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On this week's episode on our show, Captain Ingle and I set a course for the end of the 24th century and the misadventures of the USS Titan-A. In this particular outing, Admiral Picard and Captain Riker attempt to rescue Beverly Crusher as a mysterious vessel called the Shrike emerges hunting for young Jack Crusher. Against his wishes, Captain Liam Shaw of the Titan gets drawn in to the conflict, and things quickly spiral out of control. Join us as we go boldly!

On this week's episode on our show, we set a course for the turn of the 25th century and the wild adventures of the supposedly retired Jean-Luc Picard. Having been injured defending his ancestor, Admiral Picard ends up in a coma, and his comrades determine that he is fighting an internal battle against his own personal demons. Tallinn uses her advanced technology to enter his mind and determine how to solve this puzzle. Join us as we go boldly!

SHOW NOTES: It's the fiftieth numbered episode! Do our brave and casual explorers want to do something special? Do they want to drastically alter the podcast's format and mission statement (Miles is still holding out for #blakesboys), not particually, but they're interested in when Star Trek's done it! Join them as they finally talk about Star Trek The Original Series' second attempt at securing a series as we meet Captain James R. Kirk as he goes ‘Where No-Man Has Gone Before' and proceeds to meet our first Godlike being who needs a swift beating. Then, in Discovery's ‘That Hope is You Part 1' we heard into the 32nd Century, but discover that Star Wars-style wretched hives of scum and villainy still exist, but we finally get a chance to make the Ship's Cat actually pull his weight around here. Finally to round it all off, we watch ‘Star Trek: Picard's' second season opener ‘The Stargazer', and even technical problems with the call can't stop us from realising that the show has some problems with repeating itself. Will there be drastic podcast changes in the future? If Miles doesn't stop trying to make #blakesboys a thing, possibly! Episodes talked about: ‘Where No-Man Has Gone Before' (13:10), ‘That Hope is You- Part 1,'(41:11) and ‘The Stargazer.'TECHNICAL NOTES: We have a escalating series of technical issues during both the ‘Discovery' and ‘Picard' portions of the episode, we did our best to put together what we could and we apologize for the inconvenience. TALKING POINTS INCLUDE: The New-52, the UNIT era of Doctor Who, first world aspiring writer problems, The Dark Knight Returns, Miles feels like he makes a point and Charlie utterly proves him wrong (this is Miles writing the notes), Severance, Miles getting two entirely different shows mixed up, Miles does NOT want the Confederacy marching up his road, Gary Mitchell and Kelso, we hardly knew ya, where ‘The Cage' and ‘No-Man' are different and where does one work over the other, Kirk's stunt-double, defeating gods with a humble f*****g boulder to their entire body, the different uniforms, Roddenberry's horny casting premises, Spock's shouting again, Big Kirk Nerd, we go on a pretty lengthy digression about Star Wars… for some reason that's totally unrelated to the episode of Discovery, never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem, Miles makes a reference to ‘Blake's 7' that he feels is utterly valid, Michael Burnham getting to change and evolve, Book, Grudge and the Ship's Cat list, Covid-era SFX, the moment that makes both Miles and Charlie tear up, how Discovery advances the technology of Star Trek and how difficult it is on SF TV to make the far-future believable while not being silly, We Don't Talk About Bruno and a quick digression into Disney films, people wanting to ride Admiral Picard's Sexy Bald Head, Picard really shouldn't be having a midlife crisis in his 90s, Star Trek Captains just don't do personal lives, where Season 2 and Season 3 of Picard really have some noticeable similarities, Charlie still doesn't care for Elnor, John DeLancie is always a delight, there's a lot of smoking weirdness in Picard, we do actually like stuff about Picard honest, honest, honest, awkward personal drama on the Bridge, would Picard smoke a pipe? Secret +2! PEDANT'S CORNER: Eastenders isn't a sitcom, it's a soap opera that makes Game of Thrones look like the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. Severance and Succession are two different shows MILES

On this week's episode of our show, we take a look at the return of everyone's favorite Next Gen "villain", the omnipotent trickster Q. In order to teach Admiral Picard yet another lesson, his best frenemy sends the Admiral and his friends into an alternate universe where the aspirational Federation is replaced by a fascist Confederation, a dystopia whose most feared warrior is none other than Picard himself! It's up to our heroes to figure out how to fix this corrupted world and solve the puzzle Q has laid out for them. Join us as we go boldly!

