We watched it so you don’t have to: ‘Star Trek: Picard’ is simply terrible

Star Trek may not be for everyone, however it is clear there is a large contingent of people that do enjoy it immensely. I am also open to listening to opposing views. However your take is not from an intellectual or unbiased standpoint. It is simply a one sided personal attack. This does not lend you much credibility as a critic. Looking back all reviews you have of anything Star Trek, have a similar flow. If you dislike anything Star Trek why do you choose to continue slandering it? Move on, let it go and find something you can use your talent for…..

I like it. I guess that’s all that matters.

It not looking like an exciting new adventure. It’s leveraging popular old characters and CGI as though it’s all spontaneous thoughts rather than the connective tissue of a well defined story/script.

I love my Star Trek, but this show is a slow burn. It leaves me noticing all the errors and flaws.

What a weird article..
So many insinuations that it’s crap, but it seems that you just can’t explain why you think this is the case.
For example, you say “So why aren’t we happy about it?” and then you prattle on for several paragraphs and veer totally off the subject, talking about Disney and other shows..
Maybe, you did explain why you don’t like it, but if so, I missed it, buried in the random rantings.
It’s like you were told to write an article about how bad the show is, but you just didn’t get around to the point, at all.
As I said: Weird.

What family members Decided to pursue a career in starfleet?
Daj and Sonji aren’t in starfleet. And we don’t even know if data created them or not.
Picard has no family since generations
And Riker and Troi’s daughter isn’t in starfleet.

Totally disagree with this article.

I believe Picard has perfectly captured the essence of TNG, and established a subtle link with much loved characters from the series very well.

It’s a slow burner, but shows that it is very much a story led narrative rather than an serialised, complete story in one episode affair.

I’m sure I’m not the only one who is very much looking forward to seeing how this captivating story unfolds.

It’s 2 episode in and your calling it trash and dismissing it, have you not seen season 1 of the next generation, certainly not the best trek, but grew in to 7 seasons getting better and better.

so, basically, this is not a review of Picard but rant about revival of Star Trek.

The only bad thing that Picard has produced (so far) is this self indulgent opinionated review. Its central gist is “if I like it,it is good. If I don’t then it is crap”.

Seems like the author is calling this show terrible for no real reason. There is no real analysis or constructive criticism, just snark.

Pretty lame article, I’m not a Trekkie, but I have to admit, this new show brings a twist to the original series. It’s captivating and I can’t wait to see the following episodes.

You said…
Absolutely nothing.
I mean, SERIOUSLY nothing.
18 paragraphs. Only 4 of them actually refer to the show, and even those are vague enough to suggest that the author may not have seen the show.
7 paragraphs were about franchises and television networks.
“Watching a trailer gives a clear enough indication of what the story is.” Does it, though? I’m wondering if that is exactly what you did; watch the trailer and write this “article” in 15 minutes total. This might explain the significant padding, and the marked lack of exposition or example.
Hint: If you wish to review a show, watch the show. Then, write an article about the show.

Apparently your jaded cynicism at the state of franchise entertainment in general has prevented you from seeing the actual content of Picard. Well done.

You are so wrong about Picard. First TNG didnt have a dramatic series finale because it went onto to movies. Second: Not every aspect of the characters live is shown in the eps. For example, Dahj and Soji might have be a result of Data and Maddox becoming friends in TNG ep Datas Day. This review is not thoroug or indepth. This is just touching the surface. TNG and Picard are both multilayer shows . This review doesnt even mention why Picard is back or how it ties Data, and that is one of the many layers in Picard

Crazy notion, people can watch it and make up their own minds. Lifelong Trekkie and I’m enjoying it so far.

It’s crap.

The Abrams and associate plague is killing entertainment. EP 3 was the last for me.

