Not even the third season premiere episode of "Picard" - or the second, which was actually much better - managed that.Īnd the science fiction genre can't be an impossible nut to crack, because other shows have managed it. Just one episode - the third season premiere episode - of "Ted Lasso" had almost double the viewership. The takeaway from this is that this took a collective effort of half the season of "Picard" to enable it to appear in the rankings for the very first time. To put it in perspective, it's also worth noting that "Ted Lasso" put Apple TV+ back in the rankings, racking up 539 million minutes of watch time with the premiere episode of its third season. It's also worth noting "Picard" made its first ever appearance in the Nielsen rankings, finishing ninth among original series with 310 million minutes of viewing as it reached the midpoint of its third season. Take "Game of Thrones" or "Ted Lasso" or "Severance" or "The Boys" or "The Orville" - these are amazing television shows and they made money for the network showing them. Really well-written shows can also make money as well as being fun and engaging to watch and rewatch. The younger folk are so much easier to please than us crumblies who still bang our fist on the table and insist on quality. Instead, I'd like to see some new "Stargate." Maybe that's why the next "Star Trek" spin-off is set at the Academy, because its target audience could be considered an easier target. And even then, I would still hate to see the old cast dragged out back in front of the cameras for spin-off series. "Stargate" is something I go back and rewatch. Is it true that the best and only plan is play it super-safe every time? Truth be told, "Picard" is not something I will go back and rewatch. It wouldn't be a proper tribute if we didn't see the next incarnation of the Enterprise, the NCC-1701-F (Image credit: Paramount Plus)Īs Michael Okuda said on Twitter, "As others have noted before, it partly depends on how many subscribers stream Picard, and how many times they watch it." Which makes one wonder why spend so much money on a show like this and then just rely on a cookie-cutter story template. Plus there's the giant fleet gathering for a giant space battle, the salvaged saucer section from Veridian III, drones loading torpedoes undetected and of course the non-networked USS Enterprise D. is that the voice of Alice Krige I hear as the Borg Queen? Pity we couldn't get to see her.Īnd just like the semi-assimilated Spearhead Operations soldiers that we saw in episode 9 no less, of last season, the crew of the Titan become cannon fodder for frighteningly formulaic set piece. Admiral Shelby (Elizabeth Dennehy) last seen in the TNG episode "The Best of Both Worlds" (S03, E26) pops up and. And a little like actually quantifying the Force in "The Phantom Menace" by way of those pesky Midi-chlorians, that unique gift of being able to hear the Borg is now an identifiable physical attribute, rather than just being cool.Īnd the terrorist threat or alien attack is always aimed at large social gatherings, so much so it makes you wonder why they're still considered a good idea. And probably the other big takeaway is that yes, Jean-Luc Picard had Borg tech in his spermatozoa. Captain Shaw (Todd Stashwick) met a death as utterly pointless as Huw and Cristóbal Rios, so that was lame. Well, the die hards who insist on reliving the past will definitely go into a frenzy and spoilers are going to be near impossible to avoid on social media. The movie will be coming to Disney Plus later this year.There she is! There she is! The only star of TNG yet to make an appearance, the Old Girl herself (Image credit: Paramount Plus) Check out what our reviewer thought of Episode 9 in our The Rise of Skywalker review. Still, while the finished film is divisive, it definitely has its fans. The leak has offered a fascinating look at the creative process behind a big Hollywood blockbuster – and hopefully we'll hear the full story of what happened in Trevorrow's version of Episode 9 one day. Among the images, two really stand out: one of Luke Skywalker's Force ghost grabbing the blade of Kylo Ren's lightsaber, and another that shows Hux committing 'seppuku', killing himself as it becomes apparent that the First Order will lose the final battle with the Resistance. Still, it's hard not to dream about the movie that The Rise of Skywalker could have been. There's a reason why Lucasfilm employs some of the best artists on the planet. Still, Star Wars concept art always looks amazing – just look at any of the art books for the prequel trilogy, and you'll realize that great art doesn't equal a great movie. The art is amazing, particularly the image of a Star Destroyer looming over the Coruscant skyline.
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