Mikey wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2017 3:06 am I tried three different Jim Butcher books, and I can’t for love or money find anything redeeming about his shallow research or hack writing.

I never did ask, which 3 did you try?

Anybody else still here and reading? What did we think of Peace Talks/Battle Ground? Yup, Peace Talks as a stand alone book may be the worst of the series. It was a stupid decision to split them. But taken together they were good. I agree Murphy’s character arc had played out. Interested to see what...

Honestly I loved it. I saw all of season 1 and the first episode of season 2 -- need to finish.

For me it is definitely a love letter to TNG Era Trek. Is it a tonal adjustment? Absolutely. Is the heart and soul there? Absolutely.

IMO

I'm ready.

And would be happy with a plot that is "Like Andromeda, but good."

Studying Data didn't allow Starfleet to create full Data-like Android's. The models seen at Utopia Planetia were intelligent-ish. Kinda like how Siri and Alexa can appear to converse and reply to provided stimuli but it is all programmed, no actual thinking or planning. They were used as tools whose...

IIRC Worf is one of the people Zhaban suggests Picard reach out to before he decides to go out on his own.

Memory Alpha lists Picard's promotion and initial meetings as occuring in 2381-82.

I second the sentiment if you ever want a collaborator on the writing and editing I would be happy to help.

For the last time: the 25% different is bullshit. So you say. Well I'm at least as qualified as a youtuber :poke: But also, so says CBS and anyone who can take 5 minutes to google... And once again, the show was never meant to be TNG 2.0. Indeed Stewart was never interested in TNG 2.0. How do peopl...

For the last time: the 25% different is bullshit. CBS always retained the TV Rights and licensing rights. Paramount had to pay them for Kirk and Spock etc. for the new films. Also in the comics it is established that his romulan companions are prior Tal Shiar. And in the C-in-C's defense, Picard did...

Second thing - to me, at least, this doesn't feel even slightly like a TNG sequel. The people who made this were completely not interested in doing that. Which makes me wonder why they made this at all? From everything I've read going into it, the production team (including Patrick) was very clear ...

I mean, if we're speculating based on bait and switch name conventions: "Star Trek: Picard" is actually a Mintakan docudrama telling the story of the life and times and tribulations of The Picard during the rise of a new religion on Mintaka 3 similar to Terras "King of Kings" or ...

Nutso wrote:

Should this have been posted in a new thread?

I would say yes but it's not my website

Quick addition, in FC when discussing the Borg invasion Geordi does remark
"We've been out in space for nearly a year now." However they don't elaborate on if that includes shakedown and testing time or as a fully operational starship.

Do we have a legitimate source? What is Midnight Edge's record so far?