I love Star Trek and have been watching it for 30 years. It saddens me to see this. The writing, story, character development and acting are all sub-par. The story pacing is wrong, I feel nothing for the characters. Patrick Steward, bless him, but I don’t know what happened. His acting in this is awful and it does not seem like the Jean-Luc I grew up with. Most of you people don’t understand the point of the article. The point is, stop taking what was good and killing everything it did in the past by making this crap. Star Wars is the same example. It will be used and beaten to death like a 2 dollar hooker. At least Discovery is more or less a new story, with the exception of Spock and to a lesser extent Pike

I grew up on TNG, this show has no heart and is for dullards.

“Picard” is not terrible because of ‘politics’. It’s terrible because, among other things, it’s horribly written, acted, edited, paced and makes absolutely no sense. I watched and cherished every episode of the “Original Series” & “The Next Generation” and “Picard” is simply not “Star Trek”. It’s an abomination.

I wonder when Patrick Stewart decided to sell out and end his career like the great Orson Wells did……with a shit show so below his standards and acting ability. But, hey the pay is good right, Patrick? Have the time I was wondering if I was watching ABC Spark .

If you’ve been looking for the Star Trek that became a global phenomenon and endured for more than 50 years, the Star Trek that depicted humanity as having evolved beyond pettiness, greed, and violence – keep looking. This ain’t it. In the first five minutes, a half dozen people are shot and stabbed. Every scene thereafter is a painful reminder that everything which made Star Trek unique and successful has been stripped out in favor of violence, sarcasm, and selfishness. See, in Star Trek, characters speak to each other with dignity and respect. Even the bad guys spoke with observable self respect. Turn on Picard and you’ll see Starfleet officers dropping F-bombs like it’s an audience blitzkrieg, superfluous action sequences that add nothing of value, and not one character who can refrain from aggressive sarcasm for more than a few seconds at a time. And the pacing. Good God, the pacing. In 4 hours of content so far, we’ve spent about ten minutes in space. On a show called Star Trek. And at the end of each episode I find myself wondering: Who is this show for? It’s not for people who love Star Trek, that’s for sure. Theyve stripped out the peaceful co-existence, the mutual respect and understanding, and the evolved humanity trek fans expect. Now it’s just another violent science fiction series with swords in place of solutions. And no one grew up loving Star Trek because the decapitations were just soooo cool. And it’s not for people who don’t like Star Trek as evidenced by the plodding dialogue that’s thick with Star Trek jargon that no one outside the dedicated fan base understands. So, who is this for? Well, it seems like it was for the CBS executive to pin their hopes and dreams of becoming Netflix upon. And that ain’t happening. You know what sucks most of all? A buddy of mine plays one of the lead roles. He does a great job. He deserves writers and showrunners that care about the franchise beyond watering it down for greater profits.

I’m glad to hear the truth. It is objectively terrible. I know you’d feel differently about this show, as would I, if it we’re just good. Mentioning the quality of shows like Watchmen and Westworld confirms that to me. It is OK to like the show everyone. Plenty of terrible series are loved. This is no an attack on you.

You were much kinder that I would be. This show was the most anticipated show of the season for me, and it is simply terrible. No point in trying to be kind.

This review is spot on and I have to imagine that the folks condemning it were still in the early stages of the show when hope was high. No way someone would argue with this review after the 5th episode. This show is nonsensical forced drama with a convoluted sense of urgency. Just about lost me at episode 2. Definitely lost me at episode 5. None of the explanations made any sense (I mean, they made sense but I had no idea why everyone was acting all dramatically over them) and certainly didn’t deserve the extremely concerned looks on Picard’s face. The thing is they just haven’t made me care… at all. They seem more concerned with winking and nodding to the old instead of focusing on making the new compelling and engaging. I’m just going to have to wait for them to work this all out. Man, I really, really wanted to like this…

Writer 1: I want to have a Romulan pass as human so they can be in Starfleet.
(Fired) Writer 2: Why not just have Romulans in Starfleet? Or pretend to be Vulcan?
Director: Nonsense. We’ll change the appearance of Romulans so that they can have ear surgery to pass as humans. Now what will they do in Starfleet?
Writer 1: Nothing. The next scene they’ll have changed back to a Romulan.
Direct: Brilliant! I love it.

