Some Thoughts on Star Trek: Picard

@rl_dane I'll have to assume this is another good blog post as I don't want to spoil it since I've not yet seen this series.

@adamsdesk

Oh, spoilers definitely abound!

I don't think I spoil very major plot points, but still, I'd hold it in your back pocket until you watch the series.

I will say, without spoilers, that if you can get past S1E05, you're pretty much golden. That episode was the worst of it.

@rl_dane @adamsdesk

I'll admit I skipped this one too.

@amin @adamsdesk

Because you were planning on watch the series, right?
...right?
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@rl_dane @adamsdesk

In theory, yes?

Obtaining it without getting a streaming service or intentionally trying to seek it out feels like a long-shot though. The only Star Trek thing I've found that way so far was the first J.J. Abrams movie.

@rl_dane @adamsdesk

It's possible my family would want to watch it and I'd watch it with them, since my cousins are apparently watching through all the Star Trek series', maybe that would inspire my parents, I dunno.

@amin @adamsdesk

If your parents grew up on ST:TNG like me, they'll love season 3. And you can almost watch each season as a stand-alone show, but not entirely.

@rl_dane @adamsdesk

Mmmm, I don't think either has seen much Star Trek. A couple of the movies, maybe.

@rl_dane @adamsdesk

My dad grew up on the 1996 Batman movie and Napoleon Dynamite, as best I can tell. I never am sure what sets off his sense of humor.

@amin @adamsdesk

Man, I could NOT "get" that movie (Napoleon Dynamite) for the life of me.

@rl_dane @adamsdesk

My reaction at the end was literally (and I said this out loud) "I want my two hours back."

And I usually like absurdist humor.

@rl_dane this comment makes me wonder if we can actually be friends 😄

@brainofdane

Well, if you liked it, you liked it. I just didn't see the point. But I'm not as much of an absurdist as the typical post-postmodern (or whatever we're calling this era) man. More of a structuralist/apollonian, really.

Duuuude, #DFW #fedifriends meetup WHEN?