Star Trek Picard SPOILERS thread

[Zardnaar]

Laws can be changed and in any event Data wouldn't really count in terms of human rights.

Citizenship in the modern era can also be revoked for a variety of reasons.

 

[Ryujin]

One of the episode's plot points is that Data was the only example of a truly sentient android. Perhaps the others didn't meet the requirements - not even B4

Agreed on that. They took specific pains to state that those Synthetics weren't up to the Soong Brothers' standard.

 

[shawnhcorey]

Just to change the subject, according to the comics, Laris and Zhaban, the two Romulans living with Picard, were former Tal Shiar. That means they weren't his servants but his self-appointed bodyguards.

 

[Morrus]

Man, I hate that you have to read some comics to understand what's going on in the TV show.

 

[shawnhcorey]

Man, I hate that you have to read some comics to understand what's going on in the TV show.

I haven't read the comics. I have read a lots of spoilers. But Laris and Zhaban being Tal Shiar doesn't distract from the show.

 

[MarkB]

We're only one episode in. I think it's a little early to start accusing the show of neglecting to cover characters' backstories.

 

[Janx]

We're only one episode in. I think it's a little early to start accusing the show of neglecting to cover characters' backstories.

Agreed. Which is why I listed the "facts" as we know them. There's enough to chew on to make guesses about the future (like whether Maddox is the Mars bad guy).

 

[shawnhcorey]

We're only one episode in. I think it's a little early to start accusing the show of neglecting to cover characters' backstories.

Such drama. Nobody is accusing. I thought it would be interesting to think about Laris and Zhaban as more than simple servants. But if you don't want to speculate here, I'll start another thread.

 

[MarkB]

Such drama. Nobody is accusing. I thought it would be interesting to think about Laris and Zhaban as more than simple servants. But if you don't want to speculate here, I'll start another thread.

Sorry, I neglected to include a quote. I was responding to Morrus's post, not yours.

 

[Mallus]

I still don't buy Maddox as the Mars mastermind.

Me neither. Maddox, the guy who tried to vivisect Data, being the person who eventually realizes Data's dream of creating a daughter (or two) is poetic. Making him a deliberate villain would be an awful, nonsensical choice.