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Re:Patrick Stewart Returns as Jean-Luc Picard for a New Star... by untog on Sunday August 05, 2018 @03:19PM (#17692958)
I've actually enjoyed Discovery quite a lot. I think it's easy to see the old series through rose tinted glasses and forget the extremely subpar episodes, focusing only on the best. In my opinion Discovery has been inconsistent, but far less so than, say, the first season of TNG. That said, I'm still irate they set it in the past. There's no reason for it - even the tech that forms a major plot point feels generations beyond Voyager!

I hope this new Picard show is something entirely different. Given that it'll air alongside Discovery I see no reason for it to be another "explore the galaxy" setup.

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Re:Patrick Stewart Returns as Jean-Luc Picard for a New Star... by nikanj on Monday August 06, 2018 @12:03AM (#17695029)
Does Discovery eventually stop being Action Trek? I watched the first episodes, and it seemed to be grimdark filled with lousy people.

TNG showed an evolved mankind, valuing such obscure things as kindness, non-violent solutions, and generally not being asshole.

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Re:Patrick Stewart Returns as Jean-Luc Picard for a New Star... by preek on Monday August 06, 2018 @09:34AM (#17697363)
It doesn’t. I’m 35 and have seen TNG three times in my lifetime. The last time I saw Discovery immediately afterwards. My fiancé insisted on stopping the series. I pulled myself through, alone. It got worse every episode. One of the worst series I have ever seen.
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Re:Patrick Stewart Returns as Jean-Luc Picard for a New Star... by dghughes on Monday August 06, 2018 @02:05PM (#17700004)
I've only seen a few episodes due to my viewing options. In Canada it's on broadcast TV but it is bumped sometimes or I wasn't available.

The TV station also streams episodes but it's at 480p or lower on the Web and it's interrupted every five minutes with three minute long ads, plus you can't jump ahead or back. It's also available on CraveTV streaming service but that streaming company is terribly buggy.

But I can see myself liking Discovery (I've heard never call it STD) if I can get into a pattern of being able to watch it in sequence.

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