In this week's episode, I rate the movies and TV shows I shaw in Winter 2024. This week's coupon is for the audiobook of GHOST IN THE PACT as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy. You can get the audiobook of GHOST IN THE PACT for 50% off at my Payhip store with this coupon code: MARCHEXILE The coupon code is valid through April 5th, 2024, so if you find yourself needing an audiobook to leap into spring, we've got one ready for you! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 192 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is March 15th, 2024, The Ides of March, which we're traditionally told to beware, and today we are looking at my Movie and TV Review Roundup for Winter 2024. Before we do that, we will do Coupon of the Week, an update on my current writing projects, and our Question of the Week. So first up, Coupon of the Week. This week's coupon is for the audiobook of Ghost in the Pact, as excellently narrated by Hollis McCarthy. You can get the audiobook for Ghost in the Pact for 50% off at my Payhip store with this coupon: MARCHEXILE and that is spelled MARCHEXILE. As always, the coupon code will be in the show notes. This coupon code is valid through April the 5th 2024. So if you find yourself needing an audiobook on this Ides of March, we've got one ready for you. So an update on my current writing projects. I am about 56% of the way through the first edit of Ghost in the Veils. That means the book should be on track to come out before Easter (which is at the end of March this year), if all goes well. I'm also 40,000 words into Wizard Thief, so hopefully that will come out before too much longer after Ghost in the Veils. I'm 11,000 words into Cloak of Titans. So that is where we're at with my current writing projects. 00:01:19 Question of the Week Now on to our new feature: Question of the Week. This week's question is inspired by the fact that I've spent a lot of the last few weeks setting up my new computer and getting it configured properly. So the question is: what is the first computer you ever used? No wrong answers, obviously. Joachim says his first personal computer was an Atari 1040 ST with 1 MB of RAM. I participated in the “religious war” with the Amiga 500 users, which was better and looked down at the MS-DOS PCs, which only has 640 kilobytes of RAM. Justin says: my first computer was a Timex Sinclair. It had two kilobytes of RAM and I forked out $50 for the 16 KB RAM extender module. The manual that comes with it says you will never need this much memory. I use a cassette tape recorder/player to record more programs and it ran a 300 baud. Todd says his first computer was in 1994. I purchased a 486 DX 2 8 megabytes of RAM for use in school. I believe the hard drive was about 250 MB. The monitor weighed a ton. I wrote a bunch of machine code and played Wolfenstein 3D like crazy. Tarun says in 1993 it was a 386 with four megawatts of RAM with Windows 3.1. I played a lot of Prince of Persia and got bad grades in school. Then the computer was locked up. In my educational defense, I did do some Pascal programming. AM says: my first computer was an Apple IIe at school. Getting to play Number Munchers or Oregon Trail on it was some kind of behavioral reward (and a very effective one at that). William says his first computer was a Macintosh SE in my parent's home office, though “using” is an overstatement since all I did was play a few simple preinstalled games. I also have fond memories of playing the original King's Quest with said parents and something like a Compaq Portable. Rich says Commodore 64 with cassette drive. Didn't have cassette the first day. Spent the whole day punching in code for a blackjack game. My sister walks into the room to turn the computer off, erasing everything. That is a bummer. Juana says: a Gateway. My whole family came to gawk at it, and me setting it up! It had 120 megabytes of RAM. Twice what was the ones that used in the college computer lab! I thought I was set for life. Venus says Commodore Vic20. We played Radar Rat Race and Mom gave us a stack of computer magazines and tape recorder, so we played every game that was in the magazines at the time after we typed in the programs and saved them to the tapes. You are the first person outside my family that ever heard also had one. More on that later. Cheryl says: we got our first computer in the early ‘90s: an Amstrad with an AWA printer. I was doing courses for work, so I needed something to print the assignments, but we also played games on it: Wolfenstein, Lemmings, and Stock Markets. They're the only ones I can remember. Craig says: Apple IIe. I'm oldish. With dot matrix printer and handheld modem, dial-up Internet access, the one you had the dial phone into the holding cradle after you called it in. Tracy says: at college we used the TRS80s. I think she may win the award for oldest computer mentioned in this topic. And Perry says: IBM PC clone at school, a friend's family had a Commodore 64. Our first family computer was a Commodore 128. For myself, I had the same first computer as Venus earlier in the thread. That would be a Commodore Vic20. It had 20 kilobytes of RAM and the Word file for the rough draft of Ghosts in the Veils, which I'm editing right now, is 355 kilobytes in size. So to load the Microsoft Word document of Ghosts in the Veils in Microsoft Word format, I would need about 18 different Commodore Vic 20 computers. That's like 1 computer per chapter and a half. So it is amusing to see how computer technology has changed quite a bit over time. 00:04:56 Winter 2024 Movie/TV Review Roundup Now to our main topic. We are inching closer to spring, so I think it's time for my Winter 2024 Movie Review Roundup. I got a Paramount Plus subscription to watch the Frasier reboot and since Paramount owns Star Trek and the Frasier reboot was only 10 episodes long, I ended up watching a chunk of modern Star Trek this winter. This was a new-ish experience because the last new Star Trek I watched was Star Trek Beyond way back in 2016. That was only eight years ago, but it's been a very eventful eight years, you know? I did watch a lot of Star Trek back in the 1990s. If you had held a gun to my head and demanded, you know, if I consider myself a Trekkie, I would say no, because I think Gene Roddenberry's socialist/utopian vision for the Federation that he put into Star Trek is fundamentally kind of goofy. The shows and movies were at their best when they stayed away from it or subverted it, like how the Federation can only be a utopia because Starfleet seems to have a Black Ops section that does all the unsanctioned dirty work and regularly runs amuck. Or like how Starfleet seems to have an actual mad science division that cooks up all kinds of nasty stuff. So anyway, these are the movies and shows I watched in Winter 2024, and as always, my ratings are wholly subjective and based on nothing more rigorous than my own opinions. We will go through these in order from least favorite to most favorite. So the first movie I watched was Now You See Me, which came out in 2013. Last year, I compared Adam Sandler's Murder Mystery movie to a C- student, but a fun C- student who everyone likes for his great parties and goes on to have a successful career as a regional sales manager. By contrast, Now You See Me is the sort of moody art student who always wears a black porkpie hat and thinks of himself or herself as deep and complicated, but in fact, they're just confusing. This is an apt comparison for this movie. Anyway, the plot centers around four sketchy magicians who are recruited by a mysterious organization called The Eye to carry out a series of high-profile heists using stage magic. I have to admit, that concept sounds even more ridiculous as I said the previous sentence. Anyway, after the first heist, the magicians become fugitives from the FBI but keep carrying on shows, sometimes staying ahead of law enforcement. The trouble is that nothing they do makes very much sense, and it all falls apart if you think about it for more than two seconds. Additionally, the movie overall feels very choppy since they rushed from scene to scene very quickly. The actors all gave very good performances that were entertaining to watch, but honestly, that was about the only thing the movie had going for it. Overall grade: D- Next up is The Marvels, which came out in 2023. This movie was logically incoherent, but actually rather charming and funny. It kind of reminds me of those ‘70s or ‘80s style science fiction movies that don't make much sense, though The Marvels was much lighter in tone than anything that came out in the science fiction space in the ‘60s or ‘70s. The movie got a bad rap because it didn't make back its budget, and apparently Disney rather shamefully threw the director under the bus. But to be fair, the budget for The Marvels was an enormous $274,000,000. To put this into context, the top three movies of 2023 (Barbie, Super Mario Brothers, and Oppenheimer) combined had a total budget across these three movies of $350 million, and together they grossed something like 15 times more than The Marvels did. Anyway, the plot picks up from the end of Ms. Marvel when Kamala Khan, Captain Marvel, and Monica Rambeau discover that their superpowers have become entangled. This means that if two of them use their powers at the same time, all three of them switch places randomly. This makes for a rather excellent fight scene earlier in the movie when the three characters don't know what's going on and are randomly teleporting between three different battles, much to the frequently amusing confusion of all participants. Once things settle down, Captain Marvel and her new friends realize that an old enemy of Captain Marvel is harvesting resources from worlds she cares about. So it's up to them to save Earth from this old enemy's vengeance. I have to admit, the plot of the movie didn't actually make much sense, but it was overall much funnier than Ant-Man 3 and Secret Invasion. The best thing about the movie was Kamala Khan and her family. Kamala, Monica, and Captain Marvel also had an entertaining dynamic together and the planet of space musicals was also pretty funny. I think the movie's biggest, unconquerable weakness was that it was the 33rd Marvel movie. There are all sorts of theories of why the movie didn't perform at the box office: superhero genre fatigue, everyone knew it would be on Disney Plus eventually, the lasting effects of COVID on movie theaters and the movie business, Disney throwing the director under the bus, Disney inserting itself into the US Cultural Wars, etcetera. All those reasons are subjective and subject to personal interpretation. What I think is objectively quantifiable is that The Marvels is the sequel to a lot of different Marvel stuff: The Avengers movie, Wandavision, Captain Marvel, the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, Secret Invasion, and Thor: Love and Thunder. That's like 50 to 60 plus hours of stuff to watch to fully understand the emotional significance of all the various characters in The Marvels. 50 to 60 hours of watching sounds like almost an entire entire semester's worth of homework assignments at this point. As someone who has written a lot of long series, I know that you lose some of the audience from book to book. I think that's ultimately why The Marvels didn't make back its budget. The Marvel movies as a series have just gone on too long and are just too interconnected. Ultimately, I am grateful to The Marvels. Realizing and understanding the concept of Marvel Continuity Lockout Syndrome helped me decide to write something new that wasn't a sequel or even connected to anything else I had written, which eventually led to Rivah Half-Elven and Half-Elven Thief. Overall grade: B- Our next movie is My Man Godfrey, which came out all the way back in 1936. This movie is considered the progenitor or one of the progenitors of the screwball comedy genre. A homeless man named Godfrey is living in a trash dump in New York, though despite his circumstances, Godfrey remained sharp and quick on his feet. One night, a wealthy woman named Cornelia approaches him and offers $5 if he'll come with her. Godfrey is naturally suspicious, but Cornelia assures him that she only needs to take him to a hotel to win a scavenger hunt by finding a forgotten man, which was a term President Roosevelt used to describe people who have been ruined by the Great Depression and then forgotten by the government. I have to admit, Cornelia immediately reminded me of the way the more obnoxious YouTubers and TikTokers will sometimes pay homeless people to participate in dance challenges and suchlike. King Solomon was indeed right when he said that there is nothing new under the sun and what has been done before will be done again. Anyway, Godfrey is offended by Cornell's imperious manner but after he sees Cornelia bullying her kindly but none too bright younger sister Irene, Godfrey decides he'll go with Irene so she can win. A grateful Irene offers him a job as the family's butler. At his first day at work, Godfrey very soon realizes the reason the family has gone through so many butlers: they are all certified certifiably and comedically insane. In addition to these other problems, Cornelia is harboring a massive grudge against Godfrey for losing the scavenger hunt and wants payback. Wacky hijinks ensue. Fortunately, Godfrey has some hidden depths that he will need, which include being much smarter than his employers. Admittedly, this is not hard. 1936 was towards the second half of the Great Depression in the United States, so obviously the movie has more than a bit of social commentary. The characters joked that prosperity is just around the corner and wonder where they can find that corner. The rich characters are uniformly portrayed as some combination of frivolous, clueless, or malicious. I think the movie was pretty funny, if sharply so, but the big weakness was that the male and female leads were so clearly unsuited for each other but got together at the end of the movie simply because it was the end of the movie. Still, it was definitely worth watching because you can see how this movie influenced many other movies after it. I definitely recommend watching it with captions if possible, because while human nature has not changed in the last 90 years, sound technology has in fact improved quite a bit. Overall grade: B. Next up is Charade, which came out in 1963. This is a sort of romantic comedy, sort of thriller that has Audrey Hepburn playing Regina, an American living in Paris who is in the process of getting divorced from her husband. When she returns to Paris, she learns that her husband was murdered in her absence and it turns out that he was in possession of $250,000 he stole from the US government during World War II. Regina had no idea about any of this, but the US government thinks that she has the money stashed away somewhere. It turns out that her late husband also betrayed the men he worked with to steal the money and they're convinced that she has the money as well, and they're going to get it from Regina regardless of what they have to do. Regina's only ally in this mess is a mysterious man calling himself Peter Joshua (played by Cary Grant), who may or may not be one of the other thieves operating under an assumed identity. I liked this movie, but I think it had two structural problems. First, Regina wasn't all that bright, though she did get smarter as the movie went on, probably out of sheer necessity. Second, it had some severe mood whiplash. The movie couldn't decide if he was a lighthearted romantic comedy or gritty thriller, though finally snapped into focus as a pretty good thriller in the last third of the movie. Amusing tidbit: Cary Grant only agreed to do the movie if Audrey Hepburn's character would be the one chasing his character in their romance, since he thought their age gap would be inappropriate otherwise, because he was so much older than Hepburn at the time of filming. Overall grade: B+ Next up is the new Frasier series from 2023. I admit I had very, very low expectations for this, but it was considerably better than I thought it would be. My low expectations came partly because the original show was so good. Some seasons were stronger than others, of course, but the show had some absolute masterpieces of sitcom comedy throughout its entire run. Some of this was because I think the 2020s are a much more humorless and dour age than the 1990s, so I had my doubts whether the new show could be funny at all. Fortunately, my doubts were misplaced. The new Frasier is actually pretty good. It's interesting that the show's generational dynamic has been flipped on its head. In the original show, the pretentious Frasier lived with his working-class father. 