Star Trek: Picard - Amazon Prime [ POSSIBLE SPOILERS ]

AtomicHorror · 31-05-2019 6:38pm

pixelburp wrote: »

God I hope not, the MCU films have been the only ones to be pull off the de-ageing, and even then just in Captain Marvel. Avengers Endgames own was as bad as it tends to be, that waxy, plastic look.

Which would ordinarily be a problem, but not for an android :pac:

Hector Savage · 19-06-2019 1:52pm

I have to say I am really looking forward to this.
Gonna have a nice cup of Earl Grey Tea now!

AMKC · 19-06-2019 9:07pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

I have to say I am really looking forward to this.
Gonna have a nice cup of Earl Grey Tea now!

We all are. Eagerly awaiting more news too.

Just hope the bit about the screen tests was nonsense and that they do it the way they have been. I do not believe in screen tests. They did not have them for series or movies 20/30 years ago and we don't need them now. A director should make the movie or series they want and a writer should make sure they get the director that knows what they want. After that audiences will decide if it is good or not.

corkie · 19-06-2019 11:03pm

AMKC wrote: »

We all are. Eagerly awaiting more news too.

Just hope the bit about the screen tests was nonsense and that they do it the way they have been. I do not believe in screen tests. They did not have them for series or movies 20/30 years ago and we don't need them now. A director should make the movie or series they want and a writer should make sure they get the director that knows what they want. After that audiences will decide if it is good or not.

A test screening is a preview screening of a movie or television show before its general release in order to gauge audience reaction. Preview audiences are selected from a cross-section of the population, and are usually asked to complete a questionnaire or provide feedback in some form. Harold Lloyd is credited with inventing the concept, having used it as early as 1928.[1] Test screenings have been recommended for starting filmmakers "even if a film festival is fast approaching".[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_screening

AMKC · 20-06-2019 10:42am

corkie wrote: »

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_screening

I still think they are a load of rubbish. A director is there to bring to life the vision that a writer or number of writers working together have come up with and if he does not think he can do it or get the actors for it then he should let another director do it or wait till the time is right maybe because of technological, budget or casting reasons. It is then up to them to make sure it gets advertised enough over all types of media to get enough people interested in watching it in the cinema, on the TV or online so it will be a success.
Sometimes something great can happen like like George Lucas's Star Wars or Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek and other times there can be flops like the original Battlestar Galactica although I do not think that was a director or writers fault it was the stations fault for cancelling it just like Firefly as well.

I do not think a small number of people getting an early view of it on a screen should determine what direction should be taken unless maybe them people are involved in the production and they see that the way they have been doing whatever it is does not come out so good on a screen. If they are just a few ordinary people do I think it should not make much difference.

Starfleet Student · 25-06-2019 8:08pm

What are the chances we will get a preview and comic con next month?

AMKC · 25-06-2019 11:07pm

Starfleet Student wrote: »

What are the chances we will get a preview and comic con next month?

Hopefully.

pixelburp · 27-06-2019 11:13pm

CBS has confirmed that Michael Chabon will be showrunner. Now that's good news. Good enough that Kurtzman is stepping aside, doubly so that Chabon is a talented writer (hopefully a good manager of writers too ha)

Slydice · 28-06-2019 12:06am

pixelburp wrote: »

CBS has confirmed that Michael Chabon will be showrunner. Now that's good news. Good enough that Kurtzman is stepping aside, doubly so that Chabon is a talented writer (hopefully a good manager of writers too ha)

Jeez, his wiki is a mess:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chabon

His imdb is straight-forward though:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149290/

says he contributed to the screen story of Spider-Man 2.. so obviously that's gonna increase my expectations

John Carter too. That had some decent elements.

pixelburp · 28-06-2019 9:29am

He'd be much higher regarded than Kurtzman, that's for sure; his bibliography's pretty good and read a couple of his works. Certainly feeling a little more confident now about the show, the writing now in the hands of a genuine writer, than a showy hack.

I'm guessing Kurtzman is becoming the 'Lucas' style figurehead of the half-dozen Trek shows in gestation, sketching the draft idea and letting someone else drive the production. I believe Michelle Paradise is now the main showrunner on Discovery ....