Producer: The show is missing something.
(Fired) Writer 2: Logic?
Producer: No that’s not it. It needs a ninja with a sword.
(Fired) Writer 2: But everyone has phasers. People with swords wouldn’t last long.
Producer: He’ll be from the matrix.

CBS uses Star Trek in the title to lure us in. Then they change the show to an alternate dark, femanistic male bash murdering rampage, that is more fantasy than science fiction. Totaly lacking any suspence of disbelive in the poorly written plots. Watched 2 seasons of STD then canceled. Just watch YouTube reviews and reactions. No longer a fan of this new Star Drek. I need the Orville!

Mr. Stewart is 80 years old, succumbing to what age is going to all of us; shaking, losing balance, vocal changes, and fragility.

This story, ( Yawn), is written ironically for the “former” Mr. Stewart , a vital, energetic, authoritative, commander. Now, a shadow of his former self. “I’m ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille.”
Retire gracefully, with honor.

I came upon this review to see if anyone else was as disappointed with STP as I am…

I know that I used to look forward to STNG episodes with anticipation and finished each wanting more…

Instead, I find it a labor of loyalty (and torture) watching these horribly written episodes, wondering if anything will happen to advance the plot and why I continue to waste my time watching each week!

Although the review lacks the specific analysis to the reasons for its overall poor implementation, suffice it to say we watch for FUN and ENJOYMENT… Add a bit of appreciation for cleverness in the script/plot and we are happy campers…

Simply not having fun and not enjoying the experience here!!

Although the initial article doesn’t really go into detail about why the show is bad, it serves as a jumping off point for discussion that does mention why it’s terrible.

Hopes were high for this, expectations raised, fans at fever pitch. The show itself couldn’t have fully lived up to all of them even if it had an abundance of quality. But it doesn’t even meet the average bar. It is… well the phrase I’m looking for is “total schlock”. The worst episodes of TNG are more watchable than this – yes, even the terrible clip show one from the writers strike in season 2, “Shades of Grey”.

Here’s what I think the brief went like for ST: Picard

Let’s make it dark and violent and sweary. It should exist in a bleak future which slashes away at the lore of Star Trek in just a few episodes – a universe full of sarcastic, hopeless, mean-spirited but yet somehow one-dimensional characters. It needs to take everything that was bad about Nemesis and the Kelvin era stuff, but include more of it. It has to introduce so many potential future plots and characters that all of them move at a snail’s pace and regularly characters are padding out screen time with nothing important or relevant to do and no apparent motivation to do it. Don’t worry about crafting beautifully realised morality plays in an episodic format like the TNG days, have about seven crappy hack plots running at once. This will create the illusion of depth.

While we’re taking a beloved franchise and dragging it into the dirt, let’s throw away the overarching message of Star Trek – equality for all, a core value since The Original Series. More than that, we should be going for misandry and misogyny too! Strong female characters must chew out male characters all the time, crybullying the men (misandry) while periodically stopping to angst like moody teenagers and stuff their faces with cake (misogyny). Wow, ain’t this show WOKE! Let’s be disrespectful to both men and women in a Star Trek show, that’s so edgy! Or how about Raffi makes the effort to go see her son, only to find he treats her like the muck on his shoe, and then his wife (Raffi’s daughter-in-law) comes out from her pregnancy check up and does the same. What horrible horrible people.

Let’s have Jeri Ryan returning to help completely derail the many seasons worth of humanising Seven of Nine character development from Voyager. She’s basically just demoted to a third-rate Terminator now – go slay a room full of people after lying to Picard that you wouldn’t, for… reasons? What reasons – doesn’t matter, throw in more plots and characters and keep going to add “layers” to this show. Shall we bring back Hugh from TNG and kill him off too? Sure, have at it. Tear that legacy to shreds, don’t worry about what the fans think. Kurtzman Trek – edgy, disdainful. Patrick Stewart is cool with all this – in fact he encouraged the angle about hating Star Fleet because as a liberal he’s still bleeding heart about Brexit – so turn up the wick.

