Star Trek - [Picard - 2019 series] - news, spoilers and speculation - Page 3

***Chris*** · 06-12-2019, 01:17 PM

Now I'm really intrigued as to what Riker is currently up to.

**crazy_diamond** · 06-13-2019, 12:12 PM

Me too

***Chris*** · 06-15-2019, 06:40 AM

At any rate, he still enjoys music.

**crazy_diamond** · 06-15-2019, 11:44 AM

that he does

***Chris*** · 06-16-2019, 06:53 PM

It's nice to think that he kept up with it.

**crazy_diamond** · 06-18-2019, 03:27 AM

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Boucher and I pull out some more details on Picard.

“A lot has happened to Jean-Luc Picard in the intervening years. He had to deal with some new things, and some old things. Both things collide together and he’s made choices that he’s not necessarily feeling great about,” says Kurtzman on the new Star Trek series which is currently shooting in Los Angeles.

As the new teaser trailer indicates, “something has caused him to leave Star fleet and we will find out a lot more about what happened,” says Kurtzman about the spinoff he’s exec producing.

What’s been key and vital on Picard is having Patrick Stewart in the writers’ room (He’s an EP on the series). “He knows Jean-Luc Picard more than anybody,” says Kurtzman.

“We’re reverent of him,” adds the EP, “his opinion on what happens really matters to us. We couldn’t do this show unless he was happy about it.”

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***Chris*** · 06-18-2019, 05:43 AM

It's reassuring to know that Patrick is a big part of the creative process. With him in the writer's room, Picard won't be doing anything out of character.

**crazy_diamond** · 06-19-2019, 03:00 AM

Exactly

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Since the very first Star Trek mission aired on NBC in September 1966 the far-future brand has been defined as much by its “family” dynamic and crew ensembles as by its sci-fi concepts and alien adversaries. That heritage presents a challenge to the producers of the newest iteration, Star Trek: Picard, the eighth Trek series but the first named after a single individual.

How will the new CBS All-Access series carry on Trek creator Gene Roddenberry’s “family tradition” by launching a solo mission built around one character, even if it is longtime fan-favorite Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart)?

“It’s a great and necessary question and it’s something that has been baked into the DNA of Picard,” Alex Kurtzman, the show’s executive producer, said when I asked him the question during the newest edition of Crew Call, the Deadline podcast hosted by film editor Anthony D’Alessandro.

Kurtzman elaborated: “Yes, obviously, it is Patrick’s show but we have a unbelievable cast. The thing I loved about the Next Gen cast is that you really could have focused any episode on any of them, you know, and I would say the same about our cast now. It’s such an incredibly brilliant group of actors…and they’re given such amazing things to do that, without spoiling anything, I think you will feel that [same feeling].”

Check out the entire podcast to hear more about Star Trek: Picard and tidbits about the upcoming animated Star Trek series that Kurtzman says will seek out younger fans (and put the brand on toy aisles in a far bigger way). Kurtzman said the future of Trek can be bigger than its past if creators follow a prime directive: Keep every show special.

“Each of these Trek shows has to have a singular identity, Kurtzman said. “You can’t feel you are getting the same thing from any two shows. They have to be different in tone, they have to be different in visual style, color palette, storyline – everything has to feel unique to those shows. And that’s how I believe the franchise will grow."

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***Chris*** · 06-19-2019, 07:26 AM

Good point in the last paragraph about each of the shows having their own unique identity despite being part of the same franchise.

**crazy_diamond** · 06-19-2019, 11:50 AM

I hope 'Picard' carries on this..

***Chris*** · 06-19-2019, 01:27 PM

I'd like to think that Patrick will make sure of that.

**crazy_diamond** · 06-20-2019, 03:02 AM

agreed

***Chris*** · 06-20-2019, 07:25 AM

Patrick's continued participation at conventions should make him well aware that the fans are invested in the established character, and probably won't be receptive to any major changes.

**crazy_diamond** · 06-20-2019, 12:03 PM

He knows what will work and what doesn't..

***Chris*** · 06-23-2019, 11:14 AM

Here's hoping that they listen to him.

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