20 years later, it's now Frasier who lives with his son Freddie, who dropped out of Harvard to become a firefighter and consciously rejected his father's love of intellectualism and cultural elitism. The inversion of the original dynamic works quite well. It has some moments of genuine comedy because, like his father before him, Freddie is more like his father than he realizes. The show also avoided the pitfall of bringing back legacy characters that Disney and Lucasfilm stumbled into with Star Wars and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Disney brought back legacy characters like Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones but made them into sad, old losers. Frasier, by contrast, while frequently an unsympathetic comedy protagonist who brings his own misfortunes onto his own head, is most definitely not a sad old loser. He's famous, respected, and wealthy enough that he can afford to buy an apartment building in Boston at the drop of a hat. If you know anything about the United States, you know that the East Coast is the most expensive area of the of the country. Despite that, he remains the same well-meaning buffoon that he always was, the sort of man who, as a colleague aptly says, always goes that extra, ill-advised mile. There's a story that when Ricky Gervais was advising the creators of the American version of The Office, one of his chief pieces of advice was that Michael Scott could not be as incompetent as David Brent was in the original UK version of the show. American culture, Mr. Gervais said, was generally much less forgiving of incompetence than British culture. I thought of this as I watched Frasier because all the characters were in fact extremely competent at their jobs. Even Frasier himself, when he finally gets out of his own way, is a very good psychiatrist and teacher. Anyway, the show was funny and I think it deserves a second season. We'll see if that happens or not. Overall grade: A- Next up is Star Trek: Lower Decks Seasons One through Four, which came out from between 2020 and 2023. As I mentioned earlier, I ended up subscribing to Paramount Plus for a month after I watched Frasier, so I decided to watch Star Trek Lower Decks, since I'm forever seeing clips of that show turning up on social media. Lower Decks is a pitch perfect, affectionate parody of Star Trek from the point of view of four relatively hapless ensigns on the Cerritos, one of Starfleet's somewhat less prestigious ships. We have the self-sabotaging rebel Mariner, the insecure and ambitious Boimler, the enthusiastic science girl Tendi, and cheerful engineer Rutherford, who nonetheless has a dark and mysterious past that he can't remember. Season Four also adds T'Lyn, a Vulcan whose mild expressions of carefully measured annoyance make her a dangerous loose cannon by Vulcan standards. The show is hilarious because it makes fun of Star Trek tropes while wholeheartedly embracing them. The ensigns run into a lot of insane computers, random space anomalies, rubber forehead aliens, and other Star Trek tropes, including the grand and venerable Star Trek tradition of the Insane Admiral. Starfleet officers always seem to go off the deep end when they get promoted to Starfleet Command. The senior officers are also varying degrees of insane and drama generators. Starfleet, from the point of view of the Cerritos crew, is a vast bureaucratic organization that veers between ineffective idealism, blatant careerism, and whatever crazy project the Insane Admiral of the Week is pursuing. Yet since American sitcom characters have to be competent (like we just talked about above with Frasier), when the crisis really kicks into high gear, the Cerritos crew can pull itself together and save the galaxy with the best of them. I did like how the show grows from an affectionate parody to its own thing, with all the characters experiencing struggles and personal growth in their arcs. I liked it enough that when the 5th season of Lower Decks comes out, I'll subscribe to another month of Paramount Plus (assuming Paramount Plus still exists and hasn't been brought up by Warner Brothers or Skydance or something). Overall grade: A- Next up is Predator, which came out in 1987. When Carl Weathers died in early February of 2024, I realized I had never actually got around to seeing Predator. So I did and I'm glad that I watched it. Predator was an excellent blending of thriller, science fiction, and horror. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Dutch, who commands a team of operators who do Black Ops work for the CIA. Since it's 1987, the CIA is up to its traditional shenanigans in Central America and Dutch is dispatched to help out his old friend Dillon (played by Carl Weathers), who has been ostensibly assigned to rescue a Pro-American cabinet minister from rebel guerrillas in the jungle. Since this is the CIA, naturally there is more than the mission than is apparent on the surface. However, the mission quickly becomes irrelevant when Dutch and his team realize they are being hunted by an unknown creature with capabilities unlike anything they have ever seen before. It turns out the creature is the Predator, an alien hunter who comes to Earth and takes human skulls as trophies. Soon the movie turns into a death match duel between Dutch and the Predator. The movie did a very good job of showing the Predator's capabilities such as stealth, heat vision, and his shoulder laser without explicitly spelling them out for the audience. It was a very well put together piece of storytelling and it is of course the source of the famous Internet meme of a muscular white arm gripping a muscular black arm and also Schwarzenegger's famous line of “Get to the choppa!” Also to quote a famous Internet meme, if you had a nickel for every future governor of a US state who is in this movie, you would have two nickels, which is not a lot, but even two is pretty weird, right? Overall grade: A. Now for the favorite thing I saw in winter 2024. That honor goes to Star Trek: Picard Season Three, which came out in 2023. Honestly, this was so much better than I thought it was going to be. I thought I would watch one or two episodes and then give up. Instead I watched the whole thing in like two days over the New Year's holiday. I watched the first episode of Picard Season One way back in 2020 was free on YouTube, but I didn't like it enough to subscribe to CBS All Access (or whatever the heck it was back then). The first episode also seemed more ponderous and dour in the sort of 21st century realistic prestige television snooze fest than I really wanted to watch. But Season Three of the show got high reviews from people whose opinions I generally respect when it came out in early 2023. Since I had Paramount Plus for a month because of Frasier, I decided to give it a go. I'm glad I did. How to describe the plot? You may remember that back in summer 2023, I watched the Battleship movie. Battleship is objectively a bad movie, but it does have one interesting subplot that would make a good movie all on its own. When space aliens imprison most of the US Navy, a bunch of retired veterans take a decommissioned battleship out to war to save the day. This basically is the plot of Picard Season 3. The plot kicks off when Doctor Crusher contacts Admiral Picard after they have not spoken for twenty years. Apparently, Picard had a son named Jack with Crusher that she never told him about and mysterious assailants are trying to kidnap Jack. On the original show, Picard and Crusher definitely gave off the vibe that they probably got romantic whenever they were alone in the elevator together. The fact that Doctor Crusher got pregnant with Picard's son is not all that surprising. Picard had always been adamant about his desire not to start a family and given that any son of the legendary Captain Picard would be a target for his equally legendary enemies, Crusher decided to keep the boy a secret. Picard, understandably, is shocked by the news, but teams up with his former first officer, Captain Riker, to rescue his son. Jack has an extensive Robin Hood-esque criminal history, so it seems that his misdeeds might have caught up to him. It turns out that deadly weapon is locked in Jack's DNA and the people pursuing him aren't merely criminals but powerful enemies intent on destroying Starfleet and the Federation. Jack Crusher's DNA will give them a weapon to do it, which means it's up to the crew of The Enterprise to save the galaxy one last time. This was ten episodes, but it was very, very tightly plotted, with not many wasted moments. Sometimes you see movies that seem like they should have been streaming shows, and sometimes streaming shows seem like they really should have been cut down to movie length. But Picard's Season Three does a good job of telling a tense story that we've been impossible either in a movie or the old days of network television. The show very quickly plunges into the crisis and keeps moving from new tension to new tension. The gradual reveal where Picard at first feels guilty that he has to ask his friends to help rescue his estranged son and ex-girlfriend like he's living his own personal version of some trashy daytime TV show, only to slowly realize that something much more dangerous and much, much bigger than his personal problems is happening, was put together well. The show was also another good example of how to bring back legacy characters right. All the characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation are older and have been knocked around by life or suffered personal tragedies, but none of them are sad old losers like in a Disney or Lucasfilm project. The new and supporting characters were also great. Seven of Nine returns as the first officer to Captain Shaw, a by the book officer who thinks Picard and Riker are dangerous mavericks. He has a point. Shaw turns out to be extremely competent in a crisis. Amanda Plummer was great as Vadic, a scenery chewing villain who has very good reasons to hate Starfleet and the Federation. Vadic's love of spinning directly in her command chair was a great homage to Amanda Plummer's late father, Christopher Plummer, who played a villain with a similar tic way back in Star Trek VI in the ‘90s. It is also great how the show wrapped up some of the dangling plot threads from the ‘90s, like Picard's strained relationship with his former mentee Commander Ro Laren or the brief return of Elizabeth Shelby, Riker's former First Officer. A few people have complained that Worf is now a pacifist, but he's a Klingon pacifist, which basically means he'll attempt negotiation before cutting off your head, but he is still probably going to cut off your head. Less Conan the Barbarian, more serene Warrior Monk. I think Data had an excellent ending to his character arc, which started with his character's very first appearance way back in the ‘80s and Brent Spiner did a good job of portraying Data's fractured personalities and then how they achieved unity. I'd say the weakest point of the show was how consistently dumb Starfleet command is. The plot hinged around Starfleet gathering its entire fleet together for a celebration and then putting all those ships under a remote control system, which seems both exceptionally stupid and very convenient for the bad guys. But to be fair, this is Starfleet, an organization whose high command regularly spits out insane Admirals and also has an unsanctioned Black Ops/Mad Science division that it can't control, so it definitely fits within the overall context of Star Trek. I mean, that's like half the premise of Lower Decks. And if you've ever worked for a large governmental, military, healthcare, or educational institution, you understand. We all know that working in a large institution under leaders who are either insane or dumb isn't exactly an anomaly in the human experience. I mean, the Roman Empire circa 190 A.D. was the most powerful institution on the planet and the Empire's maximum leader liked to spend his time LARPing as a gladiator in the Coliseum. Anyway, the emotional payoff at the end of Picard Season Three was very satisfying, and how the show wrapped up a lot of threads from Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager was pretty great. It's like the people who were in charge of Season Three of Picard watched the Star Wars sequel trilogy and thought, you know, we can do better and then they did. Overall grade: A So those are the movies and TV shows I watched in Winter 2024. If you're looking for something to watch, hopefully one of them sounds like it will catch your interest. That's it for this week. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform or choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