On top of all these horrible characters, plots both slow and terrible, questions being asked and not answered in the style of Lost (a show that went off the air and was promptly forgotten about, probably because it was so poorly written) let’s also make every set dimly lit with a muted colour palette to try and hide the fact it’s horribly low budget because all the money has been wasted on superfluous actors and producers we don’t need.

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I could go on and on with this. I made it through 7 episodes – it had completely lost all goodwill by episode 5 and Patrick Stewart dressing as some kind of ludicrous stereotypical 18th Century Frenchman to deceive the people that Seven of Nine would massacre.

Fortunately, after reading dozens of IMDb reviews written by people who loved pre-millenial Trek as much as I do and were horrified by all the shill scores and reviews on IMDb, pointing out their own most loathed moments of the show (and by God there are a boatload of them to choose from) I noticed that The Orville kept getting mentioned. When I watched that I saw something that was Star Trek in everything but name – a little more slapstick, more irreverent but true to the values of TOS and TNG with the episodic morality plots that were well thought out and invited thought and discussion after the credits.

I’m an ex-trekkie. Star Trek died in 2008 with the reboot. What we have now are flash in the pans, cater to the obtuse masses who enjoy action and screen flares. Gone are the days where Star Trek was about something. Even Discovery is horrible, probably tenfold more so than Picard. (At least Picard is in the prime universe.)

It’s almost like Star Trek is trying to find its foothold again with a vastly different viewing audience with different tastes and beliefs. One way is by forgoing any real story driven episodes and instead focusing on the “fail safe” of “PEW PEW BOOM!” action sequences.

It’s not going to work. Call backs to TNG is all good, I enjoy seeing Admiral Picard, Number One and Troi again. Hopefully they can turn Picard around, because unlike Discovery, Picard actually has a chance.

I miss TNG era Trek, but I am certainly open to a new vision of the future. There are issues with resurrecting things for money, but I can forgive them if it’s worthy. BUT. This show is absolute garbage. There is no plot, no characters, no dialogue, there are only pew pew lazers, lens flare, dutch angles and ‘sexy’ vulcans that look like they probably get bullied by their five year old neighbours. My god what the hell happened. I can see a lot of fans saying ‘I could pull a better show out of my ass’, and I’m 100% sure that they are all right.

Brilliant show, great writing, acting and filming, better still it sorts out the retards who never really understood Star Trek. You can see the same bunch of basement dwelling morons accusing any one who dares not agree with their bitter twisted stupidity in hating the show dribbling shit about anyone who likes it being a CBS shill.
I’ve watched every series of Star Trek since the first series came out, and I rate this as the best of the lot by far. Take that you whiny little know nothing dumbarses.

LeBleau you clearly are a Hallucinogenic/Psychedelic drug junkie whose mind is in a perpetual state of being scattered across numerous planes of existence with absolutely no grasp on any one reality.

Progressivenism equals deep state of psychosis and that is what you have when you instill fantasy into Sci-Fi, I watched the Classic Trek episode A Private Little War where the Klingons give one side Flint Lock rifles and ammunition and teach them how to aim, point, shoot, and hit their targets.

Through the actions of the Klingons an imbalance in interpersonal relationships formed between the Village people who they were supplying with rifles and the and once the Village people discovered it was far easier to take a street gang mentality and just take what they wanted through force they found such behavior appealing to them.

Kirk realized that only if you had a balance of force between the 2 cultures would there ever be any chance for peace because the Village people would have just continued to plunder, rape, and kill until there was nothing left of the Valley people.

