TV Talk - Star Trek: Picard

Well, it’s come to this. I never knew that a revival of this would ever come. So, I’ll start the beginning. Digimon --- wait. I’ll save my talk for the franchise that is better than Pokemon (you know it’s true!!) later.

I’ve been sitting on this one for quite a while now. Heck, it took me a while to see all 10 episodes. So, I might as well start at the beginning. Star Trek as a franchise has seen a bit of a resurgence thanks to CBS All Access. While it may not be perfect, Star Trek: Discovery has been a success in my eyes. Heck, we’re getting more of Anson Mount’s Captain Pike, so you know things are looking up a bit. Of course, there’s that Section 31 show that may or may not come. Then, there’s tonight’s pick about that old French/British bald guy, Jean-Luc Picard.

Star Trek: Picard was one of the ideas that Alex Kurtzman had for CBS All Access. All  they needed was Patrick Stewart, who at the time was pretty much done with Trek, to come back. It took some a lot of work and the right story, but Stewart eventually said “I’m back.” Michael Chabon, a novelist, also came on as writer and producer. The show stayed in production for a couple of years until it was released on January 23^rd, 2020. It’s the first official show or movie that takes place after Star Trek: Nemesis. Yeah, the 2009 Star Trek movie had the destruction of the Romulan homeworld, but this was the first time we’d be seeing more of the Prime Timeline.

TV Talk - The Expanse Season 1

Next up for the month… wait, it’s June. Yeah… I got a little sidetracked with some stuff going on. Have you been seeing the news lately? I gotta say that it made want to take a break, so posting about some possible dystopia futures didn’t sound all that great. Also, I had some other projects (work, home, and church) going on, so the last few days have been a bit busy. So, Sci-Fi month pretty much ended with Kirk beating Nazis, and that’s a cool thing. I still want to talk about a few things that didn’t make it into May, though.

Anyway,  next up is a show that I’ve been meaning to watch: The Expanse. The show  was based on a novel series by James S.A. Corey. This was a show that I was pretty curious about when it was being aired on Syfy. When I heard that a grounded, dour sci-fi show was coming to Syfy, I was interested… I didn’t tune in, though. Yeah, I could’ve went online to their site, but I wasn’t thinking about it at the time. It then got cancelled but revived on Amazon Prime.  I ended up getting Amazon Prime this year, and when I realized that I could finally watch some shows that I’ve been curious about, this was the first one on the list.