BlackWhiteRose

TFTNT! Nice title.

Chris

Thanks for dropping by.

Great quote in that gif set Tracey.

crazy_diamond

I thought so

CommanderM

Love the thread title, and you kow Patrick is right. It wasn't really until the 3rd season that he came into his own as Picard.

crazy_diamond

, he really got into his stride then...

Chris

I watched the premiere episode not too long ago and was really struck by how awkward all the actors seemed to be with their characters and each other.

crazy_diamond

they weren't gelling quite right then..

Ouyyir i'ch'Rihan

The characters were also not yet developed. Picard for example. In the first season he could not make a decision without first having a conference with his senior officers. When I was watching the show, I was amazed at how terrible a captain he was. As the show progressed, Picard developed the ability to be a captain and make his own decisions. The same development process is true of the rest of the characters. It took a season or two for them to be developed from ideas into characters. Not that the first season was bad, it was just a story that needed tweaking before the writers and actors could fully develop the characters on screen.

Chris

To be fair, the part of the purpose of the senior staff is to advise the captain. Having said that, yes, there seemed to be more staff meetings in the early seasons. Maybe that was partly for budgetary reasons and to help develop the characters? It was a chance to show their working relationship as a team and their personal interactions. Also, shooting a scene in a staff room wouldn't cost as much as the special effects that might be required to show dealing with the situation.

Ouyyir i'ch'Rihan

I think the production team did not want an authoritarian captain. The idea of a ship run by a form of democracy would fit into Roddenberry's utopian vision of the future. It did not take long for them to realise that combat situations require quick action. In other words, a captain making quick decisions using his or her own judgement. That is my theory.

crazy_diamond

CommanderM

The thing that was crazy to me was how they all had to leave their posts and go to the staff room before Picard could get their opinions. That takes time and meanwhile the bridge is absent of experienced officers with who knows what about to do who knows what to the ship.

Chris

Good point that the conferences took people off the bridge and away from their stations at a time when that's exactly where they should have been.

Tracey - quite the casual look going on there

crazy_diamond

I didn't even think of that

Chris

I love the way his shirt sleeves are rolled up, and the open collar.

How often does he wear a necklace? I don't remember noticing one on him before.