Johnny Storm · 10-07-2019 4:19pm

pixelburp wrote: »

... Certainly feeling a little more confident now about the show, the writing now in the hands of a genuine writer ....

Chabon won the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel (the yiddish policemen's union ) so evidently he does know something about writing and sci-fi.
He also co-wrote the Discovery short - "Calypso"
I also think he bodes well for Picard - I'd guess he'll produce something fairly alternative and arty?

Stop moaning ffs · 10-07-2019 6:14pm

Poster been released

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzvmau1hlp8/?igshid=p85jtmagxfti

Evade · 10-07-2019 6:22pm

Is Chateaux Picard not on Earth any more?

FutureGuy · 10-07-2019 6:33pm

Evade wrote: »

Is Chateaux Picard not on Earth any more?

Maybe it’s not Earth.

If it is, it’s just a poster.

pixelburp · 10-07-2019 6:48pm

Methinks a trailer is not far around the corner (in time for comic con no doubt)

Also: doggo! So, prizes for best guessed name?

Stop moaning ffs · 10-07-2019 6:53pm

I’d say they’ll show the pilot at comic con.
Conventions are fundamental in building Buzz for new projects these days.

Stop moaning ffs · 10-07-2019 6:53pm

If the dog isn’t called number one, they’ll have missed a trick

Evade · 10-07-2019 6:54pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Also: doggo! So, prizes for best guessed name?

Athos

pixelburp · 10-07-2019 6:57pm

Stop moaning ffs wrote: »

If the dog isn’t called number one, they’ll have missed a trick

Apparently eagle eyed viewers have spotted "# 1" on the dog collar. So yeah, he did just that

Stop moaning ffs · 10-07-2019 6:57pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Apparently eagle eyed viewers have spotted "# 1" on the dog collar. So yeah, he did just that

No way!!

That’s mad

Where’s my prize??

AMKC · 10-07-2019 7:00pm

I think they should have had him on a horse. But maybe Picard has given up his saddle or maybe it would look impractical. Certainly having a dog is a big change for Picard.

TheValeyard · 10-07-2019 8:49pm

Stop moaning ffs wrote: »

Poster been released

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzvmau1hlp8/?igshid=p85jtmagxfti

For those without instagram

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pixelburp · 10-07-2019 9:35pm

AMKC wrote: »

I think they should have had him on a horse. But maybe Picard has given up his saddle or maybe it would look impractical. Certainly having a dog is a big change for Picard.

As spry as Stewart is for his age, I doubt there's any chance they'd get a 78 year old to film scenes on a horse. Or else use a fake prop and convenient cutaways to the back of a stunt doubles head as Picard (dis)mounted.

Stop moaning ffs · 10-07-2019 9:36pm

Doesn’t he have a brother?
I hope they get mckellan in to be his brother.

riggerman · 10-07-2019 9:45pm

I have some bad news for you about the brother.

pixelburp · 10-07-2019 9:46pm

Stop moaning ffs wrote: »

Doesn’t he have a brother?
I hope they get mckellan in to be his brother.

He's dead. The nephew too. They killed Picard's family off-screen from a fire during one of the film's; either Insurrection or Generations, can't remember.

odyssey06 · 10-07-2019 9:48pm

pixelburp wrote: »

He's dead. The nephew too. They killed Picard's family off-screen from a fire during one of the film's; either Insurrection or Generations, can't remember.

Generations... there was a line about 'No more Picards'.

TheValeyard · 10-07-2019 10:04pm

pixelburp wrote: »

He's dead. The nephew too. They killed Picard's family off-screen from a fire during one of the film's; either Insurrection or Generations, can't remember.

And it made zero difference to the plot. There was no reason to kill off the family.

EltonJohn69 · 10-07-2019 10:09pm

The fact that Picard isn’t on a horse in the poster proves that Star Trek has lost its soul/essence.

AMKC · 10-07-2019 10:22pm

TheValeyard wrote: »

And it made zero difference to the plot. There was no reason to kill off the family.

Just made Picard upset and grumpy but I suppose very little difference to the plot. Maybe they just thought they needed a big emotional impact in it and that was it the same way Spock dying in TWOK is there big one in that but we all know which one came of best and had the most impact.

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