Here is where the liberalist/idealist nonsense comes in, McCoy started spewing his self righteous viewpoints about how the war between the 2 cultures could go on for decades never considering the fact that if both sides were not on a even playing field in being able to protect their way of life the one who was not would lose not only their culture but their life as well, because ideology is what makes you what you are and not idealism and regardless of what mindless people think the 2 are not synonymous.

I do not have to listen to the fantasy spewed by the disseminators of deceit MSM commentators to be able to figure out the truth it is as constant as if it were permanently carved into solid Neutronium that the vast majority of what they convey is lies.

Pardonne moi, my mistake, Progressivism and not Progressivenism, at least I am cognizant and mature enough to admit my mistakes unlike a Progressive.

The romance of Star Trek in the 60’s followed on the national sense of pride at actually accomplishing great things. The Apollo missions and the can do attitude of post WW2 US made the next logical step in space. The final frontier, Enterprise,Trek,exploration all about unlimited possibility awaiting us. Picard is not a Trek into anything and fittingly even the android prefers oblivion. Why is this purely american piece of art work chock a block full of European actors subtlety lecturing Trek fans?

Thank you, thank you immensely. It’s nice to see someone in the media actually tell the truth about how terrible these new Star Trek shows truly are, and they do suck a big fat one I believe.

I loved the first four seasons of Star Trek. I re-watch seasons 2-4 over and over all the time. I’m actually re-watching Deep Space Nine again for the umpteenth time right now. But, everything since those first 4 seasons has been nothing more than slightly polished, expensive stool samples in my opinion. Created by people who obviously have no love for, no respect for and barely a passing knowledge of Star Trek.

If you told me the people who created ‘Discovery’ and ‘Picard’ were the exact same folks who created the awful Disney Star Wars movies and shows. Well, I would believe you instantly, without a shred of doubt.

Again, it’s so refreshing to actually see someone detail why these new Star Trek series are so very atrocious. Thank you a bunch. I have a ton of respect for sites that aren’t just shills for CBS and it’s severely mentally challenged “creatives” and “writers.”

Star Trek: Prelude to Axanar looked promising. Shame it was not allowed to develop due to how things work. Fans are not allowed to be creative with these stories due to how corrupt the companies are (or whomever outline these story-lines are). The companies want to own the franchise. Fine. But not allowing creativity in a way that the fans want is just plain wrong. There is good elements in Picard and Discovery, but I dare say the story-line is so far from the idea and concept of the original creator that it puts the franchise to shame. It seems to be driven by other forces that would make a candidate for a bad guy or bad situation in the original story.

Just watched the last episode of Pickard, incredibly disappointing to say the least.
The ending was absolutely silly and nonsensical. I don’t know how I managed to watch the whole series. I just hoped it would get better, it didn’t though. There were a couple of reasonable episodes and that’s being kind.
I’m guessing Patrick Stewart needed to top up his pension fund and that of his franchise colleagues, being an executive producer.
A disgraceful effort at a much loved franchise.

Nerdrotic, Overlord DVD (Doomcock), Red Letter Media, Mecharandom42, The Critical Drinker, Angry Joe, & the Rageholic (Razorfist) best summon up everything wrong with both Discovery & Picard. While there is a small minority of vocal supporters, this series was ultimately dubbed Star Trek Discard by the majority of Trek fans.

Borrowing too heavily from other sci-fi & fantasy shows & video games.
Having the original cast constantly berated by & killed off by the new cast.
Numerous horribly out-of-character decisions & situations by the old Trek members.
Partisan politics over humanitarian messages.
Bleak pessimistic outlook & long arcs ONLY worked for DS9, because they had better characters & superior writers & directors.
DS9 was still more optimistic & cheerful than New Trek.
You can’t even count the continuity errors with older Treks, as well as itself, per episode on both hands.
It’s trying to be in both the Prime & Kelvin timelines at the same time.
The costumes & makeup look absolutely awful.
The Romulans don’t look anything like Romulans.
The writing in both dialogue & plot are terrible.
The new characters are unlikable.
Patrick Stewart’s acting is seriously half-assed.
It feels more contemporary than futuristic when you look at the little things & the tech they don’t focus on much.
No episodic episodes focusing on the character development of individual characters.
Too raunchy, violent, & too much swearing, making it not family-friendly. Trek was always popular with kids. Parents won;t let their kids watch this.

