Star Trek: Picard

The long anticipated spin-off we've all been waiting for.

I gotta say, Picard is a little darker than the previous Star Trek shows (minus Discovery, of course) but at the same time somewhat sad. For one example, the theme tune in the beginning intro gave out a happy/sad fusion feeling. And the scene in the final episode, of Data's "second death" almost makes you want to cry. But the rest of the show itself was amazing. The special effects, wow. And epic cast as well; with each character they play with their own demons.

It was worth the wait and the watch!

and i thought Star Trek Discovery was bad

Star Trek for simpletons all action no substance has nothing to do with Gene Rodenberry's universe just garbage.

The first few episodes might look boring because of seeing the old captain Picard that even moves and speaks with difficulties. But later it will be moved to the second plan when the main plot begins. It's definitely the Star Trek.

Abomination. This is not Star Trek.

Tried very hard to like it.

Star Trek Picard started out all right for the first episode. By the 2nd episode, it started to become obvious that this was never going to be as good as the Star Trek shows and movies between 1966-2005.

Firstly, the writing was all over the place, and the story was, for the most part, superficial to non-existent. So many sub-plots were never followed up with or clarified, and questions were left unanswered. Writers magic was used in so many cases where a more dedicated person would have thought things out sensibly. For example, the 'imagination tool'. Also, the situation surrounding the federation's fall were not on par with what the Star Trek universe lore had set up already, and the only way it could have fallen that way was if people from today took over the future and ran it with today's knowledge. Some of the decisions they made were completely ridiculous, and made it seem like somehow the Star Trek universe lost most of its intelligence since Voyager returned from the Delta Quadrant. It was just a complete mess.

Secondly, the acting was unconvincing. They were just going through the movements of an unbelievable story. They obviously didn't believe it and are clearly rooted in today's world instead of Star Trek's. I didn't care for any of the characters, and found most of them to be unlikable. Even Picard was a shell of his once interesting self, not the strong leader he once was. The actor who played Data was the best of the bunch when he played Data, but was also unlikable when he played human roles.

Thirdly, excessive swearing was difficult to take serious after Star Trek set 40 years of good storytelling, showing a future that had evolved from excessive swearing, or didn't use it at all, and opted to be diplomatic and intellectuals instead. In Picard we had juvenile foul-mouthing in most every episode. In fact, it ruined the whole series and completely took me out of it right from episode 2 when it was first used...

Picard does try but the incessant need to inject cynical woke slop into New Trek series, eclipses any promise this series might have.

A hard pass from me.