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What I like in Mandalorian is that is titled Mandalorian, neat and simple.

It includes a lot of references to the saga, but it is not called Star Wars : Baby Yoda.

What I don't like in Star Trek : Picard is that it follows the fashion of making extensions ( sequels,prequels otherquels) dozens years after the originals using nostalgia to support otherwise a mediocre screenplays.

But if you want to see if some Star Trek actors aging well you may want to watch the season one, however the second season is clearly an abuse.

First, Star Trek is about travel in space and 'boldly' does not refer to the haircut of Partick Steward.

Second, Star Trek characters have plenty of symbolic meaning , Data resembles the pursuit to define something that cannot be defined, Seven of Eleven is the process of understanding what a human person means.

Third, the crew members from each continent represents the human race that has advanced, which you can hear in almost each episode when the captain patronises lesser species in the style

• we had similar issues in the past, wars, crime, money, greed but we have evolved-.

I suppose the Star Trek movie should base on some of the above elements.

Instead we are served with a poor written one episode story artificially spread into ten parts, which is basically about two old pensioners who are looking for something, and maybe they are in state of a conflict of some sort , but it seems they forgotten what they are really fighting about.

I keep the middle score as for visual effects.

A perfect example of 1980's culture with half naked bodies and some sex but presented more as the affirmation of life, strength and fitness, not the sleazy Payboyesque manner. 'Indiana' Buck does not pretend to be the professor and instead of archaeology focuses on the live matters and so here is stunning Kathy Shower with her immortal beauty that once had inspired Ancient Greeks and Romans to create the sculptures of their Goddesses. But my attention has been taken by Italian/Latino charm of Tiziana Stella. Looking at her and other actresses from the era, Paloma Prati, Sabrina Salerno,or Rachel Ticotin I feel really sad. While Arnold or Sylvester were succeeded by Rock or John Cena the female actresses.. oh well..

But then the movie does not pretend to be anything more that that and unlike many of the similar genre ones , here the plot is somehow consistent which overall reminds the baton of Mars or Snickers, you get what you expect to have, a sugary few minutes of fun.

There is nothing wrong with it and I think that the concept of the eye has some potential, but the way it is depicted in this movie may not be the best one.