Is the new Prince of Persia all it's cracked up to be? Paul weighs up the pros and cons before Rad Samsings the praises of the new Samsung S24... even if they are a little skin-deep. The incredibly lifelike Admiral Picard from Exo-6 sends Paul deep into his new dollhouse era, and finally, Rad re-revisits The Last of Us II for some freshly-upscaled trauma. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode of Random Trek, Captain Ingle and I set a course for the early years of the 25th century and the voyages of the USS Titan-A. When retired Admiral Picard receives a call for help from Dr. Beverly Crusher, he asks his former first officer Captain Will Riker to pull a few strings to help them charter a ship and go rescue their friend. As the good doctor has warned them not to trust anyone, Picard and Riker attempt to conceal the true nature of their mission from the Titan's obnoxious captain with rather mixed results. Join us as we go boldly! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pageturnerstheywerenot/message

In Episode 309 of STAR TREK: PICARD on Paramount Plus, Counselor Deanna Troi and Admiral Picard's son, Jack, open the red door in Jack's mind. They find there's a Borg Cube lurking behind the red door. Picard's crew discover that the Borg Collective rewrote part of Picard's genetic code with Borg information when the Borg captured him 35 years ago. He's passed this rewritten code onto Jack, and now the Borg are using it to assimilate the whole fleet of the Federation and attack Earth on Frontier Day. How will Picard's crew reverse this disaster?

Admiral Picard and his friends sort everything out in the end. Join your teary-eyed hosts as they discuss the excellent conclusion to Star Trek: Picard. Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of this episode, so if you haven't had a chance to see it yet – beware! Next week: We discuss a couple of TAS wild ones, the season 1 finale, "The Jihad" and the season 2 premiere, "The Pirates of Orion" Note that this and all episodes of the It's Got Star Trek podcast contain explicit language and, frankly, an unnecessary amount of offensive content, so the show is intended only for adults and really really cool kids. Please utilize one of the following options if you have an interest in contacting your hosts: Email us at feedback@itsgotstartrek.com Twitter us @ItsGotStarTrek Mastodon us @ItsGotStarTrek@tenforward.social Instagramaphone us @ItsGotStarTrek Facebookify us @ItsGotStarTrek Watch a static image while listening to the podcast on YouTube Telephone us at 202-456-1414 You can also visit www.itsgotstartrek.com and leave a comment or head on over to the It's Got Everything subreddit to join the discussion.