While there will definitely be another season of The Orville, Star Trek is current under crisis. There’s the Covid 19 situation putting Hollywood on lock-down putting shows on delay or cancellation, the backlash, CBS is not making any profit on either show, there is no merchandise, the CBS Viacom merger means cutting jobs & re-evaluation low profit shows, the virus also means lost jobs due to less revenue, key people involved with the show have been fired or relocated, the merger means there is no licencing reason to keep the “25% different” alt universe Treks to which this belongs, the company has plans to cut ties with certain production studios & drop CBS All Access, if lack of production due to the virus piles on debt it would be profitable to sell off the franchise they can’t profit off of anymore.

I COMPLETELY agree. The “blind” loyalists share the same cognitive wiring as those who supported Trump through the impeachment hearings and more.

I am a true trekkie and this show is simply a disaster. Some horrible lines and acting by some great actors.

Viewer numbers are very secretive. It was presumptuous to renew Picard for season 2 even before it began. Like Westworld, let’s see if the CBC execs and the powers to be will cancel both shows due to poor numbers.

Well I tried. So much for the TNG fans hoping to bring back some of that good stuff. Nope, it’s now a different show for a different audience steeped in politics and forcing sexuality and curse words down our throats. The social agenda warriors strike again.

Star Trek Picard is absolute garbage. My disappointment in CBS is eclipsed by my disappointment in Patrick Stewart, a man who did not have to reprise his role for a paycheck. Only a few years ago (2012) he stated emphatically that under no circumstances would he ever step into Picard’s shoes again unless an amazing FILM script came his way. He settled for a poorly written streaming series that fails Roddenberry’s vision at every turn of the compass.

I don’t get why everyone has to shit on the new shows. This article is poorly written for a start, but i mean just people in general. Why can’t you just not watch it? Why can’t you let others enjoy it? Every time i even mention that i like STD everyone feels the need to tell me how awful it is. Ok? And? It’s not about objectivity, because if that were the case it would be things like filming, effects, etc. Which weren’t actually bad. Everyone’s main issue is with the main character, and again, ok? Why can’t you let people enjoy things? Just because you didn’t enjoy it doesn’t mean i can’t. I grew up watching all the original Star Trek shows, and i love the new shows just as much, for me Picard made me so happy to see some of the original characters again! It makes me happy to relive my childhood, but i’m not allowed to express it online without hate or abuse. All these people must have really missed ALL of the messages in Star Trek to give so much hate to people over a difference of opinion.

PICARD SUCKS

Let’s put it this way. Lifelong Star Trek fan here. After initial free month gave it a paid month of c-BS . Show still dull so cancelled my paid CBS all access subscription without even bothering to watch the rest of the season of Picard. c-BS bribed me w a free month so I stayed on but Picard is so forgettable n dreary I just cant watch it anymore. I liked seeing Riker Troi but felt like someone added a coat of sugar to an already bad tasting dish. So finally escaped c-BS & cancelled today. Everytime thought of tuning in Id just get a depressing feeling. Decided to watch something else so been enjoying ST Enterprise

The author is just a child! Who cares what some child girl thinks about any version of Star Trek? She probably wasn’t even alive when The Next Generation was made. All star trek made since the end of Voyager is garbage and is non-canon. It must be ignored. Anything, star trek or otherwise, made since the 90s is feminazi garbage.

Just finished the series. Gosh it was awful. At least we have Orville, and I hear Dr Who season 5 is good.

Spitting on the legacy of Roddenberry, Kurtzman is a talentless hack 👎🏽

One of my greatest memories growing up was watching TNG as a family every week. Thanks to unnecessary gratuitous violence and profanity my kids will never have that experience. Thanks.