The song choreography was so amateurish. There were long stretches in each song that were just the camera panning around the singer’s face while they don’t move or anything. It was like watching kids stage a musical.
Uhura’s song was all about how awesome she is because she has it sooooo hard yet still EVERYONE looks up to her to solve all the problems. My favorite part is how during the song she isn’t doing anything other than walking around, then after three seconds at a console there’s a burst of mathematic calculations in the air around her and she has figured out the solution to their problems. Which Spock wasn’t able to do after spending significantly longer.
Fuck the Klingon scene. Yet another example of lore getting shit on for a gag that doesn’t have any impact beyond the moment. They could have done something super serious and operatic which would still contrast with the rest of the episode’s music—this would be appropriate for the series since Star Trek has always leaned into more classical arts—but instead they had them sing a forgotten Earth style.
Star Trek these days is being shit out of a collective anus. Sometimes it’s almost edible, but at the end of the day even Picard season 3 is covered all over by the slimy feces that coat the entire franchise.
Your last paragraph is spot on. I watched season 1 of Discovery & season 1 of Picard and that was enough for me...but I was able to be roped back in for season 3 of Picard because I grew up with TNG in it's first run.
I will admit I did enjoy season 3...at first. What's most interesting to me in hindsight, is that as soon as it was over, I was over it. It left practically no residual impression on me. There were a lot of pretty solid guest performances (Ensign Ro's return being the standout) but in the end it did wind up being nothing but memberberries and filler. A high calorie meal with no nutrition, no real sustenance.
Contrast that to TOS, TNG, and DS9 which all still have profoundly effecting & evocative moments that I reflect on even after many repeated viewings across the last nearly 40 years. I remember how satisfied I felt in 94 after watching "All Good Things..." which was a wonderful note to leave on, especially considering in my opinion Season 7 is the weakest of TNG.
Even when Nutrek is somewhat good, and the only instance of that is Picard season 3...it is still a poor simulacrum for the genuine article. In fact Data in season 3 is a perfect analogy: a golem with every related character stuffed into one body that is less than the sum of it's parts and at it's best is still just a pale imitation of something with far more heart, soul, and staying power.
The song choreography was so amateurish. There were long stretches in each song that were just the camera panning around the singer’s face while they don’t move or anything. It was like watching kids stage a musical.
Uhura’s song was all about how awesome she is because she has it sooooo hard yet still EVERYONE looks up to her to solve all the problems. My favorite part is how during the song she isn’t doing anything other than walking around, then after three seconds at a console there’s a burst of mathematic calculations in the air around her and she has figured out the solution to their problems. Which Spock wasn’t able to do after spending significantly longer.
Fuck the Klingon scene. Yet another example of lore getting shit on for a gag that doesn’t have any impact beyond the moment. They could have done something super serious and operatic which would still contrast with the rest of the episode’s music—this would be appropriate for the series since Star Trek has always leaned into more classical arts—but instead they had them sing a forgotten Earth style.
Star Trek these days is being shit out of a collective anus. Sometimes it’s almost edible, but at the end of the day even Picard season 3 is covered all over by the slimy feces that coat the entire franchise.
Your last paragraph is spot on. I watched season 1 of Discovery & season 1 of Picard and that was enough for me...but I was able to be roped back in for season 3 of Picard because I grew up with TNG in it's first run.
I will admit I did enjoy season 3...at first. What's most interesting to me in hindsight, is that as soon as it was over, I was over it. It left practically no residual impression on me. There were a lot of pretty solid guest performances (Ensign Ro's return being the standout) but in the end it did wind up being nothing but memberberries and filler. A high calorie meal with no nutrition, no real sustenance.
Contrast that to TOS, TNG, and DS9 which all still have profoundly effecting & evocative moments that I reflect on even after many repeated viewings across the last nearly 40 years. I remember how satisfied I felt in 94 after watching "All Good Things..." which was a wonderful note to leave on, especially considering in my opinion Season 7 is the weakest of TNG.
Even when Nutrek is somewhat good, and the only instance of that is Picard season 3...it is still a poor simulacrum for the genuine article. In fact Data in season 3 is a perfect analogy: a golem with every related character stuffed into one body that is less than the sum of it's parts and at it's best is still just a pale imitation of something with far more heart, soul, and staying power.