Admiral Picard is demoted to Captain. Join your Borg-wary hosts as they discuss the return of a frequently-returning antagonist, gripping and intense storytelling, and what the casts of Star Trek: Picard and The Goonies just might have in common. Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of this episode, so if you haven't had a chance to see it yet – beware! Next week: We continue our weekly coverage of the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard with our discussion of "The Last Generation" Note that this and all episodes of the It's Got Star Trek podcast contain explicit language and, frankly, an unnecessary amount of offensive content, so the show is intended only for adults and really really cool kids. Please utilize one of the following options if you have an interest in contacting your hosts: Email us at feedback@itsgotstartrek.com Twitter us @ItsGotStarTrek Mastodon us @ItsGotStarTrek@tenforward.social Instagramaphone us @ItsGotStarTrek Facebookify us @ItsGotStarTrek Watch a static image while listening to the podcast on YouTube Telephone us at 202-456-1414 You can also visit www.itsgotstartrek.com and leave a comment or head on over to the It's Got Everything subreddit to join the discussion.

Captain Bubbles (A.K.A. Shannon) is finally reunited with her collective and all but forgets about her fascination with Laris while the crew of Starfleet Section 35 Chief Commander Klinger (Jake) and Guest Star Mr. Mot (A.K.A. SP or StarPi from Voices Of Defiance and Legends Of S.H.I.E.L.D.) discuss and review the Picard season 3 ninth and penultimate episode "Vox." The crew discuss the episode's writing, big Borg reveal, the counseling Jack Crusher will need, the carpet onboard the Enterprise, Shaw's sacrifice, and the painfully slow moving Starfleet attack on Spacedock. The trio have a lot of fun along the way and look forward to their opportunities to see the finale on IMAX (if it's available to them). Join the crew and let them know what you think. Shannon's Medical Expenses GoFundMe (#HelpShannon after Brain Aneurysm): https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-help-family-with-medical-expenses Email: stargatepioneer@gonnageek.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/trek_worlds Best place to find SP: http://www.GonnaGeek.com/discord Best place to find Jake: https://twitter.com/cynicaloldman48 Best place to find Shannon: https://twitter.com/syfygurl _________________________________________________ LINKS DISCUSSED IN THE PODCAST EPISODE: Mr. Mot: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Mot https://screenrant.com/star-trek-picard-worf-enterprise-captain-starfleet-how/ Last Best Hope Worf's ascendance to commanding the Enterprise is detailed in the canonical prequel novel, Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack.  When news of the Romulan supernova reached Starfleet, Picard was summoned to Starfleet Headquarters in San Francisco. In a meeting with Commander-in-Chief Victor Bordson and Captain Kirsten Clancy (Ann Magnuson), Picard accepted a long-overdue promotion to Admiral in order to lead the Romulan rescue mission. But this meant Picard had to immediately relinquish command of his beloved Enterprise so, naturally, he suggested Worf, his current First Officer to become the new Captain. But Clancy balked at Worf getting the big chair and for good reason: the Klingon has a permanent black mark on his record. In the DS9 season 6 episode "Change of Heart", Worf allowed a Starfleet Intelligence operative to during a secret mission, choosing, instead, to rescue his injured wife Dax on the planet Soukara. Afterward, Captain Sisko told Worf that "[Starfleet will] probably never give you a command of your own after this." Captain Clancy was correct to raise this disciplinary issue with Worf taking command of the Enterprise, which is the flagship of the United Federation of Planets. Picard argued for his First Officer's spotless record since that incident, which occurred almost a decade before this meeting. As to the question of Worf's judgment, Picard noted that the memory of that mistake makes Worf even more careful about his decision-making. Picard was also offended at the idea that he would select Worf to be his First Officer if he didn't think the Klingon was capable of being a worthy Captain someday. Picard won the argument when he pointed out that a century prior, during the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the Klingons came to the Federation for help and they eventually became such staunch allies that a Klingon rose to the position of commanding the Federation flagship. Jean-Luc's point was that the Romulans could see the symbolism, which would help them understand what was possible in a long-term peace with the Federation. Clancy finally relented and she admitted that "The optics were good". With that, Admiral Picard officially relinquished command of the Enterprise to the newly-promoted Captain Worf. via: https://screenrant.com/star-trek-picard-worf-enterprise-captain-starfleet-how/  Star Trek: Why Didn't Tasha Yar Return for Picard? https://movieweb.com/why-didnt-tasha-yar-return-for-picard/    

Hello and welcome to the 40th episode of Rewind!! Can you believe it? We can't! but don't worry, the jokes are as same as the ones in episode 4, 17, 25...you know the drill. Join Haley and Sara today as they sit down to discuss that time travel Riker episode, Future Imperfect. Riker wakes up and 16 years have passed, he's the Captain, and Admiral Picard is hanging out on a Romulan ship? Riker has a son?! Riker still can't play the high note in Misty on that ol' trombone of his. There's no way this is real?! Who's behind this madness? Minuet perhaps? Haley and Sara also discuss other nonsense such as classic goofs and errors from this episode, Picard season 3 episode 3 and how it went when we went for pedicures together. Spoiler alert, we had a great time and our toes love us. You can find Rewind and other phenomenal podcasts on the Trek Geeks podcast Network http://trekgeeks.com Thank you to our sponsors Fan Sets! - our pins...have character. http://fansets.com Follow Sara on twitter @VanIslandSara Big thank you to 5 Year Mission for our amazing theme music. Check out their podcast on the network and check out their music at FiveYearMission.net

Hello and welcome to the 40th episode of Rewind!! Can you believe it? We can't! but don't worry, the jokes are as same as the ones in episode 4, 17, 25...you know the drill. Join Haley and Sara today as they sit down to discuss that time travel Riker episode, Future Imperfect. Riker wakes up and 16 years have passed, he's the Captain, and Admiral Picard is hanging out on a Romulan ship? Riker has a son?! Riker still can't play the high note in Misty on that ol' trombone of his. There's no way this is real?! Who's behind this madness? Minuet perhaps? Haley and Sara also discuss other nonsense such as classic goofs and errors from this episode, Picard season 3 episode 3 and how it went when we went for pedicures together. Spoiler alert, we had a great time and our toes love us. You can find Rewind and other phenomenal podcasts on the Trek Geeks podcast Network http://trekgeeks.com Thank you to our sponsors Fan Sets! - our pins...have character. http://fansets.com Follow Sara on twitter @VanIslandSara Big thank you to 5 Year Mission for our amazing theme music. Check out their podcast on the network and check out their music at FiveYearMission.net

Admiral Picard uses his son as bait in a wicked game of cat and mouse. Join your predominantly anti-genocide hosts as they discuss sinister backstories, multiple mysteries, and activities that should be generally avoided on the elevator. Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of this episode, so if you haven't had a chance to see it yet – beware! Next week: We continue our weekly coverage of the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard with our discussion of "Surrender" Note that this and all episodes of the It's Got Star Trek podcast contain explicit language and, frankly, an unnecessary amount of offensive content, so the show is intended only for adults and really really cool kids. Please utilize one of the following options if you have an interest in contacting your hosts: Email us at feedback@itsgotstartrek.com Twitter us @ItsGotStarTrek Mastodon us @ItsGotStarTrek@tenforward.social Instagramaphone us @ItsGotStarTrek Facebookify us @ItsGotStarTrek Watch a static image while listening to the podcast on YouTube Telephone us at 202-456-1414 You can also visit www.itsgotstartrek.com and leave a comment or head on over to the It's Got Everything subreddit to join the discussion.

Admiral Picard seeks help from an old friend, while old friends Worf and Riker discover another old friend with the help of a newish friend. Join your cloaked Klingon hosts as they discuss the deft application of nostalgia within the framework of an intriguing plot, exquisitely written and acted character growth moments, and all that goo shit. Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of this episode, so if you haven't had a chance to see it yet – beware! Next week: We continue our weekly coverage of the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard with our discussion of "Dominion" Note that this and all episodes of the It's Got Star Trek podcast contain explicit language and, frankly, an unnecessary amount of offensive content, so the show is intended only for adults and really really cool kids. Please utilize one of the following options if you have an interest in contacting your hosts: Email us at feedback@itsgotstartrek.com Twitter us @ItsGotStarTrek Mastodon us @ItsGotStarTrek@tenforward.social Instagramaphone us @ItsGotStarTrek Facebookify us @ItsGotStarTrek Watch a static image while listening to the podcast on YouTube Telephone us at 202-456-1414 You can also visit www.itsgotstartrek.com and leave a comment or head on over to the It's Got Everything subreddit to join the discussion.

