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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 7480376" data-attributes="member: 3887">As of right now I'm torn between what I want out of the new show. While I'm at least semi-serious about wanting a retiree rom-com starring Jean-Luc and Vash, that's not going to happen. More realistically, do I want...a) More of the same? Basically The Orville with 100% more Patrick Stewart and 100% less Seth McFarlane (but exactly the same amount of surprise celebrity cameos/guest stars). High quality Star Trek comfort food that tries to capture the essence of TNG. Or...b) Something more ambitious? What a recent io9 article described as "Last Jedi-ing the Hell out of Captain Picard". I keep thinking of Stewart's acting chops, the penchant for Picard to blow off steam cosplaying Shakespeare on the holodeck, and this leads me to envision the new series using King Lear as a touchstone. A Lear-ed up Picard, played by a 78 year-old Stewart could be downright majestic. This is probably influenced by the bravura performance of King Lear starring Frank Langella I saw at BAM a few years back. Wrestling with mortality and regret gave two of the best Star Trek stories, ie The Wrath of Khan an Inner Light. Could be time for another go.</blockquote>