Picard Season 3

[Paul Farquhar]

Per Memory Alpha he was 137.

This is actually stated by McCoy in the episode.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

If you make the whole show (or season) about one story, it's very tempting to make the stakes high, which means every episode becomes about the main story, which combined with a lower episode count cuts into time for other stories, characterization for more than couple people, and anything resembling decent worldbuilding. Discovery, with its laser-focus on one character and one plot, is my example.

Star Trek often has high stakes (Where No Man has Gone Before, Balance of Terror, Tomorrow is Yesterday, Errand of Mercy, The City on the Edge of Forever, Operation-Annihilate, The Doomsday Machine, etc) . The difference is, it only takes Jim Kirk 45 minutes to save the galaxy.

 

[Hussar]

pilot both for SNWs

SNW?

 

[Mort]

SNW?

Star Trek Strange New Worlds.

Which, overall, has been very good.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Star Trek often has high stakes (Where No Man has Gone Before, Balance of Terror, Tomorrow is Yesterday, Errand of Mercy, The City on the Edge of Forever, Operation-Annihilate, The Doomsday Machine, etc) . The difference is, it only takes Jim Kirk 45 minutes to save the galaxy.

True, which opens up screen time in other episodes for character and setting development.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

To expand on his theory what if seasons 1 & 2 were bait for Sir Patrick Stewart's ego as an actor, but they knew it wouldn't work well, and that once drawn in, he'd have gone too far not to do a TNG reunion/set up for Star Trek Legacy in Picard Season 3.

This just isn't how the world, people, actors, or really anything at all works. Pure fan conspiracy theory of the worst kind.

I think it actually makes sense, no matter what Terry Matalas says, Paramount isn't going to just let you turn a season of a show into a back door pilot for a seperate series if they don't intend to do it, it just doesn't make sense.

Do you have an idea how many shows have had backdoor pilots in them that didn't actually go anywhere?

Because it sounds like you're saying "backdoor pilot == will be made". And if so, no, that's not the case. Backdoor pilot == being considered. The vast majority of them go absolutely nowhere. A great example is Supernatural, which had multiple backdoor pilots (two fully confirmed, others suspected), none of which went anywhere.

So yeah it might not make sense to you, but historically it's made a lot of sense to companies to do backdoor pilots and see if they're worth developing further. Fan response/petitions are less persuasive than they used to be because they've turned out to not reflect actual viewing.

 

[Ryujin]

Do you have an idea how many shows have had backdoor pilots in them that didn't actually go anywhere?

Where Star Trek is concerned, this dates back to TOS episode "Assignment Earth." Robert Lansing was supposed to play Gary Seven, in a Star Trek spin-off series.

 

[glass]

Because it sounds like you're saying "backdoor pilot == will be made". And if so, no, that's not the case. Backdoor pilot == being considered.

If anything, I'd imagine backdoor pilots are the ones that are less certain - if the studio is already all in on the idea, they'll pay for a proper pilot and it doesn't need to be "back door".

 

[Hussar]

Star Trek Strange New Worlds.

Which, overall, has been very good.

Ahh. I can't see it here since Paramount isn't available in my country. Boo.

 

[Zardnaar]

Ahh. I can't see it here since Paramount isn't available in my country. Boo.

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