Tonight's show had two distinct areas of focus, but both of them asked the same question, "Is xxx Worth It?" The first topic was Admiral Picard, this months epic officer. Use cases were presented and ways to use him INSIDE of existing PVP crews were discussed. Can he make a difference to you? There are a lot of variables, but whatever you decide, do it quickly. He's got one chance left at bulk shards. THEN we turn our attention to some of the new primes in the game. Damage? Repairs? Parts? Which of these are worth their salt and WHY? Let's discuss Visit us online at www.UltimatDJzPlayz.com for more info! 

Admiral Picard navigates a Wrath of Khan nebula scenario - but against a foe whose pattern indicates four dimensional thinking! Join your thoroughly-solid hosts as they discuss shifty shapeshifters, wormhole aliens, and whether or not to add sugar to chamomile tea. Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of this episode, so if you haven't had a chance to see it yet – beware! Next week: We continue our weekly coverage of the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard with our discussion of "No Win Scenario" Note that this and all episodes of the It's Got Star Trek podcast contain explicit language and, frankly, an unnecessary amount of offensive content, so the show is intended only for adults and really really cool kids. Please utilize one of the following options if you have an interest in contacting your hosts: Email us at feedback@itsgotstartrek.com Twitter us @ItsGotStarTrek Mastodon us @ItsGotStarTrek@tenforward.social Instagramaphone us @ItsGotStarTrek Facebookify us @ItsGotStarTrek Watch a static image while listening to the podcast on YouTube Telephone us at 202-456-1414 You can also visit www.itsgotstartrek.com and leave a comment or head on over to the It's Got Everything subreddit to join the discussion.

Admiral Picard learns a secret while some new person wants to mess around with the subject of that secret, much to Admiral Picard's emotionally complex dismay. Join your communicative-with-nothing-but-a-glance-but-that-doesn't-work-on-a-podcast hosts as they discuss visceral excitement, taught drama, and room-temperature Slug-o-Cola™. Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of this episode, so if you haven't had a chance to see it yet – beware! Next week: We continue our weekly coverage of the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard with our discussion of "Seventeen Seconds" Note that this and all episodes of the It's Got Star Trek podcast contain explicit language and, frankly, an unnecessary amount of offensive content, so the show is intended only for adults and really really cool kids. Please utilize one of the following options if you have an interest in contacting your hosts: Email us at feedback@itsgotstartrek.com Twitter us @ItsGotStarTrek Mastodon us @ItsGotStarTrek@tenforward.social Instagramaphone us @ItsGotStarTrek Facebookify us @ItsGotStarTrek Watch a static image while listening to the podcast on YouTube Telephone us at 202-456-1414 You can also visit www.itsgotstartrek.com and leave a comment or head on over to the It's Got Everything subreddit to join the discussion.

Admiral Picard responds to a distress call from Dr. Crusher, but first has to deal with a really mean man. Join your nostalgia-ridden hosts as they discuss old friends, new enemies, and monstrous meals. Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of this episode, so if you haven't had a chance to see it yet – beware! Next week: We continue our weekly coverage of the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard with our discussion of "Disengage" Note that this and all episodes of the It's Got Star Trek podcast contain explicit language and, frankly, an unnecessary amount of offensive content, so the show is intended only for adults and really really cool kids. Please utilize one of the following options if you have an interest in contacting your hosts: Email us at feedback@itsgotstartrek.com Twitter us @ItsGotStarTrek Mastodon us @ItsGotStarTrek@tenforward.social Instagramaphone us @ItsGotStarTrek Facebookify us @ItsGotStarTrek Watch a static image while listening to the podcast on YouTube Telephone us at 202-456-1414 You can also visit www.itsgotstartrek.com and leave a comment or head on over to the It's Got Everything subreddit to join the discussion. Don't say we didn't give you options.

Picard and Guinan face off against Fox Mulder. Join your replicake-loving hosts as they discuss maniacal motivations, expanding the lore versus upgrading the visuals, and the potential fates of various characters. Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of this episode, so if you haven't had a chance to see it yet – beware! Next week: We continue our weekly coverage of Star Trek: Picard's second season with 'Hide and Seek' Note that this and all episodes of the It's Got Star Trek podcast contain explicit language and, frankly, an unnecessary amount of offensive content, so the show is intended only for adults and really really cool kids. Please utilize one of the following options if you have an interest in contacting your hosts: Email us at feedback@itsgotstartrek.com Twitter us @ItsGotStarTrek Instagramaphone us @ItsGotStarTrek Facebookify us @ItsGotStarTrek Watch a static image while listening to the podcast on YouTube Telephone us at 202-456-1414 You can also visit www.itsgotstartrek.com and leave a comment or head on over to the It's Got Everything subreddit to join the discussion. Don't say we didn't give you options here!

STAR TREK: PICARD has never lived up to its name as much as right now as this week's episode takes us on a journey inside to mind of Picard. Get ready for some retconned backstory for Admiral Picard as we learn some new secrets of the Picard family and the debate that is sure to spark in the fandom.As always, available in both video and audio-only formats.Check us out on YouTube:https://youtu.be/_GVHgji_PcQhttp://www.Tex-Trek.comhttp://www.facebook.com/textrekhttp://twitter.com/TxTrekEmail: fathereeactual@tex-trek.comThis Podcast is Sponsored By Treksphere:https://treksphere.com/

Admiral Picard is nervous about taking his new body our for a spin. Join your Q-curious hosts as they discuss the brilliantly-layered start to Season 2, consider what makes Picard different from other Star Trek series, and briefly debate what snatched young Jean Luc's mom. Spoiler warning! We dive right into a detail-rich discussion of this episode, so if you haven't had a chance to see it yet – beware! Next week: We offer another double helping of Discovery and Picard! Note that this and all episodes of the It's Got Star Trek podcast contain explicit language and, frankly, an unnecessary amount of offensive content, so the show is intended only for adults and really really cool kids. Please utilize one of the following options if you have an interest in contacting your hosts: Email us at feedback@itsgotstartrek.com Twitter us @ItsGotStarTrek Instagramaphone us @ItsGotStarTrek Facebookify us @ItsGotStarTrek Watch a static image while listening to the podcast on YouTube Telephone us at 202-456-1414 You can also visit www.itsgotstartrek.com and leave a comment or head on over to the It's Got Everything subreddit to join the discussion. Don't say we didn't give you options here!

