So it was recently announced that Picard seasons 2 and 3 would be filmed back to back starting next year, which I guess considering the pandemic makes sense. So even if season 2 is delayed, season 3 shouldn't have as long a wait.
Season 1 also recently came out on Blu-Ray, and I decided to pick it up and give it a re-watch. Five episodes in and I think, for the most part, watching an episode daily helps the show flow better. There is some weirdness, like how at the end of episode 1 we see Narek abruptly introduce himself to Soji, and then at the very start of episode 2 they're in bed together. I guess that felt a bit less jarring when there was a week between episodes, easier to assume more time passed perhaps.
I still feel the whole "oh no Dahj died I guess that's that wait nevermind lol she has an identical twin so her big shocking death doesn't even matter a whole bunch let's go space adventure!" thing is a touch sloppy.
I dunno if I'm just not remembering it clearly, but Spiner looked better as Data in episode 1 than I thought he did.
Number 1 is still the best boy and it is a crime we saw as little of him as we did.
The scene with Oh and Narissa is still kinda weird, just for the fact that Narissa is in a human disguise and the first part of their conversation is carried out like they're still undercover but then it's just casually revealed at the end that Narissa is actually a Romulan and it's played like this big shocker but it's the first time we see her? "Oh no this character is a Romulan!" would play better if we were introduced to the character before the scene where it's revealed she's actually a Romulan. I wonder if there's an old version of the story were she's brought in a bit sooner in her human disguise?
The Narissa and Narek twincest sexy banter is still my least favorite part of the series. But hey, at least Narissa is dead and while we don't know what happened to Narek I think it was confirmed his actor isn't coming back for season 2, so....
Episode 5 is a great episode that starts kinda... badly. First of all, the manner in which the show offed Icheb was unnecessary. I don't necessarily have a problem that it happened, but the way it went down was gratuitous and needlessly cruel. Doesn't help that it's not even Icheb's original actor, and hell he's not even the only tertiary character played by a new actor to die in this same episode! But honestly the rest of the episode is just a delight, Jeri Ryan was just great as a more cynical version of Seven, and seeing Stewart have the time of his life chewing the scenery while undercover is a highlight for sure.
Oh yeah, a new novel has been announced as well, a prequel novel about Riker's time as captain of the USS Titan. Wonder if it'll have a Lower Decks reference....
Season 1 also recently came out on Blu-Ray, and I decided to pick it up and give it a re-watch. Five episodes in and I think, for the most part, watching an episode daily helps the show flow better. There is some weirdness, like how at the end of episode 1 we see Narek abruptly introduce himself to Soji, and then at the very start of episode 2 they're in bed together. I guess that felt a bit less jarring when there was a week between episodes, easier to assume more time passed perhaps.
I still feel the whole "oh no Dahj died I guess that's that wait nevermind lol she has an identical twin so her big shocking death doesn't even matter a whole bunch let's go space adventure!" thing is a touch sloppy.
I dunno if I'm just not remembering it clearly, but Spiner looked better as Data in episode 1 than I thought he did.
Number 1 is still the best boy and it is a crime we saw as little of him as we did.
The scene with Oh and Narissa is still kinda weird, just for the fact that Narissa is in a human disguise and the first part of their conversation is carried out like they're still undercover but then it's just casually revealed at the end that Narissa is actually a Romulan and it's played like this big shocker but it's the first time we see her? "Oh no this character is a Romulan!" would play better if we were introduced to the character before the scene where it's revealed she's actually a Romulan. I wonder if there's an old version of the story were she's brought in a bit sooner in her human disguise?
The Narissa and Narek twincest sexy banter is still my least favorite part of the series. But hey, at least Narissa is dead and while we don't know what happened to Narek I think it was confirmed his actor isn't coming back for season 2, so....
Episode 5 is a great episode that starts kinda... badly. First of all, the manner in which the show offed Icheb was unnecessary. I don't necessarily have a problem that it happened, but the way it went down was gratuitous and needlessly cruel. Doesn't help that it's not even Icheb's original actor, and hell he's not even the only tertiary character played by a new actor to die in this same episode! But honestly the rest of the episode is just a delight, Jeri Ryan was just great as a more cynical version of Seven, and seeing Stewart have the time of his life chewing the scenery while undercover is a highlight for sure.
Oh yeah, a new novel has been announced as well, a prequel novel about Riker's time as captain of the USS Titan. Wonder if it'll have a Lower Decks reference....
