Star Dreck

[Rushy]

I can imagine Picard mellowing out the way he has if he was a real person, but I just don't see the interest in removing the aspect of Picard that everybody remembers - his authority. Like, the first thing that you'd think of when you think of Picard is a booming Shakespearean voice commanding instant attention.

If the absence of his authority was the point, that could be interesting. I actually like the idea of Picard having to come out of a shell again and regaining his confidence for one last adventure. But it's very clear that despite being in the title, this story has nothing to do with Picard. He's just there to get it rolling.

The stage is pretty much set for him to die now - he's saved Data's daughter and he can give his life to stop the Romulan cultists who basically ruined Starfleet for him, and save the galaxy one last time. And nobody will watch season 2 then.

As Cuckara said, the way this show has been handled really is baffling. You'd think even a shitty writer would jump at the chance of doing a deep Picard-centric fanfic.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

Also Patrick's kinda old. He might get struck down by the same Unecessary Sequel Curse that got Carrie Fisher.

[Keith Chegwin]

Said curse, also known as 'OD'ing on a plane because you're such a coke fiend and doing Nu-Wars was only an excuse to get more money for coke' is unlikely to affect Patrick because I'm pretty sure Patrick's not a drug addict

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

He might become one thanks to this show.

[Keith Chegwin]

Alcoholic yes. Drug addict no

[Kugelfisch]

Denny Crane was funny though. People liked Denny Crane.
This is...what the fuck is this?

It's not Star Trek. Not even bad Star Trek. Drug addiction, class wars, racism and fucking elf ninjas. Get the fuck out of here! You couldn't write it this terrible if you were told to write a Star Trek plot. It's some generic SciFi garbage that would get cancelled mid-season if it hadn't that ST name.

[Cuckara]

Welcome to the world of Alex Kurtzman, where every franchise that gets within a few feet of him has every bit of uniqueness systematically squeezed out of it so that Kurtzman can mold it into a pale imitation of whatever is popular at the moment. First he turned the Universal monsters into capeshit, and now he has turned Star Trek into dystopian action schlock.

[VoiceOfReasonPast]

There is no more uniqueness in Current Year. Everything is the fucking same. Whenever I go to the cinema, I can barely tell anymore when one trailer finishes and the next one starts.

[Rushy]

Welcome to the world of Alex Kurtzman, where every franchise that gets within a few feet of him has every bit of uniqueness systematically squeezed out of it so that Kurtzman can mold it into a pale imitation of whatever is popular at the moment. First he turned the Universal monsters into capeshit, and now he has turned Star Trek into dystopian action schlock.

Apparently he did co-produced and wrote Hercules and Xena, which are at least not terrible?

[Liar Revealed]

I don't know about producing, but Orci and Kurtzman did write for those shows early in their careers.
I'm not sure if Hercules and Xena count as not-terrible. They were so hokey in a bad way (like PS1 looking CGI creatures) that I could never really get into them.