven't really made it until you're TV Guided.
Yep, you read that right, TV Guide, not Entertainment Weekly.
Last time, I had to swap out to EW cuz TV Guide ceased to exist when Discovery came out, now TV Guide is back, and there's no EW cover story, cuz EW's shitty critic tore Picard to shreds even though everyone else loves it.
So, guess I'm swapping back!
Anyhoo, here's those all together again...
Next up, Lower Decks, Section 31, and whatever that mystery Nickelodeon show is called!
Plus, now there's rumors of a Pike show spun off from the Pike season of Discovery.
Stay tuned!
Previously with MM-
Return of Ghostbusters Twinkies!! (MM #206)
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Man, haven't been able to update this sucker since way back in MM #44!
Boom!
The poster is cool, but you haven't really made it until you're TV Guided.
Yep, you read that right, TV Guide, not Entertainment Weekly.
Last time, I had to swap out to EW cuz TV Guide ceased to exist when Discovery came out, now TV Guide is back, and there's no EW cover story, cuz EW's shitty critic tore Picard to shreds even though everyone else loves it.
So, guess I'm swapping back!
Anyhoo, here's those all together again...
Next up, Lower Decks, Section 31, and whatever that mystery Nickelodeon show is called!
Plus, now there's rumors of a Pike show spun off from the Pike season of Discovery.
Stay tuned!
Previously with MM-
Return of Ghostbusters Twinkies!! (MM #206)
Read More......
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Star Trek: Picard cast/characters (MM #105)
Okay, we're finally matching names to faces here....
Remember that previous leaked character sheet, and how I tried to predict who would be who?
Yeah, throw that all away.
Either it wasn't real to begin with, or they changed the race, sex, age, background, and name of every single character so it makes no difference either way.
Here's the real character breakdown.
Santiago Cabrera as Cristobal ‘Chris’ Rios.
Evan Evangora as Elnor.
Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker.
Isa Briones as Dahj.
Harry Treadaway as Narek.
Alison Pill as Dr. Agnes Jurati.
Plus, cameos from Data, Seven Of Nine, Riker, and Troi.
Previously with Trek-
- Picard announcement.
- Picard casting.
- Picard title and logo.
- Picard Poster.
- Lower Decks announcement.
- Lower Decks cast, characters, pics, logo.
- Section 31.
- Nick-Trek.
Previously with MM-
- Parts #1-90.
- Parts #91-100.
- San Diego Comic-Con 2019 (MM #101)
- Marvel checklists (MM #102)
- Marvel Zombies in the MCU?!? (MM #103)
- DC/CW's Crisis On Infinite Earths!! (MM #104)
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