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Ah crap this is gonna suck
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The writers for Star Trek: Picard decided that the only things that they're going to build on are what they think the "average viewer" will remember
So we got 7/9 and a Borg cube
All the parts of TNG-era Star Trek that have been done to death
Time for me to send some more unsolicited screenplays to CBS
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If they're going to bring back 7/9, they should at least have the consistency to also bring back her arch-nemesis
The Rock
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Better premise for Star Trek: Picard
The Romulan Empire has fallen, creating a refugee crisis
Remans, who were, for a long time, oppressed by the Romulans, are able to adapt and thrive now that the cycle of systemic racism has been broken, to the resentment of their Romulan counterparts
Picard, who has long had uneasy relationships with Romulans, now finds himself in a position where he might be able to prevent violence from breaking out
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A threatening-looking Reman runs through a cave with Romulans in dusty old uniforms in pursuit, looking scared
The Reman loses them, hiding in a side-passage, and the Romulans go out in the open, to rejoin a bigger group of citizen militia members, holding old Romulan banners and chanting nationalist slogans, suddenly looking much less sympathetic
Camera back to the Reman who is joined by their family and a man in a hood who reveals himself to be Picard
[Opening credits]
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So we're stuck with Borg Mystery Girl as plot for season 1
Which: meh
But maybe I can get them to hire me to write: Something More Interesting for S2 if I send them enough unsolicited screenplays
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@bgcarlisle Somebody at Paramount please, PLEASE hire this individual
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@andi My preferred method of payment is:
Brown satchels filled with simoleons with a dollar sign on them
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@bgcarlisle okay but hear me out. Picard retires from starfkeet, gets bored and sets himself up as a private investigator like his hero Dixon hill. Each season plays out like a noir novel
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@taweret Would watch
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@taweret @bgcarlisle except he's hilariously bad at it and seems not to understand any of the actual tropes of noir, just like in the original tng dixon hill episodes
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Well, they shoulda' just given Stewart a detective show and cut out the middleman! :P
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@xenophora @bgcarlisle because then there couldn't be plots involving the cardassians or romulans
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True, but I dunno'... franchises (as others have sort of pointed out here) can create a lot of dead weight over time, resulting in fans and insiders squabbling all the time instead of actually enjoying The Thing.
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@bgcarlisle Benjamin Sisko's ghost appears to give him tips
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@Aepasek "My dad always used to say, that soufflé is either going to rise, or it won't ..."
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@bgcarlisle I like the Borg but come on pls give Picard a new existential crisis, him and Sisko are literally the only two characters across the whole damn franchise who are able to resolve existential crises in an interesting way.
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@bgcarlisle Which when you're a sci fi series IS REALLY PRETTY GODDAMN *SAD*
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@andi Right? It's not that there's a dearth of material to work with either
This guy had a complicated life, and people are smart
They will remember some obscure thing and let you grow in that direction if you give them a chance
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@andi @bgcarlisle queue the existential crisis they only can solve *together*
(there's slash about that isn't there?)
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@andi @bgcarlisle please?
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@tethre @bgcarlisle Sorry slow delay I was preoccupied sorry wait brb again
Bad CWing; lewd
Sorry that was a masturbation joke
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@bgcarlisle Shit, I'd watch that.
Like, it's really not hard to just make stuff up that doesn't suck
Just leave out the stuff that sucks, that's all
Like: the Borg