Welcome back fellow Trekkers and Trekkies for our Star Trek Picard Season 2 Episode 1 Podcast. We discuss the season 2 premiere "The Star Gazer". Star Trek Picard Season 2 Episode 1 Podcast Synopsis Executive Producers: Michael Chabon & Kirsten Beyer & Akiva Goldsman & Alex Kurtzman Story by: Akiva Goldsman & Terry Matalas Episode Directed By: Douglas Aarniokoski One and a half years after becoming a synthetic life on Coppelius, Admiral Jean Luc Picard has returned to tending his vines with Laris at Chateau Picard and leading Starfleet Academy. Aboard the newly refitted Star Gazer, Captain Rios and his crew discover a spatial anomaly with a simple message. They want to join the Federation but only if they can deal directly with Admiral Picard. How We Discuss Star Trek Picard. Each of your hosts chose a BIG moment, their Medium sized moment and a small moment for the episode under the headings of The Prime Directive, The Omega Directive and their Number 1 moment. Star Trek Picard Pub Quiz We're bringing it back for our Star Trek Picard Pub quiz. Send in your answer to each of the questions to feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com The person who answers the most questions correctly throughout the series will win some Star Trek related goodies on the final podcast after Episode 10. Ten Forward Pub Quiz Season 2 Question 1: What are the five salutations given between Picard and Laris over a glass of red wine at Chateau Picard? Leaving Feedback for Star Trek Picard Leave us a voicemail here, join our Facebook group and leave your thoughts on the spoiler posts there https://facebook.com/groups/tvpodcastindustries or let us know what you think by emailing us at feedback@tvpodcastindustries.com. Follow us and Subscribe to the Podcast Thanks so much for joining us for our Star Trek Picard Season 2 Episode 1 Podcast about "The Star Gazer". We really do hope you enjoyed our chat. If you did please subscribe to TV Podcast Industries on any of the links from this page and why not share the podcast with other people. You can also support us by going to https://patreon.com/tvpodcastindustries and donating to the running of the podcast. As always thank you so much for all the support. We'll be back with Star Trek Picard Season 2 Episode 2 "Penance" next week. We're also covering the adult animated show "The Boys Presents: Diabolical". You can follow that and all of our podcasts on tvpodcastindustries.com. Derek, Chris and John TV Podcast Industries

GC: 063: TNG History - Future ImperfectWhen Future Imperfect first aired on November 12, 1990, we were introduced to a future with Admiral Picard, Captain Riker the father, Troi in a uniform, and Ferengi in Starfleet. What other predictions did this episode get right in its simulated future?Join us in the Federation Council Chambers on Facebook.Find us on Twitter:The Network: @UFPEarthThe Show: @GalaxyClassPodAmy: @MissAmyNelsonJoe: @joeyjoe77ukKevin: @TrueNorthNerdsUnited Federation of Podcasts is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these patrons on Patreon whose generous contributions help produce the podcast! David WillettTim CooperChrissie De Clerck-SzilagyiMahendran RadhakrishnanJim McMahonCasey PettittJustin OserVera BibleVictor GamboaJim StoffelTom Van ScotterGreg MolumbyKevin ScharfAlexander GatesTom ElliotVanessa VaughanThad HaitAnn MarieJoe MignoneJosh BrewingtonPeter H.William J. Jackson You can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/ufpearth

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This week on Priority One --- CBS is busy keeping the hype alive between episodes of Star Trek Picard with interviews with Michelle Hurd, Evan Evagora, and Jeri Ryan; LaVar Burton seems confident that Geordi might make an appearance; in gaming news, Star Trek Online lets you don a stovepipe hat and hack away at the big baddies; we've spent some time exploring the Legendary Star Ship Bundle; later, On Screen, we share our thoughts on Star Trek Picard, episode 4 - Absolute Candor. Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we'll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! This Weeks Community Question Is: CQ: Who is your favorite “Star Trek: Picard” character thus far?  Why? TREK IT OUT by Jake Morgan Michelle Hurd on Raffi, Stewart, and Sir Patrick Star Trek and its cultural importance is not lost on one of its newest stars, Michelle Hurd. The veteran actress, who plays Raffi in Star Trek Picard, understands what the iconic series means to its fans in a very personal way. During an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the 53 year old Hurd recalls her memories of watching the Original series with her father, actor Hugh Hurd. ”It was really important [to my dad] that we see ourselves represented in the arts. So literally, when I got the job, I was like: 'Oh my god — Uhura was literally involved in the first biracial kiss ever on television. The first woman of color, in a position of power, on a TV show like this. So when you think about the stories that were told [on The Original Series], using aliens and sci-fi to tell stories with themes like inclusion and immigration, I absolutely acknowledge and own my role in it. I'm so excited about it” Hurd went on to mention her joy in playing Raffi, a flawed character in an organization like Starfleet. ”not only am I a woman of color, but I can tell that story about all of us who have struggled similarly. Who have some demons. And, in doing so, show that — not all of us are bad people. We're all out here trying to do our best. We're all human beings, with stories worth telling.” Evan Evagora talks Elnor, Stewart, and Frakes In “Star Trek: Picard”'s fourth episode,  “Absolute Candor”, we are introduced to the latest addition of the Rag-Tag group of rogues - the young, angsty warrior-hero - Luke Sky… ...wait-a-minute… Elnor. Elnor actor Evan Evagora sat down with SyFyWire to discuss his role on the series, and how some of Trek's most important stars eased him into the franchise. Of  Elnor, the young sheltered Romulan warrior raised by a group of Romulan warrior-priestesses, Evagora says ”He's like a moody teenager, but every time he snaps, he has the potential to kill someone. That's how I played him. What if a moody teenager could just do whatever he wants whenever he flips out?” Evagora  recalled that, much like his character Elnor, he set off on an unprecedented adventure when he left his home in Melbourne Australia for Las Angeles California - and like the Romulan swordsman, he had wise guides. The young actor recalled his introduction to the series lead and Hollywood icon, Sir Patrick Stewart, saying The first time I met Patrick Stewart, I was terrified. It was the worst first meeting. And my first day of filming I was sooo nervous. Patrick took me aside because he could see the nervousness in me. But it's not like he told me a story about being nervous or anything like that. He has this way of making you feel at ease. Him and Jonathan Frakes, they're very similar that way. They make you feel comfortable on the set. And when you're comfortable, you can really lose yourself in the moment and the character.” Jeri Ryan's Return! “Absolute Candor”'s final, and arguably most exciting reveal, was the reintroduction of Seven of Nine? The Hollywood Reporter took the opportunity to catch up with Seven's real-life-counterpart, Jeri Ryan to discuss what's changed, and what's stayed the same, since her last Star Trek appearance. Ryan commented on the difference between UPN's “Star Trek: Voyager” and CBS ALL ACCESS' “Star Trek: Picard”, saying ”The scale of these sets, the costumes, it's crazy. It's like you're doing a feature film every week.[...]In one of my scenes, where I had to go in and work a console, we go in for the first rehearsal and I had to touch buttons and the screen actually does something! And I totally flipped out, like: ‘Oh my god, actually having buttons that work!” Though Ryan is no stranger to  trek, she still had first day jitters, telling the Hollywood Reporter ”My first scene, the big scene, was the one you see in the trailer, when we're in his office/ready room. That was my first day on set. It was daunting — not just because it was Patrick — but because I was still petrified — or ‘Patrick-fied' — of if I could find the character again. I was still trying to figure out who she was.” Though she was “Patrick-fied”, another TNG alumnus helped ease her back into the role. ”I was so fortunate because Jonathan Frakes was directing my first episode. So with that, I knew I was in good hands. [Frakes], more than anyone else, would get the importance of revisiting and being true to these characters. Because the challenge for me is: Where has she been for nearly 20 years? Finding her voice was the hardest thing for me; when I read the first script — I just couldn't hear her voice anywhere.” LeVar Burton For Picard Season 2? Is your favorite “Next Generation” character making an appearance on “Star Trek: Picard”. If your favorite is Geordie, LeVar Burton has good money on it. At least that's what he told Straight.com, or The Georgia Straight, during a call from Vancouver's FanExpo. Burton said ”Star Trek has always been one of the most positive and hopeful visions for the future of humanity, and for that reason, among others, I've always embraced it.” before offering his predictions regarding a Picard/LaForge reunion. ”I'm not a betting man, but I would wager good money that you'll probably see all of the Next Gen cast at some point or another, just not all at the same time. Besides, I understand that Hugh Borg [Jonathan Del Arco] is very, very prominent in Picard. And, you know, Geordi gave him his name. I think we'll have to explore that at some point.” Star Trek Online and Gaming News by Shane Hoover Steam Accounts Get Linked To ARC Accounts Arc Games has announced a new feature aimed at making life easier for its players who use Steam for their gaming. Previously, in order to play Star Trek Online or Neverwinter through Steam, a player would have to navigate multiple layers of login screens. First you had to login to Steam, then you had to login to an Arc account to get into the game. Starting February 18th for a few users, and expanding to all users by February 20th, Steam users will be able to link their Steam account to their Arc account.  After launching the game and providing your Arc account credentials, the accounts will automatically be linked. Once the process is complete, players will only need to authenticate to Steam to get into either Star Trek Online or Neverwinter. Abraham Lincoln Costume Giveaway For a brief time this past week, Star Trek Online was giving away a new cross-faction costume based on its 10th anniversary celebrations. From February 13th to February 17th, all players were able to claim “The Emancipator” costume. As seen in-game on the 16th President of the United States, this costume gives players tailor options for the Long Coat, Bowtie, and Top Hat. The top hat came in two varieties, a full-sized hat and a mini-hat placed at a jaunty angle. As you'd expect from such a costume giveaway, players have already embraced the Space Barbie potential! From dapper top-hatted Gorn to brightly colored circus ringmasters to whimsical looking Borg drones, it seems like hats and tails are everywhere right now.   Notable PC Patch Changes This week saw a number of systems improvements appear in the weekly Patch Notes for PC players. The Ship Vendor UI was updated to provide additional details on the effects of ship scaling on ship statistics, as well as a new indicator for any current ship mastery progress.  Similarly, the player Drydock UI now displays whether you've completed a docked ship's mastery. The development team has also opened up the Kelvin Timeline Constitution starship to use all standard Federation bridges.  Hero Collector's Awaited STO Ships Coming In May If you remember late last year, Hero Collector announced two upcoming ship models based on Star Trek Online - the Gagarin-Class Federation Battlecruiser and the Chimera-Class Federation Heavy Destroyer. Well, StarTrek.com and Hero Collector have officially announced that these new ships will become available in May. Each ship will be priced at $22.95. If you haven't added STO to your ship collection already, these ships are a great chance to get started. Or you can hop over to GamePrint to take advantage of their 10th Anniversary discount code and add almost any ship in the game to your model collection! EVENTS Captains on Consoles won't have long to wait before they can join in the 10th Anniversary celebrations. Ambassador Kael announced in a news blog this week that the Anniversary Event and STO Legacy release is scheduled to hit consoles on March 3rd. Event and mission rewards are the same as those we've previously described for the PC event release. The big prize, of course, is the T6 Khitomer-class Alliance Battlecruiser, which can be claimed for 20 days of event progress by March 31st. PRIORITY ONE ARMADA NEWS Join us for TFO Tuesday - each Tuesday we team up with other Armada members to earn marks and dilithium.  Tribbles and Bits - new ongoing weekly event - we want to hear from you - so each week, we are going to ask a random question about Star Trek and about STO and we want your responses. Link posted on the website: https://www.priorityonearmada.com/forum/m/38628939/viewthread/33010253-tribbles-bits-weekly-random-trek-questions/post/138379909#p138379909 Speaking of getting people's opinions - we have new poll posted on the website to find out how members feel about TS vs. Discord. Have a preference?  TeamSpeak vs Discord Poll: https://www.priorityonearmada.com/forum/m/38628939/viewthread/33040594-cast-your-vote-now-voice-server-poll The House of Martok 2nd Tier V Colony on cooldown this week - unlocking the Dranuur Scout ship.  WEEKLY TOP TIP If you want to do the daily Omega Event minigame as fast as you can, without all that sector space travel, here's a tip to get you through. To begin, use the Event UI itself to instantly transwarp you to Q's location on ESD. After Q assigns you three random space or ground locations to scan Omega Particles, use more free transwarps to get you there faster. Just take a few minutes to pick up some game missions that begin in systems where Omega Particles appear. Then, when a location appears in your Omega Event list, you can use the mission hailing UI to transwarp immediately to that system. Just remember to leave the mission right away so it's not removed from your active mission list. Here are a few of the systems you can reach this way, and which episode or optional mission arc will get you there. Starbase 39 from “The Vault” in the "Romulan Mystery" arc Vulcan from “Diplomatic Orders” in the "Klingon War" arc Drozana Station from “Spin The Wheel” in the "Specters" optional mission arc Defera from “Cold Call” in the "Cold War" optional mission arc Bajor from “Jabberwocky” in the "Cardassian Struggle" arc DS9 from “Renegade's Regret” in the "New Frontiers" arc Once the Omega Event is over, you can just drop the missions to clean them up from your UI. Other Gaming News Star Trek Timelines Mega-Event Continues In other Star Trek Gaming News: A month long Star Trek Timelines Mega-Event began on February 6th and will carry on through the week of February 27th. The event introduces new crew characters for retired Admiral Picard and Cadet Picard, as well as new variants of many existing crew characters. A special recurrent “threshold” reward will be the new “Picard and Number One” crew. The “Forever As One” event brings the Borg front and center in the game, with a rogue Borg element introduced looking to bring back Locutus of Borg.

