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Post by mark687 on Dec 3, 2019 11:27:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2019 8:03:52 GMT
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Post by Tim Bradley on Dec 9, 2019 8:42:15 GMT
I've met René in real-life. So sad to hear about his passing.
Tim.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Dec 9, 2019 13:24:32 GMT
He was a fantastic actor. Shall be missed. Also someone else i would have loved to have seen in Doctor Who or on Big Finish
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2019 16:05:49 GMT
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Post by Tim Bradley on Dec 10, 2019 8:53:09 GMT
I've met René in real-life. So sad to hear about his passing.
Tim. I saw the 'DS9' episode 'The Forsaken' yesterday. A nice episode to remember René as Odo on.
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Post by Tim Bradley on Dec 11, 2019 12:03:40 GMT
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Post by Digi on Dec 16, 2019 16:15:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2019 16:25:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2019 16:58:09 GMT
Agreed. A really nice tribute to both men. If I can make one little suggestion though? Don't let your future viewings of DS9 be tainted by the sad fact that they are no longer with us. Look at it another way - by watching and rewatching Odo and Mog's journey through the series you are very much keeping the memory of Rene and Aron's performances alive. And that is probably the best tribute any of us could pay.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 23:31:34 GMT
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jan 23, 2020 8:34:22 GMT
Solid 1st episode
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2020 9:15:01 GMT
*covers eyes* I'm not looking! Just a day to go until the UK premiere. A very long and painfully slow day to avoid spoilers of any sort. *starts nervously twitching* I can do it... *peeks through fingers. Awed at ability to type accurately with eyes covered.* 🤪 *In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm rather looking forward to watching this..
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jan 23, 2020 9:43:12 GMT
*covers eyes* I'm not looking! Just a day to go until the UK premiere. A very long and painfully slow day to avoid spoilers of any sort. *starts nervously twitching* I can do it... *peeks through fingers. Awed at ability to type accurately with eyes covered.* 🤪 *In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm rather looking forward to watching this.. NIL spoilers from me..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2020 11:07:52 GMT
Lol......avoids 😎
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2020 16:44:02 GMT
Hmmm a somewhat vague response...if you are avoiding spoilers then fair enough, but if you're avoiding the show altogether I'll just politely scream HERESY!!!! and UNBELIEVER!!!! and...and....NON TREKKIE!!! whilst pointing in your general direction and glaring wild eyed at my tablet screen....😂😋😉 Oh nooooo am an AVID FAN all of its various incarnations....most definitely avoiding spoilers . Live Long.....
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jan 24, 2020 1:18:29 GMT
Picard/episode 1....looks gorgeous. Patrick Stewart seems completely engaged playing the same Jean-Luc Picard we know & remember, if older, slower and more than a little bitter towards Starfleet. The first episode is largely exposition. The next two episodes are also supposed to be largely exposition. That said, I liked it well enough. We can talk again in a month or so.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2020 1:36:15 GMT
I generally liked it. I still have reservations about a 2nd Trek show using "she's the key to all of this.." as it's premise but this does it better than Discovery. I wasn't expecting this to be a show that's quite so reference heavy. I wonder how a newbie would take to it? I mean in this one ep a lot of the continuity comes from A Measure Of A Man from TNG and the Nemesis film as well as the 2009 Abrams film.
I thought Patrick Stewart was just fantastic though. He really seemed like the TV Picard but with all the idealism knocked out of him. He didn't feel like the out of character action hero the movies tried to make him at all which I worried about. This felt like a natural evolution without being a simple continuation. He's like Picard gone King Lear.
The Romulans as refugees metaphor works for me. It works in the context of continuity and gives us something interesting to do with Starfleet (often as dull as Gallifrey) who are now an almost benign presence floating over the show more than the idealistic United Nations of Roddenberry. It'll be interesting to see how the Federation act here as what Picard is seemingly on course to do is going to be against their laws.
Harry Treadaway's flirty handsome Romulan at the end is clearly the bad guy waiting to happen - that was telegraphed - but I can forgive it for that lovely revelation that Romulans are using a kitted out Borg Cube to rebuild things. I'd imagine their feelings about the Federation not saving their people, and Picard being in the middle of that, are going to be a big part of the drama over the season. I'm not sure yet how 7 of 9 or Hugh fit into things unless things do get a lot more Borg-y later on.
So a strong enough start and more importantly a quiet, measured start. It's been a long time since Trek didn't feel the need to have space battles and explosions each step of the way on screen. It kinda felt like - and it's early days - the pace and thoughtfulness of Trek were back for the first time since Ds9 left screens.
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Post by Digi on Jan 24, 2020 12:09:50 GMT
I won't say too much, because I know for a lot of folks on this forum, they won't see it till tonight, but I loved it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2020 16:55:27 GMT
It took me quite a while to realise that Picard's Romulan housekeeper is Orla Brady, Tasha Lem from Time Of The Doctor. Wee bit less glammed up here!
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