"The End is the Beginning" Review. There are some who are calling the first three episodes of "Star Trek: Picard" the actual pilot of the series. If so, this third installment finally gets former Admiral Picard into space. on a ship, with his chosen crew -- "Engage!" The trio look at the Picard and Borg site storylines that are, for the moment, separate. What more will we learn in future flashbacks to the time of Admiral Picard and Commander Raffi? How many holograms can there be on a ship? When do the Chateau Romulan caretakers get their own spin-off series??!! Let us know what you thought of the first 25th Century appearance of Hugh and the Romulan machinations involving an unsuspecting synthetic, Soji.

After a few weeks of gathering clues and dodging disruptors, Admiral Picard has assembled the party that will join him on his quest to avoid helping Zhaban and Laris with the harvest. Try to follow along as your snakeleaf-muddled hosts examine fatal code errors, disordered Borg, and increasingly-hard-to-ignore hints of Romulan incest. There is a lot going on in the world today - take the opportunity to escape by listening to this, your 11th episode of It's Got Star Trek! Subscribe to the It's Got Star Trek Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube, or whichever clever podcast app you are most fond of. Note that this and all episodes of the It's Got Star Trek podcast contain explicit language and, frankly, an unnecessary amount of offensive content, so the show is intended only for adults and really really cool kids. Please utilize one of the following options if you have an interest in contacting your hosts: Email us at feedback@itsgotstartrek.com Twitter us @ItsGotStarTrek Instagramaphone us @ItsGotStarTrek Facebookify us @ItsGotStarTrek Telephone us at 202-456-1414 You can also visit www.itsgotstartrek.com and leave a comment or head on over to the It's Got Everything subreddit to join the discussion. Don't say we didn't give you options here!

Welcome to the first episode of The Star Trek Picard Cast! We bring you this introduction to us, Brian Meloche and Ruthie Rink, if you don't know us already from The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, and details everything we know so far about Star Trek: Picard!

Welcome to the first episode of The Star Trek Picard Cast! We bring you this introduction to us, Brian Meloche and Ruthie Rink, if you don't know us already from The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, and details everything we know so far about Star Trek: Picard!

Welcome to the first episode of The Star Trek Picard Cast! We bring you this introduction to us, Brian Meloche and Ruthie Rink, if you don't know us already from The Star Trek Discovery Podcast, and details everything we know so far about Star Trek: Picard!

What happens right before Star Trek: Picard? There is zero way of knowing for sure but your Punch It crew loves a good "What if?" This week, we take a look at the Picard trailer again and see if we can fill in the gaps between when Jean-Luc leaves Starfleet and when the show picks up. So many direction to go in it's hard to choose one, but we try. Listen to see how we tackled it.